NEWS
Pair of fatality accidents occur in Montague County
Oct. 10, 2019 fatality
A 41-year-old Alvord man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on State Highway 101 north of Sunset on Oct. 10.
The crash occurred at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Department of Public Safety officials report Brian Earl Love was driving a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup north on Hwy. 101 and drove off the roadway to the right.
The driver overcorrected to the left which caused the pickup to skid sideways across the road and enter the south side ditch. The pickup rolled several times and ejected the driver. Love was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace David Allen.
Oct. 2, 2019 fatality
A 50-year-old Denton man died from injuries in a two vehicle crash between Nocona and Saint Jo on U.S. Highway 82 on Oct. 2.
The accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 2 on U.S. 82, one mile east of Dixie School Road. According to the Department of Public Safety, Steven Anderson had parked on the right shoulder of U.S. 82 facing west in his 2007 Ford SUV.
A second vehicle, a 2013 Hyundai car driven by Cheryl Johnson, Saint Jo, was westbound on U.S. 82 when she drove onto the improved shoulder and struck Anderson from behind. Johnson’s vehicle came to rest in the roadway, caught fire and completely burned, but the driver was able to exit the vehicle.
Anderson’s vehicle was pushed off the road where it rolled down the embankment coming to rest on the other side of the property line fence. Nocona firefighters arrived and Nocona EMS worked to remove Anderson from his vehicle and stabilize him. He was airlifted by helicopter and taken to a Denton Medical City with serious injuries. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Saint Jo EMS arrived and transported Johnson to Nocona General with reportedly non-life threatening injuries. She was treated and released.
The Nocona News reported earlier in the day a sheriff’s deputy and Nocona EMS had been dispatched to make a welfare check on Anderson who was sitting in his vehicle.
Anderson reportedly told them his SUV had broken down and he was waiting on someone to help him haul it back to Denton. The News reports a Nocona volunteer firefighter recommended Anderson not wait inside the SUV for safety’s sake.
By BARBARA GREEN
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A petition was filed mid-week with the 97th District Clerk seeking the removal of 97th District Attorney Casey Hall for “incompetency or official misconduct.”
The document was filed by Tim Cole, former DA and longtime area attorney, on July 17. Texas law allows any resident of the county where the allegations occurred to file such a petition on any elected official.
As of Friday noon, no judge had been assigned and Hall had not been served notice of the filing per the district court.
A recent example of this type of petition occurred in Clay County in January 2023 after Sheriff Jeff Lyde was arrested on charges of official oppression. Former District Judge Frank Douthitt filed that petition and the state was represented by Hall and the Clay County attorney Seth Slagle.
Casey Hall, DA for the three-county 97th District since 2016, was arrested on July 8 on a grand jury indictment for theft of property $2,500 to $30,000, a state jail felony. She was released on a $5,000 bond. The allegations stem from misappropriation of state grant funds with the investigation conducted by the Texas Attorney General’s staff.
Removal action
The removal action is directed to David Evans, judge of the 8th administrative judicial region, which has jurisdiction in this case. It seeks to have the officer removed for incompetency or official misconduct, acts or omissions while in the performance of her duties as the district attorney.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
A missing person’s alert has been issued for Bryce Dingler, who was last seen July 16 at his parents’ home in Nocona around 10 p.m. as he left going home to his apartment in Plano.
The 29-year-old is the son of Dr. Len and Waynette Dingler of Nocona. According to missing person circulars posted by the Clay County Sheriff’s office and Put Me First, Dingler’s vehicle, a 2015 white Ford F150 lifted with large tires and Dallas Cowboy’s star on the tailgate was found on the side of U.S. Highway 287 in the early morning hours of July 17. His ID and phone were left in the truck.
The initial SO posting stated Dingler was at the courthouse Tuesday to midday, and he told his parents that night was he was heading home to Plano. His family tried to call him throughout Wednesday, but he never answered. It states his last known location was near Butler Road, 1 mile west of Jolly on U.S. 287. Those with any information are urged to call the Clay County Sheriff at 940-538-5611. Case #24010013.
The Put Me First circular stated a license plate reader picked up Dingler’s truck around midnight in Plano. He was wearing a light color T-shirt, dark grey athletic shorts and tennis shoes. He has a left lower arm sleeve with pine trees, leaves and a wolf. He is 5-foot-6-inches tall, 135 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
It continues the truck was spotted July 17 around 6:30 a.m. on the westbound side of U.S. 287 by Duck Creek. Put Me First states Dingler had a “promising job interview” the day he went missing, noting this is “not normal behavior.”
As of 2 p.m. Friday Dingler was still missing.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
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