NEWS
Law officers search nearly 6 hours for missing man, 73
A 73-year-old Sunset man being treated for dementia was reported missing by his family Thursday evening, but he was found almost six hours later with only minor injuries.
Law enforcement officers, along with volunteer firefighters and state game wardens assisted with the search.
Montague County Chief Deputy Jack Lawson said Roxanne Justice reported her husband, Carroll Marion Justice missing at 5:10 p.m. on Dec. 5. Their residence is located on Sunset School Road and Justice was last seen sitting on the porch of the home.
Staff from the sheriff’s office, along with firefighters from Sunset Fire Department and Nocona Fire Departments arrived to assist along with a K-9 unit. Nocona Fire and one of the game wardens each assisted with their drones that helped in the search.
Lawson said K-9 units initially tracked the missing man providing a direction of travel, which the searchers did not have. One of the game wardens then deployed a thermal drone and about 10:30 p.m. the man was located about half a mile from home.
The man had fallen and was unable to get up. Lawson said Justice was cold and wet, but safe. He was transported by Bowie EMS to Wise Health System.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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