NEWS
‘Fitz’ new host for Bob Kingsley CT40; Bowie grad filling radio icon’s boots
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
As a youngster Cory Fitzner remembers riding from Wichita Falls to Bowie on the weekends to visit family and listening to “Bob Kingsley’s Top 40 Country Countdown.”
Today, Fitzner, a popular radio personality based in Seattle, will be sitting behind the late Bob Kingsley’s microphone and in his chair as the new host of “Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 With Fitz.”
He hosted his first show on Jan. 4-5. Fitz opened that program stating he sits in the seat with a “grateful and humble heart,” taking over from Kingsley who lead the program since 1978.
“It is an amazing honor to sit here and a bit overwhelming. I ask Bob, who I know is watching over us, to keep doing it,” said Fitz in the first show.
The 41-year-old radio man is the son of Linda and Bob Fitzner, and is a 1996 graduate of Bowie High School. He has been building his radio career the past 13 years in the Seattle area where he currently is the morning anchor at Hubbard country 98.9 KNUC. He also hosts The Fitz Show, The Hit List With Fitz and Nashville Minute with Fitz collectively heard on more than 140 stations.
Read the full story in your mid-week Bowie News.
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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