NEWS
Central Hospital closes; EMS still transporting to Decatur, Nocona
By BARBARA GREEN
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Once again the greater Bowie area finds itself without a hospital as Central Hospital of Bowie closed it doors at 5 p.m. on Feb. 4.
While the hospital will no longer be available, residents can be assured emergency medical ambulance services will continue to operate through the City of Bowie and Nocona General Hospital.
Fire Chief Doug Page said patients of the City of Bowie EMS will continue to get the “high quality service they have always received,” but the two transport hospitals will be Nocona General Hospital and Wise Health System. He noted it is certainly not good to have any hospital close in a community.
Nocona General Hospital is located 19.1 miles north of the center of Bowie, while Wise Health is 28.6 miles south of Bowie in Decatur.
Lance Meekins, administrator at NGH which operates its ambulance service, said he anticipates no changes in the services it provides through EMS or the hospital. The administrator said mutual aid agreements remain in place.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
On the afternoon of Sept. 18 the boil order for the City of Saint Jo’s water system was lifted. All the required testing following the water main break late last week have been conducted and approved.
By BARBARA GREEN
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A gun-toting, masked man walked into the Star Travel Center Saturday and while he didn’t ask for money or make threats, he was arrested for aggravated robbery and several other charges.
At 5:19 p.m. Sept. 14, Montague County Sheriff’s Deputy Chase Pelton was dispatched to the travel center located at 2606 Farm-to-Market Road 174. Chief Deputy Jack Lawson said on arrival Pelton found a man of that description wearing a fleece-line mask inside the Boots and Jackets store. He was carrying two guns in his waistband and a backpack.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Saint Jo City Council will meet in regular session at 5 p.m. on Sept. 18 in city hall.
There will be a budget workshop as the city officials finalize their operational expenses. Waste Connections also has made a request per its contract to receive a 5.03% cost price index increase.
A pair of zoning issues are scheduled. Vance Pearson asks for a zoning change from residential to mixed use of commercial and residential. Craig Olden asks for a variance of 9,000 square feet lot size for a house on 701 S. Main and old skating rink availability of water and sewer, residential and commercial.
Minutes and monthly reports wrap up the agenda
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