COUNTY LIFE
Family fun abounds during Mardi Gras Nocona Style
Nocona once again brought its own unique twist to Mardi Gras with its 10th annual festival this past weekend.
Hosted by the Nocona Chamber of Commerce and other community organizations, the festival offers three days of parades and family fun.
Thursday opened with Krewe de Barkus, the dog parade. Those winners were featured in the weekend Bowie News. On Friday the ATV parade rolled through town.
Saturday opened with the Mardi Gras 5K-10K presented by the Nocona Band Boosters. See results in today’s sports.
The Shoebox Parade was a new event where children were invited to create a small float entry that was mobile. There were 21 who marched around in the H.J. Justin Community Center.
The following youngsters were winners: Ages 4-6, Willow Noreen, first and Tatum Nell, second; ages 7-9, Liberty Nell, first and Josie Parr, second and ages 10-12, Anthony Burrows, first and Zane Luedeck, second. The Krewe De Kiddos followed with the big parade climax at 3 p.m.
Everyone clamored to catch colorful Mardi Gras beads thrown from the floats. First place went to Nocona Feed & Ranch Supply, with their haybale tractor. Second was Guardian Hospice, Sherman (small car with a lady wearing large butterfly wings) and third the Maskat Shrine Clowns from Wichita Falls. See more photos from the festivities in your mid-week Bowie News.
The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 12 in the County Courtroom at the Courthouse Annex in Montague.
Commissioners are scheduled to consider issuing a proclamation declaring October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month within Montague County.
The court also will consider accepting $850 in unanticipated revenue for the sheriff’s office generated during National Night Out activities, alongside interlocal cooperation contracts between the Texas Department of Public Safety and Justices of the Peace for Precincts 1 and 2.
An executive session is scheduled to discuss personnel matters pertaining to sewer/septic inspector for the county. Any action would be taken back in open session.
The Oct. 9-11 Art of the Song Music and Art Festival opens Friday night for three days of art and entertainment in downtown Nocona.
The festival opens on Oct. 9 with a Chisholm Trail Art Association Preview Party from 5 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the H.J. Justin Building.
Come see all the entries for the adult show, which formally opens at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10.
Live music will be played by Full Circle Band.
Also on Oct. 9 enjoy a Nocona Nights Street Dance from 7 to 9 p.m. with the Mark Murphey and Highway 82 Band. Cost is $10 per ticket and $200 for a table seating eight. Bring your lawn chairs.
Read the full schedule of events for the festival in your Thursday Bowie News.
These students are nominees for the 2026 homecoming court at Gold-Burg High School. Homecoming royals will be crowned in pre-game ceremonies before the Bears take on Throckmorton at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Pictured are: Freshmen: Kenzley Foster and Jackson Allen, freshmen; Yareli Aguirre and Jojuan Grace, sophomores; Zara Andrade, junior and Brayden Odom, Kaylie Duncan, both seniors. Not pictured: Caleb Epperson, junior and Keelyn Case, senior.
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