NEWS
Nocona City Council accepts audit, hires city attorney
Members of the Nocona City Council received their outside audit and hired a new city attorney when they met Tuesday.
David Parkman of Edgin, Parkman, Fleming & Fleming of Wichita Falls presented the audit report for 2018-2019. City Secretary Revell Hardison said the city received a clean unqualified report.
Zachary Renfro, local attorney, was retained as the new city attorney. He replaces Tracey Jennings, Bowie attorney, who recently resigned to take another position. Renfro will serve in a similar fashion on an “as needed basis.”
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Nocona firefighters battled this large commercial truck blaze on Sunday. It was a large stripe painting truck parked west of Nocona on U.S. 81. There were no injuries and the firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze. (Photos by Tanner Roberts)
A 57-year-old Nocona died in a two-vehicle crash on Farm-to-Market Road 677 on Aug. 9.
According to the Department of Public Safety report, the accident occurred at 12:35 p.m. on Sunday near mile marker 188 on FM 677.
Jamie Lynn Hunter, Nocona, was driving a 2009 Nissan Sentra southbound on FM 677.
The second vehicle was a 2026 Ford F-350 driven by Eric Leslie Florance, 40, Guthrie, OK who was northbound on FM 677. The report states the Nissan crossed into the northbound lane. Florance attempted to avoid a collision, but was unable to avoid the car.
Hunter was pronounced deceased due to her injuries. Florance and two minor passengers, age 13 and 10, were transported to Nocona General Hospital for minor injuries.
During Monday’s commissioner’s court session the panel approved a burn ban for all outdoor burning for up to 90 days. See the full order below.
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