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Two more county deaths attributed to COVID-19

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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on the nation, and Montague County as two more deaths were reported this week moving total fatalities to nine.
Dr. Delbert McCaig, Montague County health authority, said Monday he has learned of one death in Bowie, a male patient in his 80s and one death in Nocona. However, he emphasized those deaths are not “verified” through a death certificate which will take up to 10 days to be filed and be reflected on the state dashboard of statistics.
Pandemic cases continue to escalate in Montague County jumping up 60 since Oct. 19 reported McCaig. As of Oct. 27 there were 279 positive cases confirmed by testing and 27 probable for a total of 306. Active case confirmed at 30 with eight probable.
As of Monday the Department of Health Services reports there have been 862,375 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in Texas with 17,504 fatalities in the state and an estimated 91,885 active cases in the state.
Health officials have expressed growing concerns about group activities especially as colder weather arrives and people move indoors.
Please see the related story with safety tips from the Department of Public Safety on page 2A of the mid-week Bowie News.

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Bowie Council meets June 23

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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on June 23.
The agenda includes both old and new business items.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his report on the 2026-27 budget process, bid opening for the Glenn Hills lift station on July 16 and the bid for Rock and Pillar repairs.
In new business a pair of planning and zoning committee recommendations for replats at 107 E. Nelson and 412 Green will be reviewed. An ordinance adopting an office of emergency management amending a present ordinance will be offered.
Old business will see the second reading of the pickleball court reservation fee ordinance and the ordinance prohibiting drilling and mining or the reopening of an abandoned well or mine in any public park in the city limits.

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City of Bowie reports heat advisory today

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A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from noon until 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Please plan accordingly.

Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/oeFZANN

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Sheriff confirms human remains found in Sunset area

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Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has confirmed human skeletal remains were recovered on June 13 in the Sunset area, and they could possibly be those of a flight attendant believed to have been murdered almost a year ago in the Fort Worth.
The murder suspect, Dennis William Day, 66, admitted in June 2025 to strangling Rana Soluri, 47, an Envoy flight attendant who lived with Day during that last year. She was reported missing by a co-worker on June 11 and had not been seen or heard from since March 2025.
Day initially denied any involvement, but later admitted to the murder and indicated he dumped her body somewhere in the Montague County area. Lawmen have scoured the areas in questions in both Montague and Wise County, but found nothing.
Sheriff Thomas said on June 13 the SO received a call of possible skeletal remains in the Brushy Creek area north of Poss Dyer Lane on Farm-to-Market 1749. A deputy went to the scene and confirmed it was human remains.
Investigators responded and kept the scene secure overnight until staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center could arrive and made the recovery on June 14. A Texas Ranger and staff from the Fort Worth Police Department also were on scene.
“There is no determination made yet on how long it has been there,” said Thomas. “The anthropologist was pleased to recover most of the skeleton in these conditions. Heavy rains previously made the past searches difficult. We are working jointly with Fort Worth to make an identification and if it is the victim in their homicide.”

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