NEWS
Early voting starts Wednesday in Senate runoff
Early voting for the Dec. 19 Texas Senate 30 runoff election begins Wednesday and continues for one week at four locations across Montague County.
The winner will replace Pat Fallon, who was recently elected to the U.S. House in Texas’ 4th Congressional District. District 30 encompasses Archer, Clay, Cooke, Erath, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wichita, Wise and Young Counties and parts of Collin and Denton Counties.
The two candidates are District 68 State Rep. Drew Springer (R-Muenster) and Shelley Luther, Denton area business woman. There were six candidates in the September special election, but there was no clear majority as only 164 votes separated the top two.
Springer recently won another term representing District 68 in the Texas House. Luther came to prominence early in the pandemic as she refused to close the salon she operated based on the governor’s lockdown orders. She went to jail for a brief period and when released became an outspoken critic of the business shutdowns.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said early voting and election day balloting will be at the same four locations.
Early voting will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 9-15 at: Montague County Annex Community Room, H.J. Justin Community Room, Nocona; Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Bible Baptist Church.
Election day voting on Dec. 19 will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wall asks voters to note this is a Saturday election.
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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