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By BARBARA GREEN
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Ricky Howard, a long-time person of interest in the 2015 disappearance of Caleb Diehl, was taken into federal custody Feb. 12 on a new criminal complaint for sex crimes connected to the teen.
The 59-year-old Howard was picked up at the Lindsey State Jail and transported to the Wichita County Jail on the sealed federal indictment. Howard was in state jail serving a sentence for unlawful possession of firearms.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Hal R. Ray Jr. ordered Howard be held without bail on a complaint of sexual exploitation of a minor according to court documents. Howard faces a preliminary scheduled via teleconference at 2 p.m. March 3.
Suspicion has hovered around Howard since the beginning of the investigation as he is believed to have been the last person to see Caleb Diehl on March 30, 2015.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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Missing man has close ties with Nocona
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City staff examines new generators for water plant
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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Council takes no action on litigation issue
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
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