NEWS
Nocona finalizing meat processing plant to be located on ED designated property
Plans to build a more than 3,000 square foot meat processing plant in Nocona moved forward this past week after the city council approved a plan to provide a tract of lane on Pine Street across from the Nocona Cemetery.
The council met in called session on March 19 discussing the proposal that would see the processing facility and a retail store built on land donated for economic development use.
Donna Culpepper, executive director of the Nocona Economic Development Corporation, said this action allows the NEDC Type A Board to finalize its negotiations with a trio of partners that include John Caussey, Frank Garrett and Eric Kennedy.
The three principals bring more than 90 years of experience in the livestock and meat industry. Two of the owners plan to live in Nocona and one in Wichita Falls for now.
The men have been looking at property not only in Montague County but in the nearby counties of Clay and Cooke. Garrett and his wife, Kim, purchased ranch land in the Spanish Fort area that will be the site of their home and the feed lot for cattle.
They continued to explore options for the process plant and meat market. Culpepper said she spoke to them a few months ago, but they returned to look further.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Gregory Bell, 58, Saint Jo, was found guilty of the murder of Tia Hutson, 50, also of Saint Jo after less than an hour of jury deliberation Thursday afternoon.
She was found beaten and raped in her home in August 2022 and six days later never regaining consciousness. The jury also deliberated Bell’s sentence giving him the maximum life in prison and a $10,000 find. It took them less than half an hour to make the decision. A deadly finding also determined a large flashlight was used as a deadly weapon.
As the jury left the courtroom some members were seen hugging Trevor Riley, Tia Hutson’s who had given a powerful victim’s statement to the court.
Staff and volunteers at the Bowie Mission continue to be plagued by people who dump their unwanted furniture and other items at their gates and doors. Despite having signs stating this is illegal and that there are surveillance cameras on scene, dumpers don’t seem to be phased.
This past week several large pieces of furniture were dumped right in front of the gate where the trailer used to go pick up food bank items is stored. Cynthia Brewer, director said most of the volunteers are older and it is difficult to get these large items moved out of the way. She is at her wit’s end trying to get people to stop dumping and while she hesitates to file police charges the situation is getting untenable as people continue to violate the policy.
Anyone who observes illegal dumping at the mission is urged to call the police 872-2251.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Six months into its fiscal year, the City of Bowie’s budget is meeting its half-way point in revenues and expenses with the exception of the water department where inflation and the cost of supplies is taking a toll.
Finance Director Pamela Woods presented the second quarter report to the city council last week and said they are looking at a nearly half million deficit during the first six months in the water department.
During the first six months of the year the utility fund has brought in more than $6 million in revenue across water, sewer in electric. In addition the city had a certificate of deposit here that had garnered strong interest which officials cashed out and put into operating funds.
Read the full story in the May 1 Bowie News.
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