NEWS
Despite mistrial, Ricky Howard pleads guilty on one count
A Nocona man named a person of interest in the 2015 disappearance of a local 18-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday to preying on the boy when he was a minor, announced Prerak Shah, acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.
Hours after the court declared a mistrial due to juror injury, Ricky Dale Howard, 59, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child. The Nocona News reported a juror fell and broke her foot when leaving the courthouse Monday night.
The former Nocona rancher and banker now faces up to 30 years in federal prison.
According to evidence presented in court before the mistrial was declared, law enforcement obtained several of Howard’s computers during an investigation into the disappearance of a high school senior, Caleb Diehl, who was reported missing on April 1, 2015, just two weeks after his 18th birthday.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Update July 21 8 a.m.:
After presstime Tuesday The Bowie News found Howard is scheduled for sentencing Oct. 27 at the U.S. Courthouse in Fort Worth.
Bowie ISD –
For – 477
Against – 1308
Forestburg ISD
Prop A – For 98, against 59
Prop A – For 86, against 72
All results preliminary until formally canvassed
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
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