NEWS
Domestic issues appear to have driven the arrest of Craig Carter
Further details from the Dec. 15 arrest of legislative candidate Craig Carter indicate the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon appears to stem from domestic issues between Carter and his estranged wife, Leigha Morgan.
Carter is accused of pointing a pistol at a male friend of Morgan and pulling the trigger. The gun did not go off because the safety was reportedly on.
The incident occurred around 9:40 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the 1500 block of Shaner Drive, an apartment complex in far northern Fort Worth. Carter was arrested at 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 15, and booked into the Denton County Jail. He posted a $20,000 bond and was released.
According to the affidavit for arrest warrant filed by Officer I.L. Davis of the Fort Worth Police Department, police were called to the apartment for a “person with a weapon call” adding a large white male had another white male on the ground with a gun to his head.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
CASE UPDATE – March 3, 2024
Update to story: According to the Denton County Criminal District Attorney Paul Johnson, Craig Carter received a “no bill” from the Denton County Grand Jury on March 31, 2022.
A case for an aggravated assault charge for an incident on Dec. 14, 2021 filed by the Fort Worth Police Department. Michael Graves as the reviewing prosecutor.
Carter was informed “the grand jury had chosen not to indict the above referenced individual at this time for the above offense.”
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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