NEWS
Trustees debate buying co-op a building, select construction manager-at-risk
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Bowie Independent School District Trustees conducted a lengthy meeting Tuesday night on a varied slate of topics that included the selection of a construction manager-at-risk for the new administration building project, educator contracts and a discussion on the county special education cooperative buying a building.
The board met for nearly four hours Tuesday night. A closed session of almost an hour opened the night as they interviewed representatives from M&F Litteken for the construction manager-at-risk job on the new administrative offices’ project.
A video presentation was shown as the company officials gave their history and showed some of their other projects in the area. Superintendent Blake Enlow said the company was “very impressive, and they were top scorers” in the review of prospects. Trustees approved Litteken and they will now move into preparing the contract for professional services.
The board’s second closed session was the review of educator contracts. Enlow said all staff were offered contracts.
Coach Bre Jones is leaving her position as head volleyball coach, but will still teach in the district next year. There are also three retirements Kami Bowman, Dianna Maahs and DeAnn Ash all at the elementary.
Enlow said there are some staff members who are completing certifications and he also anticipates there may be some who do not return their contracts, but he has not been made aware of those.
Education Co-op
Trustees had an extensive discussion about BISD being asked to contribute $108,751.74 for the Montague County Special Classes Cooperative to purchase a building for its offices.
The special classes cooperative provides specialized services school districts in the county may need for their students.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on June 23.
The agenda includes both old and new business items.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his report on the 2026-27 budget process, bid opening for the Glenn Hills lift station on July 16 and the bid for Rock and Pillar repairs.
In new business a pair of planning and zoning committee recommendations for replats at 107 E. Nelson and 412 Green will be reviewed. An ordinance adopting an office of emergency management amending a present ordinance will be offered.
Old business will see the second reading of the pickleball court reservation fee ordinance and the ordinance prohibiting drilling and mining or the reopening of an abandoned well or mine in any public park in the city limits.
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Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has confirmed human skeletal remains were recovered on June 13 in the Sunset area, and they could possibly be those of a flight attendant believed to have been murdered almost a year ago in the Fort Worth.
The murder suspect, Dennis William Day, 66, admitted in June 2025 to strangling Rana Soluri, 47, an Envoy flight attendant who lived with Day during that last year. She was reported missing by a co-worker on June 11 and had not been seen or heard from since March 2025.
Day initially denied any involvement, but later admitted to the murder and indicated he dumped her body somewhere in the Montague County area. Lawmen have scoured the areas in questions in both Montague and Wise County, but found nothing.
Sheriff Thomas said on June 13 the SO received a call of possible skeletal remains in the Brushy Creek area north of Poss Dyer Lane on Farm-to-Market 1749. A deputy went to the scene and confirmed it was human remains.
Investigators responded and kept the scene secure overnight until staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center could arrive and made the recovery on June 14. A Texas Ranger and staff from the Fort Worth Police Department also were on scene.
“There is no determination made yet on how long it has been there,” said Thomas. “The anthropologist was pleased to recover most of the skeleton in these conditions. Heavy rains previously made the past searches difficult. We are working jointly with Fort Worth to make an identification and if it is the victim in their homicide.”
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