NEWS
Driver loses control, car flips into ravine
A 39-year-old Alvord woman was injured when her car went off the roadway on State Highway 101 at the edge of Bowie Tuesday afternoon and flipped over coming to rest in a nearby ravine with water.
Bowie Police and Bowie EMS and Rescue responded to the scene at 2:22 p.m. on May 24. The crash occurred at Hwy 101 just before the Highway overpass above Hwy 81/Business 287.
The police report filed by Sgt. Scott Parker states Ambra Dawn Locklear was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Impala westbound on Hwy. 101 and reportedly failed to control the speed as she entered a curve to the left. The vehicle crossed the center stripe, then began a skid.
Parker said as the driver began to correct the skid, it ran off the right shoulder into the wet grass and rolled counter-clockwise onto its top in a ravine where water was flowing in a drainage ditch.
Fire Chief Doug Page said bystanders got the driver out of the car as rescue/EMS were arriving. Several police units also arrived and helped assist in getting the Stokes basket carrying the driver up to the roadway into the ambulance. She was transported to Wise Health System in Decatur with unknown injuries, but they appeared to not be life-threatening.
A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council meeting scheduled for April 28 was canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
Councilors Boyd Hulstine, Stephanie Post and Brent Shaw were present along with Mayor Gaylynn Burris, Four council members are required. Laramie Truax, Laura Sproles and TJay McEwen were absent. The agenda items were expected to be placed on the next agenda of business for the council.
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