NEWS
Nov. 8 early voting opens Monday
Early voting opens Oct. 24 and will run through Nov. 4 for the Nov. 8 general election in Texas.
While the national and state ballots have been garnering lots of attention, four entities in Montague County will have elections for school board and city council. All the county government posts on the ballot are running unopposed.
Early voting will be Monday-Friday only from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the 10-day period. The extended hours days will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, only.
The voting locations are as follows: Montague County Courthouse annex, Nocona Community Center, Saint Jo Civic Center and Bowie Bible Baptist Church.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said this year they have added a half-day Saturday early voting day. It will be open from 8 a.m. to noon at the courthouse annex only.
Those who may wish to request a ballot by mail have until 5 p.m. Oct. 28 to submit that application.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Nov. 8, 2022 general election
Early voting: Oct. 24-Nov. 4,
8 a.m. – 5 p.m, Monday-Friday
Extended hours: Oct. 25, Nov. 1,
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Oct. 29, Saturday voting, 8 a.m.- noon,
courthouse annex location ONLY
LOCATIONS
• Montague Co. Annex Community Room,
11339 State Highway 59, Montague
• Nocona Community Center, 807 N. U.S. 82
• Saint Jo Civic Center, 101 E. Boggess
• Bible Baptist Church, 1400 Hwy. 59, Bowie.
NEWS
Bowie Council meets June 23
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.
NEWS
City of Bowie reports heat advisory today
A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from noon until 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Please plan accordingly.
Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/oeFZANN
NEWS
Sheriff confirms human remains found in Sunset area
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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