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Drug cases dominate grand jury list

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The staff of the 97th District Attorney’s office released the following indictments from the recent November session of the Montague County Grand Jury.
Christopher Lemon, 21, Montague, indicted for tampering or fabricating evidence from a Nov. 18, 2022 complaint, $15,000 bond.
Zacchaeus Jones, 31, Ennis, possession of a controlled substance 4-400 grams, July 25 complaint, $25,000 bond.
James Marley, 47, Bowie, failure to register as a sex offender, May 20 complaint, $15,000 bond.
Jose Ramirez-Oretega, 46, Holliday, driving while intoxicated third or more, Sept. 9 complaint, no bond stated, in custody.
Robert Watkins, 44, Bowie, possession of a controlled substance under one gram, June 9 complaint, $1,500 bond.
Terry Wages, 55, Bridgeport, two charges for prohibited substance and manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance 4-200 grams, Jan. 8 complaint, $50,000 in bonds.
A grand jury indictment is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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Bowie Council meets on Monday

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Members of the Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 14 and will take steps to revitalize the Bowie Water Supply Board and consider a mountain bike trail at Selma Park.
In new business items the council will consider reappointing Steve Gilland and Randy West, and appointing Wayne Bell, Don Marlow and Ben Robbins to the Bowie Water Supply Board.
City Manager Bert Cunningham said the board is being restarted as the city handles some legal issues related to the purchase of land for the Amon Carter Lake extension, following advice from its legal council.
The water supply board was set up back then to coordinate that lake extension development and remained in place until the bonds were paid off.
Also in new business the parks board will submit its recommendation to develop a mountain bike trail at Selma Park.
Other new topics include Public Works Director Stony Lowrance will request $4,600 out of the infrastructure fund to pay for 26 meters; ordinance amending the 2023-24 budget and resolution for signatories for the Community Block Development Grant- Mitigation Resilient Communities Program.
In the city manager’s monthly report he will update the Nelson Street drainage project, substation transformer, raw water pump, downtown revitalization grant, outside audit and placement of the new Trail Boss statue at Pelham.

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Robber threatens bingo game players

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By BARBARA GREEN
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Usually the only excitement at the monthly Tuesday night bingo game at the Nocona Senior Citizens Center comes with a blackout win, but that changed this week as a man attempted to harm and rob those attending the game.
Police Chief Kent Holcomb said the 911 call for a robbery at the center located at 400 Boston Street came in about 8:20 p.m. on Oct. 8. On arrival, Captain Matt Poole found the suspect, Richie Karl Romine, had been detained by a couple of people at the center.
The 35-year-old Romine was arrested and charged with five complaints of aggravated robbery with bond of $50,000 on each one. As of Friday he remained in county jail.
“Those folks did an awesome job as they wrestled him and got him down. Unfortunately he pushed one lady down and another woman had a medical episode. For aggravated robbery it looks pretty open and shut,” said the chief.

Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News that includes eye witness details.

Top photo: Nocona Police Captain Matt Poole arrests robbery suspect Richie Romine at the Nocona Senior Center Tuesday. Rosie Licon looks on.

People attending Tuesday night’s community bingo waited patiently as police arrived to investigate the scene at the Nocona Senior Citizens Center. (Courtesy photos)
Robbery suspect Richie Romine
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Third transformer pushes Bowie’s substation forward 25 years

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By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Manager Bert Cunningham says the addition of a third transformer for the city’s electric substation is one of the most important improvements in many years and he likened it to the Amon Carter Lake extension more than 30 years ago.
The pursuit of a third transformer for the substation has been on the city’s “bucket list” for years. While those familiar with the system knew it was needed, the costs topping more than a million dollars just for the transformer made it look like an elusive dream.
However, during this past year a series of events made it possible and in the past two weeks concrete has been poured for the transformer pad.

The present 12.5 Mva transformers, which are original to the 1992 substation, will have a 20 Mva transformer make it a trio to supply power through the substation.

Read the full story in your weekend Bowie News.

During the past two weeks there have been two concrete pours at the city substation where the new third transformer will be placed.
The two present transformers placed in 1992 when the substation was built. (Photos by Barbara Green)
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