NEWS
Commissioner one race gets one more challenger
With just a few days left for party primary election filings, the Montague County elections have gained one more candidate for precinct one commissioner.
The deadline to file as a candidate for the primaries is Dec. 11. On Thursday Montague County Republican Chairman Mark Neese said Gerald Upton joined the precinct one commissioner’s race. He joins incumbent Commissioner Roy Darden and fellow challenger Charles King.
All the other incumbents are running uncontested including 97th District Judge Trish Coleman Byers, 97th District Attorney Casey Hall, Precinct Three Commissioner Mark Murphey, Sheriff Marshall Thomas, Constable Two Jerry DeMoss, Tax Assessor-Collector Kathy Phillips and County Attorney Clay Riddle.
Two seek the Republican Party county chair, Melody Gillespie and Robert Ragsdale.
There is no Democratic Party chairman.
There were no additional state candidates.
Texas 4th District Congressman Pat Fallon has recently changed his mind about running for Texas Senate District 30 and filed for re-election to Congress. Fallon told a tele-town hall he was staying in Congress especially after members of his family, primarily his oldest son who said he did not want to leave.
This hay hauler had some trouble as the made the curve on Mason Street near Orchard Friday afternoon as multiple round bales fell off. Someone was back on the scene quickly to get the hay out of the street and away from its edge. (Photo by Barbara Green)
After a handful of days with rain chances, this upcoming work week will be dry and hot. Afternoon temperatures will rise back into the 90s and 100s, with heat indices between 100-110 by midweek. (U.S. National Weather Service)
By BARBARA GREEN
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Judges have been named for the two cases involving 97th District Attorney Casey Hall, including the indictment for theft and a petition for removal as DA.
On July 11, Judge David L. Evans, presiding judge for the Eighth Administration Region of Texas, assigned E. Lee Gabriel to handle the indictment case against Hall. The judge then named Bruce McFarling for the removal petition case.
The two-term DA Hall was indicted by the Montague County Grand Jury July 15 on a charge of theft of property $2,500 to $30,000, a state jail felony. The allegations stem from reported misappropriation of state grant funds.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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