NEWS

Youth fair entries open until Dec. 15

Published

3 years ago

12/02/2023

By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Entries opened Dec. 1 for the 2024 Montague County Youth Fair and will close on Dec. 15.
Last year the fair welcomed a strong number of overall entries with 1,030, up from 757 the prior year. There were 337 exhibitors.
The fair will take place Jan. 3-6, 2024 with activities at the Montague County Agriculture Center, Nocona Community Center and Bowie High School.
After a successful premiere, Leadership Day returns to the fair calendar this year with activities at Bowie High. Kristy Tillman, chairman of the fair board, said since Bowie is out on holiday break, this will offer a larger, more conducive space for all entrants to compete and relax. Events will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Jan. 3, which adds one day to the traditionally three-day fair.
Some of the other changes this year include a $5 fee for each contest. This also will allow the leadership kids to be listed on the pledge sheets.
There will be no extemporaneous speaking this year and it has been replaced with a Montague County Agricultural Advocacy Prepared Speaking contest.

Read more about the fair changes in your weekend Bowie News.

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

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1 hour ago

11/05/2026

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Montague County voters joined the rest of the state with a tremendous turnout in Tuesday’s elections.
The elections administration office reported with all 10 precincts counted a turnout of 56.01% or 8,732 casting ballots. There are 15,591 registered voters in the county.
While there were no county contested races, there were two city council and two school board elections.
The Bowie City Council has three places on the ballot. Laura Sproles, incumbent, was not challenged for her place two.
Levi Bailey won the precinct one seat with 925 votes. Valerie Thomerson received 328 votes.
In precinct three, Terry Gunter won with 1,027 votes and Glenda Durham was second with 383

Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.

NEWS

Nocona teen dies after apolice chase

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1 hour ago

11/05/2026

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A 15-year-old Nocona boy was killed in a crash following a law enforcement pursuit just after midnight on Nov. 1.
Sgt. Aaron Brandle, public information officer with the Montague County Sheriff’s office, said the crash occurred on Nov. 1 at around 12:21 a.m.
The vehicle in the pursuit crashed in the 3600 block of Cardwell Road in Montague County. The juvenile was the sole occupant of the vehicle and was ejected as a result of the crash.
The release states responding law enforcement personnel immediately initiated life-saving measures at the scene. The juvenile was subsequently transported to Nocona General Hospital, where despite continued life-saving efforts, he was pronounced deceased.

While the authorities have not publicly identified the deceased, several community efforts have been launched to assist the family of AR “Mando” Alcantar, a sophomore at Nocona High School. Students and staff also have taken steps to remember the popular young man.

A Gofundme account also has been sent up under the name Small Town, Big Hearts – Help support the Alcantar Family. It was organized by Kelsey Cabrera.

(Top photo – AR “Mando” Alcantar)

Read the full report in the Thursday Bowie News.

The Bowie News staff apologizes for the error in spelling of the the young man’ s name in the print edition. It stated “Mondo” and that was incorrect. We did not find the error until after press time.