NEWS

Bowie City Council faces new business items

Published

3 years ago

01/06/2024

Members of the Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on Jan. 8 in the council chambers to open a new year of business.
Numerous items of new business fill the agenda.
A planning and zoning recommendation for approval of a replat for tracts at State Highway 59 and U.S. 287 will be offered. This is the site of a proposed new Allsup’s truck stop store location. A second recommendation is for a replat at 510 Ussery Street.
A request from the Bowie Economic Development Corporation to renew a five-year deed for city-owned property at Orchard and Mason. The BEDC has been trying to sell or use the land as an incentive for business development and the agreement had run the five years.
Could the city offices go to a four-day work week? There will be a discussion of a possible proposal where the work day would run longer and still contain 40 hours, but across four days an idea reportedly broached by city employees.
Also in new business, City Manager Bert Cunningham will discuss the power cost recovery increase. Cunningham also will make his monthly report to discuss the topics of the Mill and Nelson water line break, a transformer for the substation and the Brazos Electric power payment.
Public comments and the consent agenda wrap up the Monday council agenda

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

Published

58 minutes 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

Published

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.