NEWS
DA’s removal hearing begins, adjourned until Friday
By BARBARA GREEN
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Casey Hall, 97th District Attorney, may learn Friday if she will be temporarily suspended from her position, pending a removal jury trial.
The removal petition process got underway Monday with its first hearing, as the judge adjourned after a little more than one hour and set the case to resume at 10 a.m on Aug. 9.
While the hearing may have been brief, it covered a couple of major topics including a defense motion to dismiss and an argument the state should have some representation at this hearing.
The removal petition was filed July 17 by local attorney Tim Cole, who also is a former longtime district attorney for the 97th Judicial District. It seeks to remove District Attorney Casey Hall for incompetency or official misconduct in the performance of her duties as DA. The petitioner also requests Hall be temporarily suspended pending a final decision in the case.
Judge Bruce McFarling presided after he was assigned to the case by Judge David L. Evans, presiding judge of the eighth administrative region of Texas. Cole represented himself as the petitioner and Hall was represented by Robert Wagstaff, an Abilene attorney.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
After a major water line break on Wednesday, the City of Saint Jo issued a boil order for its customers. Following a series of testing over the next few days, the order is expected to be lifted.
The City of Saint Jo reports a major water line break has occurred at U.S. Highway 82 and Boggess Street at the red light. Utility crews are on site and TxDOT is coming to assist with traffic. Drivers should be cautious in this area.
The line was finally repaired Thursday morning, but the water system now has a boil water order until the testing of the water is completed.
By BARBARA GREEN
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One week ago a 14-year-old boy went into his classroom at Apalachee High School in Winder, GA shooting and killing four people and injuring nine.
According to Education Week Tracker this was the first deadly shooting of the new academic year and the deadliest since March 2023 when six people were killed at The Covenant School in Nashville.
During the course of just two days last week, three people were injured by gunfire during a football game in Martinsburg, WV, a 15-year-old student was shot in a school bathroom in Maryland and died from his injuries and a teacher was grazed by a stray bullet as he prepared for class in his room in the Bronx, NY.
Lt. Bob Blackburn of the Bowie Independent School District and Bowie Police school resource team said they immediately got word of the shooting in Georgia on Sept. 4 from other schools, law enforcement and general media. Bowie has an SRO on each of its four campuses.
“When you get the word it creates a certain immediate heightened awareness. You try to stay highly aware each day, but it goes like a wave through law enforcement as you begin to think are we prepared if that happened right now,” reflects Blackburn.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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