NEWS

County debates personal vehicle use as option for commissioners

Published

2 years ago

09/11/2024

By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Tensions continue to run high between Montague County Commissioners Mike Mayfield and Roy Darden as the court approved an additional option for vehicle use by commissioners.
Last month those two, along with Commissioner Bob Langford argued about the no soda pop policy in the precincts where they could only buy water and drinks like Gatorade for their crew, not sodas.
After a lengthy debate full of accusations, the court agreed to allow commissioners to buy sodas; however, during the arguing Mayfield said there were several things they didn’t like that were going on in Darden’s precinct and he planned on bringing to the agenda for discussion.
While it was never specifically stated this option for vehicle use was one of those topics, Mayfield during discussion eluded to Darden allowing members of his crew to use county vehicles for non-work driving.
Mayfield said he would like to see commissioners have the option to use their own vehicle receiving a stipend of about $2,500 a month. He noted this amount was not far off what the county supplies.

Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.

COUNTY LIFE

Montague County sees 56.1% voter turnout in midterms

Published

21 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

28 minutes 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.