COUNTY LIFE

Team compiles area hospital locations, mileage

Published

8 months ago

09/28/2024

Following the announcement of the pending closure of the Bowie Emergency Room by Faith Community Health System at 7 a.m. on Oct. 6, the Montague Emergency Communications Team has created a area hospital list including mileage and contact information.
This medical facilities are listed by distance from Bowie and go in ascending order.

Nocona General Hospital
100 Park Road
Nocona, TX 76255
(940) 825-3235
Level IV Trauma Center
16 Miles from Bowie

Medical City
Decatur
609 Medical Center Drive
Decatur, TX 76234
(940) 627-5921
Level IV Trauma Center
28 Miles from Bowie

Faith Community
Health System
215 Chisholm Trail
Jacksboro, TX 76458
(940) 567-6633
Level IV Trauma Center
29 Miles from Bowie
North Texas
Medical Center
1900 Hospital Blvd.
Gainesville, TX 76240
(940) 665-1751
Level IV Trauma Center
40 Miles from Bowie

United Regional Health Care System
1600 Eleventh Street
Wichita Falls, TX 76301
(940) 764-7000
Level II Trauma Center
44 Miles from Bowie
This list also is posted on the team’s Facebook page. Call 911 for emergencies.

COUNTY LIFE

Murder mystery comedy opens this weekend

Published

4 days ago

05/29/2025

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The cast and crew of “A Family Reunion to Die For,” has been busy rehearsing for their murder mystery dinner theater production on May 30 and May 31.
The reunion soon turns sour with murder at a western-style bed and breakfast in the tropics.
Purchase tickets online at https://www.bowieallianceforeducationandthearts.com/events-1.
Show times are 6:30 p.m. on May 30 and May 31 with an afternoon show at noon on May 31 all at the Freedom Life Church. There will be live and silent auction.
All proceeds benefit Montague County students for scholarships in the arts. Come support these thespians.

Aunt Gretchen tries to put away a rifle from a pair of squirrel-hunting hillbilly sisters during “A Family Reunion to Die For.” There will be three shows of the murder mystery dinner theater this weekend.

Top photo – Rehearsals have been underway this past week for the new murder mystery dinner theater of the Bowie Alliance for Education and the Arts. (Photos by Barbara Green)

COUNTY LIFE

TxDOT making speed limit change in Nocona area

Published

4 days ago

05/29/2025

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Speed limit changes are being put in place on FM 103 North of Nocona. The 60-mph zone is being pushed North of Grayson Street.
As part of the transition, the 45-mph speed limit will be extended just North of the Texas New Mexico Power Office. Drivers see 50 mph signs up to Grayson Street where it becomes a 60-mph zone.
Portable message boards were placed on FM 103 on May 27 to advise motorists of the upcoming changes. The new signs will be unveiled and be enforceable starting June 3.
Citizens and officials with the City of Nocona requested the changes. They were approved by the Texas Transportation Commission in April.
Drivers should be prepared to watch and observe these new speed limits signs in Nocona. Drive safely in Montague County.