COUNTY LIFE
Commissioners court meets Oct. 14
Montague County Commissioners face a routine agenda of business when they meet at 9 a.m. on Oct. 14.
Interim District Attorney Katie Boggeman will discuss using Senate Bill 22 funds for a part-time position.
These funds were frozen during an investigation into District Attorney Casey Hall’s use of the funds.
The 2025 resolution for the indigent defense grant program will be presented.
Other topics on Monday’s agenda will be: Consider the appointment of Addie Kirkpatrick to the Montague County Child Welfare Board; reschedule the Veteran’s Day Nov. 11 meeting to Nov. 12; allow sheriff’s office to accept unanticipated revenue of $450 for donations to the National Night Out program; pay two invoices from federal grant funds for bid notices for the wastewater treatment plant; precinct one to enter a finance agreement to purchase a 2025 Mack truck for $161,175 and finance $120,000 and consider naming the private road off South Ford Road to Brom Loop in precinct two.
Five Montague County high schools will present their seniors with diplomas during ceremonies on their campuses.
Meet the valedictorian and salutatorian from each school in today’s Bowie News. Also inside the edition find the Graduation Keepsake Section featuring photos of seniors from every county school and Bellevue.
Bowie High School
Graduation for the 2026 class of Jackrabbits will be at 8 p.m. on May 22 at the high school stadium.
Read the full story and meet all these honor graduates in your Thursday Bowie News.
Youngsters received their diplomas during ceremonies on Tuesday night as they move on to first grade. The children were invited to dress up as what they want to be when they grow up.
Watch for more photos in the May 28 edition.
It is with heavy hearts 
we announce our beloved Chicken lady Mildred McCraw has passed away. She has always been one of Bowie’s biggest fans and a treasured Bowie Community Development board volunteers. She is known for her famous sayings, “Chicken, pickin’, fiddling, fun time” and of she would all want us “to be of good cheer”
A Celebration of Life will be at White Family Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 2 at 2 p.m
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