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Early voting opens Monday for Nov. 5 election

Early voting for what many expect to be the biggest election in U.S. history begins on Oct. 21 and runs through Nov. 1.
Texas has seen its registered voters grow to more than 18 million and the turnout for Nov. 5 will be huge, so early voting may be the easier path.
Along with the presidential and national races Montague County voters will cast ballots in six location elections for city council and school board positions.
Elections Administrator Ginger Wall said her staff and the team of judges and clerks have been working hard to be prepared and they are ready to start the process. For early voting she emphasized the extended hours only apply to the annex location at Montague. See schedule of times below.
Location and times
The early voting locations are as follows: Montague County Courthouse annex in Montague; Bowie Senior Citizens Center, 501 Pelham; H.J. Justin Community Room, 102 Clay, Nocona and Saint Jo Civic Center, 101 E. Boggess.
Registered voters in the county may cast their ballots at any of these locations due to Montague County operating under countywide voting. Remember to bring along a photo ID.
Here is the schedule for early voting:
Oct. 21-25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., all four locations open.
Oct. 26, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., courthouse annex location only.
Oct. 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., courthouse annex location only.
Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., courthouse annex location only.
Oct. 28, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Bowie senior citizen center, Justin building and Saint Jo Civic Center.
Read more on this story in the weekend Bowie News.
NEWS
Texas Treasure Business Award presented to White’s Magneto & Supply

Mayor Gaylynn Burris and members of the Bowie Community Development Board presented White’s Magneto & Supply with the Texas Treasure Business Award from the Texas Historical Commission. Current owners Eddy and Gina Robinson accepted the award. Eddy was a longtime employee before buying the business in 2021. It was founded in 1948 by Albert E. Si White and his wife Sallie and has continued to evolve through the years to meet the needs of the greater Bowie area. (Photo by Barbara Green)
NEWS
Former DA’s trial cancelled, no new date set

Less than a month before her trial for theft of property former 97th district attorney Casey Hall received an amended indictment changing it to theft by a public servant and adding a count of misappropriation of fiduciary/financial property.
The court’s legal filing also reported the pending March 17 jury trial was cancelled, but as of Tuesday no new date was stated. After the new indictment a motion was filed for a continuance as the state investigates some possible new allegations.
Hall was indicted last July on a single count of theft of property $2,500-$30,000, a state jail felony, related to a pair of allegations that she allegedly deposited a state voucher for an employee’s salary supplement into her personal account instead of the office account between May 31 and Oct. 4, 2022.
The two deposits were $9,116.97 each, which is $18,233.94. The vouchers were requested from the AG grant funds used for salary supplements in the DA’s office.
The amended indictment was filed on Feb. 11. Theft by a public servant is a third degree felony and misapplication is a state jail felony. A fiduciary includes a trustee, guardian or administrator who handles property he holds as a fiduciary or property of a financial institution in a manner that involves substantial risk of loss to the owner of the property or to the person for whose benefit the property is held.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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‘Brutal’ news on water system needs

By BARBARA GREEN
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One Bowie City Council member called the infrastructure facts presented by the public works director as “brutal,” as he outlined more than $20 million in estimated needs from the water plant to the old lake line that serves customers along U.S. Highway 81.
Councilors met for a workshop Tuesday night to discuss infrastructure problems and water rates that could help fund the costs. Public Works Director Stony Lowrance and Water Plant Director Jerry Sutton both made presentations, afterwhich finance director Pamela Woods offered rate suggested based on consumption that meter readings.
Sutton referred to a May 2024 inspection from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality staff where they found the raw water pumping capacity to be non compliant and directed the city staff to add one more pump. The plant “should be” doing 2,724 gallons per minute or 3,923,000 gallons per day based on TCEQ criteria, but it is doing 2,100 gallons per minute with 3,240,000 gallons per day, which is 80% of its capacity.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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