NEWS
Grand Jury indictments filed for fall
The following indictments were issued out of the Montague County Grand Jury during the October and September sessions.
For October there were 15 indictments issued out of the Oct. 16 session including eight that were sealed awaiting the arrest of suspects. For Sept. 11 there were nine indictments including one that was sealed.
A grand jury indictment is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Oct. 16 indictments
Darrel Keith Berry Jr., possession of a controlled substance 1-4 grams, March 9 offense, $10,000 bond.
Kristen Michelle Clark, possession of a controlled substance under one gram, March 15 offense, $2,500 bond.
Daniel Eugene Edwards Jr., possession of a controlled substance less than one gram, March 9, $5,000 bond.
Joseph Ban Freeman, possession of a controlled substance 1-4 grams, July 11, $7,000 bond.
Charles Michael Pruitt, possession of a controlled substance under one gram, Aug. 29, $7,000 bond.
David Riley Smith, possession of a controlled substance 1-4 grams, July 11, $7,000 bond.
Bradley Neil Willett, possession of a controlled substance 1-4 grams, July 12, $7,000 bond.
Lisa Marie McEachern, possession of a controlled substance under one gram, March 19, $20,000 bond.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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