COUNTY LIFE
Forestburg couple gets prison time for Jan. 6 riot actions
A Forestburg area couple was sentenced to federal prison last week for their actions in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Mark and Jalise Middleton were found guilty of multiple felony charges back in February, with sentencing postponed throughout the year until Oct. 22. U.S. District Judge Randolph D. Moss presided.
Mark Middleton, 55, received 30 months in a Texas federal prison for the first three counts and a total of 18 months on the remaining four counts, all to run concurrent. Jalise Middleton, 54, was sentenced to 20 months on the first three counts and a total of 18 months on the remaining counts, to run concurrent. They both also have a $2,000 fine. They also have filed letters of appeal.
A federal jury convicted the pair on two counts of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, all felony offenses. They also were convicted of misdemeanor offenses of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building, disorderly conduct in the Capitol grounds and act of physical violence in the Capitol grounds.
The Middletons were arrested on April 21, 2021 in Forestburg. Their trial began on Feb. 9 with the verdict returned on Feb. 13.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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.
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)
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.
The members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 27 in the courthouse annex.
Items on the agenda are as follows: Consent agenda, fueling energy and operations update from Pam Hughes Pak with Atmos Energy Corporation, proclamation naming June was Elder Abuse Awareness Month in the county, consider WiFi at new county animal shelter, consider Nortex Housing Finance Corporation tax-exempt obligations (Sun Valley apartments), precinct one request to transfer $200,000 from reserves to gravel, precinct request to store fill dirt on Chance Simpson’s property in Ringgold and budget workshop.
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