NEWS
Monday crime reports keep lawmen hopping
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said things were hopping Monday morning with a pair of incidents that included assault of a peace officer and an alleged stabbing during an attempted aggravated robbery.
After a very hectic Sunday where deputies helped track down suspects from a high speed chase that began in Clay County, Monday opened up early.
Stabbing report
Thomas said at 5:18 a.m. a 911 call came in from a man who said he had been stabbed while attempting to get gasoline at the Sunset Gas and Grill, located on the service road at U.S. 287 and Highway 101.
Monday morning Thomas said the details were still preliminary, but the injured man, Caleb Schlomach, 30, Alvord, called while he was driving to get medical help. He said a white male with long hair came up to him and demanded money before stabbing him with a knife.
Investigation by the sheriff’s department found Schlomach changed his story indicating it took place at a different location and he knew the man who attacked him, but would not identify him.
Nocona Police were called to the Dairy Queen around 3 a.m. Monday following what appeared to be a “road rage” incident with a vehicle said Police Chief Kent Holcomb.
A man driving a vehicle had got into a confrontation with another driver, then he reportedly began doing donuts in the restaurant parking lot where he allegedly ran into an employee’s parked vehicle before driving away.
Officer Cody Stone went to the man’s house after witnesses told them who he was. When officers attempted to arrest the suspect, Granville Mitchell, 30, Nocona, he fought with the officer and a deputy who had arrived for backup. They were finally able to get him into custody and took him to the county jail.
Sheriff Thomas said when Mitchell was being booked into jail, and his handcuffs being removed he began to fight with the police and deputies, and threatened the jailors. They believed he was intoxicated.
Read the full story on both these incidents in the Thursday Bowie News.
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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