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Commissioners to meet on April 14

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The Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on April 14 in the courthouse annex.
Items on the agenda are listed as follows:
Consider reappointing Mike Berkley to the Upper Trinity Groundwater Water Conservation District Board to a four-year term.
Consider 2025 Texas Association of Counties ARTS renewal agreement, along with the TAC HEBP interim COBRA administrative agreement.
Consider reallocating $5,627 of American Rescue Plan Act funds from septic system to the radio upgrade category to cover cost increases in support, warranty, freight and power supply cords.
Consider purchasing an InstaAlert 24 variable message sign for $11,572.21 to be paid out of the county’s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act funds.
Discuss the county precincts purchasing crushed concrete being crushed on I-35 and being sold by the contractor.
Consider releasing the site improvement performance bond of $1,338,484.70 for Stonebridge Estates in precinct two.
Request from the precinct four commissioner to enter the Cory Thames property on Starkey Road to clear a fence line.
Consider going out for sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil.

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Bowie Council meets June 23

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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on June 23.
The agenda includes both old and new business items.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his report on the 2026-27 budget process, bid opening for the Glenn Hills lift station on July 16 and the bid for Rock and Pillar repairs.
In new business a pair of planning and zoning committee recommendations for replats at 107 E. Nelson and 412 Green will be reviewed. An ordinance adopting an office of emergency management amending a present ordinance will be offered.
Old business will see the second reading of the pickleball court reservation fee ordinance and the ordinance prohibiting drilling and mining or the reopening of an abandoned well or mine in any public park in the city limits.

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City of Bowie reports heat advisory today

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A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from noon until 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Please plan accordingly.

Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/oeFZANN

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Sheriff confirms human remains found in Sunset area

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Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has confirmed human skeletal remains were recovered on June 13 in the Sunset area, and they could possibly be those of a flight attendant believed to have been murdered almost a year ago in the Fort Worth.
The murder suspect, Dennis William Day, 66, admitted in June 2025 to strangling Rana Soluri, 47, an Envoy flight attendant who lived with Day during that last year. She was reported missing by a co-worker on June 11 and had not been seen or heard from since March 2025.
Day initially denied any involvement, but later admitted to the murder and indicated he dumped her body somewhere in the Montague County area. Lawmen have scoured the areas in questions in both Montague and Wise County, but found nothing.
Sheriff Thomas said on June 13 the SO received a call of possible skeletal remains in the Brushy Creek area north of Poss Dyer Lane on Farm-to-Market 1749. A deputy went to the scene and confirmed it was human remains.
Investigators responded and kept the scene secure overnight until staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center could arrive and made the recovery on June 14. A Texas Ranger and staff from the Fort Worth Police Department also were on scene.
“There is no determination made yet on how long it has been there,” said Thomas. “The anthropologist was pleased to recover most of the skeleton in these conditions. Heavy rains previously made the past searches difficult. We are working jointly with Fort Worth to make an identification and if it is the victim in their homicide.”

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