NEWS
Burris takes Bowie mayor, Nunneley takes Nocona mayor
Bowie Mayor Gaylynn Burris overwhelmingly won her final term leading the council, while Nocona City Councilor Christopher Nunneley took the mayor’s seat with 51.82% of the vote edging out Ray Gelo who had 48.18%.
It was the first time in 18 years for a contested mayor’s race in Nocona. There was a low voter turnout Tuesday with 22.49% of the county’s registered voters. There were 3,479 ballots cast out of the county’s 15,468 registered voters.
In 2024 it was a presidential race year with a 71% turnout as 11,131 voters cast ballots. In 2022’s mid-terms the turnout was 53.67% with 7,869 voting.
County voters followed the state approving a series of tax exemptions and bans as well as new investments in state infrastructure and research as all 17 constitutional amendments passed.
City of Bowie Mayor
Gaylynn Burris
Glenda Durham
City of Nocona Mayor
Ray Gelo
Christopher Nunneley
Nocona City Council (2 places)
Robert Fuller (I)
Matthew D. Fenoglio
Rob Norman
Saint Jo ISD (two places)
Shawn Armstrong
Mike Martin (I)
Rodney Swirczynski(I)
Jessica Wagner
Bowie ISD, place 3
Justin Kuecher – 415
Jeff Jackson – 962
Nocona ISD and Bowie City Council races uncontested.(I) incumbent
All results unofficial until canvassed by
the governing body
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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