COUNTY LIFE
Nocona Hospital District has three seats open, four candidates
Nocona Hospital District will be going it alone for the May 2 election with a contested election and without the city and school co-hosting elections.
Candidate filing for the three seats opening up on the board of directors came to an end on Feb. 14 with four people running for three of the seven seats. Positions are elected “at large.”
Longtime board members Charles May, Ron Brown and De Brown (not related) are facing challenges from Shawn Patton and Steve Bates.
Last week, De Brown withdrew from the May 2 election. She was appointed to the seat in January when Cris Lemon resigned due to a move out of the district. That term expires in May, but Brown was required to file to run for the next term. She filed, however after there were new community members filing to run, she withdrew.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Five Montague County high schools will present their seniors with diplomas during ceremonies on their campuses.
Meet the valedictorian and salutatorian from each school in today’s Bowie News. Also inside the edition find the Graduation Keepsake Section featuring photos of seniors from every county school and Bellevue.
Bowie High School
Graduation for the 2026 class of Jackrabbits will be at 8 p.m. on May 22 at the high school stadium.
Read the full story and meet all these honor graduates in your Thursday Bowie News.
Youngsters received their diplomas during ceremonies on Tuesday night as they move on to first grade. The children were invited to dress up as what they want to be when they grow up.
Watch for more photos in the May 28 edition.
It is with heavy hearts 
we announce our beloved Chicken lady Mildred McCraw has passed away. She has always been one of Bowie’s biggest fans and a treasured Bowie Community Development board volunteers. She is known for her famous sayings, “Chicken, pickin’, fiddling, fun time” and of she would all want us “to be of good cheer”
A Celebration of Life will be at White Family Funeral Home on Tuesday, June 2 at 2 p.m
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