COUNTY LIFE
Nocona Fire unveils water rescue unit
While the 2024-25 outside audit dominated Monday’s Montague County Commissioner’s Court meeting, several other agenda items were tackled.
Members of the Nocona city and rural firefighters showed off the new water rescue equipment and introduced the three fully certified rescue team members. Last summer the court agreed to fund the purchase of equipment and training to establish two water rescue units in the county, one coordinated by the Nocona firefighters and the other by Bowie Rural VFD.
The court approved $140,000 for the units to serve the entire county. These teams will headquartered at Eagle Point Station near Lake Nocona and the Bowie Rural station on State Highway 59.
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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