The long-awaited drainage project at the intersection of Rock and Pillar is now underway as an excavator has begun work on the new channel as the culverts are replaced and the channel straightened. (Photos by Rosie Cole)

Just a few weeks before the major mid-term elections Texas election officials had an unknown number of voter registration applications dumped on them that have not been processed due to an error by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Montague County was not immune as the local elections administrator Ginger Wall reports they received approximately 517 records to process as a result of a “technological error” at the state level that caused this major backlog.
The DPS system failed to send the applications, submitted by voters through its online driver’s license portal, to county voter registrars. The backlog is at least 200,000 voter registration applications and updates.

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A utility vehicle accident took the life of a 14 year-old boy and seriously injured a 12-year-old boy the evening of Sept. 25 on Hildreth Pool Road.
The UTV driver,was arrested later on a complaint of driving while intoxicated.
The Department of Public Safety officers report the preliminary investigation revealed a Polaris General UTV was traveling east on Hildreth Pool Road. The driver approached a curve on a hillcrest and took “faulty evasive action” striking another vehicle.
The UTV left the roadway striking a tree and catching fire after the impact. The 14-year-old male passenger was pronounced deceased on the scene from his injuries.
The 12-year-old male received serious injuries and was taken to Cook Children’s Medical Center and as of Sunday remained in critical condition from his injuries.
Matthew Garrett was treated for minor injuries at Nocona General Hospital. The Sept. 25 Montague County jail log showed Garrett was arrested on a complaint of driving while intoxicated. Bond was not stated on the log.
The accident remains under investigation.