NEWS
Two injured in early morning accident mid-week
A Nocona man is in stable condition at John Peter Smith Hospital following a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 59 North early Wednesday morning. Department of Public Safety Trooper Dru Kirkland investigated the accident that was reported at 6:24 a.m. Sept. 30. Lindsay Cline, Alvord, was northbound in a silver SUV enroute to her job at Nocona High School, when she collided with a Ford Mustang driven by James Hawthorne, 26, Nocona, who was traveling south. Kirkland said Hawthorne was attempting to pass an 18-wheeler that was making a turn in front of him and struck Cline. Hawthorne was extricated from his car by Bowie firefighters and airlifted from the scene to United Regional in Wichita Falls. He later was flown to JPS in Fort Worth, where on Friday he was in stable condition. Cline was treated and released later that day at Bowie Memorial Hospital. Traffic was closed on the highway while the drivers were treated and removed, and the wreckage cleared. Kirkland said the accident is still under investigation and no citations have been issued. (photo by Barbara Green)
NEWS
Rains bring relief to parched county
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.
NEWS
Data centers worrying citizens
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.
NEWS
Montague County lifts burn ban
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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