NEWS
Area road closures from TxDOT; six inches of rain falls
Widespread Flooding in the Wichita Falls district, Texas Department of Transportation road closure update
Archer, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Wichita and Young Counties at 10:30 a.m. Thursday
New closures and flooded conditions are being reported. This list of roadways is constantly changing. Motorists are reminded to Turn Around…Don’t Drown. Also barricades and TxDOT manned closures are there to keep you safe. Going around the road block is illegal and punishable by a $2000 fine and up to 2 years in jail.
DriveTexas.Org is an excellent source to check these rapidly changing conditions.
ARCHER:
U.S. 281 has water on the roadway from S.H. 16 to Antelope. Open and passable at slow speeds
FM 1883 is clouded from FM 172 to SH 148.
CLAY
U.S. 287 Southbound is reduced to one lane because of water on the roadway. Slower speeds will get you through it.
FM 175 is CLOSED from SH 148 West to Shannon.
FM 172 from Scotland to Bluegrove has standing water. Passable with caution.
FM 1997 is CLOSED from Just North of Henrietta to FM 2332.
SH 148 is flooded just South of US 287. Passable with care.
Spur 510 North of US 287 is flooding. At this time it is passable with caution.
FM 1883 is CLOSED from FM 172 to SH 148.
COOKE
FM 1630 at Clear Creek is flooded. Precede with caution.
MONTAGUE
US 81 from FM 1806 North has water on the roadway. It is passable if you take it easy.
FM 1956 West of Nocona has standing water. Passable at slow speeds
FM1806 is CLOSED from Stoneburg to Bus Stop Road.
WICHITA
Old Iowa Park Road’s Northbound lanes are CLOSED due to flooding.
Debbie Hoover shared this photo of a vehicle under water at the Mill Street Railroad overpass from Wednesday night. Despite flashing police lights altering to the high water, the driver drove through and had to be rescued.
Bowie ISD –
For – 477
Against – 1308
Forestburg ISD
Prop A – For 98, against 59
Prop A – For 86, against 72
All results preliminary until formally canvassed
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
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