NEWS
No injuries in three-vehicle crash Monday afternoon
Bowie emergency services responded to this multi-car accident about 2 p.m. at the intersection of Mill and Wise Monday. While no details were available from the police preliminary information indicates three vehicles were involved, but there were no injuries requiring medical attention. A traffic signal on the northeastern corner also was taken down in the crash. Watch your Bowie News for further details. (Photo by Barbara Green)
UPATED- March 31
Bowie Police report the accident occurred at 2:15 on March 27 at Mill and Wise. Officer Cody Stone investigated. Kimberly Gall, 41, Nocona, was driving a Hyundai west on Wise. A second vehicle, a Chevy pickup driven by Virgil Hutson, 73, Nocona, was west on Wise with a third vehicle, a Toyota Corolla driven by Frankie Pair J., 42, Bowie, also going west on Wise. Stone said Hutson turned north onto Mill on an unprotected green light. As Gall entered the intersection her vehicle made contact with the passenger side of Hutson’s vehicle causing it to spin 180 degrees into a parking lot of a business and then back onto Wise where it stuck the back passenger door of the third vehicle. Gall reported leg pain but refused treatment at the scene. No other injuries were reported. A crosswalk signal was knocked down as the truck spun into the lot.
NEWS
Bowie School Board swears in two members
By BARBARA GREEN
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Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District welcomed one new member this week following the Nov. 5 election and accepted the 2023-24 outside audit with no exceptions.
Incumbent Trustee Jacky Betts returned to place one and Angie Christmas took the place two seat. After the board officers were dissolved with the new ones taking the oath, officers were elected. Betts will continue as president, Guy Green as vice president and Kent Dosch as secretary.
Paul Fleming of Edgin, Parkman, Fleming & Fleming, PC, presented the audit telling there were no issues and the process went smoothly. He noted the biggest change was the Legislature compressing the district tax rate and additional changes in the tax law. State aid formula grants increased due to the state’s funding formula compensating for lost property tax revenue due to the law change previously mentioned.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
NEWS
ER/hospital steering group formed
By BARBARA GREEN
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Information was the watchword for the second hospital/emergency room community meeting Tuesday night, as the steering committee was announced along with additional financial considerations.
About 50 people attended the meeting. Melody Gillespie, who was named chairperson for the committee, said the goal is to gather information to get it out into the community. This group was formed after the Bowie emergency room was closed by Faith Rural Health System in early October just shy of one year of operating in Bowie.
Kylie Ward, one of the public relations volunteers, said, “This committee is not here to force things on you and there are assumptions already we are proposing a tax. We are not, we don’t have that ability, we are just a research team here to explore all the options.”
Other members of the committee include Tiffany Chandler and Damon Benton handling finance and grant research; Jennifer Tellef, secretary; Valerie Tomerson, grant research; Ann Smith, PR and Margin Latham and Gillespie, legislative research. It was pointed out there are other members of the sub-committees who are helping with research, but they also invite anyone interested to help with the process.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
Top photo – Jack County Judge Keith Umphress spoke at this week’s steering committee meeting. (Photo by Barbara Green)
NEWS
Montague County Grand Jury issues November indicted cases
The following indictments were filed with the 97th District Clerk following the November session of the Montague County Grand Jury.
There were a total of 13 indictments with one sealed awaiting the arrest of a suspect.
A grand jury indictment is not evidence of guilt. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Read the full list of indictments in your mid-week Bowie News.
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