NEWS
Prayer vigil first step to grieve senior who drown Thursday
Trent Walker at last week’s Bowie FFA awards banquet. (News photo)
By BARBARA GREEN
As Friday dawned, Bowie High School began the daunting task of helping its students and staff deal with the drowning death of a popular senior on Thursday.
A prayer vigil took place Friday morning for they community as they grieve Trent Walker, 18, who drowned in a tragic accident at Mose Johnson Lake located next to Bowie High School. Students, teachers and family members, including the teen’s mother, Melissa, and his grandmother, attended, along with some of the local first responders.
Funeral service for Walker will be at 2 p.m. on May 16 at First Baptist Church of Bowie.
The 911 call for the drowning came in to the Bowie Police Department at 11 a.m. Thursday. Sgt. Bob Blackburn said on the initial call there were some mixed message about what had truly happened including a report of a car going into the lake, which proved to be untrue.
Walker and a friend were fishing at the lake enjoying the spring day when Walker decided to swim across the channel to a canoe that was located on the opposite shore. Blackburn said the witness told him Walker made it about half-way across when he began having difficulties.
Read the full story in the weekend News. Please see Trent Walker’s obituary in the weekend News and her on bowienewsonline.com
A boil water order was implemented Monday afternoon for the area served at U.S. Highway 81 from Parker Drive to Old Bowie Lake as water line repairs were made. The order remains in place today. If you are affected by this order and need bottled water call 940-977-4941.
City of Bowie officials report Montague County, TX will be under an ELEVATED FIRE THREAT today. Please be careful. Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/H9U9gWU
A heat advisory also continues until 8 p.m. tonight. Remember to check on pets and older neighbors. Stay safe.
Photo of a previous grass fire, Bowie News file photo.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
While the budget was the primary topics for the Montague County Commissioners on Aug. 10, there were several other topics handled by the court.
Tax Assessor Collector Kathy Phillips presented the certification of value and rates for the 2026 taxes. The certified net values are $3,017,685,102 with rolling railroad stock at $15,954,716.
The county’s total taxable value is $3,033,639,818. Total appraised is $7,930,674,437, total assessed at $3,629,932,719 and total taxable value of new property at $93,632,505.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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