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Montague County Grand Jury takes no action on Hall case

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The Montague County Grand Jury took no action on a referral case submitted by the Bowie Police Department regarding a Feb. 1 incident between Bowie High School Coach Chuck Hall and a 14-year-old male student.
There were a total of 20 cases presented to the grand jury on Monday. Along with the no action case there were four no bills where the panel declined to indict, 13 indictments and the remaining two sealed awaiting the arrest of suspects.
Polhemus said when there is no arrest in a case it is called a referral, but it does not change the presentation of the facts from the investigation. The grand jury declined to take any action.
According to the Bowie Police offense report the student threw a dodge ball at Hall striking him in the face. Hall then reportedly yelled at the teen to get out of his class in the gym and the boy ran to the other side of the gym with Hall following him. Based on the report witnesses were unclear if Hall stopped the teen or the boy fell down on his own, but video indicated they were on the ground with Hall on top of the teen. The coach then allegedly pulled the boy up by his shoulders and made him leave the gym.

Read the full list of grand jury indictments in the mid-week Bowie News.

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Bowie Council face brief agenda Oct. 13

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Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.

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Rains bring relief to parched county

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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.

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Data centers worrying citizens

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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.

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