NEWS
Bowie City Council meets on Monday night
Members of the Bowie City Council will consider appointments to several boards when they meet at 6 p.m. on Nov. 25 in regular session.
New business topics dominate this week’s agenda.
A resolution authorizing an application for financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board for water system improvements will be reviewed. City Manager Bert Cunningham said this is a continuation of the previous process where the city did not score high enough to receive funding. He explained there was leftover money as some of those who qualified for funding have declined for whatever reason, so applicants have been asked to formally apply.
The City of Bowie had applied for $9.3 million in assistance to replace its water and sewer lines.
The planning and zoning commission will offer a recommendation on a Victron Stores request to replat 9.59 acres creating two lots in the Gateway of Bowie addition at U.S. Highway 287 and Farm-to-Market 1125.
A series of four appointments will be considered for the Bowie Library board, along with reappointments to the Bowie Economic Development Corporation 4A and 4B Boards.
Those being considered for the library board are: Judy Hill, Janell Rodgers, Thelma Roth and Karen Milchanowski.
Reappointments to the 4A board are: Tim Biles, Dean Myers and Carla Swofford. Reappointments to the 4B board are: Todd Brown, Blake Enlow, Alan Miller and Ward Wallace.
A possible change to the Bowie Public Library Constitution and By-Laws also will be presented and a new chairperson for the Hotel-Motel Tax Board will be named from the council.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will offer his itemized report on an array of topics including American Hat activities, the Neighborhood Watch program, Texas Water Development Board, Community Development Block Grant Tour and the water line planning at Lee and Patterson Streets.
An executive session is set for legal consultation on contemplated litigation
By BARBARA GREEN
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A petition was filed mid-week with the 97th District Clerk seeking the removal of 97th District Attorney Casey Hall for “incompetency or official misconduct.”
The document was filed by Tim Cole, former DA and longtime area attorney, on July 17. Texas law allows any resident of the county where the allegations occurred to file such a petition on any elected official.
As of Friday noon, no judge had been assigned and Hall had not been served notice of the filing per the district court.
A recent example of this type of petition occurred in Clay County in January 2023 after Sheriff Jeff Lyde was arrested on charges of official oppression. Former District Judge Frank Douthitt filed that petition and the state was represented by Hall and the Clay County attorney Seth Slagle.
Casey Hall, DA for the three-county 97th District since 2016, was arrested on July 8 on a grand jury indictment for theft of property $2,500 to $30,000, a state jail felony. She was released on a $5,000 bond. The allegations stem from misappropriation of state grant funds with the investigation conducted by the Texas Attorney General’s staff.
Removal action
The removal action is directed to David Evans, judge of the 8th administrative judicial region, which has jurisdiction in this case. It seeks to have the officer removed for incompetency or official misconduct, acts or omissions while in the performance of her duties as the district attorney.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
A missing person’s alert has been issued for Bryce Dingler, who was last seen July 16 at his parents’ home in Nocona around 10 p.m. as he left going home to his apartment in Plano.
The 29-year-old is the son of Dr. Len and Waynette Dingler of Nocona. According to missing person circulars posted by the Clay County Sheriff’s office and Put Me First, Dingler’s vehicle, a 2015 white Ford F150 lifted with large tires and Dallas Cowboy’s star on the tailgate was found on the side of U.S. Highway 287 in the early morning hours of July 17. His ID and phone were left in the truck.
The initial SO posting stated Dingler was at the courthouse Tuesday to midday, and he told his parents that night was he was heading home to Plano. His family tried to call him throughout Wednesday, but he never answered. It states his last known location was near Butler Road, 1 mile west of Jolly on U.S. 287. Those with any information are urged to call the Clay County Sheriff at 940-538-5611. Case #24010013.
The Put Me First circular stated a license plate reader picked up Dingler’s truck around midnight in Plano. He was wearing a light color T-shirt, dark grey athletic shorts and tennis shoes. He has a left lower arm sleeve with pine trees, leaves and a wolf. He is 5-foot-6-inches tall, 135 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
It continues the truck was spotted July 17 around 6:30 a.m. on the westbound side of U.S. 287 by Duck Creek. Put Me First states Dingler had a “promising job interview” the day he went missing, noting this is “not normal behavior.”
As of 2 p.m. Friday Dingler was still missing.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
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