NEWS
DA asks one part-timer to help catch up
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Commissioners approved a request from Interim District Attorney Katie Boggeman to use Senate Bill 22 funds to pay for a part-time position to assist with filing and entering cases in the 97th DA’s office.
The court met in regular session Monday as Boggeman made her request and took the opportunity to introduce her new staff which includes Investigators Wes Wallace and Todd Lewis, Brandi Shipman, office administrator and victim assistance coordinator and Jackie Welsh, also victim assistance coordinator.
Boggeman was named interim DA on Aug. 1 after DA Casey Hall accepted a temporary suspension in an Aug. 9 removal petition hearing, which is connected to an indictment for two theft complaints on Hall connected to the use of state grant funds.
A jury trial is pending in the removal hearing civil action, while the pre-trial hearing in the criminal case will be Oct. 31. Boggeman, who defeated Hall in the March primary and is unchallenged in the general election and expected to take office Jan. 1, 2025.
The interim DA told the court they inherited quite a chore across the street, and she asked for a part-time position strictly for filing and electronic input.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Top photo: (Left) Katie Boggeman, interim district attorney, introduced her new staff for the Montague County Commissioner’s Court Monday. They are Brandi Shipman, office administrator and victim assistance coordinator, Jackie Welsh, victim assistance coordinator, Wes Wallace and Todd Lewis, both investigators. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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.
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.
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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