NEWS
Boy remains in critical condition
A 12-year-old Nocona boy was seriously injured when he was struck by a pickup truck as he drove a four-wheeler along the shoulder of FM 175 Sunday afternoon.
Department of Public Safety Trooper Tony Cunningham said the accident occurred at 1 p.m. Sunday on Texas Highway 175, one-tenth of a mile north of Dixie School Road.
Ladawn Snapp, Lewisville, was driving a 2011 Ford F-150 pickup pulling a small flatbed utility trailer northbound on Highway 175. Cunningham said Snapp was passing a four-wheeler that was traveling on the improved shoulder of the highway when the driver of the four-wheeler turned left attempting to turn into a private drive.
A 12-year-old boy was driving the four-wheeler and was struck broadside. Cunningham said the child was attempting to turn into a private drive.
While the trooper did not identify the minor, The Bowie News has learned the youngster is Nocona sixth-grader Easton Womack, son of John and Stepheny Womack. The family lives a short distance from where the accident occurred. He remains in critical condition at a Dallas hospital. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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