Bowie News

Mark Wayne Thompson, 45, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2009, in Dallas, Texas. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Salona Cemetery with Tony Rogers officiating.

It's not a hard course and it's fun. There are enough challenges at Archer City Country Club to make it a fun round at a very affordable price.

Three nights of rodeo, at 8 p.m., Thursday through Saturday in Bowie's well lighted arena, are scheduled to help wind up the week-long Jim Bowie days celebration that has had hot, but otherwise perfect weather for their Montague county events.

The 43rd annual Jim Bowie Days celebration continued through today, June 27th. The event was packed full of festivites for people of all ages.

Bill M. Clark, 85, of Bowie died at Hospice in Wichita Falls on Wednesday, June 24.

After one year as the head football coach at Bowie High School, Pete Barham was forced to relinquish the job because he no longer has tenure with the Prince George's County Schools.

Registration ends Sunday for the Great Days of Service set for July 8-12 in Iowa Park.

A 19-year-old Wichita Falls man was killed in a wreck early Saturday on the Henry S. Grace Freeway.

The trial of a 31-year-old Bowie man for aggravated sexual assault of a child resulted in a mistrial last week in 97th District Court.

This weekend is a dream come true for yard sale lovers with 350 miles of yard sale bargains Friday and Saturday, and for those not entirely thrilled with the notion of shopping yard sales, there's a rip-snortin' good time at a choice of two rodeos, one on both Friday and Saturday and the other is Saturday.

The Texas Blood Institute will hold a blood drive sponsored by Allred Thompson Mason Daughtery from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the bloodmobile at Allred Thompson Mason Daughtery, 1300 10th St.

The Summit County Builders Association is again sending building materials to help others in need.

It's that time again, and with the economy the way it is, not a moment too soon.

Shawna and Shana Maloney may not have started their lives under the best circumstances, but the identical twins have excelled in virtually all their pursuits.

In retro parlance, drag is about divas. For the Austin Drag Collective which is hosting Austin's first Freakshow-a-Go-Go at Emo's this Saturday it isn't even necessarily about drag.

By MEGAN MIDDLETON Staff Writer Friends and colleagues of Caldwell Elementary Principal Rebecca Clapp describe her as a wonderful leader, friend, guide and someone who always strives for the best, and they all agree she will be missed when she retires at the end of June.

For a dozen years students at Bowie Elementary have been traveling the world without leaving the building.

More schools in the county are improving on the state's standardized tests, according to preliminary results released by seven school districts Wednesday.

The Bowie Public Library has been selected to receive a $150,000 grant from the Priddy Charitable Foundation and a $5,500 grant from the Tocker Foundation.

So we're expecting an influx to Fort Bliss of thousands more soldiers in the next few years and everybody's bending backward with preparations.