Ladies hammer Bobcats
The Lady Indians rebounded from a depressing loss to the Holliday Eagles Tuesday by throttling the Lady Bobcats of Childress in straight sets – while resting the team’s No. 2 hitter Ella Nunneley. Nocona steamrolled the Bobcats 25-16, 25-18, 25-19 allowing the Cats to score only 22 points on offense. Read more in this week’s…
Read MoreRabbits squeeze past Lady Indians
Despite a critical injury late in the fourth set, the Nocona Lady Indians nearly pulled off the unbelievable Saturday at the Nocona Middle School Gym. The disparity in blocking at the net proved to be the difference as the Bowie Lady Rabbits survived a nearly three-hour marathon winning 25-20, 15-25, 25-22, 24-25, 18-16. Nocona, because…
Read MoreHistorical Foundation to hold state meeting in Nocona
The Texas Historical Foundation will hold its annual board meeting this weekend in Nocona. For more than 60 years the THF has acknowledged that the work of preservation and history education is important and should be ongoing – for the benefit of not only today’s Texans but for those who come next. The foundation supports…
Read MoreShady Grove hosts revival
Shady Grove Church and pastor Rev. Jimmy Tompkins invite you to join them for an old fashioned Revival Meeting. Services will be Oct 17, 18, 19 at 6:30 p.m. and Oct 20 at 6 p.m. The speaker will be Rev. Greg Shaw. Music is under the direction of Mr. Wayne Shelton, with the Hill Sisters,…
Read MoreRoad name change on agenda
MONTAGUE – Prior to the development of the 9-1-1 emergency phone network, and in the absence of any city or county guidelines on naming streets and roads, developers could assign whatever name they wished to a proposed road. As a result, there are oftentimes more than one “Oak,” “Elm” “First” streets, roads or lanes in…
Read MoreDorothy Hesse
Dorothy Hesse MUENSTER — Mass of Christian Burial for Dorothy Arlene (Kendron) Hesse, age 82, of Muenster will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mrs. Hesse passed away on Saturday, Oct. 5. Dorothy was born In Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 24, 1937, to Adam and Bernice…
Read MoreNancy Wilde
Nancy Wilde BOWIE — Nancy Lou (Rains) Wilde, 78 of Bowie, passed away Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 in Bowie. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, in the Chapel of the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie, with Rev. Howard Walker officiating. Burial will follow at Buffalo Springs Cemetery. Family…
Read MoreJanie Parr
Jannie Parr Jannie Ann Parr 87, passed away Tuesday Oct. 8, 2019 in Wichita Falls. Funeral Service was held at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, in the Chapel of the White Family Funeral Home. Burial followed at Ringgold Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday. Oct. 10, at the White Family Funeral Home.…
Read MoreGrand Jury charges local pair for hindering prosecution
MONTAGUE – The Montague County Grand Jury indicted two Nocona residents Monday, one of whom is already in federal custody on drug charges, for hindering the apprehension of Jessica Ann Bishop, then 33, on charges of engaging in organized criminal activity-forgery. All totaled the grand jury returned 37 indictments against 24 defendants Monday. A second…
Read MoreCouncil agrees to close streets for Halloween
When Halloween rolls around this year, for the children’s safety the streets into two neighborhoods in Nocona will be closed to vehicular traffic. Last Tuesday night the Nocona City Council approved a request to close Carolyn Road and Oaklawn Drive in southwest Nocona, and Hillcrest Drive in southeast Nocona, that evening. “We’re wanting it blocked…
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