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MONTAGUE – The Montague County Veterans Service Office will sponsor a special Veterans Day program on Monday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the Montague County Courthouse Annex. All veterans, their spouses and their families are invited to attend and be recognized for their great service to this nation.

There will be two shot clinics held in Montague County in November by the Texas Department of State Health Services as parents get their children ready for the start of the school year. The first will be held on Thursday, Nov. 7. 1at at the Freedom Life Church, 204 Theatre Road, in Bowie from 10-11:30…

Nocona artist and musician Larry Lemons is hosting a Fair Weather Jam this Saturday, Nov. 2, from noon until 2 p.m. “maybe longer,” he adds, in front of his art gallery at 300 Clay Street. “We are inviting local musicians to share a few tunes with us,” Lemons said adding they will have microphones, a…

MONTAGUE – The widening of U.S. Highway 82 from Nocona to Henrietta took a major step towards reality Monday as the Montague County Commissioner’s Court unanimously approved right-of-way agreements with the Texas Department of Transportation. As a result of Monday’s action, in the coming weeks, representatives of the state’s transportation department will be negotiating contracts…

Ever the ‘traditional city,’ Noconans will celebrate Halloween on All Hallows’ Even – Oct. 31. As has been the practice for several years many organizations, individuals, families and churches will be gathering in and around the Mary Beckman Davis Downtown Park to pass out Halloween Candy. The Nocona Fire Department will also be handing out…

MONTAGUE – Guilty pleas were accepted Monday from eight felony defendants in the 97th District Court in Montague. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.

In Search of Better Health? SAINT JO — Saint Jo Century Club will be presenting the program, “It Is Better to Be Healthy Than to Wish You Were” on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church of Saint Fellowship Hall at 6 p.m.  Jeanne Calabretta, N.D., A.A.S., CNHP, CMSAT, will…

By Tracy R. Mesler © 2019 The Nocona News A Virginia-based orchid wholesaler expects to be “turning ground” before the end of the year to construction a 60,000-sqare foot greenhouse designed to produce a million orchids a year in in Nocona starting as early as next August. Wednesday morning the Nocona City Council unanimously voted…

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…

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,…