Area News

Friends of the Nocona Public Library will host their Annual Book Sale Oct. 14-25.  The sale will start each day at 9 a.m. Come by the library to see the large selection of books that will be for sale. The Friends use all proceeds from the sale to benefit the library. Learn more about the sale…

The occupant of a stationary vehicle parked on the shoulder of eastbound U.S. Hwy. 82 died Wednesday after being airlifted to a hospital in Denton. Steven Anderson, 50, of Denton died at Medical City Denton after suffering from severe head injuries in the two vehicle accident. Nocona EMS and Nocona Rural Fire Department were dispatched…

If you are interested in having your hay tested and entering the Clay and Montague County Hay Clinic & Show, we have a scheduled meeting on Oct. 22 at Pullen Angus Ranch, 17516 Hwy 82 South in Bellevue beginning at 11 a.m. Read more in this week’s edition of The Nocona News.

Congratulations are in order to the Nocona High School filmmakers!! Their animation “Zooport Group” earned the first place trophy for Texas Animation at the BAM film festival in Clute. This is an international competition with over 1600 entries from around the world. “Zooport Group” was judged by professors and industry professionals from New York, Texas…

–Photos by Tracy Mesler Motorists going to and from the west side of Lake Nocona may have been wondering what was up with a contractor replacing tin horns along a 7 mile stretch of FM 2634 and FM. The Texas Department of Transportation has signed a $4.6-million contract with Eurovia Atlantic Coast to widen both…

FORESTSBURG — The Montague County Historic Cemetery Preservation Board will host an all you can eat fish fry, with all the trimmings, Saturday, Oct. 19. The event will be held in the Forestburg Community Center in Forestburg. Serving will begin at 6 p.m. The cost will be $15 per person. All proceeds will benefit the…

Music and art will combine forces this weekend as sweep through Nocona as the inaugural Art of the Song takes place co-sponsored by the Chisholm Trail Art Assocation and Nocona Nights. The Art of the Song will be a fun and exciting event-filled weekend full of music and art Oct. 11-12. It may be the…

AMARILLO – After a quarter of a century in the U.S. Congress Cong. Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) has announced his plans to retire at the end of his current term. “It has been a great honor to serve the people of the 13th District of Texas as their congressman for the last 25 years. They have given…

Moved from its traditional date of the second weekend in September to October to make way for the Tri-ennial NHS Homecoming, the Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum’s Shebang takes place Saturday night at The Veranda Event Center. The dinner and auction are the primary fund raiser for Nocona’s history museum. Doors will open at 6 p.m.…

  MONTAGUE – A mistrial was declared Tuesday when it was learned that one of the jurors selected was related to the defendant. A jury had been selected to determine the guilt or innocence of Johnnie Dempsey Wood of Nocona on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, a case brought…