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Last Tuesday the Nocona City Council repealed the ordinance which established a 20 miles per hour school zone on Grayson Street to protect the students attending Shining Light School. City Manager Lynn Henley said the First United Methodist Church of Nocona, which operated Shining Light, contacted the city and stated it was closing the school.…

By Tracy R. Mesler The Nocona School Board received an in depth look Monday night at the ramifications of Senate Bill 3 – the tax reform and school finance measure approved by the Texas Legislature in May. For the taxpayers, the ‘tax relief’ promised by the State Legislature comes in the form of a 7-cent…

By Tracy R. Mesler Methodically, as enough customers in a neighborhood express interest, Nortex Communications is bringing the Age of Fiber Communications to Nocona. Late in 2017, Nocona I.S.D. and the Nocona Economic Development Corporation announced that the NEDC and NISD had secured an E-Grant which would finance the extension of an existing fiber-optic trunk…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nokona ball gloves vice-president and grandson of founder “Big” Bob Storey, Rob Storey found himself Monday standing behind a display of the firms American Made ball gloves, belts and other items inside the White House in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump invited companies from across the country to be celebrated at Trump’s…

  By Tracy R. Mesler An off-hand comment by a member of the public could see the city of Nocona relocate City Hall into the north (old) end of the H.J. Justin Community Center on Clay Street. Last Tuesday Mayor Robert Fenoglio asked the council what it thought about converting the large space into new,…

The Nocona Indian cross-country teams will be sponsoring a Back to School Indian Fun Run on Saturday, Aug. 10. The 5K/1 mile mini races are open to all ages. Registration will open on July 23. For more information check the Nocona I.S.D. Athletics Facebook page for details – and come out and meet your Indian…

The annual Union Cemetery meeting at Capps Corner, Texas will be held Aug. 11 at 11 a.m. Donations for the perpetual fund will be accepted at the meeting or may be mailed to J.C. Ivins at PO Box 328, Saint Jo, Texas 76265. Picnic lunches will be shared after the meeting.

By Tracy R. Mesler MONTAGUE – Initially County Judge Rick Lewis thought the county commissioners would adopt the new subdivision rules on Monday. But after hearing over an hour’s worth of comments and requests for clarification from five individuals Monday morning, the court voted to table the rules to allow the county’s local government law…

While an effort to have Nocona City Judge Christie Halbardier reassigned to a different position “died for a lack of a second” Tuesday evening, the magistrate saw her employment cut from 40 hours a week to 16 hours a week at the conclusion of the meeting. Read more about the city judge in this week’s…

MONTAGUE – In its first of six monthly sessions, the Montague County Grand Jury returned nine felony indictments, one of which was sealed pending the arrest and arraignment of the defendant. To learn more about who was indicted read the story in this week’s edition of The Nocona News available on line at www.noconanews.net or…