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MONTAGUE – While the county commissioners see the need for requiring any wind turbines erected in the county to be setback from adjoining buildings and roads, whether they can legally require such “public safety” measures is another matter. But it is one the court is willing to explore. Monday morning the bulk of the court’s…

The turkeys, 60 or more, are about to go into the ovens. The cornmeal, bread and other fixings for stuffing have been gathered. Local cooks are preparing pies and cakes all to be part of the annual, free Thanksgiving Dinner that will be served Thursday, Nov. 28, at the Veranda Inn Event Center. Several hundred…

Make plans to take part in the Nocona Hometown Christmas Parade on Saturday, Dec. 7. Units will line up at the First Baptist Church Family Life Cente4r, corner of Cooke and Maple Streets, then head south of Clay Street concluding at the Downtown Park beginning at 3:30 p.m. Santa and Mrs. Claus are the parade…

Applications for the Fireman’s Toy Box are now available @ the City Office with Cindy McCraken. All applications are due back at the City Office no later than 4 p.m. on Dec. 5.  

— Photo by Tracy Mesler Robert “Bobo” Terry checks the level on one of the stones he sat on what had been an unmarked grave at Nocona Cemetery. The Nocona City Council approved using some of the Cemetery Bequeath Funds to purchase another 13 headstones, adding to the 41 previously acquired. Terry researches city records, newspaper…

A Dodge 3500 Heavy Duty crew cab pickup, with welder, rests with a broken frame following a high-speed rear end accident on U.S. Hwy. 82 Monday morning. A 42-year-old Sadler man had to be cut out of his Ram 3500 Heavy Duty pickup Monday morning after ramming into the rear end of a tanker truck…

Sheriff’s deputies executed an arrest warrant early Wednesday morning charging Wacey Keith White, 39, of Nocona with three counts of burglary. Chief Deputy Sheriff Jack Lawson said the property owner on Crenshaw Road near Ringgold had security cameras in their barn which resulted in video of a man “fairly short, the tractor tire was taller…

Power’s territory have been awarded TNMP Power Grants for 2019. Facts about 2019 grants More than 50 applications were received from qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. $100,000 was available in amounts between $2,000 and $10,000. Grants are made by the TNMP Fund from shareholder dollars. No rate dollars are used for grants. “We continue to be…

The free Community Thanksgiving Meal is Thursday, Nov. 28, at the Veranda Event Center. It will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. For those who are unable to attend, meals can be delivered locally. This event is sponsored by Christ Community Church, but it takes God working through our entire community to make…

The free Community Thanksgiving Meal is Thursday, Nov. 28, at the Veranda Event Center. It will be served from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. For those who are unable to attend, meals can be delivered locally. This event is sponsored by Christ Community Church, but it takes God working through our entire community to make…