New Year, New Clerk

Staff photo by Christena Dowsett. Denise Thornburg speaks with the media after being named the Bowie County clerk after a special meeting Tuesday afternoon at the courthouse in New Boston, Texas.  

Staff photo by Christena Dowsett. Denise Thornburg, left, is congratulated by Carol Dalby, Bowie County legal adviser, after being named the Bowie County clerk after a special meeting Tuesday afternoon at the courthouse in New Boston, Texas. Thornburg will hold office until elections in November.

Staff photo by Paige Alexander. Tim Walker, who works for Bowie County, scrapes former County Clerk Natalie Nichols’ name off the glass doors of the clerk’s office Tuesday in the courthouse.