LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-conscious screen auteur and found an even greater following as the tireless, teary host of the annual muscular dystrophy telethons, has died. He was 91.
Willie Hudspeth, a local activist who's known for speaking at public meetings in Denton, announced at Tuesday's commissioners court meeting that he plans to run for Denton County judge.
Despite the heat and humidity on Saturday night, the performances by the professional cowboys and the Andrews Rodeo Co. stock did not disappoint on the second night of the North Texas Fair and Rodeo.
The North Texas Fair and Rodeo kicked off Friday night with the first of three pro rodeo performances, which was in front of a full house with rodeo fans filling the new bleacher section added last year to handle the increasing crowds.
An insane woman was madly swinging her pocketbook at strangers on the street. No one tried to shame or reason with her. They knew she was unwell and needed to be removed by responsible parties.
Denton is blessed with two major-league state universities. Unfortunately, Texas Woman's University has often taken a back seat to the University of North Texas, its older and larger sibling in higher education.
