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Three charged with capital murder of taxi driver

William Stephens

Noah Whitehead

Two men and one woman were charged with capital murder Saturday in the slaying and robbery of a taxi driver, whose stabbed body was found partially burned in a field in Justin on Thursday. The three suspects, William Kirk Stephens, Noah Robert Whitehead and Mariesha Lynne Ohlfs, are each being held on $250,000 bond in Denton County Jail.

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Analysis: Sales tax intake on decline

Years of steady growth in sales tax revenue has halted and even reversed direction in many Denton area cities this year, a Denton Record-Chronicle analysis has found. Overall, sales tax allocations have been flat since the first half of 2009 for many cities, in large part caused by a drop in retail sales. For some cities, the sales tax revenue stream has receded to 2007 levels or earlier. Among 15 Denton area cities, payments reported by the state comptroller’s office in April, May and June dipped nearly 11 percent compared to the same period last year. Denton’s share dipped 4 percent — more than $200,000 — compared to last year.