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02/09/2012

Les Cockrell: Program to eye old-time romance
Denton’s Bayless-Selby House Museum will offer a program exploring the ways Valentine’s Day may have been celebrated in the past.

02/08/2012

County denies PAC’s request
Denton County commissioners Tuesday denied a request from a political action group to set up shop in front of the Horn Government Center. The group, which is affiliated with controversial political activist Lyndon Larouche, had reportedly caused problems for residents in the past.

02/06/2012

Les Cockrell: Group of quilters to take skills overseas
Several women from the local area are planning a trip to share their quilting skills with women in Tanzania. Four of the women — Barbara McCraw, Teresa Sherling, Carolyn Brittain and Hope Edwards — are members of the Denton Quilt Guild, and Elizabeth Kruger is a professional quilter. McCraw’s husband, Ernie, and Edwards’ husband, Wayne, are also making the trip.

02/02/2012

Les Cockrell: Special tours on tap at museum
The Denton County African American Museum will offer special tours during February, according to Robyn Lorraine Lee, manager of museums in the Historical Park of Denton County.

01/31/2012

Court of appeals rules against county in bondsman fee case
The 2nd Court of Appeals has ruled against Denton County in a suit filed by Vic and Eydie Burgess concerning a $60 fee charged by county and district clerks every time they mail a notification to a bail bondsman that a client has failed to show up for court.

01/30/2012

Les Cockrell: State park schedules nature programs
Programs at both the Isle du Bois and Johnson Branch units of Ray Roberts Lake State Park on Saturday will offer area families an opportunity to learn about nature. Birds will be the topic of a Ranger Talk planned at 11 a.m. at the Isle du Bois unit’s Interpretive Center. The program should answer questions about how birds take to the air and explain what makes feathers so special, according to an announcement from Kelly Serio, park interpreter at the Isle du Bois unit.

01/26/2012

Fire at Selwyn

DRC/Al Key

Firefighters battle a blaze at Selwyn College Preparatory School in Denton early Thursday.

Despite hours of effort from six departments and thousands of gallons of water, fire destroyed the main building at Selwyn College Preparatory School on Thursday. Morning rush-hour traffic slowed to a crawl on U.S. Highway 380 a mile west of Interstate 35 as police officers directed water tankers from Justin, Ponder, Little Elm, Sanger and Krum between hydrants along the highway and the flaming building, which is set back from the roadway atop a hill.

Les Cockrell: Quilling workshop planned
A quilling workshop at Denton’s Bayless-Selby House Museum on Saturday will teach participants how to “twist and turn” a heart for their valentines.

01/25/2012

Krum to pay car costs
KRUM — The Krum City Council amended the city’s 2012 budget during a special meeting Monday to include 10 months of a $250 monthly car allowance for the mayor. The council discussed the matter in December, voting 4-1 to allow the expenditure. After determining there was no city car for the mayor to use, council member Bert Witherspoon voted against the allowance in December.

Crisis mode is their specialty
Denton County Sheriff’s Investigator Jeff Davis lay hidden in the back seat of a car for hours, advising a terrified mother on how to talk to a man on the phone who said he’d kidnapped her daughter and would kill her if a $100,000 ransom were not paid. The kidnapper kept changing locations, and Davis relayed the next meeting place to a SWAT team poised to catch him.

01/23/2012

Les Cockrell: Area students place in annual oratorical competition
Four area high school students competed Jan. 15 in the District 13 round of the 74th annual American Legion High School Oratorical Competition, held at American Legion Post 71 in Denton. The winner of the contest was John T. Brown of Graham High School, according to an announcement from Lee Keith, District 13 oratorical chairman.

01/20/2012

Unemployment rates continue slide
Denton’s unemployment rate continued to drop in December, both at the city and county levels. Denton is pleased that it’s maintained a rate below 6 percent over the past couple of months, but the true test will be whether it remains that way, said Erica Sullivan, economic development analyst for the city.

Court rejects redrawn maps
The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection Friday of redistricting maps drawn by a federal court in San Antonio had drawn mixed reaction from Denton County’s political leaders. County Republican Party chairwoman Dianne Edmondson is elated at the decision and lauded it as a victory against judicial activism and federal overreaching.

01/12/2012

Les Cockrell: Souper Bowl of Caring to kick off across area Friday
The annual Souper Bowl of Caring campaign begins Friday and runs through Feb. 5. This year’s goal is to collect $1.2 million in cash and food donations for the North Texas Food Bank and Tarrant Area Food Bank, and the 550 agencies they service.

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