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Friday, December 1, 2017
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Denton, Texas
bid to run for Texas Senate
Briggs announces
ocrat, but I don’t feel
that I align with either
party,” Briggs said.
“On City Council, I
learned it was most ef-
fective when I chose
people over party.”
She said she be-
lieves those values can
Council member files
as an independent for
November 18 election
against Estes in the
March 6 primary.
A recent poll re-
leased by Fallon’s
campaign ostensibly
shows he has gained
ground against Estes
since September. Fal-
lon announced his
run in September and followed it with
an advertising campaign.
Briggs said either man should face a
challenge on Election Day, which is
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.
Running as an independent is its
own challenge in Texas, where the pri-
mary elections aren't fully open. Voters
may cast a ballot in either the Demo-
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By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com
Denton City Council member Keely
Briggs announced her bid to run for
Texas Senate District 30 after filing
campaign paperwork Thursday in Aus-
tin. She intends to run as an indepen-
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work at the state level, too.
No one has yet filed to run as a Dem-
ocrat for the far-flung state Senate dis-
trict that runs from Wichita Falls to Ste-
phenville to Anna and covers most —
but not all — of the city of Denton.
State Sen. Craig Estes, a Republican
from Wichita Falls, has filed for re-elec-
tion, but the battle to keep the seat he
has held since 2001 maybe his toughest
yet. Outgoing state Rep. Pat Fallon, a
Republican from Frisco, called himself
the true conservative as he filed to run
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pendent, Briggs’ name won’t be on the
ballot for the March 6 primary election.
Instead, she must petition for place-
ment on the November ballot.
“I know some people will be disap-
pointed that I’m not running as a Dem-
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Keely Briggs, shown here getting sworn in for her second term on the Den-
ton City Council in May, announced Thursday her candidacy for the District
30 seat in the Texas Senate.
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IN DENTON
Former owners of house in Oak-Hickory Historic District have notable histories
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Bartonville resident could
be replaced by Pompeo,
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nied a request by coun-
try singer Randy Travis
to stop the state of Texas
from releasing footage of
him naked and ranting
during a 2012 DUI ar-
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By Josh Lederman and Jill Colvin
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
clashes on policy and personality, Presi-
dent Donald Trump is considering oust-
ing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and
replacing him with hard-nosed CIA Di-
rector Mike Pompeo following less than a
year on the job, senior
U.S. officials said Thurs-
day as turmoil within
Trump’s national securi-
ty team burst into the
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him at the Today show
Thursday, questions
lingered about who
knew about his behavior
and whether women at
the network could have
been protected.
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The house at 616 W. Oak St. is owned by Maya and Pete Leptuch, but its previous owners distinguished themselves in
good and bad ways. One owner was accused of taking money from the community, and the other gave generously.
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The White House
plan, which Trump has
not yet signed off on,
would force a major re-
alignment early in his term, also creating a
vacancy atop the CIA that officials said
could be filled by Republican Sen. Tom
Cotton of Arkansas. The overhaul could
produce a significant shift in both the tone
and direction of the president’s foreign
policy, removing it from the understated
former oil man whose style has never fit
well with Trump’s.
It is exceedingly rare for a secretary of
state, America’s face on the global stage, to
be fired or to serve for a year or less. Nor is
it common for presidents to have such a
Distinctive pasts
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The house’s owners distinguished Roaring’20s. It will be one of the houses
themselves in good and bad ways; one shown during the 2017 Historic Denton
owner was accused of taking money from Home Tour on Saturday,
the community, and another gave gener-
ously.
By Annetta Ramsay
For the Denton Record-Chronicle
One of Denton’s most uniquely beau-
tiful houses, located at 616 W. Oak St. and
currently owned by Maya and Pete Lep-
tuch, is difficult to see from the street be-
cause it’s surrounded by shrubs. Only
three families have owned it, and it’s also
one of the houses in the Oak-Hickory
Historic District that still exists the way it
was built.
INTERNATIONAL
Denton’s Chamber of Commerce
elected Schweer one of its’ directors in
The tile-roofed, Italianate-style house 1915. Schweer and his partner, Mi s. John
was built in 1916-1917by George Hanis, a Harm, were the financing partners in
prolific builder of public buildings and Denton’s six oldest businesses. He be-
fine homes, for H.F. and Annie Schweer. came president of First National Bank, a
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Pope Francis demanded
Thursday that the in-
ternational community
take “decisive measures”
to resolve the causes of
the mass exodus of Roh-
Argyle murder suspect indicted
Eager for employment
By Julian Gill
Staff Writer
jgill @ den tonrc. com
Ryan Matthews was indicted earlier this
month by a Denton County grand jury on a
murder charge in connection with a July
shooting in Argyle invoking his roommate.
Argyle police Chief William Tackett,
who’s been with the department since
1992, said the homicide is believed to be
the first handled by the local police depart-
ment since its formation in 1981
About 4:20 a.m. July 31, police came
upon Matthews while he was administer-
ing CPR to 57-year-old Randall Glover in
the kitchen, according to an arrest affida-
vit. A Springfield 9mm handgun had been
lying on a nearby table.
The two men lived together at 700 Cy-
press St., and Matthews told police he shot
Glover after breaking out of a headlock,
the affidavit said.
Matthews’ case has been assigned to
Brace McFarling’s 431st Judicial District
Court, where county records show he was
denied a court-appoint-
ed attorney. Matthews
also had not notified the
DAs office of a retained
attorney, according to
First Assistant District
| Attorney Jamie Beck.
When police came
upon Matthews and
Glover in the kitchen, they confiscated the
gun on the kitchen table and took Mat-
thews to a patrol car outside. As Argyle
paramedics tended to Glover, Matthews
told police he and Glover were involved in
a fight that turned physical, according to
the affidavit. He said Glover placed him in
a headlock, but he eventually broke free.
Matthews said he then picked up the
pistol and shot Glover in the neck before
calling 911, according to the document.
Glover was pronounced dead at the
scene. According to his obituary, Glover
was bom in Sherman and grew up in Gar-
land before moving to Argyle. He had two
daughters and two grandchildren.
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Job hopefuls line up to meet representatives from many of Denton’s
major employers Thursday at Denton Civic Center for a job fair orga-
nized by area social service organizations and the business community.
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