Argyle News

Mariesha Ohlfs of Argyle is a young bartender with a passion for horror movies, gardening and Taylor Swift songs who left her Wisconsin husband this year and moved back to Texas just a few weeks ago.

BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. Hooshang Vatanpour never talked about the dangers of being a cab driver in North Texas.

Customers at an ice cream shop said they confronted a man who stole a tip jar Friday night, chased him across the Denton Square and pointed him out to police.

Three suspects were arrested Saturday in the slaying of a taxi driver whose slashed and burned body was found two days ago by Justin firefighters west of Alliance Airport, a spokesman for the Denton County Sheriff's Department said.

Carl's Jr., a fast-food chain with roots on the West Coast, is coming to Denton on Loop 288, where Krystal's restaurant was once located.

Evan Boone of Corinth and Dan Gregory of Argyle recently received appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Tech Funds David Rotman's cover story on technology funding in the federal stimulus bill generated a lively discussion online, with many readers criticizing the legislation and its goals.

Clara and Jerry Richards of Denton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, May 29, 2009.

Cross Timbers Community Church is seeking creative ways to help its congregation and the community.

Argyle school officials are considering options that could allow the school board to approve a balanced budget for the 2009-10 year.

Even as the United Methodist Church reaches out to disaffected Christians and "unchurched" Americans with its latest national campaign - "Rethink Church" - two Denton County congregations have spent the last several years rethinking their congregations.

Many people would agree that when running for an elected position, a candidate needs to be able to reach those qualified to cast a vote by campaigning.

A North Texas church is passing the collection plate -- and in an unusual twist -- telling needy parishoners to take rather than give.

The pastor of a non-denominational church in Argyle, Texas, passed around the collection plate to his congregants earlier this year -- and asked them to take money from it.

The annual Decoration Day Celebration for Chinn's Chapel Cemetery in Copper Canyon will be Sunday.

The childhood of a former soldier who could face the death penalty for rape and murder in Iraq has been described as chaotic by one of his cousins.

Terri Wilson sailed past a pair of opponents to secure her second term as mayor, grabbing a majority - 305 of the 468 votes cast - even though she needed only a plurality to win.

Unofficial results released Saturday night by Argyle ISD showed that candidates Wendee Long and Randy McKellar earned enough to be elected to two vacant seats on the Argyle school board.

While a lone cyclist can be spotted in any season, brightly colored packs of them emerge every spring, wheeling over the county's side roads, especially on Saturday mornings.

Thomas Taylor sat on a curb at Woodhill Apartments Monday afternoon, his back to the controlled mayhem, the shouting firefighters and the smoke.