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“I had just lost my hair for the second time, and I was devastated”

A year ago, Kristi Cary arrived at her first Relay for Life cancer research fundraiser, bald from her chemotherapy, overwhelmed by the burden of her disease. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“We're working to have a big event every month ... That's my goal. That's what our (Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc.'s) whole goal is - ' to stir interest downtown.”

Supporters of downtown are throwing something new into the roux. Downtown Wichita Falls Development Inc.'s something new is the first Downtown Proud Cajun Fest. via Times Record News

“There were flammable liquids in there and fertilizer - there was plenty of fuel. Once the fire got going, there was no stopping it.”

Fire destroyed the golf cart barn at the Texas Woman's University golf course early Monday and all its contents. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“People are being hurt by the decisions of our lawmakers”

Calling for the end of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and to counter military recruitment on campus, a number of University of North Texas students rallied in front of the student union Monday. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“We decided to list the property for sale and during that process we talked with UNT”

The University of North Texas announced Thursday that the former Radisson Hotel will close as of June 1. The university took over operation of the hotel at the start of April. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“He really pushed for the CIS program to come to Wichita Falls”

Every year, the Texas Communities in Schools program honors 11 Texans for their commitment to students and their families. via Times Record News

“Timmon's commitment to justice and his sensitivity and perseverance have been a great service to victims of sexual assault. He is an asset to the law enforcement community”

Detective Brad Timmons was recently honored at the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault annual conference with the 2007 Harold Cottle Justice Award. via Odessa American Online

Palestine has one more weekend of Dogwood celebration in store, and then we'll be back to our more general "Embrace Nature" mode. via Palestine Herald-Press

“Lyndon Baines Johnson -- A Texas President”

DENTON , Texas -- Robert A. Caro, who moved from his native New York City to the Texas Hill Country to live where Lyndon B. Johnson grew up and research a biography of the 36th president, will be a featured ... via North Texas e-News

“You look at all these numbers; trying to compute the actual loss is hard to do”

A former University of North Texas tenured professor was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Monday after pleading guilty to federal public corruption charges in the Eastern District Court in Sherman. via Denton Record-Chronicle

Dr. Bert Hayslip of the University of North Texas Psychology Department and UNT student Shanna Davis are conducting a survey exploring the role of endurance as a resource among grandparents who are raising ... via Denton Record-Chronicle

“They have been showing up, probably since the end of February or the first of March ...when it first started warming up”

Spring is in the air - ' and so are the rip-off artists. Monica Horton, the president of the Better Business Bureau of North Central Texas, said so-called asphalt crews are back in North Texas and are ... via Times Record News

Your child in the wild is the focus of a new Campsite Program premiering Saturday, April 5, at Copper Breaks State Park. via North Texas e-News

“It took a lot of effort - from the state, from the federal government and from the local community as well.”

A new million-dollar terminal building at Denton Municipal Airport will help drive the city's economic engine for years to come, U.S. Sen. via Denton Record-Chronicle

AMA and health care industry get on the medical insurance-for-all band wagon Health care by raffle, barn dance and cake-walk is filling up our social calendars. via Times Record News

“The hearing shall be conducted in the same manner as a trial without a jury in state district court”

Superintendent Jason Ceyanes asked for a public hearing, as opposed to a private one, to appeal the Argyle school board's decision earlier this month to fire him. via Denton Record-Chronicle

“But some residents have been pretty clever in trying to prove that their meters aren't being read, including putting tape over them.”

Nancy Habina says she can't depend on the quality of the water that comes out of the faucet in her Crescent Oaks home. via Denton Record-Chronicle

Piano concert enlists varied numbers of hands Texas Woman's University's School of Arts and Department of Music and Drama will present "Zero to Eight Hands" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Margo Jones Per for mance ... via Denton Record-Chronicle

“Maybe we will get visited during the next round of testing in April or May.”

TAKS testing got even tougher this year, but in an all new way. The first wave of TAKS testing began Wednesday with reading and writing tests. via Times Record News

“The Legislature could give us another court in the next session”

A bevy of judges and lawyers have weighed in on the planned $3.95 million remodeling of the county courthouse, since some think the Texas Legislature could create a new district court here as soon as September ... via Denton Record-Chronicle