State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, the longest-serving woman and Black person in the history of the Texas Legislature, filed Friday to run for speaker of the Texas House, making her the first to enter what’s been a quiet race so far to replace retiring Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton.
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Wearing a black western shirt with the Texas House seal embroidered above the pocket, pressed Wranglers, a black Western belt with a modest silver buckle, black cowboy boots and a cropped salt-and-pepper beard, Rep. Drew Springer barnstormed across West Texas on the first day of early voting, Oct. 13, 2020.
In last week’s news brief, “Spur City Council rejects water and sewer bids,” we reported that bids were rejected during council’s special meeting of Oct. 2. This turns out to be incorrect; council members instead recommended action to reject all bids at the upcoming regular council meeting, scheduled for Oct. 20, 2020. We regret the error.
In last week’s page-1 story on candidates for Jayton-Girard ISD school board, we ran a headshot of Katie Lackey (candidate for Kent County attorney) where the photograph of school board candidate Marsha Smith should have run. This is a correct photograph, as submitted by Smith. We regret the error.
It’s October, and you know what that means. Chills and scary stories are coming, although it kind of feels like the entire year has been this way. I’m not a fan of horror stories, but when the characters run, they die. So let’s face the creepy music together.