Texas this week surpassed 16,000 virus deaths and is closing in on 800,000 confirmed cases. And bars that are given local permission to open starting next week can only do so at 50% capacity. Dallas and Houston leaders quickly made clear they would still keep bars sidelined, pointing to recent upticks in cases and hospitalizations.
However, the move doesn’t allow Texas bars to fully reopen, nor everywhere. Greg Abbott on Wednesday allowed bars to begin reopening in Texas for the first time since June, ending a lockdown that began during a massive coronavirus outbreak that became one of the deadliest in the nation. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĪUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Gov. We don’t ever give up on them.This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. “You just keep following up on every lead that comes forward. “We’re thinking that the numbers may have been wrong,” Jones said.
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However, a license plate number given by the tipster didn’t match up with the vehicle description or owner. Jones said someone reported a suspicious vehicle and what appeared to be juveniles in the area around the time of the fire. “It still appears to be somebody burglarized the coin-operated machines and then set fire to the building,” he said. Jones said he believes the motive was burglary. However, authorities said they could not classify the arson as a hate crime because nothing had been painted on the inside or outside of the bar, and there had been no threats against Sanders.ĭenton Fire Marshal Rick Jones said this week the fire remains under investigation. At the time, some speculated it was a hate crime because it came less than two weeks after the acquittal of a man charged in a gay-bashing assault on Frye Street, where the bar is situated.
The 27-year-old Mable Peabody’s, a cultural mecca for Denton’s LGBT community, was vandalized and torched in the early morning hours of March 21.
“While Kelley and friends work with the city of Denton and others to get the required things for the re-opening, we eagerly and patiently await the grand event!” Gemini wrote. Sanders also told the Voice that her landlord had informed her he planned to restore the building using insurance money. Sanders could not be reached.Ī fundraiser for Mable Peabody’s at Buddies II in Dallas shortly after the fire raised about $10,000. 15 that he had recently received word from the bar’s owner, Kelley Sanders, about the delay. 1, will take place.Įli Gemini, founder and moderator of the GLBT-Denton e-mail groups, said via e-mail Oct. It’s unclear when the reopening of Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair, originally set for Nov. Meanwhile, authorities continue to investigate the blaze but say they have no suspects. 1 as scheduledĭENTON The grand reopening of Denton’s only gay bar, which was destroyed by arsonists in March, has been delayed. By John Wright Owner of torched bar unable to open Nov.