Denton News

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and its federal partners, including the National Weather Service, continue to closely monitor the effects of severe weather that impacted Oklahoma and other areas within the Central United States, and at the President's direction, are already providing resources to support the response.

Preliminary reports from the Denton County Central Appraisal District show the county with a slight bump in tax value over last year.

Visual Arts Society of Texas member Tonya Littmann of Denton will exhibit a collection of her fine art quilts at the PointBank Black Box Theatre, 318 E. Hickory St., through July 11.

You can dine healthy anywhere with just a few strategies. Try these five tips when you eat out for the next month and see if you don't have looser-fitting clothes and less heartburn.

Jena Maharramov, a University of North Texas alumna who founded Singularity Solar Energy, is helping Habitat for Humanity of Denton County get solar panels installed at a house on Lakey Street.

On May 30, the German discount grocer ALDI plans to open its first Denton grocery store at 1105 Loop 288 S. To celebrate the opening of the Denton store, ALDI will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 9:45 a.m. May 29.

The Argyle school board voted five to one to have their superintendent start drafting a police to have select staff members carry guns.

Reports show officers attempted to stop a white, 1997 model GMX Jimmy in the 1900 block of South Interstate 35E for a traffic violation.

Hunter Dozier had a bit of a rough high school athletic career for Denton as one of a few standout players on both the football field, as the Broncos quarterback, and on the baseball diamond on an average Broncos team.

Three employees of an abortion facility in Texas have come forth in accusing their employer of willfully killing newborn infants, as reported by the pro-life news portal Life Site News in a report originally published on May 14, 2013, but updated on May 15, 2013.

Denton police charged two men with aggravated kidnapping in the 2700 block of West University Drive on Monday, reports state.

Texas police say that two adults and a teenager were home when an 8-year-old boy accidentally shot his 5-year-old friend in the head with a .22-caliber rifle.

Staff members from the Denton County MHMR Center visited the Denton Square Thursday to display green ribbons and post a sign for Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, which was observed May 5-11. Thursday was selected for the display because it is Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, a spokeswoman for the center said.

Denton County Historical Commission officials held a dedication Sunday for three new historical markers in the Cooper Creek community, which lies just outside Denton city limits along Mingo Road.

Republican negotiators from both chambers remain at an impasse over how best to pay for priorities while squeezing in tax cuts.

Denton voters approved a proposition that gives the city authority to sell natural gas to nonresidential customers in the industrial park on the city's west side.

The things I enjoy most about my work are: the interaction with and exposure to interesting people; and the ability to provide capital solutions for business owners to achieve success.

Mark Graham has started Denton School of Music at First Christian Church. He'll teach private piano lessons, and Alissa Taylor will teach private voice lessons.

Mark Hurley with a couple of his saddles at his shop on I35 at Ganzer Road just north of Denton Friday May 10, 2013.

District 1 council member Kevin Roden congratulates District 4 candidate Joey Hawkins at an election party Saturday in downtown Denton.