After only a few minutes of discussion, town leaders declared a 90-day moratorium on issuing new drilling permits inside town limits, citing concerns about emissions from production equipment and their effect on human health.

Area winners advance in free throw contest Several Denton County youngsters will advance to the district level after taking first place in their respective age groups during a Jan.

The Ponder school district added more than $880,000 to its general fund balance last fiscal year, a recent audit report released by district officials indicates.

Twice a month Bart Stover drives to Tony's Seed and Feed in Muenster and returns home with a half-ton of grain ration in the bed of his heavy-duty pickup.

Lydia Wimberley, from Wings of Hope Equitherapy in Cleburne, rides her horse, Boomer, in competition at the Chisholm Challenge.

Sleeping mats cover the floor of the dining room at the Salvation Army Emergency shelter on McKinney Street Wednesday in Denton.

Due to the inclement weather and icy road conditions, several Denton area school districts have announced closings for Thursday, Janurary 7, 2010.

Denton County sheriff's deputies are investigating an incident reported early Monday involving a man, his girlfriend, her former boyfriend, the former boyfriend's brother and a gun.

Think your Vette is Menagerie material? Just send a photo of the car, a brief description, and whatever else you'd like to Vette Magazine, c/o 'Glass Menagerie, 9036 Brittany Way, Tampa, FL 33619.

This natural gas drilling rig west of Ponder is located on the 5,000-square-mile Barnett Shale formation.

Call 940-479-2016 or e-mail ridingunlimited@aol.com. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Pumpkin Festival at Selwyn College Preparatory School, 3333 W. University Drive, including hay rides and pony rides, games, prizes, craft show, food and more.

You may have needed sunglasses when you went to lunch Wednesday. For the first time in weeks, the sun peeked through the clouds on and off all day.

Carnival games, a haunted house, a hay ride and musical entertainment are some of the offerings planned for the Ponder school district's annual Fall Festival on Saturday.

Town leaders passed an ordinance this week restricting where sex offenders convicted of committing acts against children may live.

Okay, I win this round. Maybe if I'd given you guys a few more clues , you might have guessed Ranchman's Cafe as the restaurant that serves the chicken fried steak pictured below.

Town leaders approved Monday a $30,000 contribution from economic development funds toward a new playground in Eddie Deussen Jr.

Denton police responded to help a city bus driver deal with an irate passenger Tuesday morning and eventually took the rider to jail.

Denton's Civil Air Patrol Nighthawk Composite Squadron recently honored cadets Emily Crouse of Ponder and Davis Personious of Keller with the General Billy Mitchell Award, bestowing on each the title of cadet second lieutenant.

Reata Rehabilitation staff members use trained horses to achieve specific therapy goals for clients and are rewarded by plenty of smiles.

School districts in Denton County will not broadcast President Obama's national address live in every class to schoolchildren on Tuesday, but officials have come up with various solutions to make the speech available to those students interesting in watching.