Sanger News

The Sanger High School marching band is the 2009 United States Scholastic Band Association's Group II A state champion.

It's official. As many have known for weeks, Brown Motor Company has reportedly been sold to Sanger Chevrolet dealer Luttrell-McNatt. A representative for Luttrull-McNatt was cautious when asked about the deal several weeks ago.

Carnival games, costume contests, bounce house, pumpkin decorating contest and more.

Most area cities have shrunk their projected expenditures for 2009-10, compared to 2008-09, in response to lower revenue and the poor economy.

Maureen Sexton, from Sleeping Lizards, get her flu shot from Becky Meason, RN at the Denton County Flu shot clinic at the C.H. Collins Athletic Complex Wednesday.

Updated notices on swine flu virus prevention have hit area school district Web sites within recent weeks, as some have reported confirmed and possible cases of the illness among students.

Pilot Point will soon become the most recent school district offering child care services to its employees.

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.

The federal government's safety agency urged city and school officials Monday to immediately inspect outdoor stadium light poles made by a defunct Fort Worth company.

Students at Sanger's Butterfield Elementary School will begin the school year today with a new principal but a face familiar around the district.

Texting on or dialing a cellphone in an active Denton school zone may now get you hooked up with a ticket.

About 375 acres of grass caught fire near the northwest intersection of Hawkeye Road and FM2450 in Denton County on Saturday.

Jessica Rose Lawrence, far right, and other exhibitors show off their geldings during the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo horse show on Saturday in Denton.

Idaleene Scheu Fuqua on Tuesday poses at Sanger City Hall in front of a photograph of her father, who was the stationmaster for the Santa Fe Railroad in Sanger.

BOB RAY SANDERS Until last Sunday morning, I had not set foot in the small Denton County town of Sanger since my college days at the University of North Texas.

BOB RAY SANDERS Until last Sunday morning, I had not set foot in the small Denton County town of Sanger since my college days at the University of North Texas.

Gallery calling for art featuring cars, antiques Oxide Gallery is holding an artwork open call for its themed September show, "Autos and Antiques." Artwork must depict any or all of the following: automobiles of any age, motorcycles of any age or antiques created prior to 1950.

It was the year that President William Howard Taft was inaugurated, the NAACP was founded and the United States issued the first Lincoln penny.

In honor of John B. Denton's birthday, Cub Scout Pack 199 from Sanger, Texas gave his gravesite a good spit and polish.

The Gumbo House in Sanger is cooking up authentic Cajun cuisine. Courtesy photo Nick and Susan Neyrey own and operate Gumbo House in Sanger's budding downtown.