The Colony News

Legislators carved out a new district for fast-growing eastern Denton County, and it appears the new District 106 seat will go to Republican Pat Fallon.

From left, Tracey Gold, Megan Adelle of The Colony, Edward Furlong and Skyy Moore portray the Blackwell family in the upcoming SyFy Channel film, Arachnoquake , which airs June 23.

At his funeral Saturday in The Colony, a montage of videos chronicling the time he was born to the time of his death just 18 months later brought tears to strangers' eyes.

After heated discussion, Denton County Transportation Authority board members voted 6-5 to scuttle the late-night service next month, eschewing recommendations from agency staff to adjust the service's hours to run later to better line up with Dallas Area Rapid Transit service.

Vandals targeted Stewart Peninsula Golf Course in The Colony, broken signs and a stolen golf cart are part of the damage.

Montana Lance was nine years old in January 2010 when he hanged himself in the nurse's bathroom at at Stewart Creek Elementary School in The Colony.

Although they did not say a word, they refused to be silent. That was the spirit of the fifty who rode yesterday's Ride of Silence .

With education funding perpetually on the chopping block, the seven school districts in Denton County's newly drawn Texas House District 106 need a defender in the state Capitol.

A Texas man, who works along the Grand Strand as an Elvis impersonator, spent nearly 12 hours in jail Wednesday after being charged with assault for punching a man in the face following a dispute over the rules of a board game during a backyard birthday party, according to authorities.