Two people were arrested Saturday night after leading Denton police on a pursuit following a robbery.  Officers were called at about 7:30 p.m. for a report that two people ran off with a laptop and cell phone   At about 7:30 p.m., two people were trying to sell a laptop in the 2300 block of South Loop 288 when a male…

In 2010, Denton ISD­ recognized there was a demographic change in the student population at Carroll McMath Middle School. There was an increase in second-language learners. Students who felt left out because oftentimes, they couldn’t communicate adequately. Those same students were not just struggling with their relationships in the classroom, but also their grades. Using soccer as a uniting force,…

A Denton police officer fatally shot a man early Tuesday morning who police say resisted a stun gun and continued to advance on police while refusing to drop a frying pan and a cleaver he was carrying. An officer injured in the melee is recovering from a stab wound.

A Denton police officer fatally shot a man early Tuesday morning who they say resisted a stun gun and continued to advance on police while refusing to drop a frying pan and a cleaver he was carrying. An officer injured in the melee is recovering from a stab wound.

Denton police chief Frank Dixon discussed the investigation into a deadly shooting involving a police officer Tuesday morning.

A Denton police officer fatally shot a man early Tuesday morning who police say resisted a stun gun and continued to advance on police while refusing to drop a frying pan and a cleaver he was carrying. An officer injured in the melee is recovering from a stab wound. Family members identified the man who was shot as Darius Tarver,…

Taco Cabana’s parent company, Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., says they are immediately shutting down 19 of their 164 restaurants in Texas, including eight in Dallas-Fort Worth. The company said the 19 restaurants were underperforming and that while they contributed to approximately $24.5 million in earnings they also had $4.2 million in pre-tax operating losses, including $2 million in depreciation expense,…

A series of recently passed and enacted state laws could make it much harder for consumers to know when a credit skimmer is found at a gas station.

A series of recently passed and enacted state laws could make it much harder for consumers to know when a credit skimmer is found at a gas station. For years, the Texas Department of Agriculture has released warnings about gas stations where someone had attached a skimmer to steal credit card information, but new laws (HB2945 and SB2119) will limited…

A day after thunderstorms rumbled through North Texas, the rain turned to big, wet snowflakes and covered Denton’s town square. There have been reports of between two and three inches of snow in Denton.

Officers responding to a 911 hang-up call found a woman dead in a Denton home Friday night, police say. Denton Public Safety dispatch received the call about 7:30 p.m. from a residence in the 1400 block of Carrigan Lane. When officers arrived, they found a woman dead with a gunshot wound. Her identity has not been released.  The officers searched...

Here’s a snow video from The Bearded Monk in Denton!

Snow East of Denton

Texas Sky Ranger captured some families making the most out of Saturday morning’s snowfall in Denton. It’s a sight you don’t often see around town — or North Texas in general!

A day after thunderstorms rumbled through North Texas, the rain turned to big, wet snowflakes and covered Denton’s town square. There have been reports of between two and three inches of snow in Denton. Maribeth Pappas and her husband Jeff drove from Dallas Saturday morning when they saw reports of snow in Denton. “We just had breakfast, we just...

A father drowned while trying to rescue two of his children, who both survived, from a Denton lake Monday, fire officials say. Denton fire officials said the man’s 11-year-old daughter told them the group was on a boat when her 4-year-old brother, who was wearing a life jacket, fell in the lake while trying to grab his fishing pole....

A driver was arrested after taking state troopers on a chase from southern Denton County to northwest Dallas Sunday night into Monday morning. It started shortly before midnight when a trooper tried to stop the driver for a traffic violation and the driver refused to stop, said Lonny Haschel, public information officer for the Texas Department of Public Safety. The…

A driver was arrested after taking state troopers on a chase from southern Denton County to northwest Dallas Sunday night into Monday morning.

One man has been arrested and charged with manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, after 596.3 pounds of liquid methamphetamine were found in his vehicle. According to the Denton Police Department detectives of the Special Investigative Unit saw a black GMC Envoy traveling southbound with a broken passenger brake light just before the I-35 split on Thursday at approximately…

After spending more than seven years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, a Denton man graduated from Texas Woman’s University Saturday.