Ponder News

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.

Preaching to the choir I was stunned at the revelation by our representatives in the U.S. House and Senate who declared that in North Texas we are all happy with our healthcare.

Hickory Street, Robertson Street and Colorado Boulevard will have lane closures between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. due to construction of the A-train commuter rail line.

It's amazing what a full belly will do for a starving horse. Seventy-six Arabians seized by the Denton County Sheriff's Office on Friday from the Renazans Arabians horse ranch southwest of Pilot Point are doing well, said a representative of the Humane Society of North Texas, which is overseeing the care of the horses.

The horses ran across the bare, arid ground and up to the fence Friday morning when they saw people standing near their empty food buckets.

The Denton school district more than tripled the number of campuses reaching "exemplary" status, according to 2009 accountability ratings released Friday by the Texas Education Agency.

Aqua America Inc. said Wednesday that its Texas and Indiana operating subsidiaries have bought three water and wastewater systems for $260,000. Aqua Texas Inc.

Volunteers are closing in on their goal to build a "field of dreams" for the city's young residents - a Western-themed, handicap-accessible playground at Eddie Deussen Jr.

Carroll Boulevard has intersection construction at Eagle Drive. Duncan Street has utility construction from Smith Street to Teasley Lane.

Jun 24, 2009 6:57 pm US/Central Arezow Doost PONDER A North Texas boy is on a list to get a new heart, but it comes with a pretty hefty price tag.

A technique that's brought confidence to a Ponder 15-year-old has made her a finalist in a national academic competition in Los Angeles.