Denton County News

On Tuesday, county commissioners approved the job descriptions and rankings for three positions that are necessary to start the program and help county residents, officials said.

The shelters will provide Connect passengers with safety, comfort and protection from the elements.

LANE REDUCTION - Texas Department of Transportation will reduce a Denton County section of U.S. 380 to one lane today to install storm sewer underneath the highway.

April's unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in a county labor force of 23,839, an upturn when measured against January and its 4.7 percent rate in a workforce of 23,622.

Fifteen cooling stations have been set up around the metroplex in Dallas County, Tarrant County, Denton County, Collin County and Ellis County.

The deaths of two Denton County residents are still under investigation nearly a week after their bodies were discovered in the bathroom of their home, officials said.

Denton resident C.J. Strayhorn was advised to retire by a doctor about two years ago because of a medical condition.

Officials and employees are able to work more efficiently now that work on Phase 2 of the Denton County Administrative Complex on Loop 288 is done.

A Fort Worth woman in her 40s became the first person in North Texas this year to be diagnosed with West Nile.

Residents and dignitaries made beelines for seats in the shade Friday morning as Denton dedicated a pedestrian bridge for Martin Luther King Jr. About 75 people attended the formal ceremony dedicating the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Pedestrian Bridge to the slain civil rights leader, which included remarks and a ribbon-cutting at the foot of ... (more)

Carrollton police are warning residents to lock their vehicles and remove any property items from view after a recent string of vehicle break-ins.

Henry Paine publicly announced his candidacy for Denton County District Attorney on the steps of the Old Denton Courthouse last week.

I'm late coming to this report about a gun range in Denton County that allows people to fire at targets from out of a helicopter.

Denton police used a stun gun to subdue one of four suspects Tuesday evening after one resisted an officer in jail, police said.

Denton area legislators had mixed results during the 83rd regular session of the Texas Legislature.

Residents in a rural Texas neighborhood have expressed their outrage over a shooting range that allows gunmen to fire hundreds of bullets while dangling from a helicopter near their homes.

CareFlite response times in Denton County are about to get much faster, thanks to a new facility that is now under construction.

Denton police officers spent the early Sunday morning hours patrolling the 6500 block of Welston Lane after responding to a disturbance call.

The Denton County medical examiner and sheriff's deputies are investigating after a man and a woman were found dead in a home in the 9200 block of Clear Drive about noon Monday.

Carbon monoxide poisioning is believed to be responsible for the deaths of two women in the Denton County town of Sanger on Monday.