Denton County News

Three people in Denton County have been arrested for the murder of a taxi driver.

Firefighters responding to a grass fire Friday morning in Justin discovered the partially burned body of a man who was stabbed in the chest and his throat slit, according to officials.

The body believed to be of a cab driver was found burned and with stab wounds in rural Denton County.

Two Frisco residents have sued Denton County over a local-option election in Precinct 2 conducted in May, alleging the election was invalid.

A 38-year-old North Texas man was honored Wednesday with a Carnegie Hero medal. Michael P. Schmidt of the Denton County community of Hickory Creek is one of 22 people so honored, some posthumously.

Denton County sheriff's animal officers will let a grand jury decide whether the deaths by dehydration of 23 cows should be prosecuted as a criminal case.

Preparations for the A-train rail line - Denton County's long-awaited foray into commuter rail - finally began this week.

Denton County authorities found 35 dead cows today in a field just west of Ray Roberts Lake.

DALLAS, Texas - An Amtrak train bound for Fort Worth stalled Saturday for more than two hours in Denton County, leaving about 170 passengers baking in 100-degree heat with no air conditioning.

Denton police investigated an assault early Sunday that led to a man's stabbing.

Searching for: Birthmother, birthfather, any siblings or half-siblings. FEMALE BABY DOB 11/28/1967. Hope/Rest Cottage Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas.

A homeless man accused of shooting a woman he didn't know in the face while she was holding a baby compared himself to Frankenstein's monster in an interview at the Denton County Jail.

Corinth police are investigating why a man walked up to a 36-year-old woman and shot her in the face at Fairview Park.

Denton County Master Gardeners invite entrants to bring their herbs, vegetables, fruits, and flowers to show off at the Denton County Fire Fighters Memorial Park 317 West Mulberry Street Denton from 9 a.m. - noon for awards ceremony.

Flower Mound Police Captain Wendell Mitchell at The News Connection office discussing the recent arrest of a ten year-old girl.

Parts of Lewisville and Flower Mound took a huge hit in the recent storms. Amy Carrington had plans today.

The mother of eight-month-old Daisja Weaver has told police that the baby's father threw the child into Lewisville Lake last week, a sigificant shift from her original account of assault and kidnapping.

Denton County commissioners are expected to vote today on spending $500,000 in emergency funds to cover repairs to the Joseph A. Carroll Building, damaged May 31 by an overnight sprinkler leak.

A Lewisville man has been arrested in the Thursday stabbing death of a Denton man at a motel.

A day after severe storms pummeled North Texas, some Denton County residents remained without power Thursday, while other residents and emergency officials worked to assess the weather's toll.