The Adkins Elementary School PTA honored the school's namesake recently. The PTA gave Dorothy Adkins a Lifetime Achievement Award — the highes… Read more
We’ve seen a lot of locals dismiss protesters who’ve taken the fight for racial justice to downtown Denton. Or dismiss the notion of protest a… Read more
Denton resident, business owner and activist Willie Hudspeth has been getting a lot of appreciation lately. After 20 years of protesting the D… Read more
When COVID-19 closed Denton’s universities and community college, another student body lost its class time. Read more
While commercial gyms have been reopening in stages, Denton’s recreation centers are taking a slower approach. In the last few days, Denton re… Read more
If you were on Interstate 35 between 8 and 10 a.m. on Sunday, you might have noticed traffic backed up on the exits on either side of the inte… Read more
On Wednesday, officials reopen WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The popular destination for Denton gamblers and conc… Read more
Denton is seeing more and more of its community events migrating online as concerns about the coronavirus keep the lid on mass gatherings. The… Read more
If you’re like a lot of us, quarantine means more time to focus on creative endeavors. It just so happens that the Denton Public Library is co… Read more
The Blue Angels plan to fly over Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday. The famous naval flight group is performing multiple flyovers across the nati… Read more
What happens during COVID-19 when a church has a big transition? The Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will bid farewell to its interim… Read more
County Commissioner Dianne Edmondson tipped us off to what we think could be the world’s greatest tailgating buffet. Read more
We heard through the grapevine that the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church has mentioned a Denton church as being the maste… Read more
Brooke Moore, executive director of the Denton Parks Foundation, said some recent surveys have shown a noteworthy spike in the number of peopl… Read more
Happy belated birthday to Mayor Chris Watts, who spent most of his big day Tuesday in the City Council’s first-ever virtual meeting wrestling … Read more
We’ve certainly seen a fresh crop of internet memes by Denton residents poking fun at the various and sundry frailties exposed by the novel co… Read more
Coronavirus is officially here in Denton County, and with it, massive changes to Denton residents’ work and social lives. The ranks of the Den… Read more
A scam email — one of thousands, it seems — found its way to a local minister’s account and contacts. The Rev. Donna Dolham, the interim minis… Read more
You know it’s spring when Tractor Supply Co. on Loop 288 is filled with the sounds of peeping and cheeping. Fuzzy little balls are huddled und… Read more
Mr. Frosty’s is a true Denton landmark. Its midcentury exterior has graced more travel shows and photo shoots than we can remember. Well, now … Read more
An earlier version of this column reported an incorrect date for the Borman Elementary School 50th Anniversary celebration. The celebration wi… Read more
Minifigs, Bricks, and More, a downtown Denton business that buys, sells and trades new and used Legos, got Denton all stirred up on Tuesday. T… Read more
Big Fatty’s Flaming Foods got a pretty high recommendation. Read more
Argyle resident and retired American Airlines pilot Beverley Bass has just reached a new level. It’s one thing to have your life turned into a… Read more
We knew she wouldn’t be happy just napping and traveling, and we were right. Former Denton Downtown Economic Development director Julie Glover… Read more
Did you miss some of the buzzworthy Oscar nominated movies? The 92nd Academy Awards will be presented starting at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 on ABC. Read more
Our Daily Bread, Denton’s downtown soup kitchen, found a lot of generosity coming its way in December. But we’re especially touched by the gen… Read more
Calling all bookworms: There’s one more week before the Denton Record-Chronicle launches its in-house community book club in 2020. Read more
We decided not to shamelessly eavesdrop on the small film crew that gathered outside of South Branch Library last Saturday. A slim figure wear… Read more
Denton actor Bryan Patrick didn’t have the greatest end of 2019. On Monday, Patrick was walking home when someone near Newton Rayzor Elementar… Read more
This week, we look back at what made us go “dammit” in 2019. Read more
An earlier version of this column incorrectly reported in a headline that a local comic made it to the finals in the Funniest Comic in Texas c… Read more
The wind blew the “N” off of the Campus Theatre marquee over the weekend, rendering A Tuna Christmas to A Tu a Christmas. When Denton performe… Read more
Santa’s elves work all year round. Just ask the good folks who assemble in the Denton Senior Center craft room every Tuesday morning. About 24… Read more
Alan Palomo, a musician who spent some time in Denton, performs in the electronic band he started here called Neon Indian. The band has stayed… Read more
Wendy McGee, the executive director of Our Daily Bread, mentioned an ongoing need for the people who come through the local soup kitchen. Last… Read more
Julie Glover has probably done more to make Denton the cool place it is that most people know. As the Economic Development Program director, G… Read more
Denton banks on local art and music in tourism and quality- of-life marketing. Our arts scene is a major part of the “Denton Original Independ… Read more
Remember that time when a customer on the rooftop of LSA Burger Co. took a rubber duck to the head when someone pitched it from the Yankee Doo… Read more
The Texas Department of Transportation has been tracking traffic fatalities in the state. Officials made a curious discovery: close to half of… Read more
We’re always hesitant to publish that a local artist is completing their last project, or that a local band is breaking up. A lot of times, cr… Read more
Dianne Edmondson, Pct. 4 Denton County Commissioner, was having dinner with her husband, Bob, at the Cotton Patch restaurant recently. Edmonds… Read more
Clarence “Woody” Wood died Aug. 28 at age 94. He was a quiet institution who repaired musical instruments and a saxophone player in the inaugu… Read more
An earlier version erroneously reported that a local business owner got speedy help when a work crew accidentally broke a window and door. Cit… Read more
There’s often a feeling out there in the Denton community that the elite administrators at the University of North Texas live in a different world. Read more
The days of the Denton City Council casting unanimous votes with little debate are a fading memory. But all those split votes means that the w… Read more
Denton lost a quiet institution on Aug. 28. Clarence “Woody” Wood died at age 94. Reared in a sort of golden age of gentility and civic duty, … Read more
An earlier version of this column reported the wrong date for North Texas Giving Day. The fundraiser is Sept. 19. Read more
Denton Community Theatre recently closed an ambitious production: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats. The cast and crew clearly pulled together for a … Read more
Denton musicians Mark Graham and Cassandra Berry performed the first of their monthly “Gospel Hour” series on Sunday. Graham is a classically … Read more
Late Tuesday afternoon on the downtown Square, we heard a man shout (pretty urgently, too) ”WHAT HAPPENED TO MY PANTS!” We looked around for a… Read more
We’re not sure how we missed this, but the Denton Area Running Club organized its fifth Tour de Frack, a 10K race and half-marathon, last mont… Read more
Call it luck or divine intervention, but when Joe Akers of Akers Towing happened to see a boat sinking on Ray Roberts Lake on Friday, he acted… Read more
This story has been updated to remove an item about a plan to remove the traffic signal at Teasley Lane and Londonderry Lane in Denton. There … Read more
Lucky, lucky city employees in the watershed protection division recently spotted a river otter in Pecan Creek just upstream of Lewisville Lak… Read more
