A Denton County jury found an Aubrey man guilty of capital murder Thursday in the kidnapping and stabbing of his 71-year-old aunt at their shared home in October 2024. Adrian Joe Padilla, 25, is ...

Denton ISD freshmen started their school year on Wednesday, but on Thursday, tens of thousands of students got on buses or joined lengthy drop-off lines. They were greeted by teachers, faculty, staff ...

If you're not already a Denton Record-Chronicle subscriber, you can subscribe now for just $1 a month over the next six months and read all of our sports coverage. Braswell has made the playoffs just ...

If weather permits, all northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 35E will be closed at Corporate Drive overnight on Saturday for bridge work, according to a release from the Texas Department of ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday proposed further limiting screen time in K-12 schools, framing the idea as a way to improve student learning across the state and building off the Legislature’s move to ...

Denton police arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly drove at speeds greater than 120 mph on East University Drive on Wednesday morning. At about 6:19 a.m., officers were driving westbound on East ...

Tanisha Thomas isn’t usually one to ask for help. But when she dialed 2-1-1, Texas’ free hotline that connects people to local resources, three and a half years ago, she was at rock bottom.

Denton police responded to an alleged robbery at a business in the 1600 block of East McKinney Street on Tuesday morning.

As the Trump administration considers a major overhaul of Head Start, Texas childcare advocates say the state’s system isn’t ...

Denton police arrested a 29-year-old man after he allegedly stole a truck and trailer, and then struck another vehicle in an ...

North Texas soccer coach John Hedlund is set to retire after the 2026 season. The Denton Record-Chronicle will document his 32nd and final year over the next few weeks. Today's story takes a deep look ...

A Denton County man during his capital murder trial claimed self-defense for the 2023 stabbing of his great-aunt, a retired Dallas ISD employee who raised him, a jury heard Wednesday.