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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Blane Henry Meeks, known to many as "Preacher," passed away on August 6, 2026, at his home in Krum, Texas, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was 59 years old. Born on September 13, 1966, ...