Christian McPhate | Denton Record-Chronicle

The Denton City Council voted 4-3 to proceed with a possible moratorium on data centers in the city. This is following a wave of other cities in Texas banning data centers, and Gov. Greg Abbott ordering a halt to data centers until the completion of a statewide audit.

Denton City Council Member Jordan Villarreal says he is resigning so he can focus on taking care of his personal health. He was elected in May.

John Baines used his gift of song for 40 years in Denton, serving and supporting dozens of local nonprofits and community organizations in North Texas. He was a founding member of the Denton Black Chamber of Commerce and the Denton Blues Festival. He died July 13 at age 73.

Denton Mayor Chris Watts wants the City Council to have a conversation about apartment development in Denton and stresses that a moratorium is only temporary.

In a joint statement from DSA Denton and Revolutionary Front, DSA Denton co-chair Laura Coate, said the town hall “is intended to bring Denton residents together to organize against AI data centers and an AI drone factory in our community.”

“Every vote counts,” Chris Watts, a former mayor, wrote in all-caps to his supporters in late May on his Facebook page, as he offered a breakdown of the Denton County Precinct 4 commissioner race that was decided by fewer than 40 votes.

“Kindness wins,” George Ferrie’s supporters posted to social media on Saturday night when news spread that Ferrie defeated Erica Garland, a Planning and Zoning commissioner, in the runoff for citywide Place 5 on the Denton City Council.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Denton and city officials for “allowing grown men in changing rooms with Texas children and women at event hosted at publicly owned swimming pool,” the attorney general's office announced in a June 1 press release.

Behind by fewer than 100 votes all evening, David Wylie narrowly secured the win in the Republican primary runoff for Denton County Precinct 4 commissioner on Tuesday, defeating Valerie Roehrs by just 31 votes as the GOP choice to replace incumbent Dianne Edmonson on the Nov. 3 ballot.

Valerie Roehrs and David Wylie are in a heated runoff for the Republican nomination for Denton County Precinct 4 commissioner, as shown by the latest round of campaign finance reports and claims and questions about the candidates.

Local civil rights activist Willie Hudspeth and fellow advocates have spent the past 10 years trying to restore St. John’s Cemetery, a historic freedman cemetery on the outskirts of Pilot Point.

Former Mayor Chris Watts and outgoing District 2 council member Brian Beck will face off in a runoff to decide Denton's next mayor, after no candidate in the four-way race secured over 50% of the vote Saturday