Christian McPhate | Denton Record-Chronicle

“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

Denton is closer to landing an AI drone company after the Economic Development Partnership Board on Wednesday recommended the City Council approve about $900,000 in incentives. KrateoSky, founded last year, plans to manufacture drones for intelligence, industrial and national security uses.

With Denton Mayor Gerard Hudspeth’s third and final term coming to an end, four candidates have entered the mayoral race to represent Denton and lead a City Council that will see three new members for Districts 1 and 2 and citywide Place 5.

Denton City Council members have approved early voting and election day polling locations for the May 2 municipal election.

The city of Denton announced on Tuesday evening that Deputy City Manager Cassey Ogden is the new interim city manager, effective April 1.

Endorsed by Gov. Greg Abbott in her bid for a third term, Edmondson now finds herself facing three Republican opponents in the March 3 primary: Gerard Hudspeth, the current Denton mayor; Valerie Roehrs, a former corporate executive turned rancher; and David Wylie, a Denton County GOP precinct chair, election judge and committee member of the state Republican Party.