Denton County

Denton County commissioners approved a total budget of $452.2 million on Tuesday for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Starting Thursday, Denton County will conduct ground fogging after two more mosquito traps tested positive near Argyle and Pilot Point, according to a news release from Denton County Public Health.

A former Krum ISD band director has pleaded guilty to nine counts of indecency with a child and two counts of sexual assault of a child.

The Denton Police Department arrested a Krum man on a murder charge Monday for allegedly selling fentanyl that killed a man in December.

With the July Fourth holiday approaching firework shops are busier than ever. Many North Texas cities are putting on firework shows, some residents may want to put on their own illuminating affair. Before lighting up sparklers in the backyard, here is what residents in counties throughout the Metroplex should know.

Denton County Public Health reported 2025’s first positive West Nile virus mosquito traps in unincorporated Denton County on Monday.

Abbott signed Senate Bills 4 and 23 and House Bill 9 in the Robson Ranch Clubhouse. All three are part of Republican lawmakers’ efforts to bring tax relief statewide to homeowners, seniors and small business owners.

A total of 42,353 Denton County voters cast a ballot in the joint election on May 3 this year. Denton County has 614,020 registered voters, putting turnout at just 6.9%.

When a contract with Texas Central School Bus expires in July, 460 jobs will be permanently cut.

Residents in Denton voted Saturday to elect candidates to positions in city council, school board.

Denton County Public Health reported the first case of measles in the county Wednesday afternoon. The infected person is an adult with unknown vaccination status, DCPH reports.

A Lewisville police affidavit alleges that Bobbie J. and Fred Mitchell’s grandson may have premeditated the attack on the county commissioner and her husband and broke into their house, even though he lived with them.