Southern Denton County Local News
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May election slates set
Many local offices will be up for election this spring throughout southern Denton County, and the deadline to file has passed, as of 5 p.m. Friday. The filing period began on Jan. 16 and ended Friday, and the deadline to withdraw from the race is Feb...
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Prescribed burn on The Flower Mound cut short
A prescribed burn on The Flower Mound this week was cut short because of weather conditions, according to the Flower Mound Fire Department. On Tuesday, FMFD conducted a partial prescribed burn on the northern portion of The Flower Mound to remove inv...
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Highland Village to oppose proposed tax cap
The city of Highland Village will go to Austin next week to oppose proposed bills in the Texas House and Senate that would significantly decrease many cities' tax revenue. Early in the 2019 state legislative session, lawmakers filed identical compani...
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Flower Mound, Highland Village again among safest cities in Texas, study says
Flower Mound and Highland Village were again ranked highly in a new study. The Home Security Advisor, a home security system ranking website, recently published its 2019 list of Texas' safest cities, and in the list of all municipalities with a popul...
Southern Denton County Life
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Foodie Friday: Verf’s Grill & Tavern
Some of our Foodie Friday DFW restaurants are especially near and dear to our hearts. And this week is one of those...
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Obit: Ronald Francis Stuart
Ronald Francis Stuart passed away peacefully at his home in Flower Mound on December 25th, 2018. He was 78. Ron was...
Southern Denton County Schools
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Sophomore is first Argyle High student to make All-State Choir
Kassidy Rosengren, a sophomore at Argyle High School, is the first AHS student to make the Texas All-State Small Sc...
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Lawsuit claims Lewisville ISD election system violates Voting Rights Act
A lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleges that the Lewisville ISD election system violates the Voting Rights...
Southern Denton County Voices
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The beat of a different drum
By Cynthia Meyering All alone… it’s one of the primal fears we have for ourselves, and one that we try to protect o...
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LETTER: Paying forward a random act of kindness
On Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the Bartonville Kroger, I was the recipient of a generous act of kindness. Perhaps she rea...
Southern Denton County Sports
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Coram Deo shoots for single-season wins record
In 2010, the Coram Deo Academy Flower Mound boys basketball team set a school record with 25 wins in a season. In 2...
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Friends, teammates share big goals
The 2013 Guyer girls’ soccer team holds a special place in the pantheon of the Wildcats athletics program. In April...
Southern Denton County Business
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Managing Heisenberg: Volatility, uncertainty and growth
The Nobel physicist Werner Heisenberg is best known in the non-scientific community for his uncertainty principle--...
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Ambitious restaurateur finds home in Flower Mound
Growing up in the war-torn country of Kosovo, Noti Krasniqi had early visions of being someplace else. “I remember...
Featured Columnists
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The Soapbox: The Mother’s Touch
On October 16, 2005 Vice Admiral Thad Allen entered the door of Mother’s Restaurant in New Orleans’ central busines...
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Something to Muench on: Helping Our Kids Become Mindful
I think most of us would agree when we are in the midst of raising kids that life can get pretty busy and tiring. ...