WEATHER ALERT: The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for Denton County this afternoon. The warning remains in effect from 3 a.m. until 9 a.m. Saturday when we could see our first freeze of the season. Properly cover plants, bring pets in or make sure they have somewhere warm to snuggle and cover pipes before you head in tonight!
Happy Halloween, readers!! Dressing up as anything spooky? Be sure to send us your photos to mgray@dentonrc.com and they could be part of a fun photo album!!!
Clowns performing a safety song! Be sure to look both ways and wear your helmet and your pads before crossing the street!
Photo: Clowns performing a safety song! Be sure to look both ways and wear your helmet and your pads before crossing the street!
"What does the fox say?!"Kids getting ready to watch the Denton Fire Department clowns for one of their last shows of the season! — at Sam Houston Elementary.
Photo: "What does the fox say?!"Kids getting ready to watch the Denton Fire Department clowns for one of their last shows of the season!
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The University of North Texas Department of Dance and Theatre Arts opens its 2014-15 theater season with Marti Sherman’s 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning play Bent, which examines the lives of a group of gay men who find themselves hunted and eventually packed off to Dachau, the notorious concentration camp.
Anyone spotting showers, yet?
Readers, don't forget our furry friends this Halloween!
Please share!
Photo: Please share!
Out & About:
- Groups to present charity ball
- State park to host carved pumpkin contest Friday
- Denton church schedules trunk-or-treat event Friday
- Denton Herb Society to meet Saturday at library
- DAR chapter to help library host Fami...ly Literacy Day
- Lewisville Library reminds of deadline for author fair
- Little Elm Senior Center to host arts and crafts fair
- Lewisville Lake Symphony to host fundraiser Saturday
- Giving Hope holiday poinsettia sale underway
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Briefly in the arts:
- History office plans docent orientation lunch
- UNT faculty artwork to go on exhibit
- Late UNT conductor to be honored in concert
- NCTC prepares to do Time Warp, again
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Briefly in business:
- Armadillo Ale Works finds home in Denton
- Pollo Tropical now open, grand opening planned
- Pilot Point to soon have new lakeside resort
- Highland Village DATCU branch in the works
- Local business earns TripAdvisor recognition
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Out and about:
- Trick-or-treaters invited to Boo Bash on campus
- Liberty Christian choir to perform current pop hits
- Free session offers financial strategies for retirement
- Environmental learning area to host night hike on Friday
- Re...d Cross announces four blood drives in county
- Families invited to apply for Salvation Army holiday aid
- Suicide prevention coalition to meet Friday in Denton
- First Christian invites families to Halloween event
- Foundation awards grant to help Lewisville seniors
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Star Trek actor George Takei, who’s been called the most influential person on Facebook, will speak at the University of North Texas tonight, and tickets are still available.
The death of a 12-year-old Lewisville boy Friday night is under investigation by Lewisville police.

Capt. Dan Rochelle said Saturday that police were dispatched to the 1700 block of Bunker Hill Lane - a mobile home park- at 6:37 p.m. after two cousins were struck by a four-door Nissan Sentra.

Eric Lozano,12, was pronounced dead at 7:11 p.m. at the Medical Center of Lewisville due to crash injur...ies to the head and chest according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s website.

His 10-year-old cousin, police said, was not seriously injured.

Through preliminary investigations police said a 16-year-old girl was learning basic motor vehicle skills from her father when she suddenly went into reverse and accelerated the Sentra- pinning the 12-year-old to a mobile home.

The teenage girl did not have a drivers license, Rochelle said, but she was learning on private property. He did say the girl and the two boys were not related and came from separate families.

Rochelle said the two were walking down an inter-road of the mobile home park when they were struck by the teenager.

Police don’t believe foul play was involved and she had not been drinking.

“It appears to be truly an accident,” Rochelle said.

The accident is “still active” and will be presented to the Denton County District Attorney’s Office for further review, police said.

- Megan Gray -Hatfield
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Don't forget, twilight parade will start at 7 p.m. downtown! Come out and enjoy the Day of the Dead festivities if you haven't already.
Lots of events happening this weekend! How will you be enjoying it?
Did you know we are coming up on year one of construction on the expansion of I-35E?

Bj Lewis does and he is writing a story on it and wants some public input from commuters who use the road daily on the impact of the construction, frustrations with it, their hopes for it in the future, everything. Also anyone who is getting bought out by the right of way purchase work that has been going on, that would be great to.

Reach Bj at 940-566-6875 or blewis@dentonrc.com doesn't take long and it's painless, promise.

Always love to here from John Q. Citizen in addition to the officials.

-BjL
Andre “Frenchy” Rheault, owner of Frenchy’s Lawn and Tree Service, was cited by city of Denton code enforcement for flying too many flags from his signature orange work vans and along the fence line where he stores his vehicles on Thursday.