Skip to content
Flower Mound News

The front page

Flower Mound, Texas

schools

Concerns reload after another bullet was found at Northlake middle school

A Northlake middle school can’t seem to shake its bullet problem as more discharged ammunition was found on the campus. Toward the end of the school day Wednesday, a coach at Barksdale Middle School found a stray bullet on the tennis courts. Northwest ISD Superintendent Mark Fous...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 30, 2026

safety

Double Oak Police Blotter

The Double Oak Police Department responded to 24 agency-assist calls in August and handled 590 calls for service or self-initiated activity during the month. Officers also issued 318 traffic citations and warnings. Here are some recent calls for service: Aug. 1 — Noise complaint,...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 30, 2026

Safety

Denton County Sheriff’s Office warns about fake sheriff’s website scam

The Denton County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a fraudulent website impersonating the agency. The sheriff’s office announced Thursday on social media that it had been alerted to a fake website linked to scammers targeting Denton County residents. According to the post, the website ...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 29, 2026

Keep exploring

View all news →

government

Argyle ISD trustee resigns shortly after being appointed president

The Argyle ISD Board of Trustees continues to lose members. The district announced Thursday in an email to families that board President Sam Slaton has resigned. Slaton, a longtime board member, most recently returned to the board in July after being appointed to fill the vacancy...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 29, 2026

business

Argyle football back in business after quarterback Hayes Hackney reinstated

Hayes Hackney will return as Argyle’s quarterback as the Eagles finish out the regular season and set their sights on the playoffs. The junior quarterback was unanimously reinstated and ruled eligible by the University Interscholastic League at a State Executive Committee hearing...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 29, 2026

Schools

Argyle ISD to start staffing new high school amid superintendent’s mid-year exit

Argyle ISD will undergo a series of changes in the near future, and the district will soon start gearing up to open a new high school. Dr. Courtney Carpenter, Argyle ISD’s superintendent, announced Tuesday the district is in the process of interviewing candidates to lead Legacy High School as its...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 28, 2026

parks

Urban Air Adventure Park ready to open Denton location

A new indoor trampoline and adventure park will open its doors for the first time on Halloween. Urban Air Adventure Park will open its new Denton location Saturday. It will be located at 3615 E McKinney Street, on the east side of Denton. The new location will be owned by a local...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 29, 2026

safety

Highland Village Police Blotter

The following is a summary of recent incident reports made to the Highland Village Police Department as compiled by the staff of The CTG: On Aug. 21, a group of teenage boys tried a little too hard to impress a group of teenage girls at Kids Kastle playground on two separate occa...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 29, 2026

Local

Denton County nutrition program selected for initiative to improve maternal health

Denton County could help bring innovative change to maternal health. The county’s Woman, Infants and Children (WIC) program was one of nine Special Supplemental Nutrition agencies selected nationwide to participate in a ground breaking two-year initiative. According to a press re...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 28, 2026

safety

Lewisville firefighters save cat after ‘purr’-forming search and rescue operation

Lewisville firefighters didn’t let curiosity kill the cat Tuesday when crews were called to help a feline resident that was stuck deep inside the engine compartment of a Tesla. “This was not a ‘maybe she will jump out if we open the hood’ situation,” said Lewisville FD in a post ...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 28, 2026

parks

Young Marines build leaders in Denton County

Christine Colacion-Zuniga sure has come a long way from being a carpool mom. For nearly a decade, she was busy shuttling her daughter, Kayla, to and from her Young Marines unit meetings in Fort Worth each week. Along the way, she’d pick up a few of the other recruits to ensure th...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 28, 2026

Local

Road improvements underway at I-35W and Crawford ahead of new H-E-B opening

Another Denton County road project is underway to help ease traffic congestion along the I-35W corridor in southern Denton County. Construction began in mid-October to add a center turn lane beneath the I-35W overpass at Crawford Road and Robson Ranch Road in Argyle as the openin...

Cross Timbers Gazette (local newspaper)Oct 27, 2026