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Denton Scanner Covering Weather & News for Denton County in North Texas Graduated in 1983 with a teaching degree and minor in atmosphere science.

Started storm spotting for the Norman NWS in 1985, and spotted for KWTV (Gary England) from 1989 to 1995 before moving to Texas in 1996. Was an emergency manager for a North Texas city from 1997 to 2004 and moved out of state for a year to assist in a business venture. Been back in Denton County since 2005 and I am a weather and news ju**ie. Started Denton Scanner in June 2013.

Updated with date and time., Attention Lake Dallas Residents…Traffic Alert…The Lake Dallas Homecoming Parade will begin ...
09/29/2025

Updated with date and time.,

Attention Lake Dallas Residents…Traffic Alert…

The Lake Dallas Homecoming Parade will begin at Lake Dallas Middle School heading west on Hundley, before turning south on Shady Shores Road, and turning east onto Main Street. The parade will make it's final turn onto Falcon Drive by Lake Dallas Elementary before returning to LDMS.

The parade is tomorrow, September 29th, starting at 5:30pm.

Denton- Denton Police Department has arrested two individuals on murder charges.A 911 caller reported a fight in a parki...
09/28/2025

Denton- Denton Police Department has arrested two individuals on murder charges.

A 911 caller reported a fight in a parking lot in the 300 block of W. Eagle Drive at 12:58 a.m. Sunday morning. While on the phone with dispatchers, the caller heard gunshots fired.

As officers arrived, they located and rendered aid to an adult male victim with an apparent gunshot wound. He was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

Witnesses reported that two suspects had fled in a vehicle which officers stopped in the 1400 block of W. University Drive.

A man, later identified as 26-year-old Alfred Jackson Jr., of Pattison, Mississippi, ran from officers during the traffic stop. He was apprehended a short time later and arrested for evading arrest. A woman, Olivia Guster stayed with The vehicle and was detained as part of the investigaton before being charged with murder.

Jackson and Guster assaulted the victim and his friend over a parking issue before Jackson shooting the victim. Further evidence revealed Jackson shot the victim and pointed the firearm at the victim’s friend before fleeing. The victim and his friend did not know the suspects.

Both suspects are in the Denton County jail awaiting a bond hearing.

Urgent…Lewisville- The city of Lewisville has issued a boil water notice Friday afternoon for a portion of the city due ...
09/26/2025

Urgent…Lewisville- The city of Lewisville has issued a boil water notice Friday afternoon for a portion of the city due to a 12-inch line break.

The city is asking all customers in the affected area to boil their water prior to consumption, such as drinking, washing hands or brushing teeth.

Customers are also advised to buy bottled water or obtain water from another source for drinking and other purposes.

The affected area is shown on this map below along Clary Road and Thomas Lane.

Western Days start tomorrow…Gretchen Wilson headlines Day 1 of Western Days in Lewisville, Texas on Friday, Sept. 26 in ...
09/26/2025

Western Days start tomorrow…

Gretchen Wilson headlines Day 1 of Western Days in Lewisville, Texas on Friday, Sept. 26 in Old Town Lewisville!

Check out the Republic Services Main Stage Schedule for Friday, Sept. 26.

6:30 p.m. - Legacy Music Studio
8:15 p.m. - Stoney LaRue
10-11:30 p.m. - Gretchen Wilson presented by Yuengling Beer

Come back on Sept. 27 for another day of live music featuring Shane Smith & the Saints.

In addition to the Republic Services Main Stage, enjoy live music on six stages, Lucha Libra Wrestling, western heritage performances, western market vendors, food trucks, and fun for the whole family.

Joey Chestnut will compin the Tamale contest.

Lewisville Western Days takes place Sept. 26 & 27. Admission is FREE prior to 6 p.m. both days, and $15 after 6 p.m. for everyone except children 12 and younger, who are always free. Tickets available online now or at the gate. You do not need a ticket if you arrive before 6 p.m. both days. Bands are included with admission.

More details at LewisvilleWesternDays.com.

Good evening, Dry and seasonably warm weather is in store this weekend through the middle of next week as high pressure ...
09/26/2025

Good evening, Dry and seasonably warm weather is in store this weekend through the middle of next week as high pressure dominates. Mostly sunny days with highs in the 80s and clear cool nights with lows in the 60s can be expected.

Have a great evening.

BREAKING NEWS…Updated with TXDOT Photo showing police presence… Dallas- Two ICE detainees were killed and one person was...
09/24/2025

BREAKING NEWS…Updated with TXDOT Photo showing police presence…

Dallas- Two ICE detainees were killed and one person was injured at a Dallas ICE facility Wednesday morning and one shooter is dead, according to police.

Police responded to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday at 8101 North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, off Interstate 35E. Police are searching for a possible sniper or multiple shooters. It remains unclear if there were any other shooters involved in the incident.

BREAKING NEWS…Dallas- Two ICE detainees were killed and one person was injured at a Dallas ICE facility Wednesday mornin...
09/24/2025

BREAKING NEWS…

Dallas- Two ICE detainees were killed and one person was injured at a Dallas ICE facility Wednesday morning and one shooter is dead, according to police.

Police responded to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office shortly before 7 a.m. Wednesday at 8101 North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas, off Interstate 35E. Police are searching for a possible sniper or multiple shooters. It remains unclear if there were any other shooters involved in the incident.

8:30pm…The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the NW part of Denton County has been allowed to expire. Sanger is seeing the...
09/24/2025

8:30pm…The Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the NW part of Denton County has been allowed to expire. Sanger is seeing the strongest storm, with heavy rain, maybe pea size hail and wind gust up to 25-30 mph.

The Severe Thunderstorm Warning I just posted may affect Bolivar and Sanger. Residents in these areas please stay alert.
09/24/2025

The Severe Thunderstorm Warning I just posted may affect Bolivar and Sanger. Residents in these areas please stay alert.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Montague County in north central Texas... Northern Wise County in nort...
09/24/2025

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Montague County in north central Texas...
Northern Wise County in north central Texas...
Northwestern Denton County in north central Texas...
Southwestern Cooke County in north central Texas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 752 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Alvord, or 11
miles northwest of Decatur, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Montague, northern Wise, northwestern Denton and
southwestern Cooke Counties, including the following locations...
Prairie Point, Greenwood, Rosston, Valley View, Lois, Era, Slidell,
Leo, Hood, and Forestburg.

This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 479 and 491.

7:40pm update- Portions of the Wise County cell are weakening, but there still remains a marginal threat of 1 inch hail ...
09/24/2025

7:40pm update- Portions of the Wise County cell are weakening, but there still remains a marginal threat of 1 inch hail as it drifts northeast and straddles the Cooke/Denton County line.

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