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Good morning! Today is Thursday, Sept. 5.

Today's high: 90 | Tonight's low: 72

Mostly sunny today with a slight chance of showers after 4 p.m. Partly cloudy tonight.

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See who's headlining Denton Arts & Jazz Festival, plus all stages are returning thanks to donations

Justin-Lee Schultz, Texas Hill and Brave Combo will headline Denton Arts & Jazz next month. Organizers said in July the festival would have to get rid of two stages this year due to lack of funding. However, thanks to donations from Andersons Eatery and Distillery and the Music Performance Trust Fund, all of the festival stages will return. 

📣 Today’s Top Stories

New COVID-19 vaccines ready in Denton after slight summer spike

Although the county hasn't been tracking cases officially, Denton County did see a spike in COVID-19 cases between June and August, according to Denton County Public Health. A new round of vaccines and boosters was approved by the FDA and has made it to Denton Walgreens and CVS pharmacies.

UNT is fine with voter registration on campus, but new directive says keep it outside of class

University of North Texas administrators told deans recently that faculty can no longer use class time for voter registration. One of those deans also told faculty that they'd have to rebuff requests from groups seeking to use classes to register voters. 

Texas teachers demand better pay, working conditions in ‘Educator’s Bill of Rights’

A Texas teachers union is calling on lawmakers to pass legislation next year that will boost teacher pay, increase school funding and stop what union leaders say are “droves” of educators leaving the state.

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College football: Ikaika Ragsdale back to lead UNT running game after quick recovery from torn ACL

The North Texas running back saw his season cut short by a torn ACL last fall. He returned to UNT's lineup as a starter last week. Ragsdale's quick recovery shows his drive, a trait that has helped him become a leader for a rebuilt rotation.

Crime: Denton PD reports intoxicated 16-year-old had illegal pistol in backpack

Denton police detained an intoxicated 16-year-old boy who had a fully automatic pistol in his backpack on Tuesday. The firearm had an extended magazine and an illegal switch attachment to convert it from semiautomatic to fully automatic.

State: It's not fall yet, but it is dove-hunting season in Texas. Here’s what that means

Dove-hunting season began Sunday for the North and Central Zones of Texas. While there have long been ethical objections to killing animals for sport, hunting species like doves can help keep wildlife populations in check, a Texas game warden said.

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• Homelessness is on the rise in Denton County. So too is the number of LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness. Experts say homelessness as well as their marginalized identities puts them in danger. Public safety reporter Brooke Colombo looks at this trend after reporting on the murder of 20-year-old Dylan Gurley, who was a transgender woman, in Denton.

• Several new laws went into effect over the weekend in Texas, with the most notable setting limits on children’s access to social media. The Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act is "designed to protect children online and provide protections and parental controls for their parents."

• 24-year-old Isaac Luis Santiago was killed Monday after a motorcycle crash. A police report states the preliminary crash investigation indicates a vehicle was traveling on East University Drive when Santiago struck the back left side of a vehicle.

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