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Good morning! Today is Tuesday, Aug. 20.

Today's high: 101 | Tonight's low: 76

Still sunny and hot. The excessive heat warning has been reduced to a heat advisory until 9 p.m. today.

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Denton County food pantries will rely only on Tarrant Area Food Bank in 2025

The Tarrant Area Food Bank will be the sole food bank operating in Denton County beginning on Jan.1, 2025. TAFB plans to continue expanding coverage in Denton County, focusing efforts on the organization's newest satellite branch in Denton.

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Can the State Fair of Texas ban guns on government property? The answer is complicated

The city of Dallas and the State Fair of Texas are facing mounting pressure to reverse a new policy banning nearly all guns from the fair this year in response to a shooting at last year’s fair that injured three people. In the latest turn, Attorney General Ken Paxton has called the gun ban illegal — and he says the clock is ticking for the city of Dallas to act before he pursues legal action.

TWU places final beam in $107 million health sciences center

Texas Woman's University celebrated the placement of the final beam of the new health sciences building with a “topping off” ceremony last week. The 136,000-square-foot center featuring labs, classrooms and outdoor clinic sites should open next fall.

It’s not just South Texas. Republicans are making gains with Latino voters in big cities, too.

Republicans have logged historic gains in South Texas the last couple of elections, making political battlegrounds out of border communities that voted solidly Democratic for years. That sea change has largely overshadowed the more subtle rightward shift of Latino voters in cities and suburbs away from the border.

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Mean Green football: Chandler Morris took over in fall camp, when we learned quite a bit about UNT's team

North Texas wrapped up the camp portion of preseason over the weekend. What did we learn? Quite a bit, from QB Chandler Morris making a quick transition to UNT looking at the prospect of relying on a host of newcomers defensively.

HS football: Denton High season preview: Broncos carry belief into 2024 after earning return to playoffs

Denton High defied the odds to put together a historic 2023 season. Coming off their first playoff berth since 2016, the Broncos hope to continue that positive momentum this fall as they move back up a division and into the loaded District 3-5A DI.

Crime: Man reports drunken street racer on I-35W caused him to crash

A Denton driver reported that a possible drunken driver rear ended him and caused him to crash in a field off of the Interstate 35W service road on Sunday, according to a police report. At about 7:09 p.m., officers were dispatched to a hit-and-run report near I-35W and FM2449.

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• William Thompson, a University of North Texas student, and his dad say they have the largest Doctor Who memorabilia collection, potentially breaking the Guinness World Record. Their verified collection includes 7,467 items, surpassing the current record of 6,641, and they're waiting for Guinness World Record's final ruling.

• Furniture retailer Conn’s Home Plus is closing all its storefronts — including the Denton location at the Golden Triangle Mall, 2201 S. Interstate 35. The Denton location opened back in 2020.

• A 24-year-old was arrested Saturday after nearly being struck by a vehicle, according to a Denton police report. Officers reported she was disoriented, did not know where she lived and had white powder on her nose. Police say the woman told them she believed the current president was Donald Trump.

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