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Good morning! Today is Saturday, Aug. 10.

Today's high: 94 | Tonight's low: 76

Partly cloudy with possible showers and thunderstorms.

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For some Denton County shoppers, tax-free weekend is too little and too late

Texas marks the 25th anniversary of its sales tax holiday this weekend through Sunday.  But for some Denton County shoppers, it's a blend of too little savings and too late to make a dent in back-to-school expenses. Denton ISD students started the new school year Wednesday. "I don’t think it’s worth shopping during at all," said Denton resident Donna Caruthers. "Save $8 for every $100? Is that right? I didn’t even spend $100 on school supplies."

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State Fair of Texas to ban guns, tighten security a year after shooting

The State Fair of Texas will ban all firearms from the fairgrounds and tighten security at fair entrances during the upcoming event, officials announced Thursday — about a year after an alleged gunman opened fire on the fairgrounds and injured three people.

More Texans join unions although national membership is down. A Bartonville Starbucks is leading the charge

In total, there are about 586,000 union workers in Texas, a fraction of the millions who work here. And yet, the increase is somewhat remarkable given the state's long history of hostility toward unions. And nationwide, union membership dipped during the same time.

Athlete dies in Fort Worth’s Marine Creek Lake during CrossFit Games

An athlete died while swimming in Fort Worth's Marine Creek Lake during the opening event of the multiday CrossFit Games competition Thursday, according to the competition's CEO.

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Sanger season preview: Indians’ deep returning core on the hunt for a resurgent season

Sanger's 2023 football season didn't go quite the way it hoped. Last year's tough 2-8 showing has fueled the Indians' fire this offseason as they aim for a resurgence behind a deep group of returning starters that's among the largest in the state.

Mean Green football: What to watch heading into UNT football's first scrimmage this weekend

UNT has a host of decisions to make in terms of its lineup and not a whole lot of time to make them before it opens the season at South Alabama on Aug. 31. That reality makes the Mean Green’s first scrimmage of fall practice on Saturday critical — particularly for young players who are competing for playing time.

UNT Sports: UNT soccer team anxious to show improvement in exhibitions

North Texas has spent the last few months trying to set up what it hopes will be a bounce-back season after missing the conference soccer tournament in its first season as a member of the American Athletic Conference.

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• If Texas Woman's University Regents could have toasted the record-breaking gift it has gotten from an alumna, they might have "clinked" a round of brightly colored plastic BuzzBallz. Merrilee Kick, the CEO and founder of BuzzBallz, has given her alma mater $30 million, a gift that university leaders said will transform the young College of Business. 

• It's going to be another scorching hot weekend in Denton, but even the heat won't stop us from highlighting all the things to do this weekend.

• Cotton candy bacon. Burnt end bombs. Something called a beignetffle. This year’s State Fair of Texas menu will be a smorgasbord of deep-fried concoctions, plenty of cheese and lots of bacon.

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