Truck hauling acid crashes in Denton County; hazmat cleanup underway

CBS DFW News 1/29 6:01A Steven Rosenbaum

Hazmat crews are cleaning up an acid spill Thursday morning after a rollover crash involving an 18-wheeler. The truck overturned just before 5:30 a.m. on the westbound lanes of Highway 114 between I-35W and Highway 377 in Roanoke. The truck was...

Public invited for draft 2026 Thoroughfare Plan map meeting

Denton County, TX - News Flash 1/27 3:53A

You are invited to a second Town Hall meeting to view the draft 2026 Thoroughfare Plan map and recommendations from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, in the third floor conference room at the Denton County Administrative Courthouse.

Five years later, the 2021 deep freeze that left millions in the dark still looms over North Texas

CBS DFW News 1/25 1:00A Sergio Candido

As North Texas endures another stretch of winter weather in 2026, the conditions are reviving memories of one of the most devastating cold events in state history: the February 2021 deep freeze that crippled the power grid and left millions...

Former North Texas school police officer faces child sex abuse charges

CBS DFW News 1/15 8:05A Steven Rosenbaum

A former police officer for Sanger ISD is in the Denton County Jail, facing four felonies for an alleged relationship with a district student. Israel Demello, 26, was charged with sexual assault of a child, sexual performance by a child,...

Courthouse-on-the-Square reopens with new museum exhibit ‘White House Comes to the Courthouse’

Denton County, TX - News Flash 12/17 3:36A

Replicas of American Presidents' homes are in a new exhibit at the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum after the building in downtown Denton reopened Monday after a nearly two-year closure for repairs.

Rob Reiner and wife found dead in their Los Angeles home: What to know

CBS DFW News 12/15 8:32A Dean Fioresi

Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead inside their Los Angeles home on Sunday afternoon, sources told CBS News, in what police are investigating as an apparent...