Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 5th of August.
Good morning, Flower Mound.
Zach Motsenbocker, a longtime Flower Mound resident, will climb Mt. Kilimanjaro with nine team members—raising $50,000 through the Miles to Miracles challenge to support pediatric cancer via nonprofit Salood.
The group will host community training sessions and fun runs before reaching the summit in August.
Bartonville Police assisted the Denton County Sheriff’s Office when a vehicle fleeing a deputy collided with a tree and led to the driver’s arrest—officers also freed a goose tangled in twine near a drainage ditch, responded to a drink cooler-caused fire at Kroger, and escorted an upset restaurant customer from the premises.
Grapevine’s annual GrapeFest—A Texas Wine Experience presented by Bank of the West—earned the No. 7 spot in USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards and will run Sept.
11—14, drawing visitors to Historic Main Street for wine tastings, live music and family events.
The University of North Texas was the only college in the DFW area to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities when the awards were announced Friday—its win marks a unique honor for local higher education.
Lewisville ISD announced Monday that it will install weapon detection scanners in high schools and sports venues in the upcoming 2025—2026 school year; students will be quickly scanned at entry points and middle schools will add scanners soon after voters approved the system in the 2023 bond election.
Today, the town honored the U.S. Coast Guard’s 235th birthday by flying their flag over Town Hall — the service was created on Aug.
4, 1790, and its helicopter crew rescued over 245 flood survivors during the recent Fourth of July weekend.
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