Denton County Sheriff Tracy Murphree said last week that the sheriff’s office will not enforce the new mask mandate issued by Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Governor issued the executive order last Thursday afternoon, mandating people cover their nose and mouth in public in coun...

BY AUDREY TOLLE

Nik Woods moved to Sanger when he was twelve years old and began taking guitar lessons from Victor Gann when he was thirteen. He continued to study with him until the age of 20, when he moved to California to attend the Musicians Institute in Hollywood....

Sanger High School Cross Country coach Clint Davidson, recently took the job at Class 6A Flower Mound High School.   He was at Sanger for 13 years. During those years, the Cross Country team competed at State as a team 12 out of the 13 years (either boys/girls or both)...

Texas leaders expect public schools to re-open for in-person classes in August, but appear willing to leave many of the health and safety decisions for combating the ongoing coronavirus outbreak to local education officials, including whether to require students and fa...

Last week the Sanger ISD board members voted 7:0 to  delegate emergency powers to Superintendent Tommy Hunter.  The Sanger News didn’t reach Dr. Hunter or school board president Ken Scribner before press deadline last week.  

When reached this week, Scribner s...

The home of Noah C. Batis was demolished, recently, on FM 455 near Keaton Road in Sanger. Mr. Batis was a family man, a Denton County commissioner, a Chisholm Trail herder, a livestock breeder of mules and horses, and he was a veterinarian to local farmers.  Although h...

Sanger ISD will open registration on Monday, June 8.  Returning students who will be in grades K-12 for the 2020-2021 school year can begin to register beginning June 8, 2020.  This includes any PreK students who are returning next year for Kindergarten.  You will log...

A tragic fire near the corner of FM 455 and FM 1173 in Bolivar, took the life of Grant Parker, age 72, on Monday morning around 8 a.m.  He was trying to rescue his great-granddaughter Riley, who turns two, on June 8th.  “His last act was trying to save Riley,” said Wen...