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I feel it is important to remind our Denton County residents of our ongoing efforts in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Featured Sports
The Blue Hawks’ second-year running back had a career night in Rock Hill’s 42-34 victory over Princeton. Shannon carried the ball a whopping 37 times for 278 rushing yards and five touchdowns — all three of which were program records.
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Many historians have called Stephen F. Austin the “father of Texas” for his efforts to bring the first settlers from the United States into Texas. But the story begins with his own father, businessman and visionary Moses Austin, who in his own way became the “grandfather of Texas.”
He was the first chief justice of the state supreme court in Texas, and as such, he made Texas law into an instrument to be used by all people. John Hemphill was one of the first great legal minds to preside over a Texas court.
