Good morning, Denton.

Jeremy Sons, founder of Clear Creek Adventure Ranch in Sanger, was bitten by a water moccasin on Wednesday after lifting a log without checking and received three doses of antivenom at the Denton ER before being airlifted to Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth where he may need skin grafts.

A Dallas couple, Madhu and Deepak Ahuja, have been missing since Nepal floods swept the area near the Nepal-China border, and family members say they were on a religious pilgrimage for Deepak’s 60th birthday with the Isha Foundation (their last known location was the Gyirong Port Immigration Center).

A new Texas law now lets students leave class for up to five hours of religious instruction weekly, and Denton ISD has raised scheduling concerns with a LifeWise program as families and officials work together + adjust plans to keep classes on track.

The university is phasing out its linguistics major as part of a consolidation into a new school (School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures), making current students the last to earn the degree.

Frustrated students adjust their plans to gain marketable skills while class choices become more limited.

A deep partial lunar eclipse, masking 96% of the moon’s surface (a rare view), peaked just after midnight Thursday night into Friday and gave Denton residents a chance to see a reddish-orange glow on clear skies.

The eclipse lasted over three hours.

State Sen. Tan Parker said Texas will keep funding the Amtrak Heartland Flyer through 2027 + he plans to push for safety and transportation growth in North Texas as the Legislature reconvenes in January.