Author: Mark Miller

While Special Olympics offers many sports to special needs youth, baseball is not among them. That’s why programs like The Miracle League of North Texas have been so important. Since Jeff Fisher brought the program to Denton County nearly two years ago, participation has tripled from 46 to almost 150 on 10 baseball teams in…

For the past 20 years, Jeanna Sutton has taught students at Argyle High School about special education, English, student leadership and peer and leadership service and has enjoyed every minute of it. “I love being with the kids. They are great,” she said. “We always tell people we have the best kids in the whole…

Across the nation, cities and towns will observe National Peace Officers Memorial Week May 15-21. Two groups – the Argyle Crime Control and Prevention District (ACCPD) and Argyle Independent School District – will honor their police departments with a special appreciation banquet on one of those days. That event will take place on May 20…

When Dr. Mark Holt saw a bunch of friends, former patients, their parents and dignitaries at what he thought was a routine Flower Mound Chamber of Commerce luncheon in February, he wondered why. Turns out they were there to honor him. It was the Chamber’s annual awards luncheon at Denton Country Club and the 73-year-old…

For the past 20 years, Jeanna Sutton has taught students at Argyle High School about special education, English, student leadership and peer and leadership service and has enjoyed every minute of it. “I love being with the kids. They are great,” she said. “We always tell people we have the best kids in the whole…

On April 30, 1973, Peter P. Stewart secured the first 160 acres of what was then farmland along Grapevine Lake in Flower Mound. The distribution business owner, civic leader, and land investor’s ultimate goal was to turn it into a unique mixed-use community unlike anyone in the town could understand. Half a century later, his…

Last October, Dallas police officer Jacob Arellano was killed by an impaired driver on his way to work. He was only 25 years old and left behind fiancé Alyssa Rosales and their 1-year-old son. Understanding she needed reliable transportation, Rosales was nominated to receive a vehicle by the Brotherhood For The Fallen, a nonprofit focused…

How many parents would be willing to move across the country for the sole reason of providing their child with the best chance at athletic success? Joel Spitzer and his wife Alison are one such couple. Their daughter Stella was a top-notch soccer player in Columbus, Ohio, but was running into a lack of competition….