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Denton, Texas
Peterbilt expanding for 2nd time in 2 years
Development Partnership Board,
which will consider economic incen-
tives for Peterbilt, said Caroline Booth,
the city’s assistant director for economic
development.
A Peterbilt representative didn’t re-
turn a request for comment. However,
in a press release, Peterbilt general
manager Darrin Siver said the expan-
sion will help increase efficiencies.
By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan@dentonrc.com
Peterbilt Motors Co. is adding a
102,000-square-foot building to its
Denton property, its second expansion
in two years.
The building, which is expected to
be operational by January, will be just
north of the current plant and will
house production and testing space.
The project recently broke ground
New building will house production and testing space for company
with Denton Mayor Chris Watts and of-
ficials from Peterbilt’s parent company,
PACCAR Inc., participating in the event.
“It’s another great milestone for one
of the largest private employers in our
city,” Watts said. “We look forward to
what their expansion can do for Den-
ton, like creating more jobs and better-
ing Denton and their company.”
Last year, Peterbilt started the first 17,500 square feet and dock doors.
That project received about
expansion of the plant in 16 years. The
project, at $23 million, now is entering $822,000 in incentives from the city
because of an eight-year tax abatement.
The new building project is not part
its third phase.
This stage, which will be completed
in October, is adding storage for ofthe 2015 expansion plan and hasn’t re-
painted parts and a retrieval system to ceived incentives yet, city officials said,
the existing plant.
Before this, the expansion added
The proj ect will be on the agenda for
the April 13 meeting of the Economic
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County to
assist in
restoring
cabin site
TODAY
IN DENTON
Thunderstorms, hail expected for the Denton area early this afternoon
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Low: 63
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By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
btabor@dentonrc.com
Denton County intends to assist
with restoration and programming for
the Gibson-Grant Long Prairie log cab-
in site in Flower Mound.
On Tuesday, county commission-
ers approved a memorandum of un-
derstanding with Flower Mound in
which the county will advise and assist
in the restoration of the site, prepare a
plan for the town that will include ed-
ucation outreach programs and ex-
hibits, and also procure and produce
historical exhibits to display at the
site.
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Dallas is dealing with a
surge in violent crime
this year that has re-
versed a decade-long
decrease in killings and
prompted friction be-
tween the city’s police
chief and rank-and-file
officers on how to com-
bat the issue.
Flower Mound will pay restoration,
repair and maintenance costs for the
site, according to the agreement.
Flower Mound acquired the log cab-
in property in 2015.
Last year, the mid-1800s cabin was
found inside the walls of a Flower
Mound home in the 4800 block of
Quail Run Road on the west side of
town.
Ranjani Groth/DRC
Jinhwa Park plays basketball with her son, Evan Hur, on a partly sunny Tuesday afternoon at South Lakes Park in
Denton. Outdoor activities today may be hampered by the strong possibility of severe thunderstorms hitting North
Texas.
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NATIONAL
Potential for peril
Curtis Grant, a developer, found the
cabin in a home he’d recently purchased
and planned to demolish to make way
for a new development.
He was tearing down the home’s liv-
ing room walls when the cabin’s logs
were discovered.
Grant contacted the Denton County
Office of History and Culture and Flower
Mound’s historical preservation society.
Through tree-ring analysis, re-
searchers determined the logs were cut
between 1857 and 1860, and the cabin
dates to about 1860, according to coun-
ty officials. A farmhouse was built
around the original 16-by-16-foot cabin,
which sits on a 4-acre property, accord-
ing to the county.
ton will start between noon and 2 p.m.
Today’s forecast calls for a 60 percent
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
He said east of the Dallas-Fort Worth
area has the greatest chance for severe
storms.
Fox said for a thunderstorm to become
“severe,” it must include one of three crite-
ria: hail larger than the size of a quarter,
winds stronger than 58 mph or a tornado.
Fox said hail likely will be the most
prevalent of the three today, followed by
heavy winds.
By Julian Gill
Staff Writer
jgill @ dentonrc.com
Area residents are urged to check for
weather updates today because North
Texas is expected to see heavy thunder-
storms starting in the early afternoon
that could become severe, with the prime
threat being hail and a slight chance for
tornadoes.
“Don’t check the weather once and be
done with it,” said Mark Fox, a meteorolo-
gist with the National Weather Service in
Fort Worth.
Fox said the storms will form some-
“Don't check the weather
once and be done with it. ”
— Mark Fox, meteorologist at the
National Weather Service in Fort Worth
Police charged Donald
Trump’s campaign man-
ager with simple battery
Tuesday as a videotaped
altercation with a re-
porter transformed what
was another messy cam-
paign sideshow into a
criminal court sum-
where between Abilene and Bowie and
move closer to the Interstate 35 corridor
as the afternoon goes on.
Isolated showers were expected to
start Tuesday night, primarily south of
Interstate 20, and continue early this
morning. According to Fox, the highest
threat for severe thunderstorms in Den-
mons. Trump decried
the charges.
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WWE to bring bucks and bravado to D-FW for WrestleMania
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production will bring visitors and wres-
tling fans with spending power.
John Saboor, executive vice president
of special events for WWE, said he ex-
pects WrestleMania’s economic impact
to meet or exceed last year’s $139 mil-
lion, through food and drink sales, hotel
stays and tickets at other local attrac-
tions.
day pay-per-view extravaganza, but rather said they expect Sunday’s main-attraction
a weeklong celebration. More than eventatAT&T Stadium to breakthe Wres-
tleMania attendance record. More than
84,000 tickets have been sold.
The WWE will give fans a chance to
shop, interact with stars and more during
WrestleMania Axxess at Kay Bailey
Hutchison Convention Center from
Last year’s WrestleMania at Levi’s Sta- Thursday through Sunday.
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drew nearly 77,000 fans. WWE officials See WRESTLEMANIA on 14A
By Hannah Wise
The Dallas Morning News
hwise @ dallasnews.com
DALLAS — While the stars of World
Wrestling Entertainment look to take
one another down during WrestleMa-
nia, the five-day event starting Thursday
will help pump up North Texas’ econo-
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130,000 fans from 50 states and 35 coun-
tries are expected to attend WWE events
this week in Dallas and Arlington, Saboor
said.
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WrestleMania, which travels to a dif-
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and high-flying moves, the 32nd annual
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