Balch Springs News

In a distressed economy, the last thing most people attempt to do is start their own business.

Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AA' rating to Mesquite Independent School District, Texas' $25 million unlimited tax school building bonds, series 2009.

Allrite Electric Inc. of Baton Rouge bid $557,698 to install lighting and related work at the Interstate 10/La. 95 interchange.

Ten young singers competed for three top prizes in the 2009 Balch Springs Idol, sponsored by the Balch Springs Visual and Performing Arts Alliance.

Firefighters helped a mother of four evacuate her Balch Springs home after it flooded Thursday.

Larry 'T-Byrd' Gordon and Larry Carrington are aiding Light Crust Doughboy Art Greenhaw's cause.

Ludwig Bemelmansa first childrena s book in what became a series was simply titled Madeline .

Jack D. Rose, 76, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, May 25, 2009, in Balch Springs.

Mesquite Police have made two arrests in connection with a string of purse snatchings from elderly victims.

A 5-year-old Pleasant Grove girl who was shot in the back of the head last weekend as she slept with her mom and siblings was released from the hospital today.

Police in Mesquite are looking for two men who are robbing elderly women after they finish grocery shopping.

Donna Taulbee's numbers came up short in an election and a recount. The Balch Springs City Council incumbent did not take the oath of office when other winners were sworn in this week.

Before Opal Harris was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, there wasn't much information out there about it.

Until they became bargains for bidders over the weekend at a foreclosure auction, many houses in the Hacienda del Sol neighborhood sat empty.

Donald Claxton, the former Dallas Schools chairman has accepted a new challenge - to utilize the Wii in order to reduce his weight problem.

A man waiting in his car at a traffic light was shot, and died after crashing his car early Thursday morning, police said.

Police in Balch Springs are looking for a woman who may have been kidnapped. Witnesses said they saw a man force a woman into a car at about 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in the 10900 block of Elam Road.

A 25-year-old Dallas driver was fatally shot this morning as he stopped at a traffic light in southeast Dallas near Balch Springs.

Drive into Hacienda del Sol subdivision and it looks like a scene from the California housing crisis.

Gotta song to sing? We want to hear it. Balch Springs is seeking singers, age 14-21, to compete in the 2009 Balch Springs Idol, sponsored by the Balch Springs Visual and Performing Arts Alliance.