Balch Springs News

Cedric Davis, who works in security, has won over voters before, serving two years as Balch Springs mayor.

A State Rep.A Barbara Mallory Caraway 'sA campaign for Congress A has left a key opening in a historically black southern Dallas state House district -A and three Democratic candidates are angling for it.

When Darius Ewing, the man accused of burning a puppy in Pleasant Grove last month , turned himself in a judge set his bond at $100,000. His lawyer has since requested a bond reduction hearing because his family can't afford the money necessary to get him out of jail.

Rogelio Belmonte, a 29-year-old Denton resident, has pleaded guilty to murder and is asking a jury to decide his punishment this week in a Dallas County courtroom in the March 2011 dragging death of 76-year-old Sabra Leavy.