Bellmead News

Vincent Sandoval, 21, of Bellmead, remained in McLennan County Jail on Saturday afternoon in lieu of $20,000 bond on a charge of sexual assault of a child filed by Bellmead police.

Bellmead police found a 14-year-old girl who ran away from her family on Feb. 23 hiding in the home of a 17-year-old convicted sex offender early Thursday afternoon, Detective Michael Miller said.

A Mexican citizen who waited in the car during a 2010 fatal stabbing and robbery of a convenience store owner was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday.

Jaida Jackson regularly posted messages on her Facebook page after she disappeared on Feb.

A runoff election for a Bellmead city council seat will be held within a month, assuming a recount confirms the Precinct 3 race ended in a tie.

A 30-year-old Mexican citizen was sentenced to life in prison Friday after pleading guilty to his role in the 2010 stabbing death of a convenience store owner during a robbery at the store.

Bellmead police arrested a 19-year-old local man for striking a pedestrian with his car Friday night, then leaving the scene, according to a department spokesman.

A 15-year-old Bellmead girl accused in a hit-and-run incident that killed a 14-year-old boy last fall pleaded guilty to manslaughter Friday during a tearful hearing at the Bill Logue Juvenile Justice Center.

While several local cities have canceled elections because of a lack of contested races, every open council seat in Bellmead drew candidates and one race has four hopefuls.

A 56-year-old Bellmead man likely will spend the rest of his life in prison after his conviction Thursday for sexually assaulting a child.

People who live in the neighborhood where Baylor University is establishing a research park and plans to build a new riverfront football stadium continued to ask pointed questions at a meeting Monday about how the development will affect them.