Balch Springs

Disturbing accusations have been leveled against a middle school coach accused of carrying on an inappropriate relationship with a student in Balch Springs.

There are disturbing accusations leveled against a middle school coach. He’s accused of carrying on a relationship with a female student. Police say, video indicates the two spent the night together inside the school building. He’s charged with “grooming a child” a relatively new charge in Texas.

A coach in the Mesquite Independent School District was arrested early Wednesday morning after police said he had an inappropriate relationship with a middle school student.

On Nov. 5, voters in 12 North Texas cities will be asked to weigh in on more than a dozen bond propositions ranging from city charter amendments to hundreds of millions in improvement projects.

Balch Springs will ask voters to consider 11 amendments to the city’s Home Rule Charter on Election, Nov. 5.

Young Women’s STEAM Academy in Balch Springs has expanded to welcome girls in grades six through 12.

June 25 marks two years since a disastrous grass fire in Balch Springs and one couple shares the journey back to their rebuilt home.

June 25 marks two years since a disastrous grass fire in Balch Springs and one couple shares the journey back to their rebuilt home.

A North Texas teacher whose mother moved from the Phillippines to give him better opportunities is paying it forward in the classroom. He is dedicated to helping the next generation of female artists see their own potential. Noelle Walker has the story.

Fire investigators in Blach Springs say a popular gift item caused an apartment fire this week that forced dozens of people from their homes, including 20 children, the youngest just 3 months old. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has more.

Fire investigators in Blach Springs say a popular gift item caused an apartment fire this week that forced dozens of people from their homes, including 20 children, the youngest just 3 months old.

A hoverboard in an unpowered storage closet is believed to have started a fire that destroyed an apartment building in Balch Springs. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero has more.

Balch Springs police are asking the community for help as they search for a man who they say killed his wife, stabbing her in their home Tuesday evening before running. The family spoke down with NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards as they prepare for a long holiday ahead without her.

Stopping by her Balch Springs home Tuesday, Hilda Gurrola’s sisters said the 34-year-old mother of three was trying to end a difficult chapter. They said she was gathering her belongings a week after leaving her husband. But instead of heading back with her sister Maricela Gurrola to her family’s home in Fredricksburg, Hilda wound up dead. “I just don’t...

A Mesquite teacher is on leave and under investigation after an allegation of sexual contact with an elementary student.

The Balch Springs community has been rocked by the discovery of a boy’s body outside an elementary school.

The body of a black male was found outside an elementary school in Balch Springs early Tuesday morning. The investigation is ongoing.

A person’s body was found outside an elementary school in Balch Springs early Tuesday morning.

U.S. Marshals and police are looking for a suspect and his parents who they said are tied to the death of a man shot and killed in Balch Springs over the summer.