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Top Stories: Remembering Ted Davey; Why Disasters Strike Low-Income Neighborhoods

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:

The owner of the Balcony Club in Lakewood has died. Ted Davey had been battling cancer. In 2013, Davey bought the venerable but failing Dallas club and turned it into a favorite hangout for musicians.

Thirty years earlier, in Deep Ellum, Davey began his stage career with the Undermain Theatre. He was also a comic actor. Davey was 54.

Other stories this evening:

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays 8:22 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on KERA 90.1 FM. 
 

Stephen Becker is executive producer of the "Think with Krys Boyd," which airs on more than 200 stations across the country. Prior to joining the Think team in 2013, as part of the Art&Seek team, Stephen produced radio and digital stories and hosted "The Big Screen" — a weekly radio segment about North Texas film — with Chris Vognar.