Lee Ya Later. The statue of Robert E. Lee in Oak Lawn was finally taken down and hauled off to a storage facility on Thursday evening. What a long, strange trip it’s been for the 81-year-old statue.
More Confederate News. Dallas ISD trustees are unanimously interested in changing the names of four elementary schools bearing the names of Confederate generals: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, and William L. Cabell. (If only those same trustees could all agree on taking a tax plan for DISD to voters.) District policy stipulates a fairly lengthy timeline before any names are definitively changed.
Richardson Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend Stands Trial. If you’re in the mood for some compelling murder trial coverage this morning.
More Compelling Court Coverage. A Dallas man convicted of fraudulently flipping real estate along the I-35 expansion in Denton County to TxDOT was sentenced to a year in federal prison, and ordered to pay $1 million in restitution.
North Texas Giving Day Raises a Bunch of Money for Local Nonprofits. A whole bunch of money.
Someone Already Trying to Recall City Councilman Kevin Felder. A campaign to recall the first-term South Dallas council representative, who has been on the job for three months, seems a little premature, and a little fishy.
Cowboys 20, Broncos 17. Kickoff is at 3:25 p.m. Sunday in Denver.
