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Dallas Zoo Reopens Monorail. The attraction, which carries visitors past portions of animal habitats not visible from elsewhere in the park, has been closed since August 2014 due to electrical troubles caused by rats chewing through power cables. After a $3 million overhaul, it’s back in service today.
Denton Minister Arrested For Protesting Execution. Pastor Jeff Hood drove to Huntsville to commit an act of civil disobedience as the state of Texas putting to death a murderer. “We’re sitting here in the middle of holy week — where Christians are celebrating beauty of the atonement of Jesus — and yet we are, still killing for the sake of atoning for evil, and that’s not very Christian,” Hood said. “How can we love our neighbor as yourself and kill them?”
Falcon Recovering in Hutchins. The rare bird was found injured at the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Central Expressway after last week’s hail storm. A band on its leg led the Rogers Wildlife Rehabilitation Center to learn that “Beatrix” is “something of a local celebrity” in Winnipeg, Canada, thanks to the Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project. If Rogers can’t get the bird flying again within a few weeks, Beatrix may have to be returned to Canada via plane.
105-Year-Old to Throw Out Rangers First Pitch. Elizabeth Sullivan has been training for her big day, on April 6. “I’m thrilled to a peanut. Wouldn’t you be?” Sullivan said. I might be, yes.
