Good evening. Here are some stories you may have missed today. Do you want to get this roundup via email? Sign up for our newsletters here. Ten…
Good evening. Here are some stories you may have missed today.
Do you want to get this roundup via email? Sign up for our newsletters here. Ten months after Dallas police shooting, officers mourn and remember at National Police Memorial service
Nearly 200 Dallas officers flew to Washington for the National Police Week events, including the Monday memorial service, which brought 40,000 people outside the U. S. Capitol. They came to hear President Donald Trump and to see their law enforcement family turn out in force.
The family members of the police officers killed in the downtown Dallas ambush on July 7 also attended.
The Dallas Police Choir sang “Amazing Grace” at a candlelight vigil on Saturday night, after raising funds for the trip for several months. The Dallas Police Honor Guard attended, too.
Several officers said that by the end of the week, they hoped to visit the National Law Enforcement Officers’ Memorial itself, where there are several newly etched names in the marble. Among those names: Brent Thompson, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit officer killed in the line of duty, as well as Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith, Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, and Officers Michael Krol and Patrick Zamarripa.
Commentary: City columnist Robert Wilonsky says politics and protest have no place at Dallas’ police memorial this week.
Toyota officially moves in
The first wave of Toyota employees began arriving Monday at the auto giant’s new North American headquarters in Plano. Ultimately, about 4,000 Toyota employees will work in the gleaming, 100-acre campus.
The headquarters’ opening is the culmination of a three-year effort after Toyota announced the move in 2014. The company will move an average of 250 employees over 31 move-in dates.
Full coverage: Find everything you need to know about Toyota’s big move to North Texas.
Home prices: For the first time, home prices in the D-FW area are above the national median.
Along Texas-Mexico border, Trump’s wall faces barrier of public opposition
President Donald Trump has vowed to fulfill his campaign promise to build a wall along the Mexico border. But in Texas, some private property owners on the border don’ t like the idea of having the wall on their land.
Along the border, many see the wall as impractical. Some local governments on the border are against the wall as well.
“I think a nation has a right to secure its borders, so I’ m a believer in that, ” said pecan farmer Shannon Ivey. “You don’ t need a great wall of China. You don’ t need a big, concrete wall.”
Border town: Immigration and border security are complicated for El Cenizo, the tiny Texas town suing to stop Texas’ “sanctuary cities” ban.
Photo of the day
The sign for Oak Cliff restaurant El Corazon de Tejas lies on the ground as demolition gets underway Monday. The nearly 80-year-old building, which once housed one of the earliest El Chico restaurants, is being torn down despite the last-ditch efforts of preservationists and neighborhood residents.
Need to know: Only a fraction of ransoms in global cyberattack have been paid ahead of deadline this week. Texas-born actor Powers Boothe, who starred in ‘Deadwood, ‘ has died. He was 68. Why Dallas’ elderly are targeted for financial scams, and where they can go for solutions. How to fix three common mistakes that can trash your finances So & So’s bar is closing its doors in Uptown.
Finally
The Dallas Morning News Editorial Board asks, “Why is the Byron Nelson golf tournament still run by a men’s only organization?”
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