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never figured Pleasant shoot “feral animals.” And Grove’s Rickey Don the time he said the only ICallahan for one to quit way to stop panhandlers of police weighed thegamewithplentyof was to “break their backs, halted a City Council meeting a budget, and allowing the time left on the clock. But I break their spirits.” Botham Jean case fuels on one occasion — after an of- board to subpoena officers. figured wrong. But Callahan, too, always ROBERT WILONSKY calls to strengthen ficer fatally shot 26-year-old The Police Department Callahan announced struck me as a man who [email protected] Botham Jean, a Pricewater- has already implemented the Tuesday came to City Hall hoping to citizen review board houseCoopers analyst, in his complaint submission process. that he’s disagreed on some Big do some good. He fought By CASSANDRA own Cedars apartment. And the council is scheduled giving up Stuff — the Trinity River for what he believed was JARAMILLO In a memo sent to council to decide on new procedures his shot at toll road and Confeder- best for the Grove. And I and CORBETT SMITH Staff Writers members and released publicly early next year. But efforts to a fourth — ate monuments, both of did once call him the most last week, City Manager T.C. boost the board’s powers are and final — which he’d still like under affable man on the council. Dallas officials will soon Broadnax wrote that commu- likely to meet stiff resistance term as a the Christmas tree. And he “I didn’t do it for an ego weigh whether to give broad nity groups had made a series from police groups, who say RICKEY Dallas City often seemed to think all trip, and I didn’t come here new powers to the Citizens of recommendations for new the extra oversight is unwar- CALLAHAN Council economic development was for my agenda,” he said in Police Review Board, a little- accountability measures and a ranted. member. good economic develop- an interview before he an- known city panel that reviews stronger review board. Those Dallas Police Association That means he’ll leave ment, even if that meant nounced his farewell tour at allegations of police miscon- proposals included allowing president Mike Mata said he in June after six years of voting in favor of concrete the Southeast Dallas Cham- duct. residents to submit complaints felt that the board, if granted fighting vociferously for his batch plants near people’s ber of Commerce. “I came Activists demanded chang- in person and online, giving investigative power, would Pleasant Grove district. homes. here for the community’s es to the board in September the review board an indepen- During his tenure, Cal- And there was that time — their protests temporarily dent investigative arm and See DALLAS Page 5B lahan and I have strongly he said we maybe ought to See CALLAHAN Page 5B

TRANSPORTATION TRE racing to beat deadline More time sought technology was the result of 2008 federal legislation. It on safety tech upgrade requires commuter lines to to avoid shutdown be equipped to monitor and control train movements By RAYLESZCYNSKI using GPS, Wi-Fi and high- Staff Writer [email protected] band radio to reduce the chance of human error. Crunch time continues for As of Oct. 31, PTC equip- the Trinity Railway Express, ment has been fully installed which is among a hand- on TRE cars and track seg- ful of commuter railroads ments. Radio towers are in- nationwide racing to beat a stalled and requisite band deadline to avoid a federal spectrum is available. Four shutdown over implementa- PTC-required tests have been tion of Positive Train Control completed since September. safety equipment. But employee training is An extension of the Dec. less than two-thirds complete, 31 deadline will be requested and none of 32 miles of track Photos by Shaban Athuman/Staff Photographer for the TRE, which carries was in actual PTC operation. DART spokesman Mark A. Ball said if passengers are ever in an emergency situation in the tunnels, which don’t have 6,500 passengers a day be- The federal mandate also cell service, they should remain on the train. There are also call boxes, and security guards or police are always on site. tween downtown Dallas and calls for the TRE system to Fort Worth. be interoperable with five While Dallas Area Rapid other railroads that have Transit believes it will be access to the TRE corridor. granted the extension, which That hasn’t happened yet. Digging deep would allow service to con- In a Sept. 13 Federal Rail- tinue uninterrupted, it has a road Administration update contingency plan for shuttle to Congress, nine commuter bus service. DART runs the rail lines were listed as at- for answers TRE in partnership with risk over PTC implementa- Fort Worth’s Trinity Metro tion issues. One is MetroRail, transit agency. Why don’t DART tunnels have cell service? Positive Train Control See DART Page 3B By ELVIA LIMÓN Curious is an Staff Writer ongoing project from The [email protected] Dallas Morning News that invites you to join Carlos Tapia said he our reporting process. regularly rides the DART The idea is simple: You trains to move around have questions, and our Dallas with his bike. is collecting money for distribution journalists are trained to But each time he takes to 20 agencies that help the homeless and hungry in North track answers. Texas. Charities will receive 100 percent of all donations. the trains that travel through the under- Tapia reached us through our Curi- ground tunnels between Mockingbird and ous Texas Texts group. Our texting group Number of donations Please send your check or money Cityplace/Uptown stations, he’s noticed his gives our readers an easy way to connect order payable to: The Cityplace/Uptown Station, which cellphone will say it has “no service.” with our reporters and ask us questions. 252 is below North Central Expressway, is The Dallas Morning News Charities That is why he asked Curious Texas: To ask a question, text “DMN” to 214- 5500 Caruth Haven Lane the only underground DART station. Total collected Why is there no phone service in the 817-3868, follow the prompts and intro- Dallas, Texas 75225-8146 $576,440 DART trains between Mockingbird Sta- duce yourself to us and share your story tion is below North Central Expressway Phone: 214.346.5546 tion and Cityplace? In case of an accident tip or ask questions. We’ll text you with and can be entered through the Cityplace Credit card donations gratefully accepted at dmncharities.com in the tunnel, how are passengers sup- information as we report the story. Follow the campaign on or Instagram at @DMNcharities posed to communicate? The tri-level Cityplace/Uptown Sta- See WHY Page 3B or on Facebook at facebook.com/DMNcharities

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ALLEN tion is required. To sign up, visit bit. ly/2Q82oXK or call 972-721-2687. Great Turkey Skate Deborah Fleck set for Saturday RICHARDSON The annual Great Turkey Skate will be from noon to 4 p.m. on WorldPeace student Saturday at Allen CommunityIce Rink, 200 E. Stacy Road. All on-ice art on display at library participants must wear skates. Richardson ISD fourth-, fifth- The entrance fee is $5, and skate and sixth-grade artists recently rentals are $3. Those who donate were honored at a reception at the two or more non-perishable food Richardson Public Library. items will receive a free skate rental. The event marked the end of the For more information, call 972- fifth annual World Peace Art Contest 912-1097. and exhibition sponsored by Altrusa Deborah Fleck International of Richardson, the Photos by Daniel Carde/Staff Photographer Richardson Civic Arts Society, the AREA Richardson Public Library and the Richardson Arts Alliance. The con- WFAA names replacement test celebrated the United Nations’ for retiring John McCaa Putting food International Day of Peace with the theme “Spread Peace Through Kind- A longtime journalist from ness and Compassion.” Washington, D.C., is set to take over There were overall winners as for retiringWFAA-TV (Channel8) well as winners at each school. anchor John McCaa next year. on their tables Overall winners included first-place WFAA announced Monday that winner George Anagnostis of White Chris Lawrence, who currently Above: Vehicles lined up to receive Thanksgiving meals at the Store- Rock Elementary; second-place works at WRC-TV, NBC’s D.C. affili- house of Collin County in Plano on Friday. The Storehouse had 1,500 winner Ruby Oiveras of Mark Twain ate, will join the stationinJanuary. meals to give away, which included a turkey, green beans, corn, cran- Elementary; and third-place winner He will co-anchor evening newscasts berry sauce, cooking oil, spinach and other food items. with Cynthia Izaguirre. Lena Graham of Northrich Elemen- tary. Honorable mention went to Eli McCaa, who has worked for more Left: Volunteer Holly Dickerson-West placed a box of Thanksgiving Worley from Mohawk Elementary. than 42 years in television news ingredients in Diane Pittman’s car during the Storehouse of Collin The top three entries from each of and nearly 35 years at WFAA, an- County’s meal distribution day Friday. nounced his retirement this summer the participating RISD elementary and will be leaving the station March schools are on display in the library’s 1. the 12-inch sanitary sewer line. Performances will be at 8 p.m. Memorial High School, opened this third-floor gallery through Nov. 30. Lawrence joined WRC in 2014, They fixed the line, vacuumed up Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. fall. The state’s 13th largest school Deborah Fleck after working for 10 years at CNN. the spill and treated the area with a Sundays. Tickets are $17 to $20. To district is projected to add as many He covered notable national stories neutralizing and deodorizing prod- order, visit theatrecoppell.com or call as 2,000 students each year for the UNIVERSITY PARK including the BP oil spill, California uct by 6:30 p.m., the city said. Work 972-745-7719. next five years. wildfires, Boston Marathon bomb- was underway to stabilize the creek Deborah Fleck Todd Fouche, deputy superinten- SMU to host its ing, the Michael Jackson trial and bank to prevent it from failing again. dent for business and operations, Celebration of Lights Hurricane Katrina. Lawrence’s re- City officials said they didn’t FRISCO ISD said in the release that community Southern Methodist University porting in New Orleans contributed anticipate any impact to drinking feedback shows residents still favor to a Peabody Award that CNN won water. Crews from Carrollton En- District moves forward Frisco ISD’s approach to build- will host a Celebration of Lights at for its coverage. vironmental Services will continue with 11th high school ing more high schools but keeping 7 p.m. Monday on the Main Quad. Lawrence also has worked for to monitor the site, and the engi- enrollment lower — about 2,100 The ceremony will feature student WXYZ-TV in Detroit, WTVH-TV in neering department will evaluate Frisco ISD will start construction students in high school. musicians performing songs of the Syracuse and WDBB-TV in Tusca- whether the line in the area should next year on its 11th high school, on Construction is scheduled to season, SMU President R. Gerald loosa, Ala.,aswell as CBS Newspath. be replaced. the eastern side of the school district, begin in the spring, and rezoning for Turner reading the Christmas story Sara Magalio The Texas Commission on Envi- a news release states. the school will occur in fall 2020. from the New Testament and the ronmental Quality plans to visit the Updated enrollment projections Nanette Light lighting of the SMU Christmas tree. CARROLLTON site, the city said. for the state’s fastest-growing school The celebration ends with par- Claire Z. Cardona district have moved up the school’s IRVING ticipants bathed in the light of the Broken sewer line sends expected opening date by one year candles they hold as they sing “Silent wastewater into creek COPPELL — from 2022 to 2021, the release Composting class set Night.” states. The campus will be near for Valley Ranch Library The public is invited to attend A broken sanitary sewer line sent Theater to present the Stacy Road and Collin McKinney and enjoy hot chocolate and cook- over 151,000 gallons of wastewater comedy ‘Inspecting Carol’ Parkway in McKinney. Think Green Be Green will offer ies before the ceremony begins. The into a Carrollton creek Monday, city According to the release, plans for a class on composting from 6:30 annual event is sponsored by SMU’s officials said. Theatre Coppell will present the school are moving forward after to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Valley Student Foundation and supported Crews were called about 11 a.m. Inspecting Carol by Daniel Sullivan voters approved the 2018 bond pro- Ranch Library, 401 Cimarron Trail. by the SMU Student Senate and the to Hutton Branch Creek near the and the Seattle Repertory Theatre gram and tax ratification election. Participants will learn how to make Michael F. Miller Endowment for 2700 block of Winding Creek Drive on weekends from Nov. 30 through The school will be funded under the high-quality compost at home using the Celebration of Lights. Find more and the Bush Turnpike, where the Dec. 16 at the Center for the Arts, 2014 bond program. discardable materials. at smu.edu. creek bank had given way, breaking 157 S. Moore Road. The district’s 10th high school, The class is free, but registra- Deborah Fleck

PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFS TARRANT COUNTY

BURLESON ter, where he was arrested. another vehicle as he tried to help FRISCO ‘Affluenza’ Loyd Brumfield a stranded driver early Tuesday in 79-year-old woman Fort Worth. Man in house fires shots at killed in head-on crash DUNCANVILLE The man was struck about 12:15 police before surrendering mom wants a.m. on southbound Interstate 35W A head-on crash on a Burleson Alligators go flying when near Sycamore School Road in Frisco police arrested a 24-year- trial moved service road Tuesday morning killed a driver crashes into building southern Fort Worth. old man after he reportedly bar- woman days after her 79th birthday. Charles McGough of Arlington ricaded himself inside a home and Judith Gazaway of Burleson was Before last week, Duncanville was killed as he was trying to load a fired shots at officers Monday night. Tonya Couch, the mother of pronounced dead in the 2500 block police Officer Doug Sisk had never vehicle onto his truck. The driver of Jeremy Quaschnick faces a “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch, of South Burleson Boulevard, which dealt with alligators on the job. the stranded vehicle witnessed the charge of aggravated of a wants her trial moved out of Tar- feeds into Interstate 35W, just Duncanville officers were called crash but wasn’t hurt, police said. public servant and remained in the rant County, according to media before 10 a.m. in to help the Texas Game Wardens The vehicle that struck Mc- Collin County jail Tuesday, with bail reports. Two other people had minor on Friday evening as they tried to Gough is described as a white semi set at $100,000. Her attorneys told a judge injuries, according to MedStar. nab a man suspected of selling baby truck pulling a “grain-type” of The standoff started around 8 Tuesday that she would not be Gazaway’s vehicle collided with alligators on Craigslist. trailer with a gray tarp, witnesses p.m. in the 2000 block of Donley able to get a fair trial in Tarrant the other driver’s as one of them When the man saw the game war- told police. The truck has damage Drive, near Legacy Drive, when of- County because of media cover- headed north toward the ramp to dens in a marked vehicle, Sisk said, to the front right, including the ficers responded for a welfare check, age, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. I-35W and the other headed south, he took off, eventually losing control right headlight. It also has fiber- police said. They pointed to posts on social police told the Fort Worth Star- of his car and crashing into the Ad- glass body damage. The man barricaded himself media that mock Couch as exam- Telegram. vance Auto Parts building in the 300 Anyone with information should inside the house and pointed a rifle ples for why the trial, which was Sara Coello block of Camp Wisdom Road. call 817-392-4892. at officers. While they were negotiat- initially scheduled to begin ear- “When he wrecked out, he kind Loyd Brumfield ing with him, he fired an unknown lier this month, should be moved, EAST OAK CLIFF of threw alligators all over the car,” number of shots, police said. WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported. Sisk said. No one else was inside the home, The state argued otherwise Driver arrested after crash From there, the suspected al- Police arrest man in shooting and no one was injured. and said that media coverage has that broke passenger’s hip ligator salesman was taken to the of his mother, brother Loyd Brumfield been factual and that qualified hospital for his injuries. jurors can be found in Tarrant A 42-year-old man faces charges Officers helped scoop up the A 21-year-old man is in custody SOUTH DALLAS County, the station reported. of intoxication assault after the baby gators into a plastic bin with after police say he shot his mother Couch has been charged with vehicle he was driving spun out and some water, Sisk said. and brother Tuesday morning in Man dies after being hit by hindering apprehension and threw him out while his passen- Game Warden Jamie Sanchez east Fort Worth. driver who didn’t see him money laundering. She faces up ger suffered a broken hip Tuesday said it’s illegal to have an alligator as The incident took place just to 10 years in state prison on morning in east Oak Cliff. a pet or to sell them without a per- before 10 a.m. in the 5300 block A 62-year-old man died after he each charge. The crash occurred about 2:45 mit. The man, whom Sanchez did of East Rosedale Street. The man was struck by a car whose driver said Authorities said she withdrew a.m. on Interstate 45 between Over- not identify, was cited for not having shot his mother in the leg and his she didn’t see him in the street Mon- at least $30,000 from a bank ac- ton Road and Illinois Avenue, police an alligator retail dealer permit and 17-year-old brother in the chest, day in South Dallas. count before she fled to Mexico said. was jailed on unrelated warrants. police said. The accident happened about 6 with her son after a video surfaced The driver, whose name has not Dana Branham The man’s name has not been p.m. in the 5800 block of Second Av- that appeared to show him vio- been released, veered left and hit released. enue near C.F. Hawn Freeway, police lating the terms of his probation. the center median, police said. He FORT WORTH The woman and teen were taken said. The names of the pedestrian They were arrested in late Decem- then spun out and hit a guardrail. to a hospital and were in stable and the driver have not been released. ber 2015. The force of the impact redirect- Tow-truck operator killed condition, police said. The driver told police she struck The judge will review social ed the vehicle onto the service road, by hit-and-run driver Sarah Sarder him with the right front of her car. media posts and other factors where the driver was ejected. He was taken to Baylor Medical before making a decision after He and the passenger were taken A 51-year-old tow-truck opera- Center and died later, police said. Thanksgiving, WFAA reported. to Baylor University Medical Cen- tor was killed when he was hit by Loyd Brumfield Claire Z. Cardona