Mathews mom arrested, teen lockup crisis, parade saved: Your Thursday evening roundup

Good evening. Here are some stories you may have missed today. [Good evening. Here are some stories you may have missed today.] November 16,  2017 By Holly Rusak Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. [A booking photo of Sini Mathews (Richardson Police Department/Courtesy)]( Sini Mathews (Richardson Police Department/Courtesy) Crime Police arrest Sherin Mathews' mother, say parents left 3-year-old alone while they went to eat The mother of the Richardson girl found dead last month in a culvert has been charged with child endangerment after officials determined [she and her husband left the 3-year-old home alone for about an hour-and-a-half while they went to eat](, police said. Sini Mathews reportedly left Sherin Mathews alone while she and her husband, Wesley Mathews, went to dinner with their biological daughter Oct. 6, the night before Sherin was reported missing, police said. Mathews was arrested Thursday and booked into the Richardson jail. She has been charged with abandoning or endangering a child, a state jail felony. This is a developing story. [For the latest updates, visit dallasnews.com](. Complete coverage: [The disappearance and death of Sherin Mathews](. special offer [limited offer digital access]( Gainesville State School (Jae S. Lee/Staff Photographer) Investigations Fights, sex, drugs: Texas juvenile lockup on the verge of crisis, reports show [The Gainesville State School for delinquent juveniles has been on the verge of crisis for more than a year](, according to interviews and hundreds of pages of documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News. The youths — and staff who are supposed to protect them — are often abused and victimized. Department officials blame the school’s troubles largely on their inability to hire and retain qualified staff to supervise hundreds of juvenile delinquents, many of whom suffer from severe mental health and behavioral problems.They say they’re working to improve the situation. Like other youth prisons around the state, Gainesville has had too many kids and not enough staff. In monthly reports from August 2016 to September 2017, the independent watchdog routinely found the facility housed dozens more students than it had the capacity to oversee. Each month, the reports also documented how critical the staffing shortage was. During that time, 160 employees at the facility either quit or were fired, data obtained by The News show. According to the agency, the turnover rate at Gainesville in 2017 has been nearly 39 percent, the highest of the state’s five youth lockups. Previously: [Four officers are facing prison time in a sexual misconduct scandal]( at the state youth lockup. Child exploitation: Authorities say [two men tried to intimidate witnesses in a case where eight men have been charged with trafficking children for sex]( in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In this 2009 file photo, a group dances at the beginning of the 22nd Capital One Bank Adolphus Children's Parade in downtown Dallas. (Kye R. Lee/Staff Photographer) Downtown Dallas Dallas Holiday Parade is saved by last-minute corporate sponsor [Dallas Holiday Parade organizers said Thursday that a corporation stepped in to fund the parade](, confirms Jeffrey Giles, CEO and executive producer of the parade. The parade organizers will announce the company's name Friday at 4 p.m. The nearly 30-year-old downtown Dallas' annual Christmas parade (which has operated under more than one name) was on life support in 2017 after sponsor Children's Health ended its partnership with the annual festival, leaving it without the funds to continue. R.I.P. Warped Tour: The long-running [music festival is calling it quits after the 2018]( cross-country journey. What to do right now: [Shop, skate and see a former U.S. president]( at D-FW's best weekend events. [Sign up for breaking news alerts]( (Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day Gordon Keith has collected nearly 200 typewriters and refurbishes them himself by hand. It’s been three years since writer and broadcaster Gordon Keith’s last column appeared. We still hear from subscribers who want to know, "Where's Gordon?" When his former editor posed that question to him, [Gordon offered some solid life lessons wrapped in his trademark story-telling](. Around The Site - Only 38 days until Christmas: Playful paws and tall tails await their forever home at [Dallas Animal Services where adoption fees are waived this week and next week](. - For next season: The first deal the Rangers may get done this offseason is internal: [a contract extension for general manager Jon Daniels](. - Harassment charges: A radio [newscaster accused Al Franken, D-Minn., of kissing and groping her without consent]( during a 2006 USO tour of the Middle East before he took public office. - Details sought: [Police are looking for anyone who witnessed a 26-year-old woman's death]( in Old East Dallas two months ago. - Capital murder: [Four people have been arrested in connection with the slaying of a Princeton woman]( who was found dead at her home in September. - Commentary: Students themselves need to [reject humiliating, dangerous fraternity hazing rituals](, writes columnist Jacquielynn Floyd. Finally... A missed opportunity Maxwell Anderson, consider yourself vindicated. Back in 2012, Anderson, then the new director of the Dallas Museum of Art, floated a trial balloon with his own board of trustees about buying a Leonardo da Vinci classic, Salvator Mundi (Christ as Savior of the World). The estimated price back then, he said, was $125 million. Well, what do you know: [The same exact painting sold at auction on Wednesday for $450.3 million](, more than 3-1/2 times what Anderson and the DMA were asked to pay. Advertisement 👋 That's all for this evening! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. 💖 Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please [check out our other newsletters here](. 📧 Do you have feedback? 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