Mail-in ballots restricted, cold weather hangs in, dishing on desserts: Your Tuesday evening roundup

January 16,  2018 By Wayne Carter Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. (2017 File Photo/David Woo) politics Dallas County clamps down on mail-in ballots following last year's fraud Dallas County commissioners [passed new limits on absentee ballots Tuesday](, nearly a year after fraudulent activity on mail-in ballots rocked West Dallas and Grand Prairie elections. Now, political campaigns will be limited to 200 mail-in ballot applications per election, and other people will be limited to five applications per election. Before, anyone could pick up an unlimited number of applications. "We wanted to put in some rules and regulations — try to keep candidates more accountable for those applications," said Robert Heard, senior assistant elections administrator for Dallas County. Primary issue: A Dallas judge [is suing her own party]( to remain on the ballot. At a disadvantage: With only $46,000 in the bank, [Lupe Valdez has meager resources]( in her bid for governor. special offer [limited offer digital access]( Commuters set out on the cold walk to their offices after arriving at Union Staion Tuesday morning in downtown Dallas (David Woo/Staff Photographer) weather Hard freeze warning issued for Dallas-Fort Worth Most of the Dallas-Fort Worth area appeared to escape the brunt of icy weather Tuesday morning, but areas to the south and east were hard hit. Temperatures were expected to remain in the teens and 20s Tuesday, with wind chills in the single digits, according to forecasters at the National Weather Service in Fort Worth. A winter weather advisory scheduled until noon in Dallas-Fort Worth was canceled early Tuesday as conditions were better than expected. But frigid temperatures prompted the Weather Service to [issue a hard freeze warning Tuesday afternoon]( for all of North and Central Texas. Frost bites: [How to tame those winter woes](, like itchy skin, nosebleeds, frosty fingers. One of the undevloped corners at the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Highway 380 in Frisco just sold. (Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer) business Key Frisco corner sells to Highland Park Village owners A key Frisco property [has been purchased by developers and investors.]( The 40-acre site is at the southeast corner of the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Highway 380. The property — at one of the area's busiest intersections — has long been considered a prime building site. The just-sold Frisco corner was purchased by a partnership that includes businessmen Ray Washburne and Stephen Summers — owners of the landmark Highland Park Village — and investor David Fogel. Dallas attorney and real estate investor Don Godwin sold the land, which is north of Frisco's much-touted $5 billion mile. Another day, another K: The Dow Jones Industrial Average [hit 26,000 Tuesday.]( Energy prices: What makes natural gas [naturally cheap?]( [Sign up for breaking news alerts]( (Louis DeLuca/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day Clockwise from upper right: A buckle, a cobbler, a crumble and a Betty sit on the counter at the Dallas home of pastry chef Kristen Massad. What's the difference? All are made with fresh fruit, sugar, butter and flour. The type of crust is what really distinguishes each from the other. The process might vary regionally, but don't worry too much about telling them apart as long as you are enjoying every bite. Get the recipes for these four classic desserts [that use similar ingredients in different ways.Â]( Around The Site - Teacher accused: A 16-year-old [confessed a sexual relationship]( with his former English teacher to his mother. - Out in the cold: A condo fire in Lake Highlands [displaced about 20 residents.]( - Simone Biles: The Texas Olympian [says USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sexually abused her]( as part of what he called "special" treatment. - Flu outbreak: Bonham ISD is [shutting down for a week]( to clean campuses and buses after a high number of students and staff suffered flu-like symptoms. Finally... If you haven't been keeping up with The Bachelor, congratulations on saving your brain cells. Season 22, the most cringeworthy (and possibly most boring) season in recent memory, really outdid itself Monday night, and [one Dallas woman was at the center of the catastrophe.]( Lauren Schleyer, a social media specialist at AT&T in Big D, seemed all but obsolete in her two-week journey to try and win over the TV show's leading man, Arie Luyendyk Jr. The 31-year-old did little to stand out among the gaggle of girls on the premiere earlier this month and was not invited on a date during the second episode. So if you weren't following the people you knew to be from Dallas — like this reporter — you may not have noticed her at all. Advertisement [Subscribe to our Real Estate newsletter]( 👋 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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