July 05, Â 2018
By Holly Rusak
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Here is a look at the top headlines of the day.
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The exterior of Toyota Music Factory entertainment complex (Kathy Tran/Alamo Drafthouse)
Toyota Music Factory
Ruling allows eviction of Billy Bob Barnett from Irving music center site
A Dallas County justice of the peace agrees that [a developer has the right to evict honky-tonk king Billy Bob Barnett from his shuttered restaurants and bars]( at the Toyota Music Factory and said Barnett will have to post a bond of more than $700,000 if he wants to appeal.
The ruling came June 28, the same day Irving's mayor issued ARK a harshly worded rebuke during a public forum, vowing to withhold any further support for the still-developing entertainment center, which features more than a dozen open restaurants and a popular pavilion booked by Live Nation.
At least three lawsuits have been filed in connection with the project, all involving roughly the same set of facts, plus ARK’s separate eviction petitions that were ruled on last week.
Update: [A food hall set to open this summer in Fort Worth has cut ties with prominent chef Grady Spears](, who was arrested earlier this week on a family violence charge.
(Brad Doherty/The Brownsville Herald)
Courts
Texans who paid $4 for gas during Harvey can claim $166,000 in settlement
Customers [charged more than $3.99 per gallon of gas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey can now claim restitution]( from 48 Texas gas stations, including 42 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
The businesses finalized settlements with the state's Consumer Protection Division for $166,592 in civil restitution, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday.
Texans who believe they were gouged can submit claim forms until Sept. 10, with or without receipts. Settlement amounts will vary based on the cost and amount of gas purchased and the amount left in the restitution fund.
Sports business: A fantasy football convention affiliated with former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has [asked the Texas Supreme Court to review lower court decisions which sided with the National Football League]( in a lawsuit that hinged on the NFL’s gambling policy.
Real estate: In 2011, [Dallas had 375 houses for sale under $50,000](. What about now?
A Dallas police squad car sits at the scene where a woman shot a man as he was trying to steal her SUV with her children inside it. (Metro News Service)
CRIME
Mother shoots carjacker in the head with 2 kids in SUV, Dallas police say
[A woman shot a man in the head as he tried to steal her SUV with her two children inside]( Wednesday night, Dallas police say.
An employee of a gas station in the 200 block of West Camp Wisdom Road, near the border with Duncanville, alerted the mother about 10 p.m. that a man was trying to get into her SUV .
She jumped into the vehicle. When the man didn't stop, she pulled a gun from the glove box and shot him in the head, police said. The vehicle then crashed into a utility pole.Â
The suspect, 36-year-old Ricky Wright, was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. He faces two counts of unlawful restraint and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The woman and her children were not injured, police said.Â
Police chase arrest:Â Two people from Dallas [led police on a chase with a 6-month-old baby on board]( after fleeing a Walmart in Terrell on Wednesday.
Standoff: A Fort Worth man upset at a neighbor who was setting off fireworks in the street Wednesday [attacked the neighbor and then got into an overnight standoff with police](.
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(Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer)
Photo of the Day
Whatever your day has been like, may you be as happy as this [baby gorilla, the first one born at the Dallas Zoo since January 1998](, when it welcomed Wakub, aka Jake. But hey, what's 20 years between babies? Congratulations, mama Hope!
Around The Site
- 'Hanging blacks': A man who tossed a drink at a teen wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat at a San Antonio Whataburger [may have been responding to racist remarks](, according to a man who was at the restaurant with his family.
- Suspect sought:Â [Police are searching for a man who exposed himself to women twice]( in recent days in northwest Dallas.
- Editorial: "Abolish ICE" is the liberal equal of "abolish the IRS" — [political noise without practical purpose](.
- Washington D.C.:Â Environmental Protection Agency Administrator [Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations]( of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease.
- I wanna be an Amazon kid? In a drive to win the business up for grabs after the demise of Toys "R" Us Inc., [Amazon.com is going conventional with plans to publish a holiday toy catalog](.
- It's gotta be Whataburger: Four things that Texans in New York City say [they miss most about the Lone Star State](.
- Summer gets sweeter:Â [Blue Bell says that Fudge Bars are back in stores starting today](.Â
Finally...
Cafe Momentum founder to expand programs for restaurant's interns
You'll find it in an abandoned stretch of downtown Dallas' maze of tunnels underneath Thanks-Giving Square. There's no sign pointing toward it. You have to know where to go or have Chad Houser as your guide.
[It's in this forgotten space that Houser has targeted for the next phase of Cafe Momentum](.
This fall, Houser plans to dish out a lot more from Cafe Momentum's community services center. The space, now under construction, will bring in additional resources for youth outside the restaurant.Â
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