Mobike moseys, Ezekiel Elliott sued for $1M, Curious Texas: Your Friday morning roundup

August 03,  2018 By Carla Solórzano and Abby Ivory-Ganja Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day.  🌞 Weather: Another sunny and hot day. High of 97 degrees. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Rental bicycle lined in a row in downtown Dallas on Jan. 19, 2018. (Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer)  Dallas So long, Mobike. Another bike-share company pedals out of Dallas For Dallas cyclists, [Mobike is no mo'](. The Beijing-based bike-share company confirmed Thursday that it is leaving the Dallas market. The company, which rode into Dallas in December, is refunding remaining credits to Dallas customers and moving its bikes to other U.S. markets, said James Liao, director of operations for Mobike, in an email. Mobike marks the third bike-share company to leave town. Another Chinese operator, Ofo, announced two weeks ago that it was riding out of Dallas. San Francisco-based Spin followed close behind. Ofo has pulled out of markets across the country and laid off most of its U.S. staff. Spin, which had fewer than 700 bikes in Dallas, has redesigned its website to focus on electric scooters instead of traditional bikes. The departures come after Dallas City Council approved regulations in late June that require operators to get a permit and pay for the number of bikes or scooters in their fleet. It also requires the companies to have staffing that can quickly respond to complaints about bikes blocking sidewalks or being abandoned for days. Meanwhile: The effort to put the operation and management of Fair Park into private hands [could move forward more quickly than expected](. Also: [Dallas County has recorded its first two heat-related deaths of the year](, health officials announced Thursday. Courts Dallas Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott sued for more than $1M in damages after 2017 collision in Frisco A Frisco man is seeking more than $1 million from Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott after the two were in a car wreck last year that totaled the man's BMW and [left him with "serious, life-altering injuries."]( Ronnie Barnard Hill filed the lawsuit Thursday in Collin County district court after he was unable to reach a private resolution in connection with the Jan. 11, 2017, crash. The filing states that the suit was the "only way for the victim of an automobile crash to enable a jury to require fair and reasonable compensation" for Hill's injuries and damages. An attorney for Elliott said Thursday he expects the player's insurance company to handle the matter. Meanwhile: It's [becoming increasingly clear]( that Dez Bryant won't play in the NFL this season, Tim Cowlishaw writes. Column: It’s time for Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to come to[Earl Thomas’ rescue.]( curious texas Will an empty Lakewood supermarket welcome grocery shoppers again? Curious Texas finds out Jeffrey and Annette Patterson have lived in the Lakewood area of Dallas about 30 years, and they were loyal to one grocery store for their weekly shopping needs all that time. They're the kind of people who adopt a grocery store as their own. They know the aisles. They know the friendly employees. And now, [two years since it closed](, they still miss the supermarket on the southeast corner of Mockingbird and Abrams. The longtime Albertsons store, which for a short time was a Minyard Sun Fresh Market, closed in August 2016. The Albertsons seemed to be the most conveniently located for them — even as they lived in three different houses in Lakewood as they raised three, now-grown daughters, Jeffrey Patterson said.  The traditional supermarket served most all their weekly shopping needs. Now he and his wife wonder how their thriving neighborhood is left with a big empty store and parking lot. Meanwhile: Brookstone is [closing its mall stores]( but keeping its better-performing airport stores for now. Also: Frisco-based [Jamba Juice to be bought]( by Atlanta operator of Schlotzsky's. Advertisement Around The Site - That's a lot of zeroes: Apple Inc. became [the first U.S.-based company with a market value of $1 trillion](. - Will you accept this beer? 'Bachelor' host Chris Harrison [owns a brewpub in Dallas](. - Politics: [Democrat Lupe Valdez renewed her push to get incumbent Gov. Greg Abbott to debate her]( more than once before election day. - Accidental death: An electrician employed by Dallas' Department of Aviation [died after a fall at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center](. - Crime: The man who admitted taking a horn shark from the San Antonio Aquarium last week by hiding it in a stroller [says he was trying to save it](. - Real estate: [Rents in Dallas-Fort Worth have climbed]( for yet another month but at a diminished pace. Mustard is applied to a Fletcher's Corny Dog on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. (Ashley Landis/Staff Photographer) Finally... Corn dog beer complete with mustard on the rim is coming to the State Fair of Texas [Unique alcoholic beverages have long made a showing at the State Fair of Texas](' Big Tex Choice Awards. In 2010, fried beer won "most creative" in the esteemed food competition, followed by the Funnel Cake Ale in 2014 and the smoky bacon margarita in 2015. So when this year's list of wacky semi-finalists came out on Tuesday, we weren't surprised to see a few drinks. But we were equally shocked, intrigued and grossed out by one: a Corn Dog Ale. Seriously? [What the heck is that](?! Grant Wood, head brewer at Revolver Brewing in Granbury, says he was musing about which State Fair staples he could embody in a beer when the idea hit him. AdVERTISEMENT 👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? Send your thoughts, questions, praise and corrections to [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). 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