Dallas cop shoots neighbor, high school sports weather protocol: Your Friday evening roundup

September 07,  2018 By Tommy Cummings and Todd Davis Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. Prefer the online view? It's [here](. A Dallas police officer returning home from work fatally shot a neighbor after she mistook his South Side Flats apartment for her own, authorities said Friday. (Vernon Bryant/Staff photographer) CRIME Officer who killed man in apartment she thought was hers will face manslaughter charge, police chief says Police intend to seek a manslaughter charge against a Dallas officer who shot and killed a 26-year-old man [Thursday night when she entered his apartment near downtown, apparently mistaking it for her own.]( "This is a very unique situation," Police Chief U. Renee Hall said at an afternoon news conference. "We have ceased handling it under our normal protocol as an officer-involved shooting." Hall said that police are obtaining a warrant charging the officer, whom the chief declined to name until she is formally charged. The unnamed officer wasn't hurt in the [10 p.m. shooting at the South Side Flats at 1210 S. Lamar St., just blocks from Dallas police headquarters in the Cedars.]( Former Cowboys running back arrested: Joseph Randle, who was released in 2015, [has been arrested and faces a rape charge in Kansas.]( Endorsement draws criticism: NRA-endorsed [Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can't buy guns due to felony indictments](, his opponent says. Sports What do the rules say about Texas high school football weather delays? With rain in the forecast, more than 100 high-school football games could face weather delays. [But lightning and thunder — more than rain — usually dictate whether a game can be played.]( The University Interscholastic League's policy on lightning safety says that play must be suspended for 30 minutes when “thunder is heard within 30 seconds of a visible lightning strike, or a cloud-to-ground lightning bolt is seen." Play can resume a half hour after the last-seen lightning strike or thunderclap. [The NCAA follows the same protocol when it comes to lightning.Â]( What's the score? Follow high school football games around D-FW tonight with [SportsDayHS' live scoreboard](. D-FW rivals meet for 98th time: [Why a loss to TCU tonight would be historic for SMU]( in the Battle for the Iron Skillet. BUSINESS Amazon HQ2 search hits one-year mark, as Dallas, other finalists await winner Friday marked exactly one year of introspection for Dallas, 18 other American cities and Toronto in [their pursuit of Amazon's now-famous second headquarters.Â]( In the last 365 days, debates over the wisdom of forgoing future tax revenue to lure a leading technology company and the fastest-growing retailer in America became a cottage industry and even added to the lexicon. Terms such as "prosperity bomb" reflected concerns that a rush for Amazon's promised 50,000 high-paying jobs would cause a housing crunch and displace residents. "Transparency" and "nondisclosure agreements" [became big buzzwords in arguments for and against economic development incentives.]( Commentary: Apprenticeship programs have been a path into the middle class for decades, but they’re getting a lot more interesting — and popular, [writes business columnist Mitchell Schnurman.]( Glut ahead in Uptown? A big new office lease in Dallas' Uptown is [good news for the booming office district just north of downtown.]( (Rose Baca/Staff Photographer) Photo of the Day Dallas ISD Superintendent Michael Hinojosa speaks during a grant announcement at the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy in Dallas on Friday. Dallas ISD is embarking on another public-private partnership to prepare its students for jobs in the high-tech industry. This time, though, the district is targeting its youngest kids. On Friday, [the district announced that will open a new K-8 science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) school in West Dallas](, with support from Southern Methodist University and Toyota’s charitable educational endowment, the Toyota USA Foundation. “We just happen to be at the right place, at the right time where we can come and celebrate this together,” Hinojosa said. editors' picks - Commercial appeal: In [Ted Cruz-Beto O'Rourke Senate race, some of their ads]( are upbeat, optimistic and biographical. Others have a sharper edge. Some are entirely accurate. Others, not so much. - Oak Cliff: Seven Dallas firefighters, along with a man and woman, [were hospitalized after they were exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide Friday]( because a car had been left running in a garage for at least 12 hours. - Fish & Fizz, mate: A new dedicated fish and chips eatery in Richardson is reeling in a bunch of expats looking for a [homespun dish epitomizing the very best of British food](. - Supreme Court hearing: Judge Brett Kavanaugh voted to [delay abortion for an unauthorized immigrant teen in Texas.]( - Spending power: [Rep. Pete Sessions of Dallas is to receive money from Republican campaign committee]( that he used to run. - Editorial: A Dallas city councilman’s [gaffe subjects us all to a fresh round of useless jibber-jabber.]( - 'Disappointing trend': Risky runway incursions are on the rise at DFW International Airport. [Here's how officials plan to fix it.]( Finally ... Have any Texas legislators successfully run as an independent? Curious Texas has the answer In a state and nation divided by blue and red, not many candidates run for office without the backing of a primary color. But Dallas Morning News reader Ken Mathias of Grand Prairie wanted to know — [has Texas had any independent legislators?]( “Texas is known as the Lone Star State, and most Texans I know claim a lot of pride in state’s independent nature,” he said. “If Texans were as independent as they claim, it would seem that there would be quite a few independent people in the Texas government.” But when Curious Texas, an ongoing project from The News that invites readers to join in our reporting process, sought the answer to his question, [we found that that’s not the case.]( [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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