FBI to probe Kavanaugh accusation, Frisco schools, Fair opens: Your Friday evening roundup

September 28,  2018 By Todd Davis Good evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. Prefer the online view? It's [here](. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley talks to reporters as he emerges from a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the Republican leaders agreed to delay a final vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) politics Trump agrees to FBI investigation of accusation against Kavanaugh WASHINGTON — After a dramatic flurry of last-minute negotiations, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh cleared a key procedural hurdle Friday, but his confirmation prospects were still deeply uncertain as Republicans agreed to ask for a new FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Kavanaugh's appointment on Friday, but Sen. John Cornyn announced that [the FBI will investigate sexual misconduct allegations before the final Senate floor vote](. Friday afternoon, Cornyn announced that Senate leadership would allow the final confirmation vote to be delayed up to a week to complete the investigation into sexual misconduct claims made by professor Christine Blasey Ford. White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted that President Donald Trump ordered the FBI to conduct an investigation that "must be limited in scope and completed in less than one week." We'll talk later: [A second debate between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke is postponed]( due to a Kavanaugh confirmation fight. Honor bestowed: [Texas House Speaker Joe Straus gets LGBT rights award]( and predicts bathroom bill will be back. dallas Dallas must remember forgotten former enslaved people near Bachman Lake Metro columnist Robert Wilonsky writes: A historical marker off West Northwest Highway, near Bachman Lake, notes only a visible, accessible graveyard — the small Garvin Memorial Cemetery, where several Confederate States soldiers are interred. The bronze plaque bears no mention of the other burial ground just yards away. The site is obscured by underbrush on private property adjacent to a panoramic, if little-known, city-owned nature preserve, surrounded by a wrought-iron fence. There, inside that containment, it is believed that at least 10 are buried — [former enslaved people among them, along with "other Negroes" referred to in a landmark-nomination form on file with Dallas City Hall](. Thursday afternoon, in the cool shadow of tall trees, I stood with Jerry Hawkins, an educator and activist, outside that wrought-iron fence for a long time. We spent some of it in awed silence. Before then, I'd only seen a faded, second-hand photo of this plot, nestled now between apartment construction and a giant house on a public park. In person, I told Hawkins, the scene is surreal. Paint the town: [These artists will make downtown Dallas their canvas]( at this year's Aurora biennial of light, video and sound. For sale: [Dallas ISD looks to offload vacant campuses]( but cost and historical designation could make it difficult. education Schools drive Frisco’s success, so why kill the golden goose? Metro columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: Many North Texas suburbs share bragging rights when it comes to low crime, booming economic development and green spaces galore. [What puts Frisco at the head of the class is its school system](. Schools are why people move here. Why companies relocate here. Why Money magazine just named Frisco the best place to live in the U.S. But Frisco is also home to a small but loud group of citizens who simply don’t trust the school district -- and who defeated its tax ratification election two years ago. Frisco ISD is back this fall with a much better plan and supporters determined not to let the “just say no” keyboard warriors write this election story. The wheels on the bus go ... : No one was hurt as [a school bus overturns in Richardson]( after a crash with another vehicle. Mind your P's and Q's: [The head of an Arlington private school resigned]( over targeting Michael Avenatti on Twitter. (Ashley Landis / Staff Photogrpaher) Photo of the Day The State Fair of Texas opening day parade makes its way down Main Street through downtown Dallas on Friday, September 28, 2018. The fair is open through October 21, 2018, and you can find anything, and we mean anything, you want to know about the fair on [GuideLive's State Fair of Texas page](. editors' picks - Fired up: [Texas high school faces heat]( for burning effigy of black rival football player. - With friends like these ...: [A Facebook breach]( exposed 50 million users, allowing hackers to take over their accounts. - How refreshing: [Our yearlong drought is officially over](, thanks to the wettest September in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. - If you like creepy ... : [Andre Dubus III](, who's headed to Dallas, probes another dark soul in 'Gone So Long'. - The end: [Lewisville's Coyote Drive-In]( movie theater has closed. - Editorial: [Our only-in-Texas love affair]( with a guy who wears size 96 boots and 434 x 240 blue jeans. Finally... D-FW native Mason Cox will be doing tonight what no American has done Mason Cox has a pivotal role in Australia's Super Bowl later tonight in Melbourne. The 27-year-old from Highland Village, right off Lewisville Lake, is the first American to play in an [Australian Football League grand final, the country's biggest sporting event](. Four years ago, the former Flower Mound Marcus High School soccer standout and Oklahoma State basketball player had never touched an Australian rules football. Today he's a star forward for Melbourne's Collingwood Magpies and a hero Down Under. To put Cox's achievement in context, imagine an Australian water polo player picking up a basketball for the first time at age 23, getting drafted by the Mavericks two years later, then leading Dallas to the NBA Final against the Boston Celtics. At a towering 6-foot-11, Cox is the tallest footballer in the AFL's 122-year history. His height only partly explains his recent success. [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! 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