Woman who died in custody was ready to be sober, Shannon Wynne wants to make Dallas affordable: Your Wednesday morning roundup

 [Morning roundup]( 01/23/2019 By Carla Solórzano Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌤️ Weather: Breezy and colder. Partly cloudy early then sunny. High of 48. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( Jennifer Espinoza, 37, died last week after she was found unresponsive in the Tarrant County Jail. (Cheryl Hammett) POLICE & CRIME [Woman who died in custody in Tarrant County was ready to leave addiction behind, family says]( A Haltom City woman who died in the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department last week had told her family she was ready to leave addiction behind for good just days before her death, her sister says. Jennifer Espinoza, 37, died at John Peter Smith Hospital on Wednesday afternoon, [the day after she was found unresponsive in her jail cell]( officials said. The Tarrant County medical examiner's office has not released her cause of death. She had been booked into the Tarrant County jail Jan. 10 on a charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, according to jail and court records. On Tuesday evening, the sheriff's department released a timeline of events preceding Espinoza's death. Also: Dallas police are asking for the public's help in [identifying two men who burglarized a home in northwest Dallas this month](. And: A North Richland Hills police dog [is back home and recovering after being wounded in a shooting involving officers last week](. ADVERTISEMENT DALLAS [Shannon Wynne, who made Dallas hip, now wants to make living here affordable]( From city columnist Robert Wilonsky: Until Monday I hadn't spent much quality one-on-one time with Shannon Wynne since we watched the Knack play "My Sharona" outside his late landmark bar-eatery 8.0 in The Quadrangle. So, yeah, it has been a while. And that feels especially forever-ago considering Wynne wanted to talk this week about some decidedly modern problems: [affordable housing, the homeless and historic preservation in the Cedars](. If you are new to this city, or not old enough to remember when the Taco Cabana on Lower Greenville was a placed called Tango, Wynne is the man "who gave Dallas hope that it could be hip," as this newspaper wrote in a 1989 profile. And 30 years on that's probably still his legacy. You might have known his works when his eat-and-drink destinations had names like Nostromo, Rio Room, Rocco. Now they're called the Meddlesome Moth, Mudhen, Rodeo Goat, the Flying Saucer, Flying Fish and, until recently, Lark on the Park at Klyde Warren. I've never thought of Wynne as a real estate developer — that was his old man Angus G. Wynne Jr., who gave us the Wynnewood neighborhood in Oak Cliff and, oh yeah, Six Flags Over Texas. Never thought of 67-year-old Shannon as a preservationist, either — that was his mother, Joanne, among the first to move old houses to Dallas Heritage Village. And though he's on the board at The Bridge Homeless Recovery Center, I never took him for a savior of rundown properties and maker of low-income housing. Also: [Dallas County reported its fourth and fifth flu-related deaths on Tuesday](. And: Developers have finished the first phase[in the renovation of downtown Dallas' historic Purse & Co. Building](. THINGS TO DO [Nickelodeon game show 'Double Dare' is coming to Texas and looking for contestants]( Question: How do you make knee pads look cool? Answer: Wear them as a contestant on Nickelodeon's game show Double Dare. Oh, the late '80s and early '90s. Slippery, slimy kids' show Double Dare is back, more than 30 years after its heyday, [on a 2019 tour that will land in the Dallas area](. No confirmation of knee pads yet, but we can dream. The Nickelodeon show, which aired from 1986 to 1993, will bring longtime host Marc Summers to Grand Prairie for the live event on April 13. Also: You've seen the posters around town, [now here's five things you need to know about Shen Yun](. And: Martin Luther King Jr. Day has passed, [but Black History Month events are right around the corner](. EDITORS' PICKS - Cowboys: With 'great possibilities' in mind, [Jerry Jones is not in a rush to finalize the Cowboys' coaching staff](. - Business: [San Antonio-based iHeartMedia Inc. has gained court approval for a plan that would cut about $10 billion of debt]( and allow it to emerge from bankruptcy within the first half of this year. - Update: Search volunteers found the body of an Ennis woman who had been missing since early January, [the Dallas County medical examiner's office confirmed Tuesday](. Curious Texas is looking for your questions and experiences. FINALLY Government shutdown: Share your experience or ask Curious Texas Many government workers may face missing another paycheck as the partial government shutdown stretches into its fifth week. The shutdown began a month ago over President Donald Trump’s demands for $5.7 billion to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Since then, we’ve reported on what members of Congress are doing with their paychecks during the shutdown; how the shutdown has impacted transportation in Texas; and how North Texas government workers have been affected. But now our reporters want to hear from you as part of our Curious Texas project. [What do you want to know about the partial government shutdown]( Or, [share how have you been affected by the partial government shutdown](. 👋 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](. 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