Pete Sessions and Ukraine, Botham Jean street name petition, Coach Aikman: Your Thursday evening roundup

Former Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions appears to play a key role in an indictment handed up Thursday over alleged campaign finance violations by two Soviet-born businessmen who helped President Donald Trump’s personal attorney investigate a top political rival.  [Evening roundup]( 10/10/2019 By Wayne Carter Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Former U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions addresses the McLennan County Republican Party on Oct. 3 in Waco after announcing his candidacy to fill the seat of retiring Rep. Bill Flores. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune-Herald) POLITICS [Indictment of Soviet-born businessmen raises questions about Pete Sessions’ role in Ukraine saga]( Former Dallas Rep. Pete Sessions appears to play a key role in an indictment handed up Thursday over alleged campaign finance violations by two Soviet-born businessmen who helped President Donald Trump’s personal attorney investigate a top political rival. The indictment doesn’t mention Sessions by name, nor does it charge him with any crime. But it makes multiple references to donations and activities by a "Congressman-1" that align with what’s known through Federal Election Commission records and the Sessions’ own words about the Republican’s push for the ouster of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, [and his interactions with the two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.]( Long-awaited audio: Activist Michael Quinn Sullivan says [he’ll release his recording of a controversial June secret meeting]( with Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen next week. Economy of the state: Comptroller Glenn Hegar [issued a fairly upbeat report]( on Texas’ finances and economy Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT DALLAS [Petition to rename Dallas’ Lamar Street for Botham Jean draws thousands of signatures]( Nearly 40,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Lamar Street — where Dallas’ police headquarters is located — to be renamed for Botham Jean, the 26-year-old man fatally shot last year by former Dallas officer Amber Guyger. Chris Norman, 40, [said he started the petition on an impulse]( after Guyger was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison. Norman said he was watching Police Chief U. Reneé Hall’s news conference after the sentence, where she said she was "fully committed" to making changes in the department in response to incidents revealed during Guyger’s trial. Norman said he didn’t know Jean, but he followed the trial closely. Norman said his pastor, the Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III of Friendship-West Baptist Church, is always challenging his congregants to find a way to make a difference.   Editorial: Kids who can’t read didn’t show up for summer school. [Don’t give up on them, Dallas ISD.](   Arrest made: A 17-year-old has been charged with capital murder [in the fatal shooting of a Dallas ISD trustee’s son.](  SPORTS [Troy Aikman, high school football coach? How the Cowboys legend joined Episcopal School of Dallas’ staff]( There are few things Troy Aikman hasn’t done in the sport of football. The 52-year-old has three Super Bowl rings, six Pro Bowl appearances, a Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award and spots in both the Pro Football and College Football Halls of Fame. He was also the No. 1 pick in the 1989 NFL Draft and is currently FOX’s top NFL color commentator. The only thing missing from his resume? Coaching. "I’d always wanted to help out with high school (football) here," Aikman said on 1310 The Ticket Tuesday morning. "I’d reached out to different programs, including [Episcopal School of Dallas], where my kids go, and they had said, ‘Yeah, we’d love to have you help out.’ But then I looked at my schedule with broadcasting and it just hasn’t been easy to do." This year, though, the Cowboys legend [decided to give it a shot as the quarterbacks coach at ESD.](  Boxing champ injured: Welterweight world champ Errol Spence of DeSoto [was seriously injured when he crashed a Ferrari]( early Thursday near downtown Dallas.   Advisory role: Former Mav-turned-entrepreneur Jamal Mashburn is now the latest prominent sports figure [to publicly advocate cannabis use.](  ADVERTISEMENT (Ashley Landis/Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Ashton Morgan, 4, runs in circles in an interactive art exhibit on the second floor of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth. The museum reopened in September after a three-month closure that brought a yearlong face-lift to its landmark building and a re-installation of its galleries to a conclusion. To assess the alterations, former Dallas Morning News art critic Rick Brettell joined News architecture critic Mark Lamster [for a tour of the remade museum.]( EDITORS' PICKS - Safer than smoking? State health officials confirmed that a North Texas woman's death [is the state's first attributed to vaping-related lung disease.]( - Grab a jacket: A stormy cold front [could drop temperatures into the 40s]( in Dallas-Fort Worth. - Famous food: Here's what Billie Eilish and the Jonas Brothers [ate when they stopped in Dallas for concerts.]( FINALLY... [It’s cookie time! Our annual holiday cookie contest is back, with new categories and a new location]( Now that there’s a chill in the air, we’re ready to start thinking about holiday baking. This year, we mark 24 years of The Dallas Morning News Holiday Cookie Contest. In the last two decades, we have raised more than $25,000 in entry fees for The Dallas Morning News Charities, which helps the hungry and homeless during the holidays. Last year, we added some new categories, and this year we’re bringing back favorites such as Bar and Boozy. We are keeping Cookie Man, of course, as well as Kids’ Choice, which has proven to be very popular. Are you ready to start your ovens? [Here’s how it works.]( 👋 That's all for this afternoon! 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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