Mesquite honors Jordan Edwards, Frisco's controversial school day plan: Your Friday morning roundup

Finish your work week with these popular headlines  [Morning roundup]( 11/08/2019 By Todd Davis Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌥️ Weather: To scarf or not to scarf? No, we're not talking about finding the leftover pizza from the sales meeting seconds before the email announcement goes out. You have no choice there. We're talking about deciding whether to wear a cloth strip that convinces you that you can handle a high of 52 and a low near 39 simply by keeping the wind off your neck. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( What it looked like early on the morning of Oct. 30, when Dallas police raided Jade Spa -- and, elsewhere, Dragon House in Southlake, and other homes and apartments around North Texas. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) CRIME AND COURTS [How vice cops linked Dragon House to a Dallas massage parlor and beyond]( City columnist Robert Wilonsky writes: The brothel on Market Center Boulevard called Jade Spa remains shuttered a week after the police raid; so, too, the Chinese restaurant in Southlake called Dragon House. Because, as you likely know by now, police and prosecutors say the owners and operators of the Design District bordello also own and operate the suburban dumpling house. How Dallas cops tied one to the other has remained so far a story shared only in broad strokes — a few sentences in a media release, a press conference, newspaper and TV stories. [The far more complicated tale]( is outlined in search warrant affidavits obtained by The Dallas Morning News.  Also: [A Dallas drug dealer]( was convicted of murdering a teenager who was found in the trunk of a car after a high-speed chase.   And: [A Dallas police investigation]( found ‘improper’ conduct but no criminal charges were filed after a woman died in custody.  ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [Multimillion-dollar renovations are finished at Sheraton Dallas]( The largest hotel in downtown Dallas, the 1,840-room property on Pearl Street has been getting a multimillion-dollar makeover. [The redo includes five new food and beverage outlets]( and a remodeling of public areas and 230,000 square feet of meeting and convention space.  Also: [An airport project]( is part of the development on the way in Addison.   And: [Richardson’s RealPage]( is growing again with a $580-million purchase.  EDUCATION [Frisco ISD's plan to add 10 minutes to each school day falls flat with parents]( Metro columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: On even the best of days, parents of North Texas school children must perform peas-on-a-knife balancing acts to manage work, campus and extracurricular commitments. Even what seems like a small schedule change can rock their world -- [which is precisely what happened Wednesday night in Frisco](. Social media lit up with hundreds of anxious, confused and angry comments after word spread that the school district wants to add 10 minutes to each class day, beginning with the 2020-21 academic calendar.  Also: [A report of a person with a gun]( near campus prompted a brief lockdown at Arlington High.   Feedback requested: Looking for the right North Texas school for your child? [Take our short survey]( and help us help you.  ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - Crime and courts: [The execution of a Texas 7 prison escapee was delayed]( again over his rights as a Buddhist. - Sports: Could Nolan Ryan’s abrupt exit from the Astros organization mean [a return to the Rangers]( - TV: [Glenn Beck’s Irving-based The Blaze]( is ending its cable TV channel by the end of the year, according to reports. Senior Mesquite football players Alec Rice (from left), Ja'Darion Smith, Gary Green, and De'Wayne Adams pose for a photograph next to the locker of their former classmate and teammate Jordan Edwards. (Ryan Michalesko / Staff Photographer) FINALLY ... [Mesquite's football team can finally honor fallen brother Jordan Edwards on its terms]( Jordan Edwards would’ve been a senior this season. He probably would’ve been a key part of this playoff-bound team. With plenty of talent and room to grow, he probably would’ve been recruited to play defensive back in college, his best friends say. Jordan is gone. [But the story hasn’t ended for those inside the Mesquite football program](.  👋 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 [newsletters@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2019 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](