Small Texas town battles spotty internet, Cowboys fall to Eagles: Your Monday morning roundup

The problem facing Mont Belvieu residents is one familiar to many towns and rural areas in Texas and around the country. Major internet service providers don’t see a strong enough business case to expand their footprint.  [Morning roundup]( 12/23/2019 By Mallorie Sullivan and Chelsea Watkins Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞 Weather: Mostly sunny and mild. High of 66. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( ADVERTISEMENT [Dallas officer in critical condition after crash near White Rock Lake]( Police said the officer was off-duty at the time of the crash. [5 thoughts from Cowboys-Eagles: Dallas and Jason Garrett need some help to keep their runs going into 2020]( Dallas couldn’t clinch a playoff berth Sunday as Philadelphia won an ugly game, 17-9. [16-year-old driver, 3 passengers hospitalized after street-racing crash in Far North Dallas, police say]( Police said one passenger, a 15-year-old boy, was in critical condition Sunday morning. [Texas records 115th straight month of jobs gains in November]( The state’s jobless rate also held steady at a historic low. [Woman killed by stray gunfire outside dance hall in Oak Cliff, Dallas police say]( Witnesses told police gunfire broke out after an argument began inside the dance hall. [Grading the Cowboys: No A’s for a Dallas team that is the biggest waste of talent in the Jason Garrett era]( The coaching seemed awful at times Sunday -- on both sides of the ball. [Impeachment, a rare hot button for both sides, emerges as key topic in Texas congressional fights]( Challengers are using the impeachment of President Donald Trump as a cudgel against Texas lawmakers in both parties—some for supporting it, others for opposing it. [Police investigate after female found dead in alley in The Colony]( Officers were called Sunday morning about a female who appeared unconscious in an alley. [Former Dallas Cowboys player acquitted in prescription drug scam targeting military]( Michael Kiselak started seven games as a center during the 1998 season. [Mavs blow 30-point lead as ‘weird’ game with Raptors puts a sour ending on Eastern Conference gauntlet]( The loss ties Dallas’ biggest blown lead in franchise history. Broadband network engineer Dwight Thomas created a diagram of the MBLink network on Friday, Oct. 25, in Mont Belvieu. (Shaban Athuman/Staff Photographer) TECHNOLOGY [Fed up with slow and spotty internet, a small Texas town built its own high-speed network]( For years, residents of Mont Belvieu, a fast-growing town on the outer ring of Houston, complained to local leaders about slow and spotty internet. They put satellite dishes on their rooftops. They endured intermittent service and frequent outages. The problem facing Mont Belvieu is one familiar to many towns and rural areas in Texas and around the country. Major internet service providers don’t see a strong enough business case to expand their footprint, upgrade internet speeds or offer any internet service at all. [So Mont Belvieu took matters into its own hands.]( ADVERTISEMENT  👋 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](