Cowboys hire new head coach, Mike Rhyner of The Ticket retires: Your Monday evening roundup

On paper, the Dallas Cowboys made the most logical decision in the history of Jerry Jones coaching hires Monday. But remove the paper and turn on the microscope and question marks hover just beyond one’s focus.  [Evening roundup]( 01/06/2020 By Mallorie Sullivan and Ashley Slayton Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( The Dallas Cowboys on Monday reached an agreement to hire former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy as the franchise's ninth head coach. (Louis DeLuca / Staff Photographer) SPORTS [The Cowboys’ hiring of Mike McCarthy is logical, but it also brings plenty of questions]( sports columnist Tim Cowlishaw: On paper, the Dallas Cowboys made the most logical decision in the history of Jerry Jones coaching hires Monday. [But remove the paper and turn on the microscope and question marks hover just beyond one’s focus.]( I will give the club credit for hiring Mike McCarthy as the franchise’s ninth head football coach. He’s a man who became accustomed to taking teams to the playoffs (eight straight seasons, nine out of 13), while in Green Bay and he already knows what it’s like to not only hoist a Lombardi Trophy but to do it in AT&T Stadium. Also: Learn more about Mike McCarthy, [the Dallas Cowboys' ninth head football coach.]( Mavericks: Numbers say the Mavs [might be blowing their promising season.]( ADVERTISEMENT  DALLAS [South Dallas’ Bonton neighborhood escaped 2019’s murder toll, but the year began with a slain child]( city columnist Robert Wilonsky: Bonton, a century-old neighborhood in South Dallas, escaped the violence that defined 2019 for most Dallasites. Among the more than 200 murders tallied in this city last year, Dallas’ cruelest in more than a decade, not a single one occurred here. Then Sunday happened. That is when murder returned to Bonton, [to claim a sleeping child. Rory Norman, who would have turned 2 on Jan. 24.](  Also: [Contempt charge dropped]( against Dallas County DA John Creuzot over Amber Guyger interview   And: Dallas residents [map out their own corners of the city in new book of drawings.](  BUSINESS [American Airlines will give $30 million from Boeing 737 Max settlement to workers]( American Airlines has reached a confidential deal with Boeing over the grounding of 737 Max jets for 2019 and will give $30 million back to employees through its profit-sharing distribution in March. [American is the latest airline to reach a deal with Boeing]( for some of the losses from the 737 Max crisis, settling with Southwest in December and more recently Aeromexico and Turkish Airlines.  Also: [Borden Dairy Co. has filed for bankruptcy]( citing ‘unsustainable’ debt.   And: [Not everybody is leaving]( California for Texas it seems.  ADVERTISEMENT (Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY [Cyclists bike down Santa Fe Trail on Jan. 3, 2020 in Dallas. Construction on a long-awaited trail that would connect White Rock Lake to South Dallas could start as early as September.]( EDITORS' PICKS - Your royal swineness: Five Dallas chefs in February will [vie to be Prince or Princess of Pork]( at food festival Cochon555. - Top 40: This Dallas restaurant was named as one of the ‘[most important restaurants of the decade]( by ‘Esquire.’ - And: [Julián Castro dropped his White House bid]( and endorsed Elizabeth Warren for president. FINALLY... [Mike Rhyner, founder of The Ticket and a radio fixture since the 1970s, is off the air]( Mike Rhyner has retired. The Texas Radio Hall of Famer, who began on Dallas radio in 1979 and in 1994 co-founded The Ticket, [made the stunning announcement Monday]( that he will no longer appear on "The Hardline." 👋 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=). STAY CONNECTED WITH US [Unsubscribe]( | [Free newsletters]( | [Dallasnews.com]( | [Subscriber login]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact us]( Copyright 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](