Ex-Dallas officer receives fatal-shooting verdict, Southwest Airlines' latest setback, Dalentines: Your Thursday evening roundup

Dallas ISD’s chief internal auditor offers resignation  [Evening roundup]( 02/13/2020 By Todd Davis Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Dallas police officer Christopher Hess (seated) takes a moment to himself as his attorneys congratulate one another after Hess was found not guilty of aggravated assault by a jury in the 292nd District Court at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas on Thursday. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) CRIME AND COURTS [Ex-Dallas officer found not guilty for fatal shooting of 21-year-old woman]( A jury found former Dallas police officer Christopher Hess not guilty Thursday in the shooting of a 21-year-old woman who died in 2017 after he shot into her SUV a dozen times. Hess, 42, was on trial for aggravated assault by a public servant for killing the driver, Genevive Dawes. Hess, who was fired by the department, did not testify during the trial and his attorneys say [he does not plan on returning to police work](. And: [A former Princeton ISD employee]( was arrested for sexual assault of a child. Also: [A Fort Worth woman]( took sexually explicit photos of a toddler, feds say. ADVERTISEMENT  BUSINESS [Southwest Airlines' latest 737 Max delay will remove 65,000 seats a day in peak season]( Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it doesn’t expect to have the grounded 737 Max back until after Aug. 10, removing nearly 65,000 seats a day from its schedules during the busy summer travel season. Dallas-based Southwest, which is the largest operator of 737 Max jets, had previously expected to get the planes back June 6. The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded since March 13, 2019, after two plane crashes killed 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia. [Southwest’s estimates match the most recent estimates from Boeing]( on getting the plane recertified by the FAA in mid-2020.  Also: [XPO will lay off 304 workers]( at its AllianceTexas distribution center.   And: [Amazon is at it again]( with a huge warehouse lease at DFW Airport.  POLITICS [Cruz, Cornyn vote against bipartisan measure to limit Trump’s Iran war powers]( Neither Sen. John Cornyn nor Sen. Ted Cruz on Thursday joined a bipartisan effort in the Senate to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to attack Iran unless he first gets authorization from Congress. The opposition from the Texas senators didn’t stop the Senate from voting 55-45 to approve the war powers resolution, with eight Republicans voting in the affirmative. [But the Texans’ stand helped make clear that the rebuke has no chance of withstanding the veto Trump has pledged]( to issue if and when the Democratic-run House approves the measure.  Also: [A top Texas Republican]( criticized Trump’s plans to divert $3.8B from military to border wall.   And: [Gov. Abbott tasks Texas leaders]( to develop a plan that ensures more students are workforce ready.  ADVERTISEMENT (Mallorie Sullivan / DMN Staff) VALENTINE'S DAY, TEXAS STYLE Earlier this week, our readers on Instagram sent us ideas for valentines with a Dallas or Texas theme. Our Mallorie Sullivan turned those into Dalentines, and 10 of them can be found on The Dallas Morning News' Instagram account. [Enjoy!]( EDITORS' PICKS - Lineup change: [105.3 The Fan]( added Bryan Broaddus in the station reshuffle of its afternoon shows. - Education: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Dallas closes for several days after a [spike in absences](. - Want to plant a tree in late winter? Here are [6 common mistakes]( to avoid. ADVERTISEMENT FINALLY... [Dallas ISD’s chief internal auditor offers resignation]( Dallas ISD's chief internal auditor offered his resignation Thursday, two days after decrying the school board's decision to call for an early peer review of his department's audit plans. [The auditor, Steven Martin, had been with DISD for a little over a year]( coming from Garland ISD. Martin’s resignation will be effective on Feb. 28. 👋 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](