DPS employee lies about testing positive for coronavirus, Cowboys' Travis Frederick retires: Your Tuesday morning roundup

Also, Dallas-area chefs are launching online ‘quarantine cooking’ classes  [Morning roundup]( 03/24/2020 By Demetrio Teniente Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌤️ Weather: Partly cloudy with 20% chance of rain in the morning, but that will give way to mainly sunny skies for the afternoon. High of 84. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( ADVERTISEMENT [Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick spurns shelter in place, urges return to work, says grandparents should sacrifice]( “My message is that let’s get back to work,” Patrick said on Fox News. “And those of us who are 70 plus, we’ll take care of ourselves. But don’t sacrifice the country.” [Mesquite mayor declares local state of disaster for public health emergency]( The city plans to use the declaration to help residents follow county and state restrictions and to request federal reimbursement for expenses. [Southwest Airlines’ planes are less than 20% full because of COVID-19 and leaders say more cuts are coming]( Southwest said it would cut another 500 flights a day from schedules, after cutting 1,000 a day on Friday. [Pizza Hut to hire 30,000 workers, start dropping off food at your door]( Available jobs include drivers, cooks, shift leaders, restaurant managers and call center workers. [With a new perspective on life after football, Cowboys C Travis Frederick announces retirement]( Frederick announced his retirement at 29 years old. [Dallas-area chefs are launching online ‘quarantine cooking’ classes]( From baked goods to vegan food, local food experts are offering fun family-friendly classes on social media. [A rare triumph: This pizza joint dares to open a new restaurant next week in Fort Worth]( Very few restaurants are doing well during the coronavirus crisis. Here’s one success story. [What does an order to stay home mean for the homeless? Dallas reserves hotel rooms, but providers say they should stay put]( City officials said they’re reserving 50 hotel rooms starting Monday to house the homeless, who may soon need quarantine space. But service providers say it’s a risk to move them during the pandemic. [Dallas County reports 24 more cases of coronavirus, 2 deaths; Carrollton DPS worker lied about test]( Collin County announced 7 new cases, while Tarrant County added 10. [After commissioner said shelter-in-place orders ‘too extreme,' Collin County cities prepare to issue them]( Darrell Hale wrote on Facebook that he opposes them because of concerns for companies and their workers. People check in and prepare to sit and wait to get called to get a driver's license or state ID inside a Department of Public Safety Mega Center in Carrollton on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2018. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News) CARROLLTON Worker at DPS Carrollton Mega Center gave false information about testing postitive for coronavirus AUSTIN — Officials at the Department of Public Safety said Monday that [an employee at the Carrollton driver’s license office who said last week they had tested positive for the novel coronavirus had in fact tested negative and lied]( the agency. "As a law enforcement agency, public safety is our No. 1 priority," a statement from the agency said. "Our mission is to protect and serve, especially when challenges arise like the ones we are facing today. We are deeply troubled that any inaccuracies were provided to the public based on the information given to us by one of our employees. The department is taking additional steps to ensure that this does not happen again." The department said it is taking "appropriate disciplinary actions against this employee for providing false information." 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 2020 - [The Dallas Morning News, 1954 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75201, United States](