Serena Simmons Connelly will be missed, conservatives stand with salon owner: Your Wednesday evening roundup

Blue Angels fly over Dallas-Fort Worth  [Evening roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( 05/06/2020 By Chelsea Watkins and Todd Davis Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Serena Simmons Connelly and her husband, Tom Connelly, from March 2015. Serena passed away April 22, 2020, of cancer. (Family photo) COMMENTARY [Even on the day she died, Serena Simmons Connelly was still using her riches as a sword for justice in Dallas and beyond]( columnist Sharon Grigsby: In this terrible time, when the coronavirus sucks all the air out of the room, it’s utterly unsurprising that other significant tragedies in North Texas pass with little notice. One of those, back on April 22, was the death of Serena Simmons Connelly, [who spent most of her 50 years on earth fighting on behalf of the most marginalized among us](. Serena was born into money, the youngest daughter of the late billionaire and philanthropist Harold Simmons. Yet from a young age, she predicated her life on helping others — pursuing a master's degree in social work at the University of Texas at Arlington and battling inequity in her work with local HIV and AIDS patients. Editorial: What we don’t know can hurt us. [Here's why Dallas needs to get better crime analysis](. Editorial II: [Dear God]( please deliver death upon the murder hornet. ADVERTISEMENT  POLITICS [‘Straight up wrong’: Texas conservatives defend Dallas salon owner jailed for keeping open business amid coronavirus]( A number of notable Texas conservatives [are rallying to the defense of Shelley Luther]( the Dallas salon owner who was fined and sentenced to seven days in jail for intentionally violating an order to shutter her business during the COVID-19 outbreak. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin, has been among the most vocal, calling her punishment "terrible" and "straight up wrong."  Also: Texas AG Ken Paxton [blasted District Judge Eric Moyé as being "out of touch"]( for jailing Shelley Luther.   And: [A progressive group]( endorsed Royce West for U.S. Senate, while Pete Buttigieg backed MJ Hegar.  BUSINESS [American Airlines is parking another line of jets with a dismal forecast for travel demand]( Airlines is parking its remaining Airbus A330-200 aircraft for the next two years, [showing just how bad the industry’s international travel forecast is through 2021](. More than half of American’s 900-plane fleet is already grounded as travel demand has dropped to less than 10% of historic levels. Thousands of flights have been canceled, too.  Also: Dating giant Match Group has seen a boost to dating app use [as pandemic isolation drags on for singles](.   And: [Uber]( is cutting 3,700 jobs and closing driver centers in the first round of cost-saving moves.  ADVERTISEMENT (Ryan Michalesko/Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Staff from Baylor University Medical Center watch as the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels fly over downtown Dallas as part of their "America Strong" tour today. The event was part of a national tribute to medical professionals, first responders and other front-line workers risking their lives during the coronavirus pandemic. Story: [Click here]( Video: [Click here]( EDITORS' PICKS - Courts: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals [denied a death row inmate’s hypnosis appeal](. - Coronavirus: [Dallas County]( reported two more coronavirus deaths, and Tarrant County reported five deaths. - Real estate: [A $1 billion residential community]( is opening its first phase in Celina. ADVERTISEMENT FINALLY... [A food system ‘awakening’? How the pandemic could change the way we eat]( Fears of a national food shortage have circulated since the coronavirus secured a foothold in the U.S. and sparked initial panic shopping, which emptied grocery stores shelves. And now, with a growing number of industrial meat processing plants shuttering as workers become infected, and grocery stores limiting meat purchases, those fears have resurfaced. Experts say, though, that the threat is not a national food shortage but rather a [fundamental breakdown of the intricate supply chain system that gets food onto people’s tables](. 👋 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](