SMU copes without coaches, Cowboys sit another one out, Kemp ISD responds to allegations: Your Monday morning roundup

Hundreds in Southern Dallas register for COVID-19 vaccinations  [Morning roundup]( 01/25/2021 By Todd Davis Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞 Weather: This looks a little better. High near 70 degrees, a low of 40. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( ADVERTISEMENT [Dallas County adds 1,174 coronavirus cases as death toll passes 2,000; Tarrant reports 36 fatalities]( [Paige Flink, passionate icon of The Family Place, says it’s time to step down]( [Hundreds line up at southern Dallas pop-up site to register for COVID-19 vaccine]( [Do North Texans have to prove they have underlying health conditions to get the COVID-19 vaccine?]( [These Dallas-Fort Worth providers are among Texas’ 77 vaccination hubs]( [Arlington-born Mickey Guyton earns three top honors in Country Music Critics’ Poll]( [25 years after the Cowboys’ last NFC Championship Game appearance, it’s official: Dallas is a postseason afterthought]( [Kemp ISD denies state findings of bribery, intimidation, racism]( [No coaches, no problem: An inside look at how SMU dealt with COVID-19 issues with its coaching staff]( [Dallas Summer Musicals announces ‘new’ season, banking on vaccines, crowd-pleasers to bring back patrons]( Frank Schuster patrolled his farm land along the border of the United States and Mexico in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley on April 29, 2019. (File Photo/Staff) POLITICS [Trump’s wall may soon be forgotten to many, but it is not gone]( Becky Schuster Jones drove to the land she grew up on, ripe with childhood memories, on this striking South Texas border. She stared at the looming wall stretching across the family farm. [Their land is sliced in two by the border wall]( — an 18- to 30-foot-tall barrier that casts a shadow on the estimated 700 acres that her father, Frank Schuster Sr., passed on to her and brother Frank John. Hundreds of acres are on the southern side. "Trump rearranged the borderline and that’s the most un-American thing, because we’re essentially ceding hundreds of acres of land," said Becky. "Trump did something Gen. Santa Anna was unable to do — establish the borderline north of the Rio Grande." TEXT THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS Want to continue the conversation? Text us and get headlines like this sent directly to your phone. 📱 Get connected. [Sign up here.]( ❓ Got questions? [We've got answers.]( *The Roundup is free to receive. Standard text messaging and data rates may apply. 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 [the newsroom.](  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](