Cowboys and Rangers trade notable players, what's next for Trevor Rees-Jones, St. Patrick's Day parade: Your weekend roundup

Also, area teams vie for state boys basketball titles ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  [Morning roundup]( [NEWS]( | [BUSINESS]( | [SPORTS]( | [HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS]( | [ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT]( | [FOOD]( |[STATE OF THE CITY]( | [THINGS TO DO]( | [OPINION]( | [GAMES AND PUZZLES]( 03/13/2022 By Todd Davis Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines of the weekend so far. 🌞 Weather: Sunday starts a trend of wonderful weather in North Texas with a high in the upper 60s and a low tonight of 50. The forecast shows highs in the 70s and lows in the 40s and 50s into next weekend with minimal precipatation chances. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) celebrates his game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter with injured quarterback Dak Prescott at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Oct. 31, 2021. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) SPORTS [Cowboys trade Amari Cooper to Browns, open up $16 million in 2022 cap space]( Amari Cooper immediately revitalized the Cowboys’ anemic passing attack upon his arrival. Now, it’s time to see what this group can do without him going forward. Rather than pay his $20 million salary this season, a source confirmed to The Dallas Morning News on Saturday that [the Cowboys traded Cooper]( to the Cleveland Browns. That figure became fully guaranteed if he was still on the Dallas roster the fifth day of the league year, which is March 21. Trading him now opens up $16 million in cap space for a team that has a lot of heavy lifting to do on both sides of the ball.  Also: Less than 24 hours after manager Chris Woodward said that [Isiah Kiner-Falefa]( was the Rangers’ starting third baseman, the club traded the player to Minnesota.   And: [The Aggies]( dominated the Hogs and advance to the SEC tournament final.  Boys basketball state finals: [Duncanville tops McKinney]( | [Madison wins nail-biter]( | [Timberview is runner-up]( | [Faith Family takes title](  [Test your knowledge of this week’s top headlines and you’ll be entered for the chance to win $100.]( [Question 1 of 5]( [President Joe Biden ordered a ban on oil and gas imports from Russia this week before visiting what city in Texas?]( - [Allen]( - [Dallas]( - [Fort Worth]( - [Garland]( [Start the quiz by choosing your answer.]( ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [Trevor Rees-Jones isn’t saying goodbye to the oil business]( Trevor Rees-Jones just became Big Richer. The 70-year-old fracking pioneer struck it Big Rich the first time when his Chief Oil & Gas completed seven deals in seven years in the Barnett shale of North Texas and Marcellus shale of northeast Pennsylvania that were worth $7 billion. On Tuesday, [Rees-Jones tapped another mother lode]( when Chesapeake Energy Corp. completed its $2.65 billion cash-and-stock purchase of Chief’s premium producing wells that it had stockpiled in the prolific Marcellus shale. Rees-Jones got an early start Thursday morning playing Santa Claus by passing out bonus checks to every employee at company headquarters. That afternoon, he flew to Pennsylvania to do the same thing there.  Also: North Texas Black and Korean American business leaders commit to [building stronger ties](.   And: Trammell Crow Residential plans to build more than 500 apartments at Coit Road and Eldorado Parkway on what was part of the [Brinkmann Ranch](.  ADVERTISEMENT (Rebecca Slezak / Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE WEEKEND [‘My new favorite holiday’: St. Patrick’s Day parade returns to Dallas after 2-year hiatus]( After a two-year hiatus, [the largest St. Patrick’s Day parade]( in the Southwest returned to Dallas on Saturday, complete with beer, beads and basketball stars. About 75,000 people sporting shades of green lined a 2-mile stretch of Greenville Avenue as the 41st annual parade began near East Northwest Highway about 11 a.m. AROUND THE SITE - Courts: Texas judge halts child abuse investigations into [transgender youth](. - Editorial: Fort Worth wants suggestions to name new bridges. [We have some](. - Arts and Entertainment: [Bob Dylan’s Irving concert]( doesn’t disappoint his biggest fan, Mike Rhyner. FINALLY... [As Texas restricts abortion, the ‘Trust Her’ team gives contraception access to more women and teens]( Columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: The women behind the Trust Her initiative — invisible even to those whose lives they have changed — are modeling an audacious new approach to contraception in Dallas County. They work to ensure that every woman has same-day access to all methods of contraception, regardless of her ability to pay, and provide all with the same level of care and compassion, regardless of their circumstances. [It’s a reproductive-justice strategy]( that puts women in the driver’s seat of their own lives and bends the curve on devastating realities that define too many North Texas families — child poverty and teenagers’ repeat pregnancies. ADVERTISEMENT  👋 That's all for this morning! 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