Family of fentanyl victim shares their story, SMU gets ACC invite, man wins his third trial

Also, finding the facts about Biden and beer restrictions [EVENING ROUNDUP]( Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision. Hello, DMN readers! This is Todd Davis with tonight's newsletter. As we turn the page on the calendar, let's turn to Sarah Blaskovich and our food team for some food for thought, specifically [the Hot List of restaurants]( you should visit in Dallas-Fort Worth this September. Thanks as always for your support and stay safe! More news comes to your inbox Sunday morning.   [Ryan and Stephanie Vaughn sit with their daughter Summer.]( Ryan and Stephanie Vaughn, both 47, try to give their 14-year-old daughter Summer as normal a childhood as possible. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) ‘What if our story saves just one kid?’ Inside one family’s fight for fentanyl awareness]( After the ambulance and the hospital and the empty drive home, Stephanie Vaughn grabbed her daughter’s faded black hoodie and pulled it over her head. She’d always hated the thing. She’d tried to get Sienna to throw it out, but now she couldn’t let go. She and her husband, Ryan, walked up the stairs to Sienna’s bedroom, collapsed on her unmade bed and cried in each other’s arms until the sun came up. Earlier that evening, [they had kissed their daughter goodbye in a cold hospital room](. [READ MORE]( Related: - [Fentanyl in North Texas: A deadly fake]( - [North Texas Overdose Awareness Day balances prevention, remembrance amid fentanyl crisis]( - [Receive our ‘Deadly Fake’ series covering fentanyl’s deadly grip on North Texas](   ADVERTISEMENT   TOP STORIES [Dallas jury finds man not guilty at his third capital murder trial in the same slaying]( A Dallas County jury found a man not guilty of capital murder Friday after his two previous trials in the case [...] [SMU joins ACC with Stanford, Cal, ending Mustangs’ long wait for power conference bid]( In joining the Atlantic Coast Conference, SMU has finally achieved Power 5 status. 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