With 8 million residents, D-FW is largest Texas metro, Texas Demographic Center estimates

Also, homelessness rising in McKinney, Beltre on Hall of Fame ballot, stores open on turkey day [EVENING ROUNDUP]( Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision. Good evening, North Texas. I'm Carla Solórzano and I've curated this newsletter with help from Maggie Doheny. This afternoon Dallas police Chief Eddie García presented body-camera footage showing the moments an officer and suspect were shot during [an exchange of gunfire at a far northeast Dallas apartment](. Reporter Kelli Smith has all of the latest updates. See you in your inbox tomorrow morning.   [Uptown resident and Notre Dame School of Dallas volunteer Jeanie Essl shows students how to look for cracks in eggs during an off-campus trip to a grocery store.]( Uptown resident and Notre Dame School of Dallas volunteer Jeanie Essl shows students how to look for cracks in eggs during an off-campus trip Nov. 14. The grocery store excursion is part of the Community Based Instruction program, which helps students learn to navigate the world outside home and school. (Tom Fox/Staff Photographer) Hidden amid Uptown Dallas’ hubbub, a special volunteer helps an even more special neighbor]( Columnist Sharon Grigsby writes: Twice a week for 15 years, Jeanie Essl has shared her quiet talent with some very special neighbors in Uptown. Jeanie discovered the Notre Dame School of Dallas during a morning walk shortly after she and her husband moved into a nearby townhouse. Buzzing with students with developmental disabilities — many of them born with Down syndrome — this campus operates in a parallel reality from the city that grew up around it. Young people who once couldn’t walk out of the building without a meltdown now know how to get into a van and put on a seatbelt. Kids who would sit down in the midst of an activity and refuse to get up now participate in grocery store scavenger hunts. Teens who would not make eye contact now shake a newcomer’s hand when introduced and try hard to say their own names. This kind of slow growth requires a patient heart and a keen eye to recognize progress. Many folks wouldn’t have the grit to return after a first volunteer shift, but Jeanie relishes the opportunity. To her, [it’s the neighborly thing to do](. 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