Frisco Realtor Ryan Admits Guilt For Taking Part In Capitol Riot

Good morning, Dallas! It's Friday, Aug. 20.

Your Headlines: Frisco real estate broker Jenna Ryan was so happy to storm the Capitol Jan. 6, she live-streamed herself doing it. Now she's become the first North Texan to plead guilty to charges related to the riot.

What will Republicans do to try to lure the missing Democrats back so they can pass Gov. Greg Abbott's special session agenda? It's starting to look a bit like a cartoon battle.

And finally, ICU beds are filling up again with patients suffering from COVID-19. See how the state stacks up.

Now today's weather: Humid and partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 94, low: 76.

Here are the top stories today in Dallas:

1. The mother of a Dallas man shot by state troopers 16 times has filed a civil suit. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)
2. Dallas city officials now say they miscalculated the severity of lost police evidence. (The Dallas Morning News)
3. Dallas doctors are offering their expertise on the COVID-19 variants, boosters and mask mandates. (The Dallas Morning News)
4. The Dallas ISD is bringing back virtual learning as an option for kids under 12. (FOX 4 Dallas)
5. This Dallas playground piece will rival the Heights Park rocket ship (RIP) in coolness. (D Magazine)

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Today in Dallas

• FHS Varsity Volleyball — Richardson Berkner Tournament (Noon).
• Choir Sound Off in HHS Choir Room and Courtyard (3-6 p.m.) (Noon).
• New Student Orientation (Dallas) — Southern Methodist University (Noon).
• Football Scrimmages — CHISD Athletics (Noon).
• MIS/HPMS Band — Swim Party - McCulloch Intermediate School / Highland Park Middle School (Noon).

Dallas Patch Notebook

• Dallas Cowboys: "Cover Status #DallasCowboys." (Instagram)
• Dallas Mavericks: "Throwback to our All-Star showin’ out in ATL #MFFL." (Instagram)
• Dallas Museum of Art: "Happy birthday to French Impressionist painter Gustave Caillebotte, who was born #onthisday in 1848! Perhaps best known for his scenes of urban Paris, Caillebotte was first and foremost a landscape painter." (Instagram)
• The University of Texas at Dallas: "Classes resume on Monday! Here are information and resources designed to help prepare Comets for the new academic year." (Facebook)
• City of Dallas - City Hall: "The City of Dallas will conduct a road diet demonstration along West Jefferson Boulevard between North Hampton Road and South Polk Street. Here are some of the benefits of a road diet." (Facebook)

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— Kevin Phinney

About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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