Aunt arrested in toddler's death, AT&T's downtown district: Your Thursday evening roundup

The aunt who had custody of an 18-month-old boy whose body was found in a landfill last week has been arrested, Dallas County Jail records show. Chrystal Jackson, 27, was booked Thursday morning into Dallas County Jail, accused of child endangerment.  [Evening roundup]( 07/18/2019 By Chelsea Watkins and Nataly Keomoungkhoun Good Evening! Here is a look at the top headlines of the day. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [here.]( Investigators search for the body of 18-month-old Cedrick Jackson on Thursday afternoon, July 11, 2019 at the C.M. Hinton Jr. Regional Landfill and Wood Recycling Facility. The toddler's aunt has been arrested for child endangerment. (NBC5/Video frame grab) CRIME [Aunt arrested after 18-month-old boy in her custody was found dead in landfill]( The aunt who had custody of an 18-month-old boy whose body was found in a landfill last week has been arrested, Dallas County Jail records show. Chrystal Jackson, 27, was booked Thursday morning into Dallas County Jail, [accused of child endangerment.]( Her bail was set at $35,000. Cedrick Jackson's body was found July 11 in a landfill near the border of Garland and Rowlett. Jackson's boyfriend, Sedrick Johnson, was arrested shortly after the discovery and is charged with injury to a child causing serious bodily injury. Fatal shooting: A suspect in an 'active shooter situation' in Fort Worth [was fatally shot after firing at officers]( police say. Suspect search: [Dallas police are searching for a suspect who shot a man]( after an argument at a convenience store in Red Bird. ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [AT&T's downtown Dallas district will draw thousands with entertainment, eats and digital displays]( Downtown workers and residents have watched construction crews transform the area around AT&T's headquarters for more than a year. With the project more than half complete, AT&T is giving more details about the development that promises to create downtown Dallas' most elaborate new public venue. [The area will start opening late this year.]( At the heart of AT&T's new downtown district will be an open plaza with a seven-story-tall media wall, retail and restaurants, performance areas, trees, fountains and a one-of-a-kind giant sculpture. In all, 65,000 square feet of retail space will be added.   Aviation: [Southwest extends its Boeing 737 Max cancellations into November]( as it postpones pilot hiring.   The toys are back in town: The Toys R Us comeback took its first step with two smaller stores, [including one in Texas](.  POLITICS [Keep enforcing marijuana laws, Abbott, Patrick, Bonnen, Paxton tell prosecutors amid hemp-law confusion]( State GOP leaders have told local prosecutors not to abandon prosecution of marijuana-possession cases because of recently passed legislation legalizing hemp. In a joint letter to district and county attorneys, Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Attorney General Ken Paxton emphasized Thursday that "marijuana has not been decriminalized in Texas." [Prosecutors should not toss low-level marijuana cases, they said.]( In fact, the new hemp legislation gives law enforcement a new tool in pressing cases for marijuana possession, the leaders said. The Republican "Big 3" plus Paxton said new entrants in the laboratory-testing market will drive down the costs of testing for concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that produces a high.  Elections 2020: [Sen. John]( draws another challenger]( as Houston councilwoman Amanda Edwards joins the Democrats' Senate race.   Immigration: Texas child advocate groups on Thursday sent state officials a letter [calling for the humane treatment of migrants.](   ADVERTISEMENT (Ashley Landis/Staff Photographer) PHOTO OF THE DAY Alone on stage for an hour, [Barrett Nash says nearly nothing.]( Instead, Nash's unnamed character in the play Small Hours moves around her cramped living room neurotically performing household tasks until she generates enough noise to cover the sound of a crying baby in the next room. The play is one of four short works that launched the 21st annual Festival of Independent Theatres last weekend at the Bath House Cultural Center. Repeat performances and four other pieces are sprinkled throughout FIT, [which runs until Aug. 3.]( EDITORS' PICKS - Closing time: Twisted Root Burger Co. [has closed a location in Dallas](. - Editorial: [Is today's America too divided to achieve great things?]( - Watchdog: [Google is not your friend,]( and with its Chrome browser and Maps, it could be your enemy. FINALLY... [At Las Palmas, two brothers from a Dallas restaurant family aim to create a Tex-Mex classic of their own]( Restaurant critic Michalene Busico writes: The cocktail menu at Las Palmas, an ambitious new Tex-Mex restaurant in Uptown, lists 15 tempting drinks, from the trendy Tepache, made with fermented pineapple and rum, to a seasonal Pimm's Cup and the moody Future Classic, with smoky mezcal and a slivered round of charred jalapeño, which the bartender torches right in front of you. When you're talking about Tex-Mex, even the cocktails are a kind of comfort food. Fajitas, queso, crispy tacos and combination plates: The Tex-Mex love runs deep here in Dallas, and everyone has a favorite spot, a place that stirs affection and nostalgia even if the fajitas are a little dry and the margaritas have a certain chemical tang. In the middle of it all, brothers Sina and Pasha Heidari opened Las Palmas in May, aiming to combine both of the Tex-Mex threads: [a restaurant that stirs those nostalgic emotions while also moving the needle on the cuisine.]( 👋 That's all for this afternoon! 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 [newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com](mailto:newsletter-feedback@dallasnews.com?subject=). 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