North Texas swelters in heat. When will it cool down? ... and more news

So far, North Texas has recorded 19 days of at least 100 degrees, nearing the typical summer, which sees roughly 20 days with 100-degree temperatures. But overall, this summer has been more mild than last year, when the region recorded 55 days of 100 degrees or more and Texans were baking bread in mailboxes and cookies in cars; In other news, when allegations of mismanagement of Fair Park First funds became public in April, the nonprofit’s leaders began to realize they lacked direct control over the money they were responsible for managing; trash pickup from alleys in Dallas will continue for the foreseeable future. Council member Kathy Stewart announced to her constituents Friday that interim City Manager Kimberly Tolbert is postponing a sanitation department initiative to phase out alley trash pickup and require residents to bring their garbage to the curb instead; And Tex-Mex restaurant Chuy’s will close its longtime Dallas home at McKinney Avenue and Knox Street and move to Greenville Avenue in East Dallas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices