I-635 Lane Closures + Lakewood Boy Almost Kidnapped + 2 Shot

Good morning, Dallas! My name is Nicole Fallon-Peek, your new source of the Pawtucket Daily. Currently, Patch does not have a local curator for Dallas, but in the interim, we still want to make sure you are up-to-date on all of your local happenings, so I am here to fill in!

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First, today's weather:

Humid and mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 85 Low: 61.

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Here are the top stories in Dallas today:

1. Multiple highway road closures could impact commutes this week in Dallas, Mesquite, and Garland. The Texas Department of Transportation announced several daytime lane closures (9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday and Sunday) along city streets and frontage roads connected to I-635. There will also be some overnight highway lane closures, some beginning as early as 8 p.m. and ending as late as 8 a.m. the next day. (The Dallas Morning News)
2. Residents of the Lakewood neighborhood of Dallas are on high alert after a 9-year-old boy was almost kidnapped on Sept. 17. Footage from a Ring doorbell at a home on La Vista showed a white, four-door sedan slowly driving through the neighborhood. The driver of the vehicle, described as a Black man of average height, a thick, muscular build, and around 50 years of age, approached the nearly-kidnapped boy on foot on the 6900 block of Lakeshore. The child ran away and was not injured, but the family has alerted the Lakewood Neighborhood Association. (CBS Dallas / Fort Worth)
3. Dallas Police say a 41-year-old woman was killed and another woman was injured around 1:00 a.m. on Monday after a man shot them both following a verbal dispute near the Williams Chicken on the 2800 block of East Ledbetter Drive. (WFAA.com)
4. Thousands of jobs are up for grabs in Dallas-Fort Worth, with North Texas companies actively competing to attract workers. (Free: Flipboard; Subscription: The Dallas Morning News)
5. A "Friends"-themed pop-up bar will temporarily take over the Shops at Willow Bend starting in November, bringing fans of the hit sitcom a taste of the fictional Central Perk. (Eater Dallas)

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— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.