Cowboys’ Dak Prescott may require season-ending surgery on injured hamstring ... and more news

The Dallas Morning News

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has a partial avulsion of his right hamstring tendon. Team officials are trying to determine if Prescott needs surgery for the portion of the tendon that has torn from the bone or if it can heal on its own. The Cowboys are hopeful that pass rusher Micah Parsons and cornerback DaRon Bland can return to the field for this week’s game against Philadelphia; In other news, in a controversial city charter election, McKinney voters decided against allowing City Council members to run for a third term and getting a pay raise. The decision means Mayor George Fuller will not be eligible to run for a third term in May. In a 5-4 opinion, Texas' Supreme Court ruled Texas Seven prison escapee Randy Halprin will get a new trial in Dallas County because the judge at his 2003 capital murder trial harbored antisemitic views. And Dallas City Hall and Dallas County officials have joined together to support a pilot program that aims to transform urban agriculture. The effort, known as the Growers Education and Workforce Development program, will work to educate and prepare aspiring growers, farmworkers and producers for careers in agribusiness.

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