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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-09-13 Euless Articles Dallas-based logistics firm opens new shipping campus By Steve Brown 9:07 AM on Aug 25, 2022 A global logistics firm has opened a new campus southwest of DFW International Airport. Omni Logistics’ three-building business park in Euless near State Highway 121 has almost 367,000 square feet of space and is the latest expansion for the growing warehousing and transportation firm. “We want to ensure that our customers have access to the facilities and specialized services they need,” Omni Logistics CEO JJ Schickel said in a statement. “This new facility will empower our customers to be prepared for peak season and any supply chain disruptions that may arise.” Omni Logistics’ new campus will be used for product fulfillment, storage and packaging. Founded in 2000, Omni Logistics has more than 4,500 employees in 100 offices in over 20 countries. The company serves about 7,000 customers with freight handling and supply chain services, and it has been ranked as one of the fastest-growing logistics providers in the U.S. Omni Logistics opened its 52,000-square-foot headquarters in the Cypress Waters development at LBJ Freeway and Belt Line Road earlier this year. About 85 corporate employees work in the office. Demand increases for Catholic Charities’ transportation services. How to get a cheap ride BY JESS HARDIN AUGUST 25, 2022 5:00 AM Behind Trinity Metro, Catholic Charities Fort Worth is the second-largest provider of transportation services in Tarrant County, and demand for the charity’s programs are on the rise. Catholic Charities’ transportation services primarily serve low-income residents, people with disabilities and people 65 and older. Thanks to rising fuel costs, the programs have increased in popularity. In the spring of 2021, the program conducted about 3,800 rides. This spring, more than 5,000 trips were requested, an increase of more than 30%. Catholic Charities conducts about 235 trips a day and expects to complete 55,000 trips this year. Clients can call the service 48 hours in advance to book their trips and ensure they qualify. The program also allows clients to book recurring trips “if they go regularly to dialysis or to work,” said Matt Jacobs, director of the transportation program. The cost ranges from $2.50 to $3.25 per ride. Of the total trips made, 44% are for medical care, 38% are for employment or school, and 18% are for recreation or social visits. “It’s great for us to be able to provide this service to the residents of the county to ensure seniors maintain their independence,” said Jacobs. He expects numbers to ramp up even more heading into the fall as students need rides to classes. Catholic Charities’ transportation programming also helps low-income and transportation- disadvantaged people get to work or work-related activities throughout Hurst, Euless and Bedford. “It’s a great opportunity to help people as they’re getting back on their feet or have a broken down car,” said Jacobs. The charity’s transportation service is available on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Azle, Lake Worth, Saginaw, Benbrook, Sansom Park, Westworth Village, Crowley, Everman, Forest Hill, Grapevine, Haltom City, Keller, Bedford, North Richland Hills, Arlington, Mansfield, Kennedale, Hurst, Euless, Bedford and Alliance areas. To help offset rising fuel costs, Catholic Charities launched a Fuel the Future campaign, which allows donors to help pay for essential trips the organization provides. To donate, text FUEL to 243725. Tarrant County residents can request a ride by calling 817-336-8714 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. People Are Moving To This Texas City More Than Any Other By Dani Medina August 31, 2022 People keep moving to Texas. Why!!!! A new study from Move Buddha shows that the Lone Star State's population grew by 4 million from 2010-2020 — that's more than any other state. Most people are moving from California (24%), the study revealed. Furthermore, Fort Worth is the fastest-growing metro area in the past decade, followed by Austin and San Antonio. But where are people moving to the most? The moving site analyzed what cities attract higher proportions of searches for inbound moves than out in the first half of 2022 (January 1 to July 5). The most popular Texas city people are moving to is Prosper. Here's a look at the top 10 cities newbies are moving to this year: 1. Prosper 2. Winters 3. McAllen 4. Leander 5. Euless 6. Roanoke 7. Forney 8. Tomball 9. Montgomery 10. New Braunfels Last year, the most popular city to move to was Leander, followed by Fort Worth, McKinney and Sugar Land. New York investor grabs new business park near DFW Airport By Steve Brown 10:01 AM on Sep 1, 2022 A New York investor has snapped up a new business park near DFW International Airport. The Urban District 183 industrial campus is located on Industrial Boulevard in Euless, southwest of the Airport. The 3-building project has 366,777 square feet and was started last year by developer Urban Logistics Realty. The business park was acquired by a unit of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Advisors. “We could not be more excited about the successful completion and sale of Urban District 183,” Urban Logistic Realty’s Drew Feagin said in a statement. “This project was 100% preleased at the time of delivery, which is a testament to the infill and irreplaceable location that we repeatedly aim to invest in.” Jones Lang LaSalle marketed the property for sale. JLL’s Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Dom Espinosa, Wells Waller and Robby Westerfield brokered the sale. Developer Urban Logistic Realty is a Dallas-based property firm with more than 3 million square feet of projects in the pipeline valued at more than $400 million. Urban Logistic Realty also built the 1 million square foot Urban District 30 business park in Mesquite. The first phase of that development was purchased by New York-based investor KKR. Dallas-Fort Worth leads the country in industrial building sales with $4 billion in purchases in the first half of 2022. Euless Trinity High student said he was going to blow up school, police say EULESS, Texas - Several North Texas schools and districts on Thursday either had to go on lockdown or lockout due to threats either to schools or outside of them. That included an evacuation of Euless Trinity High School, where a student there made what sounded like a verbal threat. As a result, a bomb squad came out to do a full sweep of the campus. A student overheard the conversation between two students and told the school resource officer. The school was evacuated, with 2,600 students and staff gathering on the football field. Euless police said they detained three students involved and questioned them while the building was searched for a potential bomb in a backpack. Police and a bomb squad worked to sweep the campus. A student told police he was upset at a teacher when he made the comments. An investigation is underway into the comments, and charges could be filed. Police revealed more about what the responsible student heard and how they reacted. "Overheard a conversation this student had made. I don’t want to quote exactly what he said, but something in the nature of that he wanted to blow the school up. A student took that information to a teacher," Euless PD Sgt. Scott Peterson said. "The threat was there was a bomb somewhere in the school in a backpack. We were able to locate the subject that was involved in that threat. He was interviewed by investigators, and they determined the information of the threat was just because he was upset at a teacher." Like many of her classmates, sophomore Dayna Lama texted her mom, Siosi Lama, about what was happening. "It was really confusing cause like everybody just got out of the pep rally and was rushing down cause we didn’t know what was happening," she recalled. "I texted back, ‘Whatever happened, you have to hide,’" Siosi said. Several parents rushed to campus to find helicopters in the air and police surrounding the campus. "I think we were freaking out. We didn't know what kind of threat it was. Was there a gunman on campus?" said parent Catherine Zavala. Parents were texting with their students on the field. "He said, ‘What’s going on?’ Because I guess they didn’t really let them know. I let them know what’s going on," Zavala recalled. "My niece, she’s in band. She’s a sophomore. This is her first year at Trinity, so it’s even more of a scarier thing." Police and the bomb squad swept the campus but found no explosives or weapons. Students returned to classes for the afternoon. Some of them were still shaken. One person was taken away in an ambulance who needed assistance during the evacuation. "It’s kind of scary," Dayna said. "Sometimes, I have to like make mental notes of where to go in case something happens." ‘All Clear' at Euless Trinity HS After Evacuation, Threat Reported on Campus By Frank Heinz and Lili Zheng • Published September 1, 2022 • Updated on September 1, 2022 at 5:52 pm Students at Euless Trinity High School have been given the all -clear to return to class after a threat reported Thursday morning prompted a school-wide evacuation. The district tweeted Thursday morning that Euless police are investigating the threat and that all students were safe and had been evacuated to the football field. Sgt. Scott Peterson with the Euless Police Department said a male student, who was upset with a teacher, was overheard having a conversation about "wanting to blow up the s chool." The conversation was reported to staff and a school resource officer reported the potential threat to Euless police, Peterson said. "Obviously, you could see what happens when someone makes that kind of threat, how serious we take them," Peterson said. Once authorities arrived on campus, Peterson said they were alerted about the threat of “a bomb somewhere in the school in a backpack.” Authorities were able to contact the male student involved in the conversation. In a tweet, Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD said "suspects" had been detained by police and were interviewed by police. "You had one student telling another student and it was overheard by a third student. At that time, we wanted to make sure we had all subjects involved in that conversation. So, that’s why you might have heard there might have been two or three subjects, we haven’t called them suspects that we wanted to talk to," Peterson clarified. The school, meanwhile, was searched. HEB ISD asked parents to come to the campus to pick up students, but several rushed to the school wanting information. "My son’s a senior, and we had made it this long. So, it was scary. I was dreading it, but I knew there was a potential that it could happen. Here we are," said Velinda Rubio, the mother of a Euless Trinity senior. "It was something I was really hoping wouldn’t happen, but I probably expected it. Like, how could I be exempt?" Shyla Sakurai-Rilveria is the older sister of a Euless Trinity sophomore. "She called me and let me know what was going on. I came down here, and she’s saying that nobody is able to leave. The parents are not able to get their kids," Sakurai- Rilveria said. "I have two younger kids that go to school right down the road from here. For it to be so close, it hits my heart, you know?" The enrollment at the high school is about 2,600 and no students have been injured or harmed. The district said an ambulance was calle d for a person who needed assistance during the evacuation but that the call did not have any connection to the threat investigation. The Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD said there was an unrelated event at Viridian Elementary school in Arlington where a SWAT team was in the area on a police matter. Arlington police have stationed a police officer with a drone in front of the school. HEB's Viridian Elementary was under secure/lockout and no one is allowed in or out. That incident was reported to be resolved shortly before noon and police have left the area. More information was not immediately available. Euless Trinity High School given all clear after 16-year-old arrested for bomb threat Author: WFAA Staff, Scoop Jefferson Published: 11:30 AM CDT September 1, 2022 Updated: 6:11 PM CDT September 1, 2022 EULESS, Texas — Trinity High School in Euless was evacuated as police investigated a threat Thursday morning, officials said. A 16-year-old student was arrested in connection to the incident, Euless police said. Trinity students were evacuated to the school's football field, and police were still searching the campus around noon as they investigated the threat. Around 11 a.m., the school posted on its Facebook page that police were "investigating a potential threat against Trinity HS." "At this time, we are not asking parents to come to the campus to pick up students," the school posted. But that didn't stop parents, like Tamika Jiles-Berry, who feared the worst. When she arrived, police informed her that everything was under control. Jiles-Berry told WFAA that she was working from home when she received a call from her daughter. "She said, they've evacuated the school. I don't know what's going on but, you know, some kids are panicking," said Jiles-Berry. According to Euless police, a school resource officer called the department after students reported overhearing a classmate making threatening comments during a pep rally. "We had a couple of students that stated that they had grenades in backpac ks, and they were going to blow the school up," said Euless Police Department Sgt. Scott Peterson. Euless police officers, along with Bedford police, the FBI along and bomb squad officers, all responded to the school to investigate. Euless PD said a 16-year-old was identified in making the threat over being angry with a teacher. The student's backpack was searched and no explosives were found, said Sgt. Peterson. Shortly after, the school was given the all clear. Also, there were no students injured during the evacuation, according to the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. Catherine Zavala told WFAA she was asked by her sister to check on her niece and nephew following the incident. She said there were a lot of rumors and false information swirling on social media. When she arrived, all she wanted to do was hug the children. "My nephew, he's already tired, wants to go home. I'm like it's lunchtime. They've been in there for a few hours now. My niece was concerned about the football game," said Zavala. After the Uvalde tragedy, Sgt. Peterson understand parents and caregivers' fears and that they don't take school threats lightly. "We have got to take those seriously. We're going to do that every time," said Peterson. A sophomore, 15-year-old Neveah Sampson, shared with WFAA that some of her classmates didn't learn about the student's threats until the evacuation was over. She said she feels relatively safe at school and hopes things will get back to normal. Peterson encourages parents in every school district to have conversations with their children to make sure they understand that even idle threats will be investigated regardless if they are in conversation, texts or on social media. He also hopes parents will help children to feel comfortable about reporting such behavior to them or a responsible adult. Peterson shared that the investigation involving the 16-year-old that was taken into custody is still ongoing, and said the student could face several charges. In an unrelated incident - but also in the HEB Independent School District - Viridian Elementary School was placed on a lockout due to a nearby SWAT incident in the area. Arlington police sent an officer to the school while the lockout was underway. Earlier this week a student was arrested at Frisco High School after an online threat against the school. Arlington Lamar High School earlier this school year also had to up security after a reported threat. The threats did not come to fruition. Euless Trinity High School evacuated after potential bomb threat; student detained BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. UPDATED SEPTEMBER 01, 2022 2:34 PM Euless police detained a student Thursday after he made a bomb threat at Trinity High School. Officials evacuated the students to a football field while they investigated the threat. No students were harmed. Members of a bomb squad were at the campus going through the area, said Euless police Sgt. Scott Peterson on Thursday. Euless police said the student told them he was upset with a teacher and made a wrong comment. This story was originally published September 1, 2022 12:15 PM. Trinity High School students return to class following potential threat, district says BY RAEGAN SCHARFETTER UPDATED ON: SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 / 1:06 PM / CBS DFW EULESS, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - Trinity High School students have returned to class following a potential threat Thursday, HEB ISD district officials announced. The school was evacuated mid-day while Euless police investigated. Amid rumors there was a shooting at a pep rally, a district official confirmed no shooting took place. However, police took two students for questioning in regards to the threat. No one was injured in the incident and the only issue reported was a panic attack. Euless Crash Sends 10 to Hospitals, Including 6 Children Who Weren't in Seat Belts: Police By NBCDFW Staff • Published September 7, 2022 • Updated on September 7, 2022 at 7:49 pm Six children weren't wearing seat belts before they were injured in a crash Wednesday evening in Euless, police say. Ten people in total were sent to hospitals following the two-vehicle collision shortly after 5 p.m. on the 2100 block of West Euless Boulevard at West Pipeline Road, police said. According to a police statement, a Nissan Versa with two adults and six children turned in front of a Toyota Sienna with two people inside. The Sienna minivan struck the Versa, flipping the Nissan onto its side. Police said the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Further details were not immediately available. Police say the driver of the Nissan may face charges in connection with the crash and for the children not being seatbelted.