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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-09-27 Euless Articles DFW Airport wants to put the brakes on peer-to- peer car rentals using parking spaces Author: Scoop Jefferson Published: 5:53 PM CDT September 20, 2022 Updated: 6:09 PM CDT September 20, 2022 FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth city council members are being asked to change the towing rules at DFW International Airport. The request comes from airport officials because of parking spots being used by people renting out their personal vehicles. The Fort Worth council reopened their work session after hearing from the airport during a closed session Tuesday afternoon. Legal Counsel for DFW Airport briefed council members in Fort Worth about their concerns with parking spaces being used for peer - to-peer car rentals. Right now, fleet owners renting their cars through apps like TURO, a national company, are basically doing business on airport grounds for free. Reyne Telles, chief communications officer for the City of Fort Worth, has been in connection with DFW communications personnel about their concerns. Telles also shared that council members in Dallas are being presented with the same concerns. “For the city of Fort Worth’s part, the proposed council action would actually give the airport the green light to begin towing cars owned by through what’s called peer-to-peer app," said Reyne Telles, "Often those vehicles are utilizing facilities that are intended for customer use and avoid paying fees and taxes.” Both Fort Worth and Dallas council members would have to agree to amend the airport towing rules. Some Fort Worth council members are concerned about how changing the rules would impact individual car owners trying to make extra money. City leaders in Fort Worth could cast a final vote on this issue at their next full council meeting. Anyone who has concerns with the amendment can sign up for public comment. Fort Worth council members welcome feedback on the issue. WFAA is awaiting a response from DFW Airport officials about their concerns and the request to amend towing rules. Green Leafroller Worms Peaking in North Texas Trees, Not a Major Worry, Experts Say Published September 23, 2022 • Updated on September 23, 2022 at 6:30 pm If you've noticed a few more worms than usual in your trees you're not alone. Many people around North Texas have been reporting a rise in "tree worms," experts say are called leafrollers. The worms end up being moths that feed on sugarberry and hackberry trees and they're thriving after recent rainfall. The good news is that experts said they're not invasive and don't do a ton of damage. "It's gonna happen for a few more weeks. Most of them have already transitioned into adults. From now on [they're] starting to decline, but we're seeing a big peak right now," said Demian Gomez, regional forest health coordinator for the Texas A&M Forest Service. Gomez said it's kind of late in the season to do anything about them now and they're really more of a nuisance since trees will lose their leaves soon anyway. Gomez added the trees should be fine by next spring when it comes to the worms, but that you'll want to keep them watered because they may have seen more stress and defoliation during the drought. Two-year-old killed in crash on Texas 121 in northeast Tarrant County; road still closed BY HARRIET RAMOS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 24, 2022 4:14 PM UPDATED SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 8:58 AM An accident that killed a 2-year-old girl and led to the arrest of a driver closed State Highway 121 northbound near Mid-Cities Boulevard on Saturday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Molly Fox, the communications director for Bedford, said a Dodge pickup truck traveling on Texas 121 northbound just north of the Cheek Sparger Road exit plowed into the the back of a silver sedan on the passenger side. A 2 -year-old girl in the sedan was killed and there may have been more injuries. Euless Fire Chief Chanc Bennett earlier said that two pediatric patients were transported to area hospitals in an unknown condition. It’s not clear if one of those patients was the child who died. Fox said the driver who hit the car, whose name has no t been released, was arrested and will be arraigned Sunday. It’s not yet known what charges the driver will face. The child who died was in a car seat, authorities said. TxDOT tweeted about the highway closure due to the crash in northeast Tarrant County shortly after 3 p.m. The road was still closed as of 5:15 p.m. and was expected to remain closed for at least two more hours. Traffic was being re-routed onto a service road. DFW Scanner reported that police and fire departments from Bedford and Euless we re on the scene of the major accident. Officials ID 2-year-old girl killed in Bedford crash; driver faces manslaughter charge BY DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 10:54 AM UPDATED SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 11:04 AM Officials have identified a driver who faces a manslaughter charge and a 2 -year-old girl who died Saturday after being injured in a wreck on Texas 121 in Bedford. The girl was Avyanna Caro, who died at a Grapevine hospital, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office website. She was pronounced dead at 3:31 p.m. Saturday from blunt force injuries. Avyanna, who was in a car seat, was a passenger in a car that was hit by a pickup truck on northbound Texas 121 just north of the Cheek Sparger Road exit. The driver of the pickup truck was arrested. On Monday, Bedford officials identified the driver as Joshua Paul Hagger, 36, of Mansfield, and said he faces a charge of manslaughter in the case. Bedford detectives determined Hagger’s pickup truck was traveling at a high rate of speed when it hit the car, fatally injuring Avyanna, and causing injuries to the sedan’s other passengers. Another child was among those injured, according to the Euless Fire Department. Hagger was in the Euless Jail on Monday, and additional charges may be added at a later date, Bedford officials said. Hagger’s bond will be set by Tarrant County magistrates once he is transferred to the Tarrant County Jail. Molly Fox, the communications director for Bedford, said that at about 2:30 p.m. Saturday the truck was traveling on Texas 121 northbound when it plowed into the the back of a silver sedan on the passenger side. The crash remains under investigation.