A crash involving two 18-wheelers closed I-30 at East Loop 820 for 8 hours on Tuesday. The crash was reported just after 6 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-30 between East Loop 820 and Cooks Lane. By 7 a.
Traffic was forced off on East Loop 820 while I-30 eastbound was completely shut down. There was at least an hour delay for drivers traveling from Fort Worth to Arlington and Dallas. As of 12 p.m. Tuesday, I-30 remained closed.
Rain chances will begin late Tuesday, Jan. 28, and increase overnight into Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Ahead of that, Tuesday will be cloudy with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has carried out raids across the United States, including several cities in Texas.
Joel Burns is no stranger to conflict surrounding LGBTQ rights in Fort Worth. The first and only openly gay person to have served on Fort Worth City Council, he advocated for several initiatives and ordinance changes to further LGBTQ rights across the city.
The growth is fueling higher rents and home prices in the North Texas city that was once seen as a more affordable option to Dallas and other major cities.
Immigration operations were taking place all over the country less than a week after President Trump was sworn in.
The posts come after President Donald Trump issued a directive allowing immigration officers to operate in schools and churches.
The arrests primarily took place in Dallas, Irving, Arlington, Fort Worth, Garland and Collin County. Federal agents detained 84 people of “varying degrees of criminality,” according to Dexter Henson, the ICE spokesperson.
As part of a nationwide crackdown against immigrants who may be in the U.S. without legal status, agents took to several Texas cities Sunday.
A North Texas substitute teacher allegedly posted anti-immigrant sentiment requesting that ICE show up at a Fort Worth ISD high school.
ICE agents arrested nearly 90 illegal immigrants in North Texas on Sunday. And there are signs this is just the beginning.