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Traffic bound for the Bridge of the Americas to Juárez will be rerouted starting Monday from Interstate 10 to U.S. 54, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.  Juárez-bound commuters will be routed to U.S. 54 to access the ramp leading to the bridge better known as the  puente libre, or free bridge.  Traffic from I-10 will need to travel north on U.S. 54 and use the Pershing Drive turnaround to get on U.S. 54 southbound. TxDOT said in a news release that the change in traffic control "is in response to long backups which have delayed cross-town and even cross-country traffi...

Clergy spearheading vaccination outreach in Ansonia and Derby Eddy Martinez FacebookTwitterEmail ANSONIA — Religious leaders in Ansonia and Derby are working to help people of color get vaccinated. The push to have clergy reach out to residents comes as Ansonia gears up for a vaccine registration drive Saturday and additional vaccination sites at churches. Clergy members say they are uniquely positioned to help local governments reach out to residents who otherwise might be reluctant to get the vaccines. The Rev. Al Smith of Macedonia Baptist Church on Pershing Drive and he said he has been...

Six hours later, two of the juveniles later arrested made another unsuccessful attempt to rob a different man, who had just arrived him in the 300 block of Pershing Drive when the two juveniles tried to carjack him using a gun. Police said the man refused and body-slammed one of the suspects, dislodging the weapon. Both suspects fled the scene in a small white SUV. Surveillance video from both cases revealed it was the same getaway car, a white Kia Niro. On Tuesday, April 13, three of the suspects were arrested in the Kia Niro by Oakland police on suspicion of armed robbery and were then rele...

March 16, 2021 at 10:30am (Updated at 11 a.m.) The Arlington County Board is set vote this Saturday, March 20 on a nearly $1 million project to improve the intersection at N. Pershing Drive and Washington Blvd. The busy intersection in Lyon Park lacks accessible curb ramps and has narrow sidewalks, long crossings and outdated bus stops, per the county manager’s report, creating a harrowing experience for many pedestrians and cyclists. Concerns about the intersection were first brought up in May 2018. Four other nearby intersections along N. Pershing Drive were approved for “Complete Stree...

An 18-year-old man was arrested Wednesday morning after leading deputies on a half-hour chase that began in Lemon Grove and ended in Balboa Park, authorities said. Shortly before 2:50 a.m., dispatchers received a report that a man had stolen a dirt bike from a trailer on Loma Drive, off Lemon Grove Avenue, county sheriff’s Lt. Jim Emig said. Responding deputies spotted a suspicious vehicle leaving the area and attempted to stop the Dodge Durango SUV, but the driver took off north on Lemon Grove Avenue, he said. The driver went west on state Route 94, then switched to northbound Interstat...