Month: May 2010

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) wants to remind airline passengers of items that are prohibited or permitted while traveling. Link:Click here.

The fight to pass a federal law making DNA testing a nationwide standard for felony arrestees continues – and it all started with the murder of a local woman. The law has already passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, and now the federal version of ‘Katie’s Law’ will head to the U.S. Senate for

After six years, the ABC series “Lost” will come to an end Sunday evening, May 23. Starting at 6 p.m. here on ABC-7, you’ll see a recap of the show. Then, at 8 p.m., the two-and-a-half hour “Lost” series finale begins. ABC-7’s late newscast will air at 10:30 p.m. – right after “Lost”. But that’s

A new scam is zeroing in on bank customers with cell phones. The scam uses text messages. The target: Chase Bank customers. Robert Piseno, a Horizon City physical therapist, says Saturday, his wife and son received texts that appeared to come from “chase.com.” The messages gave a telephone number, instructing them to call about recent

A group of community members spent some time cleaning up the streets of Sparks this past weekend. The organization received a $73,000 grant to get the community involved in the fight against illegal dumping. Volunteers from Keep El Paso Beautiful, Socorro, and El Paso Water Utilities put the grant to good use Saturday, getting together

El Paso Police arrested two men for drug possession during a traffic stop Friday night. The officers arrested 18-year-old Martin Martinez and 21-year-old Juan Montelongo around 11:30 p.m. According to authorities, the officers stopped the pair and noticed a strong smell of marijuana inside the car. Upon further inspection, police found pot and 20 ecstasy

Little progress has been made in the battle to stop wildfires near Carlsbad Caverns National Park. One small fire was extinguished, but another raged on Sunday. The larger fire burned through more than 8,000 acres of land. Park officials said the fires started last weekend due to lightning strikes. The caverns weren’t affected, but park

Chaos at an east El Paso train yard. Union pacific officials are still investigating what caused several cars to tip over at about 10:00 a.m. Sunday. The derailment happened at the yard behind the El Paso Community College Valle Verde campus. Officials said crews were moving three empty cars around the yard when they fell.

A woman was suspected of bribing an El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy. Authorities said she also pushed him and ran away. Investigators said it was part of an effort to get her boyfriend out of trouble. According to officials, 28-year-old Ana Cristina Muhammad offered a deputy $20 to let her boyfriend go. When she tried

A man was arrested after authorities said he tried to punch El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff’s officials said just after 3:00 a.m. Saturday, deputies responded to a to a family violence call in Westway, Texas. Deputies reportedly heard a scuffle inside the home, then saw a man run into a back bedroom and close

Union Pacific officials were investigating what caused several cars to tip over at an East El Paso rail yard at about 10:00 a.m. Sunday. The derailment happened at the yard behind the El Paso Community College Valle Verde campus. Officials said crews were moving three empty cars around the yard when they fell. Luckily, no

Police said speed was a factor in another deadly crash on El Paso roads this weekend. It happened just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the 7800 block of Gateway East near Giles Road. Officials said 24-year-old Manuel Mendoza, the driver and only person in the truck, died at the scene. According to authorities, Menodza lost

Federal Authorities in Juarez claim a major victory against organized crime after they arrest a group of alleged hit men that allegedly work for the Sinaloa Cartel. The hit men were arrested after a shootout Thursday afternoon in a south Juarez Neighborhood. Investigators say the men confessed to kidnapping and killing a groom and two

A part of El Paso’s history is receiving recognition. “Awakening The Giants Of El Paso!” is the name of the new exhibit honoring the Farah company that made its debut Friday night inside the El Paso Museum of History. With a mariachi band playing, it was a party paying homage to one of the most

Police say a car and a semi-truck collided early Saturday morning in El Paso’s Lower Valley near Carolina and North Loop. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m., with the car ending up under the semi-truck. According to emergency dispatchers, one person was taken to University Medical Center in critical condition. There was no word on

A vehicle crash in east El Paso left a man dead and two other people injured early Saturday morning. The crash happened on I-10 East near Zaragosa at about 2:20 a.m. An officer on the scene told ABC-7 a Saturn Ion crashed into an SUV that had broken down on the side of the road.

By BETSY BLANEY Associated Press Writer ANDREWS, Texas (AP) – Texas was all set to be part of an agreement with Vermont to dump nuclear waste in a remote region of the Lone Star state, and for the most part people living near the site were OK with it. Now, though, that compact could mushroom

LAS CRUCES — For the first time in the history of the Las Cruces Public Schools, the graduation ceremonies for the district’s three largest high schools will be webcast over the Internet and televised on the City’s cable access channel. Las Cruces High, Oate High, and Mayfield High will hold commencement ceremonies on Saturday (May

ABCNews.com Pac-Man is back. And to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic video arcade game, Google has unveiled its first-ever interactive doodle – a Pac-Man game that Web users can play straight from Google’s homepage. On May 22, 1980 the now-iconic Pac-Man game was released in Japan by Namco Bandai Games. Originally called Puck

A Lower Valley man allegedly tried to hit a police officer with a vehicle and then hid under stuffed animals at a carnival after the officer tried to pull him over for not wearing a seatbelt. David Caro, 20, of the 8700 block of Iglecias, was driving a 1994 maroon Nissan Maxima west bound on

The mother of a special needs Lincoln Middle School 8th grader has filed a discrimination lawsuit against the El Paso Independent School District. Kristen Cox spent the good part of her Friday morning fighting on behalf of her son outside the EPISD’s Headquarters. She organized a peaceful protest of disabled citizens after it seemed like

Rachel Montellano guides young musicians at the Socorro Independent School District’s Paso Del Norte K-8 school. But school’s never out for this band and orchestra director, who recently won a conducting fellowship at Juilliard, one of the most prestigious music schools in the country. “I’ll have a bunch of seminar classes through the day…from eight

El Paso County Sheriff’s Special Traffic Investigators have identified the 53-year-old man that was struck and by a vehicle in Canutillo Tuesday night as William Pike. It appears the Pike was a homeless man who lived on the road, traveling from state to state working odd jobs. Investigators followed several leads in southwest Texas, New

Las Cruces Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman whose health may be in danger. Maria G. Harris, 65, was last seen Wednesday, May 19, at her home on the 2300 block of Sambrano Avenue. Harris is 5-feet-2 and weighs 120 pounds. She has long, light brown hair and hazel

Your friends aren’t the only ones keenly interested in your Facebook relationship status. Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is trying to determine Facebook users’ relationship patterns to figure out who they will date next, according to an upcoming book about the social networking site. “By examining friend relationships and communications patterns (Zuckerberg) could determine with about

UTEP can claim several great football players, including Thomas Howard, Johnnie Lee Higgins, Seth Joyner and Tony Tolbert. Add MacGruber to that list. MacGruber is a fictional character that parodies the MacGyver TV character from several years ago. MacGruber happens to be an ex-Navy Seal, ex-Army Ranger and a former tight end for UTEP, according

A city of El Paso parks and reaction department ordinance has one soccer dad up in arms. He says he and his daughters soccer team were kicked of a field he feels he was entitled to use. Jorge Juarez says his daughter’s soccer team called the Angels Soccer Academy was practicing at the Westside Sports

The new senior mission commander at Fort Bliss is homegrown. Major Gen. Dana Pittard is an Eastwood High grad. “Does that surprise you? No it doesn’t because he said he wanted to be President,” said Eastwood high school football coach, Joe Hicks of his classmate and friend, Dana Pittard. Hicks said he always had big

Another trial and a mixed verdict. That’s what a jury handed a man on trial for allegedly molesting four young relatives in Las Cruces. John Eric Ochoa molested those young relatives in May of 2008; the jury deliberated for ten hours before reaching a mixed verdict. Ochoa showed little emotion as Judge Stephen Bridgforth announced

Talk about sour grapes. After hosting the Conference USA Tournament five out of the last six seasons, fans and media in Memphis are whining about El Paso hosting next year. Geoff Calkins, a columnist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, said he will be coming to El Paso for next year’s tournament. But not because he