Month: June 2010

In recent years, the number of female drug traffickers has grown dramatically. Just last week, more than 50 local women – from teens to the…

A member of UTEP’s 1988 Independence Bowl football team has been sentenced to prison in a massive public corruption case involving Dallas City…

Last week, El Paso County Commissioners named Dr. Juan Contin the temporary medical examiner of the county following the firing of Dr. Paul Shrode.…

The pain is still fresh for the loved ones of 28-year-old Jerry Villar and his 6-year-old stepdaughter Maria Luisa Leal. The two were killed after a…

The County of El Paso charged the City of El Paso for the care of prisoners at the El Paso County Detention Facility that they should have paid. The…

ABCNews.com An Arizona mom was arrested as she packed up for a future as a California stripper because she intended to leave her two young children…

AUSTIN, TX ? In the summertime, as Texans? energy usage spikes and they pile into their cars for long road trips, ozone levels will tend to increase…

During the weeks of May 24-June 6, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the Texas Department of Transportation, utilized a…

Three men who attempted to elude police after stealing beer from an area convenience store abandoned their vehicle and the 5-year-old boy who was in…

El Paso County Commissioners will not ban aerial fireworks this summer. Monday’s decision wass based on the National Forest Service’s…

A group of angry demonstrators in Mexico took to the border Saturday and dared American agents to shoot them. It happened near the same spot as last…

El Paso is one of five cities to be offered an Indoor Football League team, according to a report in the Arizona Daily Star. The IFL decided earlier…

ThalesRaytheonSystems has been awarded a $21.8 million contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade multiple AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air defense radar systems,…

An El Paso man was killed in a motorcycle wreck early Monday morning, according to report by News 8 in Austin. Officials with Texas Department of…

The shooting of a 15-year-old alleged human smuggler by a Border Patrol agent has thrust the border community into the national spotlight, but the…

A 32-year-old woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries after her car went off a cliff on Trans Mountain Road. El Paso County Sheriff’s…

El Paso Mayor John Cook met today with Jurez Mayor Jos Reyes Ferriz, along with officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security –…

El Paso Police and an explosives squad were called out to a Central El Paso home Monday morning because an explosive device was found. The device was…

Authorities arrested two men and a 15-year-old on drug charges in San Elizario. El Paso County Sheriff’s officials say they busted the suspects…

Fire crews from all over the region and even as far as Colorado are in Dell City, hoping their massive response will help control wildfires that have…

El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a man wanted in connection with a May drive-by shooting that happened in El Paso’s Upper…

It was a scary moment along the freeway this weekend after a man led Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and El Paso County Sheriff’s…

To prepare El Paso’s transportation network for the future, one city representative wants to turn to the past. Rep. Steve Ortega is exploring…

A high-speed pursuit in east El Paso County left one man seriously injured and investigators looking for other suspects. The pursuit ended on Socorro…

Southern California has received a two-year bowl ban and a sharp loss of football scholarships in a report on the NCAA’s four-year…

A shelter for abused animals is sitting empty. The reason? No money to finish building it. The shelter is going up on Cottonwood and Griggs in Las…

Two men are behind bars after a drug bust in San Elizario. A 15-year-old boy was also arrested. El Paso County Sheriff’s officials said the…

A man who got in a wreck with an 18-wheeler was lucky to be able to walk away from the crash, though it took some time to free him. The wreck…

Prosecutors in Chihuahua want charges filed against the Border Patrol agent who killed a 15-year-old Mexican boy on Monday. They say Sergio Adrian…

A 13-year-old was allegedly sexually assaulted by a man more than twice her age. Now authorities are searching for the suspect. An arrest warrant has…