Month: October 2010

A woman is dead after the car she was in crashed into the American Canal near Park Street in downtown El Paso. El Paso police investigators have identified the victim as Corina Bejarano, 21. El Paso Fire officials said about 12 of their units responded to the crash at 1:40 a.m. Saturday. According to authorities,

A 16-year-old El Paso-area high school student is has been charged with assault by contact after his alleged bullying of a substitute teacher was caught on cell phone video. In the video, Vincent Macias, a student at Mountain View High School in the Clint school district, is seen taunting the substitute teacher, Sister Carmen Tirres,

Micro-scaled photovoltaic devices may one day be used to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs directly to tumors, rendering chemotherapy less toxic to surrounding tissue, according to a report in ScienceDaily.com. “In the first step, we were able to prove the concept,” says Tao Xu, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Texas in El Paso. Xu

An El Paso judge on Thursday issued a temporary restraining order closing three online “diploma mills” that the attorney general accused of advertising and selling fraudulent high school diplomas, according to a Courthouse News Service report. Tarrant County-based defendants Teri Tout-Dennis and Mike Martin ran Sunrise Private High School, Longhorn Private High School and Bluebonnet

El Paso Police have released more details on the Border Highway traffic accident Thursday night that led to the death of a pedestrian. The investigation revealed that Jose Lara, 43, of Las Cruces was driving a 1998 Chevrolet Malibu east bound on the Border Highway at 8:58 p.m. with a passenger, 14-year-old Jesus Lara of

Investigators with the Texas Education Agency cleared the El Paso Independent School District of TAKS cheating allegations that took place at Bowie High School in 2008. But Senator Eliot Shapleigh, who first brought these allegations to light, said district officials aren’t off the hook yet. “I can’t wait for the feds to get to El

Candidates for State Senator District 29. Click on the candidate’s name to find out more information about the candidate. –Dan Chavez, Republican –Jose R. Rodriguez, Democrat

Dan Chavez is the Republican candidate for State Senator District 29. Official Website: www.danchavezforsenator.com. Bio from Website: As a young student in El Paso, my primary language was Spanish. My father was born in Mexico and mother in El Paso. Our household was a humble one with a poverty level income. My mother and father

Jose Rodriguez is the Democratic candidate for State Senator District 29. Official Website: http://www.joserodriguezforsenate.com. Website Bio: Jose Rodriguez is the son of migrant farm workers, born in Alice, Texas, in 1948. From an early age, he worked in fields throughout the United States to help support a family of nine. Jose graduated in the class

There’s global interest in what’s been left behind at El Paso’s old copper smelter. Before crews begin tearing down ASARCO, those in charge of the site have been busy trying to sell off what they can; in some cases to international customers. The smelter abruptly shut down its operations in 1999 leaving millions of dollars

Officials with the 49th Wing have announced that an unmanned MQ-1 Predator crashed on landing at Holloman Air Force Base at about 1:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22. The aircraft was assigned to the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron, which is part of the Remotely Piloted Aircraft Flying Training Unit, and was returning from a training mission. No

The big buzz this week has been football brutality, and how something must be done before somebody gets killed. The irony is the only time an NFL player actually died on the field, nobody touched him. It happened 39 years ago Sunday. A routine NFC Central showdown turned into the darkest day in NFL history.

From blogs and web videos to Facebook ads and Twitter accounts, candidates are spending more money on cyber campaigning than ever before. ABC-7 took a look at two heated races in Texas to see the way social networking websites are being used to drum up voter support. Data obtained through the Texas Ethics Commission on

The Texas National Guard confirmed the name of the El Paso soldier shot to death Wednesday in a colonia of south Jurez. PFC Jose Gil Hernandez, 22, was a Fire Direction Sensor Specialist assigned to Headquarters Battery 3rd Battalion, 133 Field Artillery. The National Guard said Hernandez, who enlisted in November of 2007, was a

El Paso, TX – The retrial of accused killer David Marmolejo won’t begin until January at the earliest. The District Attorney, lawyers for Marmolejo and Judge Gonzalo Garcia met in court Thursday to discuss possible dates, but only came away with a time frame. Marmolejo is accused of strangling his mother, Gloria, after an argument

El Paso, TX – The Texas National Guard has confirmed it was one of their soldiers killed in Juarez Wednesday. 22-year-old Jose Gil Hernandez was found surrounded by 18 shell casings in a colonia in South Juarez. Another man, a 43-year-old was also killed. The questions investigators are working on now: What Hernandez was doing

Name-calling, accusations, and nasty ads. New Mexico’s candidates are doing it all. And most voters said they cannot stand the negativity. ABC-7 received an e-mail about the attack ads from Ken in Las Cruces. He wrote, “Enough is enough!!! It’s to the point that I am mostly watching DVDs or premium cable in order to

El Paso, TX – The City launched its reverse notification system Thursday, a free service that will warn residents about weather problems, major traffic delays and other emergencies. You can register two addresses. Whenever there’s something going on in those areas, the City will send an e-mail or text about the emergency and information that

El Paso, TX – Thursday night could be make or break for one high school team. Coming off three straight losses, the Bowie Bears are hoping to get back on track against El Paso High. On the other side of town, Franklin and El Dorado will square off in a matchup of 5A powers. The

El Paso, TX – Police in the Lower Valley arrested two men after a traffic stop early Thursday morning. One for DWI, his third. The other for having cocaine. 42-year-old Asam Lachica was pulled over on Hacienda St. a little before one, after officers got a call regarding an Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle.

Candidates for the U.S. Representative District 16 seat in Congress. Click on the candidate’s name for more information on the candidate. –Tim Besco, Republican –Silvestre Reyes, Democrat -Bill Collins, Libertarian (Editor’s Note: an official website could not be found for this candidate.

Bill White is the Democratic candidate for governor of Texas. White’s official Website: www.billwhitefortexas.com White’s bio from Website: Bill White fights for the people he represents, and brings people together to get things done. That’s why as Houston’s mayor, he was re-elected twice with margins of 91% and 86%. During his time as mayor, the

Rick Perry is the Republican candidate for governor of Texas. Perry’s official Website: www.rickperry.org Bio from Website: On December 21, 2000, Rick Perry stood on the steps of the state capitol, raised his right hand and took the oath of office as Texas’ 47th Governor. Every day since then he has stood for Texans’ conservative

Omar Jose Magana was arrested by ICE agents on Oct 14th and charged with possession of child pornography and remains at the El Paso County Jail with no bond. Magana is the director of case management at Las Palmas Medical Center where he has been employed for about 18 months. Las Palmas would not confirm

ABCNews Sleaze ball or sweetheart? An iPhone app claims it can help singles tell the difference. Launched by information commerce firm Intelius, Date Check lets users perform instant background checks on potential dates from their mobile phones. Once it’s downloaded on an iPhone, the application only needs a name or cell phone number to search

A Texas National Guardsman was one of two people shot and killed in South Juarez Wednesday afternoon, according to the Guardsman’s uncle. Another person was wounded in the attack and taken to the hospital. Their bodies were found at about 1 p.m. Wednesday along Luis Gutierrez and Elisa Griensen streets. They were shot multiple times

A gift of $10 million dollars is set to give El Paso a new nursing school at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center campus. According to Texas Tech, the money comes from the Hunt Family Foundation. Texas Tech said Wednesday the school will be named the Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing. Gayle Greve Hunt

KVIA-TV has a proud half-century history of serving as the ABC network affiliate in El Paso, TX., Las Cruces, N.M. and Juarez, Mexico. KILT-TV 13 (now KVIA) signed on the air in a facility in south central El Paso on September 1 st 1956. The legendary Gordon McLendon co-owned KILT-TV and KILT-AM 920 radio. McLendon

KVIA-TV has a proud half-century history of serving as the ABC network affiliate in El Paso, TX., Las Cruces, N.M. and Juarez, Mexico. KILT-TV 13 (now KVIA) signed on the air in a facility in south central El Paso on September 1 st 1956. The legendary Gordon McLendon co-owned KILT-TV and KILT-AM 920 radio. McLendon

On Sunday, Judge Gonzalo Garcia declared a mistrial in the case against David Marmolejo, when the group of 12 just couldn’t come up with a unanimous decision. But if the jury’s notes are any indication, the mistrial may have come down to just one juror. The jury handed over 17 notes during their two and