
Month: December 2010


Rauch Murder Trial: Day 3
Depressed, suicidal and mentally unstable. These are just some of the psychological elements brought up in reference to 51-year-old defendant Kenneth…
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Marmolejo Retrial Set For San Antonio
The retrial of David Marmolejo has been set for March 7, 2011 in San Antonio. The trial will have a two-week deadline, as that’s the available…
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Police Association Files Lawsuit To Stop Removal Of Health Benefits
A lawsuit has been filed to keep city retirees from losing health insurance benefits. The El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association is suing the…
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Socorro City Councilman Facing Drug Charges Resigns
Luis Varela has resigned from the Socorro, Texas city council, according to another member of the town’s city council. Gloria Rodriguez told…
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25 Years After UTEP’s ‘Miner Miracle’ Over BYU
The Miners and Cougars go way back. In fact, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the biggest upset in UTEP football history – the shocking…
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Gaping Holes in Airline Security: Loaded Gun Slips Past TSA Screeners
ABCNews Last fall, as he had done hundreds of times, Iranian-American businessman Farid Seif passed through security at a Houston airport and boarded…
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Family On 50-State Trek Stops In Las Cruces
A Florida family stopped by the borderland on their cross-country trip to grow closer. The Belchers have decided to travel through all 50 states, and…
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Woman Never Experiences Fear
ABCNews Snakes, spiders, haunted houses and scary movies may evoke shrieks of fright in many people, but there’s one woman who doesn’t…
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Christian Book Store Among Stores Robbed In Shopping Center
Some East Side business owners are checking their locks twice these days. In the past week alone, there’s been two burglaries and a robbery at…
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Police Association Expected to Sue Over Benefits Vote
A judge may end up having the final say on the issue of benefits for unwed partners of city employees. On Wednesday, an attorney for the El Paso…
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Hikers Upset After Property Owners Restrict Access To Franklin Mountain State Park Trails
Some hikers hoping to enjoy the Franklin Mountain’s rugged beauty are being warned to stay away by private property owners. It’s an issue…
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ABC-7 Listens: Dried-Up & Brown Wreaths at Fort Bliss
It wasn’t the vision Tracey Benson had in mind when she decided to donate money to pay for wreaths at Fort Bliss National Cemetery as part of…
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Survey Says Teen Marijuana Use Up
The number of 13-year-olds who have used an illegal drug has increased to 16 percent this year from 14.5 percent in 2009, a survey on drug abuse…
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Routine traffic stop leads to pot bust
Investigators stopped Adam Guzman on a traffic violation last week. Officials say Guzman had 5 bundles of marijuana on him. Guzman was arrested and…
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Santa Claus falls from the sky in Anthony Texas
Christmas came early for a group of kids today. The second annual operation Santa Drop took place on the football field of Anthony High School.…
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State Rests in Rauch Murder Trial
The State has rested its case in the murder trial of 51-year-old Kenneth Rauch. Rauch is accused of shooting and killing an El Paso man, Euzebio…
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Phone, ‘Net Services to Southern New Mexico Restored After Outage
911 lines, telephone and internet service are back online in Southern New Mexico, after a massive outage Tuesday night. A third-party crew…
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Notre Dame Club Of El Paso’s Events For Sun Bowl Week
The Notre Dame Club of El Paso is proud to welcome the University of Notre Dame as they partake in the 2010 Hyundai Sun Bowl. Since the official bowl…
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Grinches Steal Holiday Decorations in Eastridge Neighborhood
It’s a Borderland favorite and an El Paso holiday tradition, but this year, a few grinches are putting a damper on the annual Christmas lights…
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City Introduces Amendment To Health Benefits Ordinance
El Paso City Council is introducing an amendment to the controversial, voter-approved ordinance that would keep gay and unmarried partners of city…
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Massive Communications Outage Reported In Southern New Mexico
Fiber lines cuts in two locations has affected a large portion of southern New Mexico. The outage is affecting phone service, 911 and Internet…
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Proposal Introduced That Would Limit City’s Denial Of Health Benefits
The health care benefits battle continued at El Paso City Council this week. Tuesday, a proposal was introduced that would allow the domestic…
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El Paso Police Chief Says He Needs More Officers
El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen will hold monthly meetings with the media, but it wasn’t his idea. Allen said it was something that was forced…
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Miners In Final Preparations For New Mexico Bowl
Click here for UTEP, New Mexico Bowl Special Section. The UTEP football team will depart for Albuquerque on Wednesday morning and take on a BYU team…
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El Paso Makes Santa’s Favorite Cities List
Be sure to leave an extra cookie or two for Santa this year. Zillow, a free online real estate Website, has compiled a list of Santa’s favorite…
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Bus Driver Resigns After Snowman Hit-And-Run
A city bus driver in Champaign-Urbana has quit over a hit and run… of a snowman, the NBC affiliate in Chicago repoted. The resignation followed…
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Registered Sex Offender Arrested For Allegedly Possessing Child Porn
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Cyber Crimes Unit arrested El Paso resident Miguel Eduardo Gomez, 34, on federal child pornography…
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Police ID Man Shot, Killed Friday
El Paso Police have identified the 18-year-old man that was shot and killed in Northeast El Paso Friday night. Julio Barrios, of 11000 Wedge Lane,…
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Experts Say Tiny Numbers, Letters Discovered In Mona Lisa Painting
Lovers of the famous Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece Mona Lisa have been wondering about the secret behind those sly eyes for hundreds of years, but…
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