Month: January 2011

EL PASO, Texas – When the old Farah plant came tumbling down over the summer in east El Paso, trucks moved in to haul away the mess. A viewer sent ABC-7 video showing a brown truck scooping up and taking away debris. ‘Socorro Iron & Metal’ was written on the side. That just so happens

Armed with knowledge, following a lecture about the bloodshed in Juarez, about 300 Canutillo High School seniors take on the brutality that’s plagued our border city – in their own way with a simple but meaningful message – red hand prints with words calling for peace. They decorated small signs with blood-red handprints and messages

It takes four minutes and 25 seconds for the El Paso Fire Department to respond to a fire. But it’s what you do before the fire even starts that could mean the difference between life and death for you and your family. El Paso lost 11 of its residents last year in fire-related incidents. The

UTEP (17-4, 5-1 C-USA) seeks its third straight Conference USA road win on Saturday at Tulsa (10-10, 3-3 C-USA). The Miners are tied for first place in the league standings with Memphis (16-4, 5-1 C-USA). Tulsa is tied for fifth place, two games back of the Miners and the Tigers. Saturday’s game will be nationally

Two Las Cruces High School students are facing serious charges after police said one of them was caught with two guns and the other possessed 50 rounds of ammunition. Police have not released the names or ages of the two male students, but said the two incidents are related. Security officials said the incident unfolded

The El Paso Police Department’s supplemented DWI task force had a busy first night on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. It was the kick off of Police Chief Greg Allen’s effort to reduce the number of traffic collisions and traffic related fatalities within the City of El Paso. These efforts include the use of additional officers

A woman is suing P Diddy for $1 trillion, according to a report in entertainment publication NME.com Valerie Joyce Wilson Turks, 31, has filed the suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the rap mogul, his former girlfriend Kim Porter and Rodney King, the man who was a victim of assault by the Los Angeles

Two vehicles, one of which rolled over, were involved in a collision at I-10 West near UTEP. The rollover car is in the middle lane. The backup is at least up to Cotton Street. Seek alternate route via Mesa or Paisano. Traffic cleanup is expected to take at least two hours.

On Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 at about 9;00 am, a man walked into the Compass Bank located at 7744 N. Loop El Paso, Texas & handed the bank teller a note. The man fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, late 40’s – early 50’s,

United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that in El Paso Wednesday morning, 45-year-old Carlos Vasquez was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison followed by ten years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. On March 11, 2009, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents executed a search warrant at a location where Vasquez

A woman, 24, is being treated in Lubbock for burns to 80 percent of her body after a fire broke out in her apartment building. It happened at 2:15 a.m. Thursday at the Celina Apartments in the 8500 block of Viscount in East Central El Paso. Thirteen fire crews found one of the upstairs apartment

A 56-year-old man was arrested earlier this month on a felony DWI charge after he allegedly ran a stop sign, according to El Paso Police. On Jan. 15, 2011 at 10:51 p.m., police officer observed the vehicle traveling northbound on Pendale in the city’s Mission Valley region. The vehicle, described as a 1998 Chevrolet Suburban,

The Chief of the Environmental Protection Agency stopped in El Paso to address environmental justice issues Thursday. And it didn’t take long for the topic to turn to Asarco. Lisa Jackson is the EPA’s top administrator and a member of President Obama’s cabinet. Jackson spoke for a short time then fielded questions for about two

Food trucks: they’re the go-to spots for cheap eats on the streets. Mobile food vendors have been popping up all over the city for years, but recently passed regulations have made it more difficult for them to operate around town. Now they’re fighting the rules in federal court. Four mobile food vendors filed a lawsuit

The man sentenced to 10 years in prison for having child pornography was accused of touching a boy inappropriately at the Boys and Girls Club. The ABC-7 I-Team found Carlos Vega Vasquez was the director of the Boys and Girls Club at the Kennedy apartments. He was arrested in 2007 on charges of indecency with

The Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart on Jan. 28, 1986 at 73 seconds after its flight started. It killed all seven crew members on board, including the first civilian to a part of a shuttle mission to space. Friday marks the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. ABC-7 would like to know where you were

The birds in Arkansas that mysteriously died ultimately killed themselves, experts said on Wednesday, according to the New York Daily News. Tests conducted on more than a dozen of the estimated 3,000 to 5,000 birds that strangely died together on New Year’s Eve show injuries “consistent with blunt trauma,” according to a report from the

The Miami Heat has bailed out former star Tim Hardaway by buying his Miami mansion and clearing up a $120,000 federal tax debt, according to a report in the Detroit News. Hardaway, 44, ran into tax trouble in June despite being paid more than $46.6 million during his NBA career, according to the report. The

Update: Chris Sanchez, who on Wednesday was convicted of murdering his common-law wife, was sentenced on Thursday morning to life in prison with no parole and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. Previous Story: An El Paso man has been found guilty of murdering his common-law wife. A jury convicted Christopher Sanchez of shooting his

A 90-year-old male in a ’96 Saturn survived being hit by a train Wednesday morning in the Lower Valley. The accident occurred at 8:37 a.m. when the unidentified man was traveling northbound at 300 N. Zaragoza. El Paso Police said the railroad crossing arms came down and that the male tried to go around the

Several downtown shop owners are complaining that a new city code inspector is giving them tickets they don’t deserve. The tickets can cost downtown shop owners up to $300 if they let their store displays extend too far into the sidewalk. But shop owners said the inspector is ticketing them even though their displays are

Two NMSU students are among nine other pairs of college journalists in the semifinal round of mtvU’s “Hosting the Oscars” contest. MtvU asked all participants to submit a two-minute video showcasing their broadcasting and editing skills, proving to them they’re worthy of being a correspondent from the red carpet in Hollywood on Oscar night. “It

The H1N1 strain of flu did not kill 8-year-old Savannah McCann, according to the New Mexico Department of Heath. While the family awaits the official cause of death from the medical examiner, McCann?s parents said, whatever virus rapidly attacked Savannah, they never expected it to kill their seemingly healthy little girl. “I am devastated and

In about three months, get ready for an all day music festival in downtown El Paso with four stages, 27 bands and food vendors. Tuesday, City Council committed $20,000 to the Neon Desert Music Festival. The money’s part of the $200,000 available through the hotel occupancy tax or “hot funds.” In the past, the funding

It’s been nearly a year since the borderland came face to face with an H1N1 death, but the sudden death of a Las Cruces girl is raising new concerns among the community and among parents. Both officials from Las Cruces Public Schools and the New Mexico health department said it is too early to confirm

El Paso County Sheriff’s investigators say a man found dead was apparently mauled by dogs. He was well known in the small community of Socorro as Jim, homeless man who many considered a friend. He was found dead this morning on the 700 block of Janis in far east El Paso county. The gruesome discovery

The New Mexico Health Department said Wednesday afternoon that an 8-year-old Las Cruces girl did not die of H1N1. Both officials from Las Cruces Public Schools and the New Mexico health department had sent home a letter to parents, warning them about the dangers of flu season. The Las Cruces Sun-News had reported that the

Interstate 10 through Las Cruces has been reopened to traffic after a Wednesday morning crash between an automobile and semi-truck temporarily closed westbound lanes. An 18-year-old woman was injured in the crash and airlifted to University Medical Center of El Paso. Her injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. The crash was reported at around

ABCNews The term “influenza” was coined back when medieval Italians believed the illness to be brought on by the influence of the stars. While that particular flu myth has long been forgotten, physicians still do battle with other circulating myths about flu and its vaccine each season. “Flu myth busting is the most difficult thing

An Arizona restaurant that serves exotic fare will forgo a plan to serve lion-meat tacos, citing safety concerns and following threats from angry protestors. Bryan Mazon, owner of Boca Tacos y Tequila, a Tucson Tex-Mex joint that in the past has served alligator, python and turtle tacos, announced via Facebook that the restaurant will pull