Month: January 2011

Caleb Hull was named head football coach at Onate High School on Thursday. Hull, 32, had been an assistant coach at Las Cruces High for the last four years. He played college at New Mexico State University under Tony Samuel. He replaces Kelly McKee, who stepped down after 14 years at Onate. Onate was 2-8

El Pasoan Omar Salgado became the No. 1 overall draft pick in the Major League Soccer draft on Jan. 13, 2011. Others with El Paso connections have also been chosen high in their respective professional league drafts. Jim Barnes, who played for Texas Western College (now UTEP) was the No. 1 overall pick in the

ABC-7 will broadcast the entire “Together We Thrive” memorial on the CW channel beginning at 6 p.m. today. The CW is Channel 7.2, Time Warner Channel 13, Digital Time Warner Channel 876 and Comcast Channel 14. The memorial also will be streamed online live at kvia.com President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will

El Paso city council refused to budge in its decision to back out of its joint agreement to govern the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center. “I am indeed disappointed,” newly elected County Judge Veronica Escboar said. “But I’m not surprised. Maybe I’m the aggressive groom and the city is the reluctant bride. I think

El Paso Police have charged a 53-year old Northeast man with Assault and Robbery after he allegedly punched a Sun Metro bus driver and later allegedly robbed a woman. El Paso Police said that Mario Padilla, of the 4000 block of Thomason, at about 6:13 p.m. Tuesday, entered the Sun Metro Bus at the 9100

Sarah Palin has issued a video response to the Tucson shooting. Some people have blamed Palin for U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ shooting because Palin’s Website had a crosshairs over Giffords’ district. Watch Palin’s full video here.

El Paso City Council voted to allow development along Transmountain Road in the Northwest, after pleas from people who want complete preservation and other who want economic development. City Representatives Beto O’Rourke, Steve Ortega and Susie Byrd all wanted to designate the area as open space, an option that would call for complete preservation, but

More than a store, Good Start Industries has touched the lives of those in Las Cruces for more than four decades, and made an impression on the community that will last long after doors close forever. ?A dollar apiece, you can?t beat that,? a customer said while looking through racks of blouses Wednesday. A dollar

No funding, no resources. That simple scenario has the days numbered for nearly 100 New Mexico National Guardsmen. And has some worried, this also means less border security. A soldier?s wife told ABC7?s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom her husband is one of nearly 100 in the Counter Drug Unit whose mission is coming to an

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect or suspects who, in the past few days, have burglarized several homes under construction. Since Jan. 10, 2011, Las Cruces Police have learned that 12 homes under construction in a subdivision off Northrise Drive have been

If you’ve traveled recently, you may have noticed some new shops and restaurants as you’re boarding your flight. The airport’s terminal project is wrapping up this summer, completing its goal of bringing local flavors right to the customer. Travelers at El Paso’s International Airport not only have more variety now, but also convenience. “Our customers

MarketWatch Article Aug. 2009 Dirty Dancing” star Patrick Swayze, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg all share one amazing feat. They’ve so far survived pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. For years, research into this lethal disease has suffered from chronic under-funding, but some

WHY DOES PANCREATIC CANCER KILL SO QUICKLY? Pancreatic cancer silently grows inside you and there are not always signs. When doctors finally do discover it, in many cases, it’s too late to operate on it. Right now, doctors are only able to operate on 15% of patients diagnosed-that leaves 85% who are virtually untreatable. But

Two men were arrested for driving while intoxicated on 6th Street Friday night in Austin. One was riding a horse, while the other was riding a mule. Austin police say the men were both intoxicated. They were apparently trying to lure people out of bars and into the street to take pictures with them and

ABCNews The woman who brought 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green to the event where she was fatally shot has been screaming out from her hospital bed, “Christina! Christina! Let’s get out of here!” Suzie Heilman, who is recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, had been holding hands with Christina-Taylor as they waited in line to meet Rep. Gabrielle

The 82nd Texas Legislature got underway Tuesday in Austin. Watch live video of it and look up proposed bills by clicking here.

EL PASO, TEXAS ? UTEP bolstered its quarterback depth for the 2011 season with the signing of junior college quarterback Nick Lamaison on Tuesday. Lamaison earned All-California and All-American honors after leading Mt. San Antonio College to the number one ranking in the JC Athletic Bureau/California Community College Football Coaches Association (CCCFCA) this past season.

Former CIA operative and suspected terrorist Luis Posada Carriles arrived at the Federal Courthouse in El Paso, Monday, to confront charges of purgery, while dozens of protesters stood outside, some calling him a hero, others a murderer. Federal Prosecutors allege Carriles lied under oath, when he said he did not participate in the bombings in

A man is in custody after Doa Ana County sheriff’s officials said he threatened his parents with a gun. Deputies were called to Evergreen Mobile Home Park on the 6300 block of Doa Ana Road in the county, north of Las Cruces, around 10 p.m. Monday. Officials said the call was about a stolen vehicle.

An early morning accident involving a Honda and a Socorro ISD school bus leaves two women dead, and one person injured. El Paso Police identified the women as Maria Gomez and Jennifer Gomez, both of the 12000 block of Russolo.Police said the two were related but did not immediately know the relationship. Jennifer Gomez was

Authorities say a driver who died after driving the wrong way on Interstate 25 and slamming into an ambulance was legally drunk. A report from the Office of the Medical Examiner obtained by KRQE-TV in Albuquerque says Kylene Holmes’s blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit of .08 percent at the

Accessibility with constituents may come with the territory of being an elected official, but may also carry a safety risk. State and local officials told ABC7?s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom they believe the tragedy in Tucson is an extreme, isolated incident but one that may illustrate the unavoidable threat they face. “I think it’s somewhat

Major changes are in store for drivers who use Interstate 10 near the University of Texas at El Paso. A new project is under way to help alleviate traffic from the interstate to campus. Construction preparations began Monday night on the I-10/Schuster Ramp Project. According to officials with the Texas Department of Transportation, some of

Jeff Grimes is in his second year as offensive line coach at Auburn, and had a hand in directing one of the nation’s top offenses during his initial season. He and the Auburn Tigers were crowned BCS National Champions Monday night in Tempe after defeating Oregon. Grimes is a native of Garland, Texas, who graduated

El Paso Police have arrested and charged 37-year-old David Grisham for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon after police said Grisham was involved in an altercation at his home with a 28-year-old male just before midnight on January 7, 2011. That altercation led to the victim suffering several stab wounds to his body, according to

EL PASO POLICE INVESTIGATE 2ND FATALITY COLLISION OF 2011 Date/Time: Sunday, January 9, 2011 @ 6:21 p.m. Location: 2100 Zaragoza Vehicle 1: 2007 grey, Ford F-150 Driver 1: Robert Hernandez, 35 years old, 10780 Pebble Hills, El Paso, TX Passenger 1: Hispanic Female, 4 years of age, 10780 Pebble Hills, El Paso, TX Vehicle 2:

Click here to view a slideshow related to the shooting of Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and several other people in Tucson on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011.

A man is dead after he was hit by two vehicles in far east El Paso Sunday night. Investigators said the man was crossing the street when he was hit by a Ford F150 driven by an off-duty police officer, who stayed on the scene. Police said the man was then run over by a

UTEP senior guard Randy Culpepper was named the Conference USA Player of the Week on Monday. Culpepper averaged 31.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 3.5 steals as UTEP split its first two C-USA games of the season. He collected 29 points and three steals in the Miners’ 69-59 win over Tulsa on Wednesday at

Cuban exile and self-proclaimed militant Luis Posada Carriles is going before a federal judge in El Paso’s Federal Courthouse downtown this morning. Posada, 82, is linked to several terrorist attacks over the last four decades. He’s believed to be the mastermind behind bombings in Cuba in 1997 that killed an Italian tourist, as well as