Month: January 2011

ABCNEWS – The mystery of the dying birds deepened for baffled experts after another 500 birds were found littering a Louisiana highway days after 5,000 redwinged blackbirds plunged to their death on New Year’s eve. Just 300 miles away from Beebe, Ark., where thousands of dying birds fell from the sky this past weekend, Louisiana

ABCNEWS – There is new research supporting the hopes of 50 million American men: they might be able to get their hair back. The secret to a baldness breakthrough just might be hidden in the scalp. Researchers originally thought that men who were balding must have fewer of the necessary stem cells that produce hair.

El Paso police arrested an Illinois fugitive in northeast El Paso on Wednesday night. Reginald Tate, 18, was found at the Chit Chat Lounge, 4820 Dyer Street St., shortly before 10 p.m. Police arrested Tate as a fugitive from justice and booked him into the El Paso County Jail without bond. The arrest was made

A plane made an emergency landing at El Paso International Airport on Thursday just before noon after smoke was reported in the cockpit of the plane, according to airport officials. Officials said the Continental Airlines 737 passenger jet, which was not scheduled to land in El Paso, landed safely and was checked out by emergency

Missing for days in the cold of the Gila, a father and son from El Paso are safe and headed home. They were found Tuesday afternoon in the Little Creek Trail in the Gila National Forest, spotted by a Border Patrol helicopter. After surviving more than a week in the Gila Wilderness with only two

El Paso County sheriff’s deputies are at the scene of a fatal accident in the Lower Valley community of Fabens. According to El Paso County Sheriff’s officials, the accident happened just after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, at the intersection of Alameda Avenue (Texas Highway 20) and R.C. Elam Road. Sheriff’s officials said a white 1993 Honda

Following the rules is part of the deal when you are a member of a Home Owners’ Association, but one east El Paso resident said the parking restrictions in her gated community have gone too far. “We follow the rules,” Marina Lomeli said. “It’s just this one seems a little excessive.” 10 months after Lomeli

“I was never lost,” Robert Fritz said with a chuckle. An experienced hiker of nearly 30 years, Fritz would rather say he and his son Austin, 15, were “stranded” in snowy Gila National Forest. ABC-7 caught up with the Fritz men as they recuperated at their upper valley home on Wednesday, a day after their

Questions remain over El Paso’s new pet ordinance that went into effect on January first. The issue at hand? How to regulate and enforce online pet sales and advertisements. As we’ve reported, pet owners have to abide by new rules concernings puppies and kittens that are under a year old. They must obtain a $75

One of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s top security officials was in El Paso Wednesday talking tough about our border. Formerly the border czar, Alan Bersin is now the U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner. And he didn’t mince any words Wednesday while answering the many questions about border security. Bersin didn’t waste any

A couple ordering some sweet bread Wednesday morning in northeast El Paso got quite a surprise. “All we heard was a loud boom. It sounded like a bomb. And it pushed us to the side,” said Isaias Rodriguez. Fire officials say an oven exploded at the Supreme Bakery on McCombs Street. The blast was so

The El Paso Fire Department responded to a fire shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday when a carport and enclosed garage caught fire at a home in El Paso’s lower valley. Fire officials said when they responded to the fire in the 5200 block of Wally Drive they found heavy smoke and fire pouring from

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Strike Team arrested an El Paso man on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a minor Friday. Deputies received information on a case involving a 13-year-old girl from Louisiana and 20-year-old Marcos Chairez from El Paso. The investigation by sheriff’s deputies revealed the two met online and Chairez traveled

The El Paso Police Department has charged a man with DWI and possession of a controlled substance. Officers responded to disturbance call at the Whataburger at 12140 Montwood in far east El Paso at 2:21 a.m. Wednesday. Officers found Ivan Rodriguez, 26, to be the source of the disturbance and fled in a red pickup

An El Paso woman was charged with abandoning and endangering a child after she left two children in a lower valley motel Tuesday afternoon, according to the El Paso Police Department. A Sun Valley Motel employee went to the motel room after receiving a hang-up call shortly after 4 p.m. and found a 7-year old

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) – Minor league baseball is returning to Roswell after a 52-year absence. The Roswell Invaders will be an independent team in the Pecos League. The team is among five New Mexico-based franchises in the first-year league, along with the Carlsbad Bats, Clovis Pioneers, Las Cruces Vaqueros and White Sands Pupfish in Alamogordo.

The Western Athletic Conference will begin the process of trying to replace the University of Hawaii next week and indications are it may look at one or more Texas schools to fill the considerable puka. UH, the conference’s senior current member, announced Dec. 10 it will leave the WAC in 2012 after 33 years, moving

IRVING, Texas – Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today that the conference has reached a new multi-year agreement for national television rights with Fox Sports Media Group, beginning with the 2011 football season through the 2015-16 athletic year. FOX Sports Networks (FSN) will provide a variety of marquee C-USA events, including football, men’s and

EL PASO, TEXAS- Former UTEP women?s basketball star Jareica Hughes is poised to make her debut in the professional ranks as a member of Lider Pruszkow, which competes at the highest level in Poland. Hughes will square off against former Miner standout and teammate Kasia Krezel, who plays on Can-Pack Krakow, in her initial game

LAS CRUCES , N.M. (Jan. 4)-New Mexico State men?s basketball senior forward Wendell McKines has decided to redshirt the 2010-11 season, head coach Marvin Menzies announced. McKines has been sidelined this year due to a broken foot he sustained in mid-October. ?After going back and forth on this tough decision, we came to the conclusion

The El Paso Police Department has charged 27-year-old Tania Sandoval with child endangerment after an incident on the city’s northeast side Tuesday night. Officers said they were investigating a disturbance at Sunrise Avenue and Dyer Street shortly after 9 p.m. when, they said they found Sandoval drunk and holding a 3-month-old who was not wearing

A coalition made up of members from various organizations throughout El Paso, are hoping El Paso jumps on board with its obesity prevention resolution. “It’s important to El Paso because we do have a rising obesity rate,” Sue Beatty with El Paso’s Department of Health said. With 66 percent of El Pasoans admitting they are

The winning numbers for the record-breaking Jan. 4, 2011 Mega Millions drawing were the following: 15 – 47 – 4 – 25 – 8 Mega Ball: 42

Like Robert and Austin Fritz, Bob Sumrall, too, went missing for days in the Gila National Forest and braved the unforgiving temperatures — and lived to tell about it. Sumrall told ABC-7 he is an experienced hiker, as is Robert Fritz, but they both underestimated Mother Nature. “Sun shines in this area 360 days a

A man who was involved in a standoff with police last week in west el paso is under arrest again. Police said they have arrested 53-year-old Juan Solis just down the street from the scene of last Wednesday’s SWAT stalemate. In that incident, Solis allegedly argued with his wife, and then he hit her in

A federal appeals court says the Federal Communications Commission cannot fine broadcasters for showing a woman’s nude buttocks on a 2003 episode of “NYPD Blue.” The 2nd U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan decided Tuesday to strike down a $27,500 penalty that the FCC imposed on ABC and each of its affiliate stations. The image

An El Paso County detention officer has been suspended without pay following his arrest early Monday morning. According to a Sheriff’s Office spokesman, 23-year-old Jesus David Vasquez was pulled over by a Horizon City police officer after reports that a man was shooting a gun in the air from a vehicle similar to Vasquez’s about

Susana Martinez crossed a historic milestone Saturday as she was sworn into office and became New Mexico?s first elected woman governor, and the first Hispanic chief executive in the country. For the past 14 years, Martinez had served as the Third Judicial District Attorney in Dona Ana County, and called her office inside the Government

Dust off your grandma’s china. PBS’s Antiques Roadshow is coming to El Paso. The popular television production features top appraisers who criss-cross the country offering free evaluations of collectibles and antiques to the public. PBS’s most-watched primetime series is scheduled for a stop in El Paso on June 18th. “We expect to be heavily involved

People who knew 52-year-old Maria Perales say they were still in shock about what happened to the mother of three. ABC-7 stopped by the scene of Sunday’s murder-suicide in the usually quiet Upper Valley street of Melody lane. The owner of the property was there making sure no one went in. A man who said