Month: February 2011

The 135 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will get underway Monday night and this year’s show will feature six new breeds. The new breeds are: Boykin Spaniel(Sporting Group), Bluetick Coonhound, REDBONE COONHOUND (Hound Group), Cane Corso (Working Group), Leonberger (Working Group), and Icelandic Sheepdog (Herding Group). For the fifth year, Wynn Las Vegas posted betting

El Paso heavyweight boxer David Rodriguez had no problems against Matt Hicks. The Coronado graduate knocked out Hicks in the 2nd round to improve to 34 and 0 with 32 KOs. Also Hector “Macho” Camacho Jr. won in a unanimous decision against Juan Astorga and Jennifer Han won in a unanimous decision against Geni Taylor.

Jasmine Bejarano, 3, of Las Cruces, was pronounced dead at University Medical Center in El Paso, TX at 6:30 pm Thursday evening, according to Las Cruces Police officials. No charges are being filed at this time against the father, Daniel Bejarano, 30, of Las Cruces. Daniel Bejarano’s 1988 Chevrolet S-10 pick-up truck began rolling forward

Jonathan Hernandez is in mourning. He was close friends with 19 year old Salome Alvarez Jr., a Montana Vista teen who shot himself Friday afternoon after an altercation with a sheriff’s deputy. “I’m heartbroken. I can’t cry no more,” he told ABC-7 at the scene of the deadly shooting. Just feet away from Mountain View

It wasn’t the coldest weather the city has seen. That happened when the temperatures dropped to -8 back in 1962. But it was cold. Really cold. Cold enough that it brought the city to it’s knees. El Paso Water Utilities estimated 15,000 pipes burst just on private properties due to the sub-zero weather. We broke

Hundreds gathered at the Parkland Middle school’s gymnasium on Friday afternoon to honor Isaiah Matos who died last month. The Parkland Middle School community shared their memories of the 14 year-old. Students gave the Matos family gift boxes, to remind them, Isaiah’s memory will live on. “Flowers, posters, pictures,” Isaiah’s friends, Leslie Soto said. “We

Just as El Paso’s water crisis is coming to an end, the village of Ruidoso is overflowing with water woes of its own. Friday, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez sent the New MMexico National Guard to help with recovery efforts there. Valentine’s Day weekend is usually great for Ruidoso as the village hosts couples in

El Paso City Rep. Steve Ortega has proposed forming a three-person committee to review what went wrong and went went right during last week’s winter storm. The unpaid volunteer positions would be open to any members of the public who have some understanding of how utilities work. “They would be able to present their findings,

UTEP (18-5, 6-2 C-USA) plays the first of three straight Saturday home games on Feb. 12 when SMU (15-8, 6-3 C-USA) comes to El Paso. The Miners will also host Houston on Feb. 19 and Memphis on Feb. 26 as they continue their push for a second straight league regular season title. The Mustangs have

El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen’s supplemented DWI task force began its third week of operations Thursday, Feb. 10. The supplemented task force began it efforts on Thursday, January 27, 2011. The third week operations that began on Thursday resulted in eight individuals being arrested and charged with DWI, two Minor Detectable, one other arrests,

ABCNews Egypt’s embattled President Hosni Mubarak abruptly stepped down as president, ending his 30-year-rein, and Egyptian armed forces will take over the leadership of the country, vice president Omar Suleiman announced today. Crowds gathered in Cairo’s Tahrir Square erupted into loud cheers, chanting “Egypt is free,” as the historic announcement was made. “My fellow citizens.

Why it?s so Cold Around Sunrise? It?s certainly nice to see the overnight low temperatures back in the 30?s after what we experienced last week and weekend. Last Friday morning we tumbled down to 20 degrees and then Saturday we dropped down to 18!That was the coldest we?ve been since the overnight low was 13

Broken pipes, flooded homes, ruined property. It’s time to clean up the mess after last week’s massive snow storm. Like many El Pasoans, Specialist Joshua Lister is having trouble getting his life back to normal. “It’s been a chaotic week,” said Lister. He and many of his neighbors have been without running water for about

ABC-7’s Celina Avila and her husband, Brian Wickstrom welcomed a healthy baby boy today. John Christian Wickstrom was born Thursday afternoon, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces.

Dozens of protesters gathered in Apodaca Park in Las Cruces Thursday afternoon, denouncing a new policy put into effect by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez at the beginning of the month. The policy, signed into law as an executive order Feb. 1, allows state troopers to question the immigration status of those who are accused

After nine days without running water, Terrace Hill apartment residents Shauntel Manley and Sabrina Brink were frustrated. “I want my water back!,” Manley told ABC-7. More than a week after El Paso’s freeze, the women said the complex’s busted pipes are more than a nuisance, they’re beginning to cost them. “I can’t cook,” said Brink.

A 19-year-old man killed himself after wrestling a gun away from an El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy Friday afternoon. According to sheriff’s officials, on Friday afternoon, a sheriff’s deputy saw three suspicious people walking along Gregg road in Montana Vista. The deputy stopped the three people and one of them had a warrant. The 19-year-old

The show will not go on – at least not as planned. Last week’s winter storm forced the El Paso Playhouse to push back its season’s opening night by one week. “It was, well, kind of expected,” said board member, Erika Moeller. “I mean this building is from 1950.” The building on Montana has set

Feb. 11, 2011 Update: El Paso Police Dept. Crimes Against Persons detectives have filed an additional charge of Criminal Attempt Capital Murder against Saleel Zareef Qaasim on Friday, February 11, 2011. This charge has a $100,000 bond. Investigators have also identified the weapon used in Monday’s shooting as a 12 gauge shotgun. Previous Story From

Bank account set up for 3 yr old Jazzmynn Bejarano, who was killed accidentally by her father last night in a Las Cruces parking lot when he stepped on gas pedal instead of brake. Account set up at Citizens Bank of Las Cruces under Jazzmynn Bejarano acct # 0122371206

The FBI is seeking the community’s assistance in locating a fugitive in its most recent ongoing investigation. CARLOS ARMANDO BERNAL-QUINTERO is a fugitive in the FBI led investigation code named Operation White Shamrock, according to the FBI. The investigation, conducted by the El Paso Strike Force, which is comprised of FBI and DEA agents culminated

ABCNews It seems that “Born This Way” means being born like Madonna Listen to the new song here. Listen to Madonna’s “Express Yourself” here. This morning, pop sensation Lady Gaga released the first single off her much-anticipated upcoming album, “Born This Way.” The eponymous track boasts a thumping beat, powerful vocals and melodies ripped straight

EL PASO, TEXAS ? The UTEP men?s basketball team?s home game versus UCF has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. The game was originally scheduled to be played on Feb. 2, but was postponed after sub-freezing temperatures gripped the city of El Paso and prompted power outages throughout the city. ?We are

EL PASO, TEXAS ? UTEP?s 2011 football schedule is complete. The Miners will face six teams that played in bowls last season, including hosting Southern Miss (Oct. 29), East Carolina (Nov. 12) and Tulsa (Nov. 19). UTEP will also play at SMU (Sept. 10), USF (Sept. 24) and UCF (Nov. 26) as it seeks its

El Paso Police have arrested a Chaparral, New Mexico man who allegedly drove a semi-truck into the Iron Horse Saloon late Thursday in Northeast El Paso. Police said the investigation revealed that Joel Spencer, 51, of the 2500 block of Nike Air in Chaparral, had been at the Iron Horse Saloon when he allegedly became

At 147 pages, El Paso Electric’s most recent report to the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, a report covering 2009, is loaded with numbers. Numbers such as the company’s service area covers 10,000 square miles, serves 370,000 customers and turned a profit of over $66 million that year. But after last week’s freeze and El Paso

What happened at the Three Legged Monkey early Monday morning left an Army specialist dead and another charged with murder and a bar closed while an investigation into the incident is completed. An eyewitness said it all could have been avoided. “I’d say a good 10 out of the 12 were soldiers,” said a longtime

The UTEP women?s basketball team roared back to erase a 15-point second-half deficit only to fall in heartbreaking fashion, with Genevia Carter sinking a three pointer from just past half court shot as time expired to lift UCF to a 68-65 victory inside UCF Arena Thursday evening. The buzzer-beating triple, which was the Knights? (13-10,

Last week’s big freeze didn’t just wreak havoc on El Paso’s utilities…it also made a mess of the borderland’s plant life. Throughout the city ABC-7 spotted several examples of damaged plant life. From frost-bitten fronds outside commercial businesses to comatose-lloking cacti in front of homes to droopy desert plants in street medians. Hilde Poole is

Eight days without even a decent shower. For more than a week, tenants at Dove Canyon, a mobile home community in South Las Cruces, have gone without water. Residents said they want to know why it is taking so long to fix broken water lines, while the property manager said, it is not all her