Month: March 2011

Editor’s Note: Views expressed here are not necessarily those of the station or its management By Jerome Tilghman / Guest Viewpoint Writer Window Shopping for a Catastrophe? While the National Command Authority contemplates establishing a ?no fly zone? over Libya in support of its insurgents, it is clear to this former war-planner that ? like

The 77th annual Hyundai Sun Bowl between the University of Miami and the University of Notre Dame generated $24.6 million in total economic activity during the last week of 2010, according to a survey conducted by Texas Perspectives, Inc., that was released March 18. The study measured the bowl game’s economic impact over the last

Day 26: Temptation is a funny thing. You want to push it, don’t you? You know you shouldn’t, but you can’t help yourself. I don’t care who are you or how much self control you have, eventually, you will push that little red button.. That’s how I feel about cheesecake. Yesterday was Jack and my

The services for Julian Melendrez made the front page of Thursday?s Las Cruces Sun-News newspaper as a ?Gang Funeral.? But this bold headline left family members outraged. “I think it’s wrong the way they portray him,? Janet Chapman, Melendrez? aunt, said. ?I’m sorry, I think it’s wrong.” Nearly 300 people paid their respects at the

Are motorcyclists getting a free ride when it comes to El Paso’s red light cameras? That was the worry of an ABC-7 viewer. The e-mailer said they saw a biker zip through a red light at Mesa and Shadow Mountain, seemingly, without the flash of a camera. “The cyclist did a stupid and dangerous thing,”

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Texas Western College’s win over Kentucky on March 19, 1966 was seen as an upset. This is how the historic game was covered back then. The Cleveland Plain Dealer After watching a quick, poised Texas Western team take top ranked Kentucky apart, 72-65, in the NCAA basketball finals here, a fellow wonders how he could

ABCNews The devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last week has renewed an age-old debate over God’s role in a natural disaster. Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara said Monday that the calamity that hit his country was “tenbatsu,” or divine punishment, for the wickedness of the Japanese people. “We need a tsunami to wipe out

A former FBI informant who was a key witness in a 2007 terrorism trial is jailed in West Texas for allegedly hitting a police officer with his car during a chase. Elie Assaad, who does not have an attorney, has been detained at the El Paso County Jail since the March 4 chase. He was

ABCNews Two days after an earthquake ravaged Haiti last year, American citizens text-messaged more than $5 million in donations to the Red Cross disaster relief effort. Five days after the quake, the agency had raised more than $92 million for the cause. And ten days after the disaster in Haiti, Americans gave more than $57

DWI TASK FORCE SAINT PATRICK’S DAY RESULTS Date/Time: Thursday – Friday, March 17 – 18, 2011, 2011 @ 6:00 p.m. – 4 a.m. Location: Various El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen’s supplemented DWI task force worked St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday. The supplemented task force began it efforts on Jan. 27, 2011. The St. Patrick’s

East El Paso residents say their once quaint and quiet neighborhood has turned into a crowded mess because of hospital employees who park there and walk to work. “Our neighborhood used to be really quiet and peaceful, um, we actually enjoyed living behind the hospital because there was always police patrolling the area,” said Sonia

As David Marmolejo spent his first evening in the El Paso County Jail as a convicted killer, ABC-7 looked into the allegations of abuse leading up to Marmolejo’s mother’s murder. “We have to respect the women who took the stand in this case,” said Stephanie Karr, executive director of the Center Against Family Violence. Karr

A new round of acts were announced for the inaugural Neon Desert Music Festival this week. CSS, mstrkrft, and Hello Seahorse! were added to the lineup this week. Recently, the Omar Rodriguez Lopez group – fronted by former El Pasoan Omar Rodriguez Lopez of The Mars Volta – was added to the lineup as a

El Paso dog lovers, read this. There’s a new place for your pooch to play and it’s about to get better. The Sun City doesn’t exactly have a vast number of dog parks. There’s one at Eastwood Park in east El Paso, otherwise known as ‘Album Park.’ Another is planned near the Don Haskins Recreation

How many times have you received a forwarded text message on your cell phone but did not know how to track the original sender? A Las Cruces man said that is what is happening to him, except he is the focus of the message, being labeled a sex offender, which he is not. “It’s juvenile

El Paso drivers with warrants in Socorro got a Pre-Dawn knock at the door from the Socorro Police Department. Four teams of officers, lead by the Socorro Municipal Court Bailiff, concentrated on warrants in east El Paso and Socorro. Socorro taxpayers are owed more than $1.27 million dollars worth of traffic violation fines in the

El Paso Police have charged two men with Manufacture/Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) early Thursday. According to police, the investigation revealed that Ivan Ronquillo, of the 5200 block of Charle Ann, was driving a white 1988 Toyota 4 Runner at 2:30 a.m., Thursday, March 17, in the 4700 block of Sun Valley with Jorge

ABC-7 has spotted convicted murderer David Marmolejo being brought back to El Paso in an El Paso Sheriff’s car Thursday. Marmolejo was spotted in the back of the car while the car was going through a Dairy Queen drive-thru in Fort Stockton. Prior to the start of Marmolejo’s second trial in San Antonio, officials would

What happened at a Central El Paso shopping center on Wednesday morning wasn’t just unlikely. “It was bizarre,” said Liz Hartman, a cashier at the Big Lots! store on Montana Avenue. Hartman said a well-dressed woman, who appeard to be in her late 50s, “just came into the store and started passing out $100 bills

Thirteen alleged members and associates of the Barrio Azteca gang were scheduled to appear before a judge at the federal courthouse Tuesday afternoon. The suspects were arrested last week on charges of drug trafficking and other crimes. Most of them waived their right to the arraignment. Several of those arrested were in court, including Fabian

Day 25: The Ultimate Test. Jen: What would you like to do after dinner? Jack: Go get ice cream. Jen: Absolutely not! Jack: *gives Jen puppy-dog eyes* Jen: I’ll drive. What was I supposed to do, tell him no? Yeah, I probably should have told him no. Cold Stone Creamery is the best cold-slab ice

Word spread fast of today’s guilty verdict in the David Marmolejo murder trial. ABC-7 broke the news to the Borderland at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. And shortly afterward ABC-7 spoke with neighbors in the East El Paso neighborhood where Gloria Marmolejo was killed. And everyone had a similar reaction. After Gloria Marmolejo’s disappearance, the

It took a San Antonio just three hours to find David Marmolejo, 31, guilty of murder in the July 2009 strangling death of his mother. Six days after she disappeared, the body of Gloria Marmolejo, 54, was found in the Santa Teresa desert on July 31, 2009 by a walker who lived nearby. David Marmolejo’s

Awaiting the arrival of U.S. Airways flight 2727 at El Paso International Airport Wednesday, Alicia Cortez told ABC-7 it was a nerve-wracking weekend. Her daughter and the rest of the Ysleta High School cheerleading squad were halfway between El Paso and the devastation in Japan, taking part in a competition in Honolulu, Hawaii. They were

With a gag order lifter after two trials, El Paso’s district attorney and the defense attorney for David Marmolejo were finally able to speak about the case that resulted in David’s murder conviction Tuesday and his being sentenced to 54 years in prison on Wednesday. “I’m very pleased the jury found him guilty,” District Attorney

The family of David and Gloria Marmolejo is in turmoil. The family has been torn apart by David’s murdering his mother, Gloria in July 2009 and they’re torn between continuing to love David and making peace with him. A San Antonio jury sentenced David to 54 years in prison and a $10,000 fine on Wednesday

During lean times, is there too much fat on the El Paso Central Appraisal District’s latest budget proposal? At least one County Commissioner seems to think so. El Paso County Commissioner Dan Haggerty is not happy with the Central Appraisal District’s 2011-12 proposed preliminary budget, which he and other public officials received a copy of

David Marmolejo faced life in prison for killing his 54-year-old mother but a San Antonio jury sentenced him to 54 years in prison on Wednesday. He also was given the maximum fine of $10,000. He faced up to life in prison. David will be eligible for parole in 27 years. It took a San Antonio

El Paso Sheriff’s deputies arrested a former police sergeant on Tuesday for allegedly engaging in an inapropriate relationship with a 15-year-old student at an area high school where he was employed in an off-duty capacity. He was indicted March 1. According to the indictment, while an employee of Riverside High School, Lucero engaged in sexual