Month: April 2011

The ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather Team has issued a First Alert for Saturday due to strong winds along with blowing dust. Gusts of around 45 mph are expected to between 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., though StormTRACK Meteorologist Jennifer Myers expects the wind to gradually weaken after 8 p.m. and become light after midnight. A strong

A Borderland school district is considering making big changes to some its campuses by adding seventh and eighth grades to elementary schools. Officials at the Gadsden Independent School District told ABC-7 that nothing is set in concrete. Here’s the proposal: Over two years, the district would add seventh-graders, then eighth-graders to its elementary campuses. The

El Paso police officers arrested a northeast El Paso man after a traffic stop Thursday night. Investigators said Victor Fernandez, 24, refused to stop his 2011 Chevy Malibu after committing numerous traffic violations shortly after 10 p.m. Police said Fernandez was eventually stopped on the 4700 block of Salem. Investigators said he was in possession

The first audit is complete for Las Cruces Public Schools but a more in-depth review from New Mexico?s Department of Education is just beginning, as data is looked at again to determine whether technical errors or manipulating the system account for unusually high trends in this year?s special education programs. “We found across the board

Canutillo ISD Superintendent Damon Murphy, El Paso ISD chief financial officer Ken Parker and Socorro ISD Superintendent Xavier De La Torre will be our guests for this month’s Meet the Press. This is a chance to ask them about state budget cuts and how they’re affecting districts in El Paso County, including any effects on

29 bands. Four stages. And the first of its kind. Here is ABC-7’s guide before you head out to El Paso’s Neon Desert Music Festival. TICKETS: – Available at All That Music, The Headstand, all Western Beverage locations – $35 (general public) – $25 (military discount, purchase at Ft. Bliss) PARKING: – Mills parking garage

Sun Metro is supporting the Neon Desert Music Festival on Saturday, April 30, by providing bus service to the Downtown festival. Attendees looking to enjoy an incredible sonic experience and avoid parking in the Downtown area can carpool and park at the Glory Road Parking Garage, 100 E. Glory Road and board Sun Metro?s SMART

Countless videos of physically and sexually abused children, as young as 6-months-old, is what police allegedly found in a Las Cruces man?s computer. Frank Bueno, 29, is facing 60 counts of child pornography. It is hard to stomach reading through court documents, with descriptions of vile acts detectives said they found on Bueno?s computer. According

Eastlake High School Professional Communications teacher Corina Carmona belts out instructions to her class, using her interactive white board to show her students which toolbars and menus they need to click on their computers to access the assignment. Meanwhile, her freshmen students stare at their screens, pull out their iPod Touches and smartphones, and push

El Paso Police have released the mug shot of the city food and safety inspector arrested last week and charged with gift to public servant by person subject to his jurisdiction. Carlos Padilla, 49, is accused of asking for $500 from a business owner. According to El Paso Police, Padilla met with a business owner

WHITE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 3 Jim Jones WR 6-0 175 FR-RS Redlands, Calif. (Aquinas) 5 Davian Harper WR 6-3 220 FR-HS Mesquite, Texas (Mesquite) 5 Travaun Nixon DB 6-0 195 SR-1L Oxnard, Calif. (Hueneme/Ventura JC) 7 Ian Campbell P 5-11 170 JR-1L Duarte, Calif. (Maranatha/Mt. SAC College) 8

BLUE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Javia Hall QB 6-1 190 FR-RS Dallas, Texas (Skyline) 2 Vernon Frazier RB 5-6 175 SR-3L Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville) 2 DeShawn Grayson DB 6-0 205 JR-2L Riverside, Calif. (Rancho Verde) 7 Ian Campbell P 5-11 170 JR-1L Duarte, Calif. (Maranatha/Mt. SAC College) 7

WHITE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 3 Jim Jones WR 6-0 175 FR-RS Redlands, Calif. (Aquinas) 5 Davian Harper WR 6-3 220 FR-HS Mesquite, Texas (Mesquite) 5 Travaun Nixon DB 6-0 195 SR-1L Oxnard, Calif. (Hueneme/Ventura JC) 7 Ian Campbell P 5-11 170 JR-1L Duarte, Calif. (Maranatha/Mt. SAC College) 8

BLUE No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Javia Hall QB 6-1 190 FR-RS Dallas, Texas (Skyline) 2 Vernon Frazier RB 5-6 175 SR-3L Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville) 2 DeShawn Grayson DB 6-0 205 JR-2L Riverside, Calif. (Rancho Verde) 7 Ian Campbell P 5-11 170 JR-1L Duarte, Calif. (Maranatha/Mt. SAC College) 7

Investigators found 21 bundles of marijuana hidden in a Sparks home, according to El Paso police. Sparks is just off Horizon Boulevard in far east El Paso County. A police spokesman told ABC-7 the discovery was made Tuesday at around 4:25 p.m. on the 12700 block of Shakespeare Drive. Investigators said the marijuana, weighing 30.05

By Ryan B. Martinez / What’s Up The buzz around Neon Desert spiked when word got out that The Mars Volta singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala would join the band’s guitarist and mastermind Omar Rodriguez Lopez during his headlining slot. Rodriguez Lopez was born in Puerto Rico but raised in El Paso. Having first made his name

City Council Candidate Manny Hinojosa said he’d removed the El Paso Community College logos that were on a van with his campaign sings on it. An ABC-7 staffer spotted the van, which was parked near Mesa and Sunland Park on Thursday morning. It’s illegal for EPCC vans to have any sort of advertisement, including political

Keith Gattis remembers the most terrible phone call his mother Lois has ever taken. “All of a sudden I just heard her scream and I come running up the stairs and she’s just in tears, she threw the phone down,” he said. Gattis’ mother had just been told her 29-year-old son Brian was killed in

It’s the 1940s, Franklin D. Roosevelt is president, gas cost 18 cents a gallon and Alameda Avenue is a bustling part of El Paso – some would even say the heart of the Sun City – with a trolley taking people from Downtown to the Lower Valley thoroughfare. “It was a beautifully lined thoroughfare and

Click on links for results of New Mexico state audit of Las Cruces Public Schools Las Cruces Public School History Of Ancillary Units History LCPS Program Units LCPS Growth In SPED Program Unit history LCPS SPED UNIT TO AVE ENROLL

A historic building in the Segundo Barrio community gets a new look. Community leaders gathered at the remodeling of 43 apartments that were destroyed by Storm 2006. The apartments are located on the corner of Cotton St. and Sixth Ave and were remodeled only from the inside. The outside of the buildings date back to

Normal rush hour traffic was anything but normal on Thursday morning. Police officers in scanner radio traffic described the man as wearing a ballerina outfit. He was taken into custody Thursday morning after he sat atop a moving SUV on Interstate 10, blowing kisses and waving to passing drivers. El Paso police said they first

The crime rate in El Paso, Texas through April 23, 2011 is down 7 percent, but has seen a steady increase of 1 percent per week for the past three weeks. Year To Date Crime Rate compared to 2010 April 2, 2011 Down 10 percent April 9, 2011 Down percent April 16, 2011 Down percent

Las Cruces Superintendent Stan Rounds will discuss the results of an audit by the state during a 3 p.m. news conference today. The Las Cruces Public School District is accused of cheating the system to get more money than the State feels they need. Superintendent Stan Rounds has said in the past he stands behind

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake hit a non-populated area of Chihuahua, Mexico at about 11 p.m. Wednesday. The earthquake hit about 80 miles south-southeast of El Paso, between the Sun City and Chihuahua City. There were no reports of injuries or serious damage.

EL PASO, TEXAS- The UTEP women?s basketball team has added three more players to its 2011 recruiting class, head coach Keitha Adams announced Wednesday. Point guard Ryah Lacy, who led Grayson County College to a fifth-place finish nationally, guard Melisa Mendes, who secured all-conference honors for Northwest Florida State College, and Jenzel Nash, who paced

The city, along with a consultanting company, will investigate what went wrong with El Paso Electric and El Paso Water Utilities during the winter storm in early February that left thousands of customers with no power and water. The move has raised concerns of whether the findings can be objective because the utilities are paying

After winds calmed down, crews were back to battling the Abrams Fire Wednesday. If Las Crucens look close enough, a dirty brown haze is seen hovering over the Organ Mountains. As of Wednesday evening, the fire was 40% contained. But a spokesman for the Bureau of Land Management said crews are comfortable with the current

“When I came outside. My first thought, my roof has fallen off,” said Bonifacio Perez. Tuesday’s strong winds caused major damage for residents across the Borderland. Perez was no exception after a roof smashed his front gate. Perez lives on the 8400 block of Polaris and was shocked when the roof of the The Full

The state’s largest “pass through” project is in the Sun City. El Paso’s new Liberty Expressway, or – Spur 601 – is now fully operational. It connects loop 375 in east El Paso to U-S 54 in the Northeast. “Pass through” means the road will be paid for by the state based on the vehicle