Month: October 2011

The number of domestic violence cases was up for the month of September, but overall the number is down 0.5 percent compared with the number of cases at the same time last year. The El Paso Police Department and the city of El Paso in September saw a 5.4 percent increase in the number of

LAS CRUCES, N.M. ? Kick returner and wide receiver Taveon Rogers was named the Kick Return Specialist Performer of the Week by College Football Performance.com while running back Kenny Turner was named College Sports Madness.com WAC Offensive Player of the Week. Rogers broke the school record for kick return yardage in a career against Idaho,

Call it Cruces divided. A new redistricting plan that will affect thousands of high school students in the City of the Crosses will be unveiled Tuesday night at a meeting expected to draw a packed house to LCPS headquarters. Hundreds are expected to discuss the addition of Centennial High School, a new school set to

The NMSU athletics department announced a new partnership with KVIA ABC-7 to distribute Aggie basketball games later this fall. KVIA, which owns and operates the CW channel and the StormTRACK 24/7 weather channel, will carry the games in the El Paso market on these two channels. The NMSU men’s and women’s basketball games will be

The El Paso City Council has approved going on with public process to determine what to do with nearly 800 of city-owned land next to the proposed Trans Mountain Freeway. In a unanimous decision Tuesday morning, the Council approved spending $200,000 to hire the consulting firm, Dover Kohl, to amend the Northwest master plan so

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a armed man who attempted to abduct a woman at gunpoint Saturday morning. Shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday, a woman was jogging south on the walking trail parallel to Triviz Drive when a newer-model car

The FBI announced a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of an armed man who robbed the Navy Federal Credit Union on Aug. 11 in El Paso’s Northeast. The robber entered the bank about 10:30 a.m. at 4717 Hondo Pass. He brandished a handgun and instructs everyone in the bank to,

A not-so-gracious competitor in Friday’s Battle of the Badges — a charity boxing tournament pitting firefighters against police officers — doesn’t have a badge. Jesus Cervantes, who boxed for the El Paso Fire Department team, knocked down his opponent, and seemingly hovered over him for a few seconds until the referee stepped in. Then, Cervantes

An Albuquerque Little League baseball coach is facing a battery charge after police said he hit a man in the head with a crowbar following a game, then took a picture of the aftermath. KOAT-TV reports that police say the bizarre event unfolded when coach Michael Smith and his ex-wife’s boyfriend got into a fight

El Paso City Council approved new requirements for builders in an effort to avoid thousands of home pipes from bursting, as happened during February’s freeze. The amendments to the building code require that builders use cross linked polyethylene, also known as PEX, for pipes that connect the water line into houses. Builders can use PEX

Heartbroken, family members of a 68-year-old man are searching for answers tonight as to who shot and killed him. New Mexico State Police say Larry Link, the owner of a ghost town in Steins, was found dead on his ten acre property early Tuesday, located about 100 miles from the Mexican border. Larry purchased the

Joshua Woodley, a 19-year-old Andress high school student, still sports the white hospital bracelet he was issued after his brush with danger Friday morning. “Yesterday I passed out, even though it happened on Friday, because of my concussion,” said Woodley outside the school. Woodley’s referring to an incident that happened in an Andress parking lot.

British billionaire Richard Branson and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez led a dedication today for Spaceport America, which will soon launch commercial flights into space. Sir Richard Branson christened the spaceship terminal at Space Port America in Upham New Mexico on Monday. The name is as imaginative and ambitious as the the man himself, the

The UTEP basketball team is young, and it just got younger. The lone senior on the team, Gabriel McCulley, will have surgery Friday on his fractured left shin. McCulley said the injury occurred in June, and it’s been bothering him the whole time. The forward would either have to play with pain or get a

Doppler Dave has issued a First Alert for this afternoon. The temperature is expected to drop 15 degrees for tomorrow’s high — from 89 Monday to 74 tomorrow.

Police identified the Fort Bliss soldier involved in a standoff with SWAT officers early Sunday at the Lake Fairway Apartments in El Paso’s East Side. Police responded to a family fight where they said Gabriel Chandler, 21, was locked inside the apartment with a woman and was armed with a handgun. Fort Bliss spokesman Dieter

A man accused of impersonating a law enforcement officer ran over an Andress High School student with a car after the student questioned his credentials, according to an arrest affidavit. Daniel Munoz, 23, pulled over the 19-year-old student in a school parking lot using a siren and lights. The student was exiting his vehicle and

Neighbors are still reeling after a swat standoff that occurred early Sunday morning at an East El Paso apartment complex. Police said it started with a domestic disturbance call around 3 a.m.. A man and woman were locked inside an apartment on the 11-thousand block of Vista Del Sol Drive. According to police that man

The fifth annual Tough Enough to Wear Pink kicked off Saturday evening at Aggie Memorial Stadium. The Cinco De Pink event, named for its five-year anniversarry, blew past last year’s total donation by about $50,000. The grand total reached $548,166 and could continue to grow. As the NMSU Aggies went head to head with the

The KVIA building on Rio Bravo Street off Executive Center Boulevard has glass front windows. In the northwest corner office, you?ll see News Director Brenda De Anda-Swann toiling away until late at night. She?s the hardest working news director I?ve ever known. Brenda?s work ethic shows in our product, resulting in KVIA having the highest

A SWAT situation in east El Paso early Sunday came to an end after tear gas was fired into an apartment, according to El Paso Police Department spokesperson detective Mike Baranyay. Police said a man and a woman were inside a home in the Fairway Apartments when police responded to a domestic violence call around

A woman and two children were part of a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning at the intersection of Gateway North and Transmountain Road, according to police. The wreck happened around 10 a.m. in northeast El Paso. Police said the woman and children were traveling north along the gateway in a Dodge Neon. Their car then collided

El Paso police say a man was left with serious injuries following a fight outside a Whataburger restaurant on the 5700 block of Fairbanks Drive in northeast El Paso. The incident happened around 5 a.m., investigators said. According to emergency radio transmissions, after the brawl, four to five individuals were arrested a few blocks away

Comments made about border security by former drug czar, retired general Barry McCaffrey, at a U.S. House subcommittee Friday caught the attention of U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-El Paso. “I really believe that it had a political purpose,” said Reyes. McCaffrey testified that he participated in a seminar-style meeting in El Paso within the last

UTEP is celebrating National Earth Science Week with a host of events and science activities for the whole family Saturday afternoon. The theme for this year’s event is ”Our Ever-Changing Earth” and aims to engage the public to learn about the natural processes that shape the earth. The event starts at noon and continues until

The University of Texas at El-Paso scored 31 points in first half, pulling away easily in route to a 44-7 victory over Tulane on Saturday. Vernon Frazier opened the scoring for the Miners (3-3, 1-2 Conference USA) on a 15-yard run on UTEP’s first drive of the game. Joe Banyard, who led UTEP with 97

A burglary west of Mesilla is leaving a family heartbroken, not because of the items that were taken, but because a family friend is gone. The Dominguez family returned to their home at Rasaaf Hills Wednesday to find it had been burglarized, but worse, their pointer dog Luna was gone. “She means everything. She’s been

A new magazine written for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual community is in the process of cranking out its second issue in the Sun City. Editor in chief Rosio Laura de Leon said that the goal is to spread a positive message at a time when gay issues, such as the ongoing debate over

A new school on Sonoma Ranch Boulevard near Dripping Springs Road is causing some unintended consequences in Las Cruces. The new $100 million Centennial High School needs to draw in around 1,000 new students, and where they’re coming from is upsetting some Las Crucens. The proposed redistricting of Las Cruces schools might cause approximately 200

While the nation’s unemployment rate sits stubbornly at 9.1%, an area organization is working to help unemployed El Pasoans find a job. Every week Workforce Solutions compiles a list of its top jobs of the week. At the top of the list this week, health practitioners. According to Workforce Solutions, about 274 jobs are currently