Month: November 2011

Police were called out to a Westside coffee shop after a 15-year-old girl says someone tried to lure her into their car in broad daylight. Teenager Madison Glass said she and her two friends decided to stop by a Starbucks near Mesa Street and Sunland Park Drive to get some water. That’s when Madison said

Authorities say Mexican drug cartels are becoming a growing presence in parts of northern New Mexico. The Farmington Daily Times reports that Region II Narcotics Task Force Director Neil Haws says the Juarez cartel has been operating for two years in San Juan County, for example, but that the Sinaloa and Michoacan cartels also have

Pastor Jon Moore refuses to allow this description to begin with anything but an expression of his gratitude for a great first year as Senior Pastor of St. Mark’s. He looks forward to many more years of serving in, with, and through this congregation. His family includes his wife, Melani Daves Moore, along with their

Rev. Matt Bridges was born and raised in Las Cruces, New Mexico and for many years before and during seminary, was involved in music ministry as a worship leader. He is a graduate of Brite Divinity School, where he earned a master of Divinity. His passions for ministry include missions, evangelism, music, social justice, and

An ABC-7 received an email from a viewer who said they are concerned about what their kids are seeing while they are in line at the grocery store. “I am tired of having to turn magazines around, especially in Wal-Mart where the wait time for checkout is ridiculously long, so that my four girls are

The chance for rain sticks around through today as an approaching storm system will pick up moisture and the winds. A weak cold front will also pass by sometime this evening. However, this front will only drop temperatures 3-5 degrees. Things are looking pretty interesting for Thanksgiving as Tropical Storm Kenneth could supply some Pacific

Mayor John Cook’s attorneys called St. Sen. Jose Rodriguez and Word of Life Pastor Tom Brown to the stand during Monday’s recall hearing. Cook’s team is trying to prove recall organizers illegally obtained signatures by circulating the petitions at churches, including Word of Life and Jesus Chapel. Rodriguez testifed that the Texas Election Code, amended

Gov. Rick Perry approved a recall election against the mayor and two city representatives who reversed a voter-approved city ordinance that took away the benefits of the gay and unmarried partners of city employees. According to the proclamation issued by Perry on Monday, the El Paso County Elections administrator had advised the city that the

After a controversial year, Gary Larcenaire, the head of El Paso’s mental health authority, handed in his resignation Monday morning. But per his contract, he’ll be on the payroll for a while. According to a clause in his contract, despite taking another job in Salt Lake City, Larcenaire, the nine-year CEO of El Paso Mental

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Nov. 19)-The New Mexico State men’s basketball team ended rivalry week with an 89-73 win over I-10 rival UTEP. The Aggies improved to 3-0 for the first time since the 2003-04 season. Redshirt senior forward Wendell McKines scored a career-high 23 points along with 13 rebounds for his second double-double of the

An El Paso police spokesman says investigators were called to the scene of a deadly crash in northeast El Paso. Spokesman Mike Baranyay said a motorcyclist was killed after crashing with another vehicle on Hercules Avenue, near Comet Street around 6:30 Saturday evening. Investigators said the 26-year-old man was headed west on Hercules when he

Expect a chilly but calm night with lows in the upper 40’s. Tomorrow, temperatures will be slightly cooler than we enjoyed over the weekend as highs will be in the mid 60’s. Monday will also include windy conditions in the afternoon along with partly cloudy skies and a 10% chance for showers. Temperatures will stay

Police investigators have released the identity of the 26-year-old motorcyclist killed after colliding with a car Saturday evening in northeast El Paso. A department spokesman said Gregory Ramirez was headed west on Hercules Avenue on his 1996 silver Kawasaki around 6:30 p.m. when he crashed into a 2007 Dodge Caliber. Investigators said the driver of

It was an emotional union between kids and their new parents as 21 children were adopted out of El Paso’s foster care system on Saturday morning. In celebration of National Adoption Day, the county courthouse preformed an adoption ceremony, where people like Mark and Myra Cardenas could be found embracing the newest member of their

There is new evidence and an emotional statement from sex torture victim Cynthia Jaramillo. She speaks out during a news conference in Albuquerque on Friday to help the FBI find other potential victims of former El Pasoan, David Parker Ray. Police also released photos of a girl taken from a fake ID found in Ray’s

Curry County Manager Lance Pyle says is moving to fire three more jail employees and discipline a fourth for lapses that led to a prisoner escape last week. A jail sergeant has already lost his job. Pyle called the events leading up to the Nov. 13 escape of maximum-security prisoner Narcizo Soto Jr. a ‘tremendous

There are 200 new U.S. citizens in the borderland thanks to a naturalization ceremony Friday morning at the Las Cruces Convention Center. The new citizens come from 22 countries, including India, the Philippines and even Germany. ABC-7 spoke with Susan Jacintho, a woman born more than 5,000 miles away in Wales who was naturalized in

El Paso sheriff’s deputies tell ABC-7 that a 38-year-old man is in custody after a crash involving a woman and her 10-year-old daughter Saturday afternoon. A sheriff’s office spokeswoman said the collision happened shortly before 4 p.m. on the 7700 block of Doniphan Drive in Vinton. Deputies said the 31-year-old woman and her daughter were

EXPECT A COOL NIGHT WITH LOWS NEAR 50 DEGREES AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TOMORROW WILL BE ANOTHER MILD DAY WITH HIGHS AROUND 70 AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL KEEP OUR SKIES MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR MONDAY WITH A 10% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS, WINDY CONDITIONS AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60’S. THE

Former county judge and former state Rep. Luther Jones, who is serving a six-year sentence for public corruption, was once an informant for the FBI, according to a court document obtained by the ABC-7 I-Team The documents says two prosecutors submitted a disk containing audio recordings and written documents generated as part of Jones’ “work

For those who watch ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” it’s apparent that the weeks of training improves the celebrity’s physique, strength and confidence. It’s the effects of dance training that has inspired one outpatient rehabilitation clinic in El Paso to organize a competition called “Dancing With the Therapist.” Silvia Abril Marquez is a home-based patient

Movers were seen carrying tables and chairs out of The Three Legged Monkey about noon Friday. A short while later, though, everything was carried back in. An El Paso sheriff’s official on the scene said the popular east-side bar found itself on the losing end of litigation and was forced to pay $55,600. According to

StormTRACK Meteorologist Jorge Torres joined KVIA-TV in May of 2009. Previously, he interned while in college deep in the heart of Texas at KXAN-TV in Austin and KBTX-TV in Bryan/College Station. You can watch his live weather broadcasts Monday through Friday on Good Morning El Paso from 5-7 AM and ABC-7 at Noon. Jorge has

A disturbance will pass north of us this afternoon and weekend, causing breezy to windy conditions along with much warmer temperatures. Temperatures will stay 5-7 degrees above normal today through Monday with highs in the low 70s. On Monday, a chance for rain returns, but only at 10%. Today, mostly sunny and breezy with a

EL PASO, TX — Monique Gonzalez was terrified to get the call that her six-year-old daughter was not picked up from school on Thursday. She hired The Cottage House Daycare center to pick up her two daughters – aged four and six – just two days earlier. Gonzalez’s four-year-old was picked up on time because

Works convoys, construction and congestion. It’s a familiar sight for motorists traveling on Loop 375 in Central El Paso and the city’s Lower Valley. But things can get confusing for eastbound drivers who need to exit at Fonseca Drive; there are no signs warning drivers that the exit is coming up, causing some drivers to

Attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund say that a law that prohibits churches from participating in “the circulation and submission of a petition to call an election,” is unconstitutional. Attorneys representing H. Warren Hoyt and his church, Jesus Chapel, filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday seeking an injunction that bars El Paso Mayor John

United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that a one-count information filed Friday charges El Paso Police Department detective Edric Ray Flores, 34, with one count of driving while intoxicated on Oct. 24 at on Fort Bliss. Flores faces up to 180 days in federal prison and a maximum $2,000 fine. This case was investigated by

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ABC-7 received an email from a viewer who was concerned about the increase in the number of aggressive dog breeds at a local animal shelter due to a ban on certain breeds on Fort Bliss. “Fort Bliss has banned pit bull terriers so any military families who own this special breed of dogs is being