Month: December 2011

A woman who escaped an early morning fire in East-Central El Paso has been arrested on suspicion of arson of habitation. Fire crews responded to house fire shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday in the 8000 block of Parkland Drive in East-Central El Paso, and reported seeing flames coming out of the front and rear of

Police identified the driver of a pickup who died when he crashed early Christmas Eve in East El Paso. Investigators said 39-year-old Pedro Arenas was not wearing his seat belt when he crashed a 1995 Ford F-150 about 2:15 a.m. Saturday in the 3100 block of Lee Trevino Drive. Arenas suffered severe head trauma. Officers

In observance of the Christmas Day and New Year’s Day holidays, the following have announced closures or hour changes: ? All El Paso Municipal Court arraignment hearings scheduled for Dec. 23 at 9600 Dyer for today will be reset to the week of Jan. 2. ? The El Paso Electric business offices, including customer payment

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) – Six members of a Texas family apparently opened Christmas presents just before a relative dressed as Santa Claus showed up, opened fire and killed them before killing himself, police said Monday. Grapevine police spokesman Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the Santa outfit shortly before gunfire erupted and

HONOLULU, HAWAII ? John Bohannon tied his career-high with 20 points, and Michael Perez hit a couple big threes late once again as UTEP held off Auburn, 83-76, to claim third place at the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic on Sunday. The Miners (6-6) continued their surge, winning for the fourth time in five games

Retailers are optimistically calling the day after Christmas, “Mega Monday”, hoping that millions of gift cards will be redeemed. Shoppers typically spend billions of dollars on the day after Christmas, so we sent an ABC7 crew out to the local malls. And while we expected to find people returning presents, it seemed that bad gift-givers

A young horse found abandoned on Christmas Eve is doing better, according to Precinct 7 Constable Angie Sommers. Sommers e-mailed ABC-7 a photo of the horse, which she now calls “Noel.” The horse is seen standing in the new picture, a far cry from its condition this past weekend. Sommers said Noel crawled onto a

The 2011 Hyundai Sun Bowl is mere days away, and the celebrations began with a welcome party when both teams touched down Monday afternoon at the El Paso International Airport. Steven Sylvester, a linebacker from Georgia Tech, had never set foot on Texan soil. By the time he left the airport, he said he didn?t

MEXICO CITY (AP) – The Mexican government news agency and arts council say character actor Pedro Armendariz Jr. has died in New York City at the age of 71. Armendariz’s most famous roles are sly, cynical characters endowed with wit and charisma. Armendariz played Gov. Riley in the 2005 movie “The Legend of Zoro,” and

The El Paso Police Department releases statistics from this weekend’s DWI incidents and compares them to last year’s Christmas weekend totals. According to EPPD officials, officers investigated 38 alcohol-related traffic incidents that happened on city roads between December 23 through 1:00p.m. on Monday, December 26. Officials add that over the same time frame in 2010,

MEXICO CITY (AP) – The Mexican army says it has dealt a significant blow to the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel with the arrest of the cartel leader’s security chief. The army says special military forces seized computer files and other data when they detained Felipe Cabrera Sarabia. But Chief Army spokesman Gen. Ricardo Trevillo offered

Expect another very cold night with lows in the low 20s and clear skies. Monday will be another sunshine-filled day with highs in the mid 40s and little to no wind. Temperatures will climb to the low 50s by Tuesday and mid 50s by Wednesday. Both days will have clear skies. Friday will be mainly

A Las Cruces Fire Engine was involved in accident while responding to a call late Friday night, according to the Las Cruces Fire Department. Las Cruces Fire Department Engine 5 flipped on it side while it was responding to another weather-related accident on Del Rey Boulevard. The fire engine flipped after it encountered an icy

The computer model that handled the snow very well for us today has just come out, and it is indicating that we could see perhaps another inch later tonight and early tomorrow morning. There is no reason to doubt it, however, some other models are indicating just a bit heavier snow. So, another inch expected

We remain under a First Alert for very cold temps tonight. Expect lows to fall to the low 20’s in El Paso and upper teens in Las Cruces. Christmas Day will have much more sunshine with mainly sunny skies and highs in the mid 40’s. Highs will climb to the low 50’s by Monday and

HONOLULU, HAWAII ? Angel Rodriguez scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half, and Kansas State survived a spirited UTEP rally before dealing the Miners a 78-70 loss in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic semifinals on Friday afternoon. UTEP will face either Auburn or Long Beach State in the third-place game of

Hundreds of people from all over the country are stuck inside downtown El Paso’s Greyhound station, and could be there overnight. A spokesman for greyhound said around 245 people will probably have to wait until Saturday to catch a bus out of town. ABC7 crews went to the bus station and found weary travelers, many

A snowstorm that hit the Borderland early Friday has closed some major roads in El Paso: ? NMDOT expects Interstate 25 to open once it gets confirmation from law enforcement. ? Interstate 10 is open from Texas to the Arizona state line. ? TransMountain and Scenic Drive remain closed. ? U.S. 180 is open. ?

Former County Judge Anthony Cobos bonded out of jail Wednesday evening but still faces serious charges in connection to the FBI’s public corruption investigations in the borderland. “I’m very anxious to get back to my wife and children, thank you all,” said Cobos outside the jail. He did not comment on the allegations against him,

EL PASO, TEXAS ? The UTEP women?s basketball team was saddled with its first loss of the season in challenging fashion, falling to UC Santa Barbara, 49-48, on a last-second shot by Sweets Underwood inside the Don Haskins Center Wednesday evening. The Miners (10-1) led 47-40 with 2:56 to play only to have the Gauchos

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Dec. 21)-The New Mexico State men’s basketball team defeated McNeese State, 82-62, to improve to 8-4 on the season. Redshirt senior forward Wendell McKines directed the Aggies with 23 points and a career-high 17 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season and 33rd of his career. He moved into third all-time

SALT LAKE CITY (Dec. 21) – The New Mexico State women’s basketball team fell 74-37 to Utah inside the Utes’ Jon M. Huntsman Center Wednesday evening. Utah jumped out to an early lead at home over the Aggies and never looked back. The Ute starting forwards proved too much for the Aggie defense as they

LAS CRUCES, N.M. ? New Mexico State Head Football Coach DeWayne Walker announced Thursday that offensive coordinator Doug Martin has accepted the offensive coordinator job at Boston College. ?This is a great opportunity for Doug (Martin),? Walker said. ?When other schools come and recruit our coaches I see it as a positive step because this

Last minute shoppers, beware: there’s some nasty weather headed to the Borderland overnight Thursday. “I still have to get a lot of gifts,” said one shopper. “It’s going to be horrible. The weather is not going to keep anyone from going out and about.” ABC-7 issued a First Alert with potential for snow across the

UTEP Shocks Clemson, 61-48, in Opening Round of Diamond Head Classic HONOLULU, HAWAII ? UTEP outscored Clemson 23-8 in the final 13 minutes, holding the Tigers to one field goal during that span, on its way to a 61-48 upset of the Tigers in the opening round of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic on

The 63-year-old clerk of a West Side gas station was stabbed in the face, clavicle and hands when he yelled at a man who police said was taking items from the store. Police said 44-year-old Miguel Saldana walked into the Valero gas station about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 6000 block of North Mesa Street

LAS CRUCES, N.M. ? New Mexico State Head Football Coach DeWayne Walker announced Thursday that Brad Bedell has been hired as the Aggies? new offensive line coach. Bedell spent one season at UC Davis. ?I?ve known Brad since he was a high school player and as he worked his way through the junior college ranks

EL PASO, TEXAS ? The UTEP women?s basketball team has received a pair of votes in the most-recent ESPN/USA Today Coaches? top-25 poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon. The Miners (10-0) are tied for 32nd nationally according to the poll, sharing the spot with Michigan, Oklahoma and South Carolina. It marks the earliest point in

There’s just 10 days to go until kickoff of the 78th Hyundai Sun Bowl. ABC-7 asked game officials Tuesday how ticket sales are going for this year’s matchup between Georgia Tech and Utah. Sun Bowl officials are quick to admit that this is not last year, with the likes of Notre Dame and Miami playing

Former County Judge Anthony Cobos spent a total of five nights in jail before his bond was set on Wednesday afternoon after being arrested last Friday as part of an FBI public corruption investigation. During his time in jail, he was visited in his cell by El Paso Rev. Lisle Davis. ABC-7 sat down with