Month: January 2012

A Central El Paso man is arrested after he allegedly is caught tagging a dumpster and then running from officers. According to El Paso Police officials, officers from the department’s central patrol were on patrol in the early hours of Saturday morning, when officers spotted a man in an alley along the 3600 block Pershing.

Father Michael Rodriguez, the controversial El Paso priest banished by the bishop to Presidio after reportedly violating church policies, showed up at this morning’s city council meeting to speak out about homosexuality and the recall election. After speaking at the podium on his interpretation of the church’s teachings on homosexuality, Rodriguez had plenty to say

The life of a 22-year-old New Mexico State University student has taken an unexpected turn. Branden Livingston lies in a hospital bed with a metal rod in his leg after a wreck over the weekend that caused his truck to roll. It was early Sunday morning when Branden and two passengers were driving back to

WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorneys for the Justice Department and state of Texas are making their closing arguments in a Washington courtroom over whether electoral maps crafted by the Republican-dominated Texas Legislature violate the Voting Rights Act. The three-judge panel has listened to two weeks of testimony and must decide whether the new maps of the

A weak cold front will arrive later today, cooling us down along with picking up the winds throughout the Borderland. Fortunately, the winds will only make it up into the breezy category (wind gusts up to 30 mph). Otherwise, we’ll stay partly cloudy with highs in the mid 60s. Temperatures will stay in the 60s

Tuesday marks the last day property owners can pay their taxes to the some of the nearly three dozen local taxing entities before being penalized. In years past, hundreds of El Pasoans spent hours lined up in and outside City Hall downtown, waiting to pay their taxes. Taxes paid after today will incur interest and

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won the Florida Republican primary, easily defeating main rival Newt Gingrich. The former House speaker earlier vowed to stay in the race regardless of the outcome in Florida. But the bigger prize was precious political momentum in the race to pick an opponent for Democratic

EL PASO, TEXAS ? UTEP secured four votes and is tied for 38th nationally according to Associated Press top-25 poll released Monday. The Miners (19-2, 8-0 Conference USA) have won nine straight overall and sit atop the league standings at the half-way point of the 16-game Conference USA slate. Fourteen of the 19 victories on

The Catholic Diocese of El Paso is circulating a letter meant to encourage parishioners to oppose a part of the Obama administration’s health care reform law. “We cannot — we will not — comply with this unjust law,” reads the letter, which is signed by El Paso’s Apostolic Administrator and Bishop-Designate of Fresno Armando Ochoa.

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Jan. 30)-The New Mexico State men’s basketball team has been selected to host Drake, Feb. 18, in a nationally televised Sears BracketBuster game on ESPNU at 1 p.m. The Aggies have home court advantage for the second consecutive season. Currently, Drake is 13-9 and 10-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Bulldogs

EL PASO, TEXAS — The UTEP men’s golf team is in seventh place through 36 holes of the Arizona Intercollegiate on Monday in Tucson. The Miners opened their spring season by carding rounds of 303 and 287 for a total of 590. Host Arizona leads the 12-team field (277-277-554). Jerry Castrellon fired a one-under-par 141

We’re starting off the workweek on a high note as temperatures will warm up into the 60s along with sunny skies. There is an upper-level disturbance that will pass through tomorrow, picking up the winds into the breezy category. After that, temperatures will drop a few degrees. We’ll stay in the 60s through Thursday until

This week?s MANHUNT MONDAY Most Wanted Fugitive is sought for Sexually Assaulting a Teenage girl back in June 2000. The target is identified as GABRIEL BERNAL (32) of El Paso, TX (Originally California). JUNE 2000 In June 2000, GABRIEL BERNAL sexually assaulted a 13 year-old girl. In 2002, BERNAL violated the terms of his probation

Five members of the Rev. Michael Rodriguez’s former congregation are firing back against the man who transferred him, Bishop Armando Ochoa, by intervening in his lawsuit against Rodriguez. The intervention is the latest in what has been quite a back and forth between Rodriguez’s congregation and Ochoa, who is transferring to Fresno, Calif., all stemming

More than 60 horses are in danger of starving at a ranch in the eastern part of El Paso County. According to animal activists, the number is dwindling as they claim two more horses died in the past several days. ?They need to be removed immediately,? said Dr. Amy Starr who says she put a

The goal line has been crossed, the Gatorade dumped on the victorious coach and the pads and uniforms returned. My two-and-a-half month journey to the Fabens vs. Clint Alumni Football game ended with a resounding victory, as the Wildcats beat the Lions 22 to 7. But that victory means so very much more. It means

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration proposed new rules Monday to help military families care for service members when they are injured or called to active duty on short notice. The proposal expands eligibility under the Family and Medical Leave Act, which allows employees to take unpaid leave for certain medical or family emergencies. First

Juarez Municipal Police officers survived an early morning attack Monday near the Ysleta Port of Entry. According to Mexican officials and KVIA’s media partners in Juarez, XHIJ Channel 44, the shootout occurred shortly before 8 a.m. in the Juarez suburb of Zaragoza, near the heavily-traveled Ysleta Port of Entry. Investigators say a large group of

Expect a mild day with plenty of sunshine and near normal temperature as highs reach the upper 50’s this afternoon. The start to the workweek will also see plenty of sunshine with highs warming up to the mid 60’s on Monday and near 70 on Tuesday. Expect windy conditions on Tuesday. Highs will be in

In a statement Sunday, Maj. Gen. Dana Pittard called the death of 27-year old Michael Paauwe, a Fort Bliss soldier, tragic. “Our Soldier did everything right, from being properly trained to operate his motorcycle to wearing all required personnel protective equipment, (to) include his helmet which is not required by Texas law,” Pittard said. Police

Expect a gorgeous start to the workweek with above normal highs in the mid 60’s and lots of sunshine. Tuesday will be mainly sunny, but even warmer with a high of 70 degrees. Expect windy conditions on Tuesday with gusts to about 40 mph as a storm system passes to our north. Wednesday will again

Sheriff’s office dispatch is telling us a storage unit went up in flames at a residence on the 500 block of northwest Guadalupe in Fabens. The Fabens, Clint, and San Elizario Fire Departments all responded to help put the flames out. No injuries have been reported Investigators from the El Paso Fire Department have been

A man landed himself in the hospital after he shot himself in the leg. The incident happened around midnight outside of the ‘Players Lounge’ on the four-thousand block of Dyer– that’s in central El Paso. Police tell us the scene was cleared up quickly and the man was taken to William Beaumont Army Medical Center.

Around 2 in the morning, emergency crews responded to the scene of a rollover wreck in northeast El Paso. It happened at Railroad near Hondo Pass. We were told by EMS dispatch the driver of the vehicle was taken to UMC. This morning, there is no word on her condition.

A person was taken to the hospital after a wreck in central El Paso. It happened just after two this morning at Missouri and Dallas. Our cameras were rolling as a person was put into an ambulance. EMS dispatch tells us they were taken to University Medical Center. Two vehicles were involved. No word if

A cold front pushed through the Borderland late last night, producing strong winds and much cooler temperatures. There is also some cloud cover to start off the weekend, but no rain is expected. Temperatures will only warm up into the mid 50s with overnight lows well below freezing, so be sure to take care of

Expect a cold night with overnight lows near 30 degrees and clear skies. Tomorrow will be a little warmer with highs in the mid to upper 50’s and plenty of sunshine. We’ll warm up to mid 60’s by Monday and mid to upper 60’s by Tuesday. Expect mainly sunny skies on both days and breezy

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Jan. 26)-Despite a season-high 21 points from senior guard Hernst Laroche, the New Mexico State men’s basketball team’s last comeback against Nevada fell short, 68-60. The Aggies fell to 14-7, 4-2 in their first WAC home loss of the season, while the Wolf Pack won its 14th straight game and improved to

HATTIESBURG, MISS. ? Gloria Brown posted a monstrous double-double and head coach Keitha Adams secured her 300th collegiate win after UTEP downed Southern Miss, 70-63, at Reed Green Coliseum Thursday evening. Brown poured in a career high 27 points, aided by making a school-record 17 free throws, while grabbing the second-most rebounds (19) in program

ABC-7 took a limited tour of the Dona Ana County Detention Center Friday in light of a recent lawsuit. That lawsuit, filed by a mentally ill ex-inmate who was locked up between 2005 and 2007, alleges the jail denied him medical and mental treatment. A federal jury awarded that former detainee, Steven Slevin, $22 million