Month: May 2012

18-year-old Thayry Roldan fell out of a moving vehicle and was killed Wednesday morning. El Paso Police said Thayry, who was a passenger in an SUV, opened the front right passenger door and fell out of the vehicle onto the roadway and died at 4:14 a.m. near the 4900 block of N. Desert. Sabina Roldan

Texas is getting tougher on school bullies. The Yselta Independent School District board of trustees approved a set of recommended revisions regarding bullying and transfer policies during a meeting Wednesday. The agenda items are part of a set of directives from the Texas Legislature calling for all state school districts to toughen up and expand

Court documents reveal Las Cruces police found hundreds of images and videos containing child pornography on the computer of a Picacho Middle School basketball coach, and he allegedly admitted to investigators he had an addiction to it. The documents show police tracked down 33-year-old Erik Khan using an automated computer program that sends messages to

Las Cruces Police are continuing to investigate the death of a one-year-old baby girl who was mauled to death by her family’s pit bull. Jazilyn Mesa was attacked by the dog at her grandmother’s house in suburban Las Cruces on Tuesday. Police say her grandmother, Leticia Mesa, 52, tried to intervene and protect the girl

Mother’s Day is considered the busiest day of the year for restaurants. The kitchen at Cappetto’s restaurant in Central El Paso is already busy. The staff was taking advantage of the lull in the lunch rush Wednesday to prepare for Sunday by chopping cuts of meat and preparing vegetables. “I’m not cooking,” exclaimed Aliana Apodaca,

The return of an El Paso trolley system is one huge step closer to reality. ABC-7 has learned the Texas Department of Transportation is ready to hand the Sun City $80 to $90 million to pay for nearly the entire project. But it’s all contingent on a Tuesday City Council vote. That vote — now

Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith has more carries than any other player in NFL history. His 4,409 attempts are 571 more than Walter Payton, who sits in second place. The type of punishment Smith took averaging nearly 20 carries per game is no secret to anyone who followed his 15-year NFL

This week is teacher appreciation week. Some ideas on showing your appreciation include: Dedicate a song to the teacher. If students can’t all play instruments then new lyrics can be added to an existing song. For other ideas, click here. Thursday, May 10 is Dia de las Madres (mother’s day in Mexico) and Sunday, May

The United States Football League (USFL) announced Thursday morning that Fred Biletnikoff, the Super Bowl XI MVP and 1988 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, and James Bailey, the Executive Vice President of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns/Baltimore Ravens franchise for 21 years, have been named to the USFL’s board of advisors. Biletnikoff will serve on

Tuesday’s heavy rainstorms were a welcome sight for many throughout New Mexico, but residents didn’t expect the torrents of pea-sized hail that came with them. Farmers in Hatch were hit pretty hard as thousands of acres of crops in the area were damaged by the hail. Elephant Butte Irrigation officials told ABC-7 the hail storms

In April, Pentagon officials announced that more than 14,000 jobs within the Army will soon be available to female soldiers. At one time, some of these jobs were off-limits because they were considered too dangerous. Female soldiers are not allowed to fight in combat, but it’s the Female Engagement Team at Fort Bliss, Texas, that

The El Paso Independent School District has requested the Texas Education Agency send a “special administrative partner” to the district. The school board unanimously approved the measure, which was requested by interim superintendent Dr. Terri Jordan late last month. A statement released by the district late Tuesday night stated the monitor from the TEA would

Las Cruces Police detectives and agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations have arrested a public school basketball coach on multiple felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child. Erik B. Khan, 32, of the 600 block of La Melodia Drive in Las Cruces, has been charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitation

El Paso band The Royalty’s released its debut album “Lovers” on Tuesday. Buy the album at through the following outlets: iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/lovers/id520721537 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lovers-The-Royalty/dp/B007MMRXF4 Victory Records Online Store: http://www.victoryrecords.com/merch/cds/24272/The_Royalty_Lovers Physical CDs: FYE, Best Buy, and Hastings Read reviews of “Lovers” by clicking on the links below: http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/the_royalty_lovers http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/7/listening-station-john-fullbright-the-royalty/

Sandbags are still available at El Paso Water Utilities’ Stormwater Operations Center. While the regional sites operate only during the monsoon season ( June 11 until Sept 14), the Stormwater Operations Center, located at 4801 Fred Wilson, is open throughout the year. Customers can get sandbags Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

El Paso County Elections chief Javier Chacon told ABC-7 that department officials have issued instructions to their poll workers to not ask for any photo ID before voting. Chacon said it is because Texas Senate Bill 14 did not get any prior approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before being signed into law, thus

The Interim Superintendent for the El Paso Independent School District, Terri Jordan, presented the school board with $7.2 million in salary increases for district employees, expected for the 2012-13 school year, during Tuesday’s board meeting. The proposal would provide 4,545 teachers in the district with a 3 percent annual raise or $1,400. Librarians, counselors, nurses,

A 16-month-old girl has died from injuries suffered when a pit bull mauled her in the family backyard in Las Cruces. The incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of Stone Canyon in the Las Alamedas Estates in East Las Cruces. The dog was in its backyard and the child was

Illegal border crossings are at a 40-year-low, according to government statistics. Those numbers led to the U.S. Border Patrol announcing a new strategy on Tuesday to target repeat crossers. In a 32-page document that took roughly two years to develop, agents will now draw on intelligence to identify repeat crossers, according to Homeland Security’s Chief

El Paso Sheriff’s deputies arrested Gilbert Duran after he allegedly drove his pickup truck into a topless club on South Darrington in East El Paso County. Sheriff’s deputies said Duran became enraged inside the club when he was told the club did not sell liquor. Duran was then escorted to his vehicle and drove into

Just ahead of what could be a busy fire season for New Mexico, some parts of the state finally saw some rain, bringing temporary relief from the drought conditions. State forest officials told ABC-7 this bit of moisture won’t have any long-term effects on the season. Residents in Cloudcroft enjoyed the weather and said it’s

Steven Hope calls himself a cross-walker, but he isn’t walking across the street. He’s walking across Texas with a massive wooden cross over his his shoulder. Hope said he’s dragging his 70-pound, home-made cross 900 miles from West to East Texas because Jesus told him to. “When I asked Jesus what I could do for

El Paso Zoo’s newest addition is a 13-year-old male Malayan tiger Belahat has been brought to the zoo to mate with three-year-old Seri as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan. Zoo officials described Belehat as smart, mellow, and a “proven breeder.” Last September, Seri unexpectedly killed her mate Wzui in

People spend nearly 40 percent of their speech everyday devoted to telling others what we think or feel and the reason we do it is because it feels very rewarding. Researchers have found that talking about ourselves triggers the same sensation of pleasure in the brain as food or money. It is such a good

By David Crowder / El Paso Inc. El Paso Children?s Hospital has been open a little less than three months and is defying early predictions as its beds fill and the pediatric emergency room gets busy. ?It?s much farther ahead of the curve than we anticipated,? said CEO Larry Duncan of an occupancy rate that

Maj. Gen. Dana J. H. Pittard, commanding general at Fort Bliss, has told men to stop exercising shirtless on post. “I know we are all working on our six-pack abs and beach bodies, but running shirtless is not authorized on Fort Bliss. I have seen several men running and walking around Fort Bliss shirtless. Hey,

This week?s MANHUNT MONDAY Most Wanted Fugitive is an individual who violently assaulted a woman. The target has been identified as HECTOR MONTELONGO (45) of El Paso, TX. APRIL 2012 On 04-08-2012 at approximately 10:15 am, Deputies were called to a home in Montana Vista reference an Assault in progress. Deputies arrived & met with

El Paso’s county commissioners are set to vote to renew the burn ban that would make outdoor burning a misdemeanor. By law, the county can only enact a ban on burning for 90 days at a time. Since April 2011, county commissioners have been renewing the ban due to serious drought conditions. The El Paso

Hundreds of vehicles in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas are being powered using vegetable oil. Best of all, it’s coming from a locally owned company. Rio Valley Biofuels in Anthony makes about 2,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel a day. “It’s 2000 gallons of fuel that is being produced locally that isn’t coming from overseas,”

Mayor John Cook shook off one recall effort, only to draw another. Earlier this year Tom Brown, and his group ?El Pasoans for Traditional Family Values? failed to get a recall election scheduled due to legal issues. Now a second recall is under way, spearheaded by Michael Hayes. Hayes had organizers spread throughout the city