Month: September 2012

A man injured in a four-car pileup Friday in the Lower Valley died, investigators said. Officers with the El Paso Police Department’s Special Traffic Investigations Unit said 23-year-old Adrian Hernandex died from his injuries on Saturday afternoon. He was a back seat passenger in a 2006 Nissan Altima investigators said lost control and veered into

July 25, 2012 Update: Officials with the El Paso Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday said Sherman Hemsley died of natural causes and no autopsy would be done. They added that Hemsley had been ill but did not elaborate. Previous story from July 24, 2012: To most of America and much of the world, he was

Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal income taxes on 2011 income of $13.7 million, most of it from investments, for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent, his campaign said Friday. That’s slightly above the 13.9 percent rate the couple paid for 2010. The Romneys were to release their full

El Paso mayor’s veto power as defined by City charter. “Ordinances and resolutions finally adopted by the Council shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk and signed by the Mayor before they take effect. If the Mayor vetoes the ordinance or resolution, reasons shall be set forth by the Mayor in writing,

Proponents of the stadium say there’s support for the ballpark and they have the numbers to prove it. Hundreds rallied Monday afternoon in Cleveland Square, hoping to send that message to the city. The rally was organized by the Mountain Star Sports Group and through hundreds of Facebook invites, ads, and fliers. They managed to

The biggest issue many seem to have when it comes to the building of El Paso’s new Triple-A ballpark is the fact that City hall would have to be relocated. The City talked more about that relocation Monday, including the donation of a building which could change the City Hall gameplan. The building is the

To learn more about the bond issues, you can visit www.elpasobonds2012.com. To volunteer or donate, please call 915-887-1149.

El Paso could be home to the Pacific Coast League’s newest ballpark, but compared to the rest of the league, the numbers don’t match up. The City will make less than most Triple-A city-owned ballparks throughout the country. There are 16 baseball teams in the PCL with 11 of them with stadiums owned by a

ABC-7 issued a StormTrack Weather First Alert last night, and it remains in place today until noon. The First Alert remains in place Saturday due to cooler than usual temperatures and strong winds, as well as continued spotty showers throughout the region. Winds will pick up to 15-30 mph, with gusts up to 45 mph.

The El Paso County Medical Examiner confirms John Hardy, Sr., 75, is the pilot who died after his glider crashed on the runway at the Horizon Airport on Saturday. El Paso’s flyer community and the El Paso Soaring Society have remained silent since the crash. A friend of Hardy’s says he was a long-time flight

Editor’s Note: The following news release was posted on Dame La Mano’s Facebook page in response to a federal search on the morning of Sept. 4, 2012. This morning, at 6:00 AM, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a city code inspector raided the Dame la Mano Crisis Pregnancy Center at 1014 S. Virginia. ICE

Labor Day closings, adjusted schedules City of El Paso Labor Day Holiday Operation Schedule As a reminder, City Hall will be closed on Monday, September 3, 2012 and will re-open Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 7:00 a.m. Additionally, the September 4, 2012 City Council Meeting has been canceled. Please help us remind the public about

One night after a 12-run El Paso victory, the Sioux Falls Pheasants returned the favor with one of their own, beating the Diablos at Cohen Stadium by a final of 14-2. Sioux Falls scored in each of the first four innings off Diablos starter Reyes Dorado, who surrendered seven runs on eleven hits in taking