Month: January 2014

Back-to-back champions. The Las Cruces High School Football team won the New Mexico state 5-A title beating its bitter, cross-town rival Mayfield. The Bulldawgs beat the Trojans, 27-26, in sub-freezing conditions Saturday afternoon at Aggie Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces. The two met just week prior for the district title, which Mayfield won.

The theme of Brooklyn heritage runs deep in Saturday’s boxing card at Barclays Center. Zab Judah and Paulie Malignaggi, who will meet in the main event, were both born and honed their boxing skills in Brooklyn. But it’s Austin Trout who might carry the most emotional connection to the borough when he enters the ring

A 10-vehicle pileup Saturday left a person dead and caused the closure of I-10 west in West Texas. “As of right now IH-10 westbound lanes are closed at mile marker 192, about 4 miles east of the IH-10/ IH-20 split,” said Sgt. Santos Carrasco, a DPS spokesman. A Texas Department of Public Safety dispatcher in

Don’t worry if you missed out on the presales for One Direction at the Sun Bowl Stadium. Tickets for One Direction’s Sept. 19, 2014 concert go on sale to the general public at noon today through Live Nation/Ticketmaster. Buy them online at http://bit.ly/IqBKlv or by phone at or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000/(915)747-5234. It

It’s been a year since the Texas Education Agency announced its plan to overhaul the EPISD board of trustees — eventually replacing them with a board of managers. ABC-7 looked back Friday at what the new regime has accomplished thus far. Former Jefferson High School principal Steven Lane noted that the old administration could learn

A Las Cruces man is behind bars facing more than 15 charges from two separate incidents. Police arrested Jaime Moore, 22, on Wednesday for a number of charges stemming from a stolen handgun. According to investigators, the charges stemming from the gun are just the tip of the iceberg. Moore was already on the Las

The Amigo Airsho will be held on Nov. 1-2, 2014 and will be headlined by the Air Force Thunderbirds. This will be the first full-scale Amigo Airsho at the Dona Ana County Airport at Santa Teresa. The Amigo Airsho had its program for children at the Santa Teresa airport this year but that was it.

Operation Noel raised $127,200.26 during the 2013 fundraising efforts by KVIA and El Paso Times. For more than 70 years, Operation Noel has looked out for some of our area’s neediest children. The charity has evolved over the years, but its primary mission today is to provide new winter coats to more than 19,000 children

Defending champion Spain will play its opening World Cup game against the Netherlands, a repeat of the ill-tempered 2010 final. Friday’s draw threw up plenty of other intriguing match-ups. The United States was drawn in the toughest group with Germany, Portugal and Ghana. Brazil starts its campaign for a sixth World Cup title with an

In downtown El Paso, the H&H car wash and coffee shop sits on the corner of Yandell and Ochoa. It’s been in the Haddad family for more than 50 years. It’s different than most coffee shops nearby — it’s locally-owned and operated, and it’s always been that way. “The government is doing everything it can

Cyber scams are on the rise in El Paso — and with the explosion of Internet shopping this time of year, the Better Business Bureau is offering some simple tips for preventing online crime. Local FBI said that reported scams are already up about 20 percent this year, and we’re not even through the busiest

Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world’s most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white minority rule in South Africa, has died. He was 95. South African President Jacob Zuma made the announcement at a news conference late

Considering the widespread media attention the Farrey family has received in recent weeks, the general public still knows relatively little about Jenna, Jeffrey or their marriage. ABC-7’s Collin Carroll spoke with a soldier Wednesday who did a tour in Afghanistan with Jeffrey, and one of Jenna’s high-school classmates. The serviceman told ABC-7 that he spent

El Paso City Representative and County Judge candidate Eddie Holguin on Wednesday said some of the criticism against the Shawver Park Christmas lights display he initiated is politically motivated. “This is politics. I’m obviously running for County Judge and people will use it for political expediency and I have no problem with that,” Holguin said

A sophomore UTEP volleyball player was distracted while driving when she struck and killed a foreign exchange student in a Miner Village parking lot on Nov. 15, according to a UTEP Police incident report. Achim F. Schweighofer, a foreign exchange student at UTEP, was the person hit by the vehicle and died Nov. 16 as

Jenna Farrey, the 20-year-old mother who’s made headlines in recent weeks following the disappearance and apparent death of her baby son, Jackson, has been extradited from Michigan to El Paso. Farrey arrived at the El Paso International Airport at about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. Deputies booked her into the El Paso County Jail Downtown shortly before

El Paso City Council on Tuesday voted to increase the bridge toll at City-owned international bridges and divert the extra revenue to pay for overtime of Customs and Border Protection officers. The pilot program is meant to decrease wait times at the ports of entry and increase border trade. The 50-cent increase will take effect

The Tucson Padres’ field manager Pat Murphy will be following the team to El Paso when it starts the inaugural season as the Chihuahuas in April 2014. The El Paso Chihuahuas have announced Murphy as the first ever field manager for the Triple-A Team. Murphy led the Triple-A Tucson Padres to a 77-67 record in

Two people were sentenced Tuesday morning in connection with the federal public corruption case in El Paso. Raymond Telles was sentenced to five years probation and a $4,000 fine. The fine is payable in $100 installments a month. During the sentencing hearing it was revealed Telles has given up his law license and now works

Jeffrey Farrey’s bond will remain at $1.5 million after a bond reduction hearing Tuesday morning. Judge James Carter said he will reconsider reducing the bond once the results of the autopsy of 5-month-old Jackson Farrey is released. Autopsy results can take up to six to eight weeks, according to New Mexico medical examiner office officials.

A local teen has one very small reason to be thankful this holiday season. The 17-year-old U.S. citizen gave birth to a premature baby boy at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry on Thanksgiving Day, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers helped deliver him. The teen wasn’t due for more than two months.

ABC-7 Meteorologist Karla Huelga visited San Elizario this afternoon to teach elementary school children about the weather. Karla held one of the last round of Weather Academy sessions for the year at L.G. Alarcon Elementary School this afternoon where shetalked toalmost 140 fourth graders about clouds, hurricanes, tornadoes, rain and many more weather topics.The presentation

Federal and state authorities are investigating the cause of a deadly freight train derailment in southwestern New Mexico. A spokesman with the Federal Railroad Administration says five investigators were at the site Monday. There were also two state inspectors at the scene. The FRA investigators are examining all factors that may have contributed to the

Customs officials say a 17-year-old U.S. citizen gave birth to a baby boy on Thanksgiving Day with the help of Customs and Border Protection agents at a West Texas port of entry. The young woman arrived just after 5 a.m. to the port of entry and requested the officers there to contact an ambulance because

Dec. 3, 2013 update: The El Paso Police Dept. has released the identity of the woman killed in a two-vehicle crash on Monday afternoon. Jacqueline “Jackie” Hager, 19, of the 10300 block of Lufkin, was a passenger in a Grand Am that was stalled in a lane of traffic in the 9500 block of Gateway

Black Friday is over, but the itch to keep shopping continues. Saturday some shoppers are avoiding the malls and supporting small businesses. ABC-7 crews checked out business at the locally-owned All Star Sports in east El Paso. Small business Saturday was just recently founded in 2010 by American Express. The El Paso Chamber of Commerce

Three people are recovering Saturday after they were stabbed at a northeast El Paso bar overnight. Police report two men and one woman were attacked in the parking lot of the J Lee Bar on Braoddus Street at around 2:30 a.m. They said a car pulled up to the three in the parking lot. Several

The crash that resulted in the death of Pasodale Elementary teacher, Hector Perales, has now claimed a second life. The Perales family told ABC-7 Belinda Vasquez, 72, died at a hospital in Amarillo, Texas Friday morning. She is Perales’ mother-in-law. The family was on its way to Amarillo last Friday to see Chapin High School’s

The city has unveiled a Christmas Lights display at Shawver Park in the Lower Valley. It’s located at 8100 Independence just north of Border Highway. “I decided to have this for all the citizens of El Paso because the festivities Downtown are scaled back because of the construction at San Jacinto Plaza,” said City Representative

If you’re in search of a popular Christmas present idea, you may want to consider season tickets for the El Paso Chihuahuas. According to the Triple-A baseball team’s general manager, the demand for seats in the new ballpark has been overwhelming. The new Downtown ballpark, which is just over four months from its scheduled completion,