Month: January 2014

Chihuahuas may be small in stature, but the El Paso Chihuahuas are apparently not! The new team store Downtown has been packed every day since the name was announced on Tuesday afternoon. “I think El Paso has baseball fever right now,” said El Paso baseball fan Jimmy Cardenas, who is one of thousands that has

An explosion inside a candy factory in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Tuesday left one person dead and at least 40 injured, Mexican authorities said. Several workers remain missing. The blast took place on the second floor of the Dulces Blueberry factory and caused the floor to collapse, injuring people working downstairs, said

Family pride is on the line between two good friends at an El Paso retirement center. Helen Wainwright is a relative of St. Louis pitcher Adam Wainwright and Lola McDonald is the grandmother of Boston pitcher John Lackey. “Well, they have that green wall (Green Monster) there. It’s going to be a devil to get

Days after the big reveal of the ‘el Paso Chihuahuas’ was announced as the name for the new Triple A baseball team, people continue to sound off about the name. Some like it, but it appears a large majority dislike the mascot. The man who has received a lot of heat is Shae Vierra. Vierra

The debate on same-sex marriage in New Mexico has been heating up for months. When county clerks throughout the state started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, people demanded answers. Wednesday’s hearing at the state Supreme Court building was the first step in getting those answers. More than 150 people packed the building for the

Socorro city representatives took to the streets Wednesday and replaced a subdivision’s road signs, which once bore the names of ousted City Council members. The 67-home neighborhood, previously known as Las Margaritas, will now go by Jardin de Flores. Council on Wednesday removed 15 street signs, including those named for Jesus Gandara Jr. and Guillermo

UTEP is tentatively set to play the University of Kentucky in 2016 – the 50th anniversary of the Miners’ historic win over the Wildcats. The game could be nationally televised. UTEP Coach Tim Floyd said Wednesday that he and Kentucky Coach John Calipari are working out the particulars and that the game could be played

El Paso Police have arrested a 30-year-old man they allege attacked three people while inside of the Tricky Falls Night Club on Tuesday night during a concert. Jesus Ortega, 30, of the 19300 block of Cleto Rodriguez, has been charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, as well as multiple outstanding

El Paso’s Triple-A baseball team finally has a name. The Chihuahuastake their place in El Paso baseball history alongside previous affiliated teams the Diablos and Sun Kings, among others. The team’s name and logo were announced before an audience of youth baseball players and the media Tuesday afternoon in the The Plaza Theatre main auditorium.

An El Paso attorney is on trial at the U.S. District Courthouse, charged with conspiracy to launder $600 million for a Mexican drug cartel. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement busted Marco Delgado in 2007 for moving drug money, and he allegedly continued laundering cash for more than a year after becoming an informant. Delgado’s friend

For many, beer and sports go hand-in-hand. Soon Aggie fans will be able to drink beer and wine during athletics events at the Pan American Center. On Monday, the New Mexico State University Board of Regents voted 3-1 to apply for a governmental liquor license. It’s a controversial topic that’s been discussed for many years.

The damage from train derailments in El Paso County have caused $1.4 million in damage since 2008, according to a report from the Texas Department of Transportation. According to the report, which compiled data from January 2008 to December 2012, there were 28 train accidents in El Paso County – 22 were derailments. Those accidents

They’re coming. The mascotfor El Paso’s Triple A baseball team will be announced Tuesday afternoon. That’s what job postings on the Pacific Coast League’s website have stated in recent weeks and billboards revealed around El Paso last week are pointing to, as well. Youth baseball players will attend an event Tuesday afternoon at the Plaza

Oct. 22, 2013 Update: A jury has sentenced Roger Garrett to 40 years in prison for the murder of his stepfather 37 years ago. Oct. 21, 2013 Story: A jury has found Roger Garrett guilty of murdering his stepfather nearly 37 years ago. Garrett, 55, could spend the rest of his life in prison. Prosecutors

Oct. 22 Update: El Paso Police investigators from the Special Traffic Investigations Unit have identified 33-year-old Michael Pinedo as the driver of the pickup truck that struck a 9-year old female bicyclist Sunday evening. Police say that at the time of the collision Pinedo stopped the truck and checked on the girl before he allegedly

Police are investigating a stabbing in Northeast El Paso. A 9-1-1 operator told ABC-7 that one person was transported to University Medical Center. The stabbing happened early Saturday morning. Police were scouring the scene on the 4600 block of Britton near Dyer throughout the morning. The suspect had not been found at last check.

Fort Bliss National Cemetery got rid of its grass years ago in favor of the desert landscape it has today. The “gravel” look stretches above thousands of graves in the cemetery. Vets gathering is nothing new. But when they pick up picket signs, and gather outside theFort Bliss National Cemetery — they get a little

Three lanes on westbound I-10 are now open. Union Pacific said seven trains went of the tracks at 8:30 p.m. Friday night. One of the train car hit a concrete support column of the Cotton street overpass forcing some of I-10 to be closed. Crews on scene told ABC-7 they will be putting up steel

Oct. 18, 2013 afternoon update: The man who crashed into the police unit is in critical condition. His name has not been released. Previous story: A man is hospitalized after he allegedlycrashed his car into the back endof an El PasoPolice Departmentpatrol carovernight. The wreck happened just after 11 p.m. Thursday night when an officer

An El Paso woman finally got a chance Thursday to thank three soldiers who rescued her from a car wreck in January. The troops just returned from a nine-month tour in Afghanistan last week. “It’s fantastic seeing how far she’s come since the incident,” said Spc. Michael Black. Linda Hartman and a fellow White Sands

Department of Public safety offices across the state, including in El Paso, have been experiencing computer problems all week. That’s testing the patience of many waiting for services, like getting a new driver’s license. ABC-7 first heard about the problem on Wednesdasy from an ABC-7 viewer, who was trying to renew his driver’s license, first

El Paso has been on Colin Powell’s mind for decades. On Wednesday night he got to visit the Sun City as the keynote speaker at the Stars scholarship fundraiser. Thursday morning he visited an El Paso school that bears his name. “There’s another thing about El Paso that always touches me and that’s the wonderful

Witnesses testified that they became the keepers of a dark secret given to them by a man they knew decades ago. Testimony resumed in the cold-case murder trial of Roger Garrett on Thursday. Garrett, 55, and his 74-year-old mother, are charged with murdering 35-year-old Major Chester Garrett. Maj. Garrett’s body was found beaten and stabbed

El Paso Electric Company is planning to build three new power lines in Montana Vista to meet growing electricity demand, driven by a surge of home development in the area. The company visited City Rep. Michael Noe’s district five meeting Wednesday to talk specifics. “People buy property and build a home and start a family

Most of the members of the El Paso Independent School District Board of Managers have said they are willing to turn in personal financial information forms after critics of a new law have said the board of managers is not held to an equal standard. House Bill 343, authored mainly by State Rep. Marisa Marquez,

The world’s biggest retailer has arrived in Horizon City. The city located East of El Paso opened its first WalMart SuperCenter today. It’s located at the corner of Horizon Boulevard and Darrington Road, right across the street from the Horizon Town Hall. ABC-7 wanted to know what kind of impact — both good and bad

Insights is back! But it has a new home. The El Paso Indpendent School Board of Managers approved the childrens museum to move to vacant school Alamo Elementary on 500 South Hills in Segundo Barrio. Its been vacant since 2005.And according to residents, an eyesore attracting vandalism.But now its bringing life and education to south

A Las Cruces man was arrested Saturday for allegedly molesting his girlfriend’s 11-year-old autistic daughter. Rodrigo Escarsega, 38, faces 10 counts of criminal sexual penetration. He admitted to having sex with the girl every other week for the past six months, according to a Las Cruces Police Department report. But the girl told police that

A fantasy novel is causing a lot of controversy in Alamogordo, N.M. So much so, the school district could ban the book. Parents are concerned about 10th-graders reading a book called “Neverwhere.” The school district has pulled the book out of classrooms at Alamogordo High School while they review the material. One teacher calls this