Month: January 2014

Chrishauna Parker posted a huge double-double (21 points, 16 rebounds) to fuel the biggest comeback in program history, with UTEP erasing a 23-point second-half deficit to topple Southern Miss, 86-85, in overtime at the Don Haskins Center Wednesday evening. The Golden Eagles (13-5, 2-3 C-USA) led 45-22 with 16:31 to play but the Miners (14-4,

All 3 lanes are closed on I-10 West at mile post 160, near Anthony, New Mexico, due to an accident. New Mexico State Police are on scene and routing traffic through the Anthony New Mexico Port of Entry. Reduce speed and use extreme caution in this area.

El Paso Police Officer Jonathan Molina, 29, a four-year member of the department died Friday morning at University Medical Center (UMC) as a result of the injuries he sustained when he was attacked on Sept. 25, 2012. “Officer Molina will be sorely missed,” Police Chief Greg Allen said before taking a long pause. “Excuse me.

Officer Jonathan Molina has joined his fellow servicemen and servicewomen. OnFriday,Molina was laid to rest following a funeral service at St. Patrick Cathedral in downtown El Paso. Among those in attendance: more than 100 El Paso police officers. They could be seen near Arizona and Mesastreetsin the waving shadow of a gigantic American flag hangingfroma

It was a personal moment shared by a crowd of nearly 48,000. Staff sergeant Juan Garcia took the opportunity to surprise his girlfriend Melissa and proposed to her on the scoreboard. She said Yes. Garcia told ABC-7 he began planning the proposal since Thanksgiving. “I told my best friend and family and friends and everybody

Influenza prevention The CDC continues to recommend the Influenza vaccination for people who have not yet been vaccinated this season and antiviral treatment as early as possible for people who get sick and are at high risk for flu complications. Find out more information about the flu vaccines at http://www.kvia.com/news/health/-/10916912/18086976/-/120qy6p/-/index.html Notice to Clinicians: Early Reports

A StormTRACK Weather First Alert is in effect through Sunday, thanks to high winds, a slight chance of rain, and cooler air moving into the region. The passage of a cold front between noon and 1 p.m. over the Borderland is forecast. Along with the front, winds will jump to 20-30 mph. Winds will gust

The NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest has become a yawn fest. Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby is OK, if you dig the long ball. Leave it to Minor League Baseball to up the ante with what might be the craziest all-star event ever created. The Baseballtown All-Star Home Run Derby and Hitting Challenge on Tuesday

ABCNews Planning on using the Internet Monday? You might want to join the thousands of people who are checking their computers to make sure they won’t lose connection. The FBI’s temporary Internet servers will go dark Monday, leaving thousands of unsuspecting malware-infected individuals without online access. What temporary Internet servers, you ask? They might have

A 56-year-old El Paso corrections officer was killed in a crash late Saturday afternoon near Los Lunas, New Mexico. Reports show Manuel Fernandez most likely fell asleep at the wheel, lost control of his Ford F-150 and swerved onto the median. He then overcorrected and the truck rolled over. A passenger, 30-year-old Virginia Rodriguez, also

El Paso Police have caught the teen they say ran over and killed a woman with his car. Miguel Tinoco, 19, was captured Sunday night and has been charged with the homicide of 23-year-old Miriam Aguirre. Police said that at around 1 a.m. Sunday neighbors started complaining about a house party on the 100 block

Editor’s note: The following is a review that has details of the film. If you don’t want to know details about this film then stop reading now. You don’t need to be a doctor to know that too much candy will make you sick. Too much pop music can make you ill, too. Sometimes you

A man accused of extreme animal cruelty in April and facing harassment charges bonded out of jail on Friday afternoon. Jack Catlan, 60, was arrested by Doa Ana County Sheriff’s deputies after some of his neighbors reported he threatened them while carrying a handgun. Catlan was first arrested in April and charged with 71 counts

The 18th member of the El Paso Police Department was indicted as a part of an ongoing overtime fraud investigation tied to state grant. An El Paso grand jury indicted David Jimenez on nine counts of tampering with government documents, with some of the incidents going as far back as 2009.Jimenez, who retired in December

Growing pains is something El Paso drivers are quickly getting acquainted with. From the East Side to the West Side, the sight of orange cones and flashing lights is not uncommon. For several months, deputies with the El Paso Sheriff’s Office have been controlling traffic at one South Central El Paso construction site in front

Police said they’ve located a driver involved in a road-side fight that ended with a man being run over and killed by a tractor trailer. It happened about 2 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Boeing Drive and Airway Boulevard. Police said 23-year-old Marco Antonio Reyes, of the 3700 block of Tularosa, was driving a

Las Cruces police said a 41-year-old man robbed a convenience and threatened a clerk with a gun before fleeing in a car with an undisclosed amount of cash. It happened about 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Lohman Foodmart in the 900 block of E. Lohman Avenue. Police used surveillance video and were able to locate

Police in Las Cruces are looking for a man who robbed the Lohman Foodmart and threatened the clerk with a gun Friday morning. Police say the robber fled in a car with an undisclosed amount of cash. Using surveillance video, police were able to spot the car at a nearby apartment complex. The Las Cruces

We are almost through our first full week of July, yet it feels more like April or September with the cooler temperatures we’ve been experiencing over the past week. After a brutal start to summer with seven consecutive days of triple digit heat (19 so far), the monsoonal pattern began to set in with high

Take a drive through the outskirts of El Paso County, and it won’t be long before you spot them: worn out tires unceremoniously dumped in the desert, sometimes stacked in piles along the road. Illegal tire dumping is a big problem. “Our district is from one El Paso county line to another. We have 400

Fireworks were banned throughout much of El Paso County due to dry conditions and fears of igniting fires. There were, however, a few areas where people could go to light fireworks. Among them were several parks in Socorro. In spite of people lighting fireworks in the park less than a day ago, Rio Vista Park,

Drugs, gangs and crime used to be the norm at the Franklin Vista Apartments in Anthony, N.M. Now tenants tell ABC-7 they’re thankful the property managers have managed to turn it all around. Asset Manager Blanca Hernandez, 28, said transforming the troubled housing area into a safe place is a 24/7 job, and it hasn’t

Doa Ana County Sheriff’s investigators were called to the 300 block of Victoria Street in La Mesa after a man said his brother, who was reportedly intoxicated, threatened him with a machete, according to sheriff’s officials. Doa Ana County Sheriff’s investigators said that just after midnight Thursday, Jimmy Guerra, 50, was celebrating the Fourth of

ABCNews Facebook’s Email Change Results in Changed Address Books, Fix on Way Email 0 Smaller Font Text Larger Text | Printht facebook email jef 120625 wblog Facebooks Email Change Results in Changed Address Books, Fix on Way Last week Facebook launched a new setting that changed all users’ default email addresses to [name]@facebook.com, so that

A man believed to be upset that someone in his neighborhood was lighting fireworks during the early-morning hours of July 4 has been charged with allegedly pointing a handgun at two adults and a young child, according to Las Cruces Police officials. Lincoln Simmons, 37, of 850 block of Holly Dr., was charged with three