Month: January 2014

The sale of the Tucson Padres Triple-A team to MountainStar Sports Group in El Paso has been completed. “Last month’s decision made by your City Council and Mayor put all the elements in place for El Paso to be approved as a Triple-A city,” said Branch Rickey, Pacific Coast League president. “Your community and the

The sale of the Tucson Padres to MountainStar Sports Group in El Paso has not been finalized, according to a Tucson Padres official. The official said he could not say when it was expected to be completed and referred that question to MountainStar Sports Group. MountainStar Sports Group announced Wednesday afternoon that a news conference

A source close to New Mexico State University told ABC-7 Tuesday that the new NMSU interim president will be Dr. Manuel Pacheco. The NMSU board of regents is expected to make the formal announcement Wednesday morning. The meeting will be livestreamed at 10 a.m. here. The decision comes on the heels of last week’s decision

Weeks continue to pass without the city purchasing the downtown buildings it agreed to buy. The old Union Manufacturing Building, presently Galeria San Ysidro, located at 801 and 811 Texas Avenue , was intended to be bought weeks ago. The purchasewas selected as a part of City Hall’s relocation agenda, while the current building housing

The retrial of Yara Perez started Tuesday morning. The case was originally declared a mistrial in June when a juror told other jurors something they had overheard from bailiffs talking about case. Perez has been charged with capital murder and injury to a child in the 2007 death of her 3-year-old daughter Jacqueline Gonzalez. She

The City of El Paso has contracted an Austin-based law firm to manage a single open-records request, now totaling more than 8,000 documents. Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal has been hired by the city a “couple of times” in the past, Laura Gordon with the city attorney’s office said. The scope of the request is

El Paso Police charged 44-year-old Wayne Thomas Mitchell in the fatal stabbing of Marshall Gene Dorris in Northeast El Paso. Mitchell was arrested on Oct. 8, but hospitalized after attempting to injury himself. He recovered from those from injuries before being charged Friday with murder, criminal attempted murder, aggravated robbery, and evading arrest or detention.

Update Oct. 8, 2012: : El Psso Police have identified the motorcyclist who died early Sunday morning as 29-year-old Carlos Sanchez of the 1000 block of Los Moros in El Paso. El Paso Police said the investigation revealed that Sanchez was riding a 2009 Suzuki motorcycle at a high rate of speed on I-10 West

The game lived up to the name. Both the El Paso High Tigers and Burges Mustangs were teams coming off their first District wins of the year and looking to continue on their successful seasons. The game featured two running style teams led by the Burges brother’s Alvin and Aaron Jones and Tigers quarterback Jesus

Former Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia’s former wife, who was married to him when he steered an expensive contract to his then mistress, said she’s hoping to close this chapter of her life. “He’s brought much shame and embarrassment to the children. They have been hurt so emotionally by these events,” said Tami Tafolla, referring to the

Update: 10/6/12 After nearly five hours of deliberating, a jury agreed on a sentence for Miguel Vargas. Vargas was sentenced to 8 years on each count of intoxicated manslaughter and 10 years of probation on each count of intoxicated assault. On Tuesday morning the judge will determine if he will serve the time concurrent or

GTL could have a whole new meaning tonight. Instead of Gym, Tan, Laundry it could become Get The Lovers (CD) – as in The Royalty’s Victory Records debut “Lovers.” The final season of The Jersey Shore begins airing tonight on MTV and it will feature The Royalty. The Royalty won’t be fist pumping alongside Snookie

Power was disabled for several homes in El Paso’s westside Tuesday night after a car crashed on top of an electrical box. This incident happened around 11:30 p.m. on the 7300 block of Corona del Sol, which is near Helen of Troy. According to police, a woman was leaving a party with her two children

Gunfire was reported inside an Anthony strip club early Wednesday morning. The incident happened around 3 a.m. at the Zebra strip club on South Desert. Our Round the Clock crew was at the scene as sheriff’s deputies investigated the scene. They tell us the shots were fired inside the strip club after a fight had

The El Paso company was awarded millions of dollars in specialty government contracts because it said the majority of its workers had severe disabilities. Not being able to speak English is not a disability. ReadyOne Industries Inc. has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting

October is Pit Bull Awareness Month. The Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley is celebrating by giving away pit bulls for free. Shelter director Dr. Beth Vesco-Mock hopes giving away pit bull adults and puppies for free will encourage people to come in and look at the dogs without prejudice. The shelter has 56

The state rested after two days in the trial of 23-year-old Miguel Vargas trial. Vargas faces two counts pf intoxicated manslaughter and to counts of intoxicated assault for allegedly caused the crash that led to the death of two of his friends and the injury of two others on Dec. 28, 2011. Crash survivor Nefi

An apartment fire in downtown El Paso scared residents and left one man without a home early Tuesday morning. The fire happened at around 3 a.m. at the intersection of Kansas and Third. Residents tell our Round the Clock crew they were awakened by loud noises in the first floor, when someone went up and

El Paso policeman Jonathan Molina remains on life support in the intensive care unit of a local hospital, his brother says. Mauricio Molina tells ABC7 the officer’s family is still hopeful Molina will recover. “I know he’ll never be the same,” Mauricio Molina said. “But I hope he’ll be able to walk again.” El Paso

After being on leave for all of last week and with her future in doubt,Barbara Couture is no longer the president of New Mexico State University. The announcement was made by the NMSU board of regents at a publicmeeting at NMSU’s Corbett Center on Monday afternoon. The open meeting followed a two-hour closed session where

The man accused of causing a fiery crash that killed two women and injured two others is standing trial this week in an El Paso County courtroom. Miguel Vargas, 23, faces two counts of intoxicated manslaughter and two counts of intoxicated assault after the Dec. 28 crash on Mesa Street and Executive. In prosecutor Chris

El Paso police say an alleged drunk driver crashed into an east El Paso gas pump late Sunday night, causing it to catch fire. This happened at 11:42 pm at the Circle K by the intersection of Zaragoza and Vista del Sol. Police say the driver of a blue Chevy truck lost control and crashed

The El Paso Police officer Jonathan Molina who was assaulted last week is still on life support, said brother Mauricio. Mauricio said his family is still waiting for tests to be performed on his 29-year-old brother. He said the family has no immediate plans to pull Molina off of life support. The family still has

American Airline flights across the United States have been delayed, at times, cancelled. Some believe it could be the fallout of a labor negotiation turned sour. On Sunday a flight between Dallas and El Paso was cancelled. According to an American Airlines spokesperson it was a mechanical error that caused the cancellation. She told ABC-7

After days of speculation about New Mexico State University’s president’s future, the board of regents will act on appointment and/or delegation of presidential duties on Monday. The agenda for NMSU’s board of regents meeting scheduled for Oct. 1 lists one other item: approval of agreement with president pursuant to section 13.1 of employment agreement. The

A motorcyclist died in a collision Saturday afternoon, police said. The accident occurred on Gateway West, near Geronimo. It appears the motorcycle drove into a car as it entered the road, police said. The man died at the scene before he could receive medical attention, according to police. The man had not been identified and

There’s a woman who saw the need for healthcare in her city and opened a hospital. She saw the need for nurses and created a school. Guadalupe Arizpe de la Vega is one of Juarez’s best known and generous residents. She now calls El Paso home. Sporting a simple red dress and her signature coiffed

A second person in the El Paso area has died from the West Nile virus, according to the City of El Paso Department of Public Health. The 75-year-old man lived in the 79915 zip code and had underlying health conditions. “It is with great sadness that we must report the news of this man’s passing.

UTEP coach Mike Price talked to the media Sept. 3 about the loss to Oklahoma and the upcoming game against Ole Miss. (On the Oklahoma game) “I was very pleased with the atmosphere on Saturday night. The crowd was great, the weather was perfect and the opponent was perfect. It was an exciting game for

The criminal contempt hearings of El Paso attorneys Theresa Caballero and Stuart Leeds continues at 8:30 a.m., at the El Paso County Courthouse. The hearings recessed after a steady stream of witnesses called by the defendants, Wednesday. Witnesses who took the stand Wednesday were from a mixed array of backgrounds. They included attorneys, a Fort