Month: January 2014

ABCNews and KVIA Staff Report The gunman who opened fire in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., and killed six people has been identified as Wade Michael Page, an Army veteran who left the service with a less than honorable discharge. Page, 40, served in the Army from April 1992 through October 1998. He

El Paso Police continue to piece together clues in the death of a person found on I-10 early Thursday morning in West El Paso. The dismembered body was discovered about 5 a.m. On the westbound lanes of I-10 between Porfirio Diaz and Schuster. That stretch of highway was closed for several hours. Police were initially

More than $105,000 was raised during the 19th Annual Humane Society Save-a-Life Telethon on KVIA — and the final number has yet to be tabulated. Donate online year-round by going to the Humane Society of El Paso’s Website or copying and pasting this link: https://hselpaso.org/index.php?option=com_dtdonate&task=pre_paypal&Itemid=11 Why give to the telethon? Every year the Humane Society

So what do the Hudson River accident back in 2009 and El Paso’s Butterfield Trail Golf Course have to do with one another? Two weeks ago, El Paso City Council decided against building a soccer complex on El Paso International Airport land surrounding the Butterfield Trail Golf Course. The reason was because concern about bird

The ABC-7 I-Team has obtained transcripts of 911 calls made by the 81-year-old Northeast El Paso man who admitted to police that he allegedly shot and killed his 79-year-old wife two weeks ago. In the calls, made prior to the shooting, Ervin Maier repeatedly complained about violent or aggressive behavior by his wife. The 911

The Texas Department of Transportation is moving forward on the proposal to add two roundabouts at the intersection of Alameda Avenue and Paisano Drive in South-Central El Paso. Officials with TxDOT are holding another meeting to gather public input on the controversial project Tuesday evening. At the last public meeting in May, many residents showed

The El Paso City Council passed a resolution in late June to bring Triple-A baseball to downtown El Paso. Now, a petition is being circulated by a group called the Quality of Life Voters for Democracy, asking the City Council to vote on an ordinance that would allow the voters in El Paso to make

A rollover on I-10 ended in tragedy after two women and three children were killed early Monday morning according to officials. El Paso County Sheriff’s officials identified the dead as 25-year-old Brittney Leigh Barnes 25, 48-year-old Candace Denise Barnes, 5-year-old Aaron Israel Arenas, 4-year-old Caiden Matthew Barnes, and 1-year-old Bethanie Ann Barnes. The three children,

A father had to break a window to get his family out of their apartment after a fire broke out. It happened just before two this morning at the Paseo Park apartments near the intersection of Rojas Drive and Pendale Road in east El Paso. Neighbors tell us they heard a loud pop. When they

Crews are closing down a stretch of Resler Drive at 9 a.m. Thursday and don’t plan to reopen it until October. The closure is so crews can construct a new intersection at Transmountain/Loop 375 in conjunction with the major project to widen the loop, add access roads and create on- and off-ramps. “That will be

“I’ve been vocal about it before but nobody has ever really listened.” said Deborah Svedman. She’s worked for the El Paso Independent School District for almost thirty years, but near the end of her teachingcareer, Svedman says things started to change. She says what she saw superintendent Lorenzo Garcia doing was wrong. “I had a

City Council is scheduled to adopt a new map depicting the redrawn district boundaries Monday evening. Under the Voting Rights Act, City Council must ensure each of the eight city districts have an equal number of people living within their bounds. The city is redrawing the lines based on the latest population figures from the

A man was stabbed on El Paso’s east side at a house party early Sunday morning, according to police. Officials said the incident occurred just after midnight on the 11400 Block of Bob Mitchell Drive. Police are only describing the man as African-American El Paso resident who is 21-years-old. Officers from the Pebble Hills Regional

The deadline has come and gone for Emergency Services District No. 2, a conglomerate of taxpayer-funded volunteer fire departments in El Paso County, to file its required yearly audit for the past fiscal year. On June 4, 2012 ESD No. 2 filed for a 30-day extension, three days after the June 1 deadline. That extension

Gilbert Uranga Jr., 23, was arrested after he allegedly got angry at a loud party in a nearby apartment and opened fire at the Alexis Apartment Complex in Las Cruces. Las Cruces police told ABC-7 around 3 a.m. on Sunday, Uranga started yelling at the partygoers who were apparently celebrating a wedding. Then police said

In an unexpected and drastic move, the city of Sunland Park has doubled its property tax rate. This is in the wake of public corruption indictments, and now, a nearly $2 million budget shortfall. If a home’s assessed value is $80,000, that resident currently pays about $302 dollars in annual city taxes. With the approved

Parents of former patients, an attorney and Health and Human Services are claiming a chain of orthodontics clinics are committing patient abandonment. After Texas Medicaid cut off reimbursement to Sun Orthodonix, amid a fraud investigation by the Texas Office of Inspector General, the chain of clinics in turn cut off treatment to its Medicaid patients

Some children are lucky enough to be born with straight, pearly whites, but every year, millions of American families find themselves spending big money on braces. Braces in El Paso typically run around $5,500 for a three-year orthodontic term.Medicaid does not pay for cosmetic procedures, but according to Texas Health and Human Services, Texas Medicaid

In 2009, El Paso city representatives passed an ordinance requiring drivers to carry liability insurance. Since then, police have issued 48,000 citations and the city has collected $2.1 million in fines. However, El Paso ranks second in the state when it comes to the number of uninsured motorists. East El Paso city Rep. Dr. Michiel

El Paso Police have identified a man who allegedly stabbed another man Wednesday night inside a West Side bar. Just after eleven 11 p.m. 29-year old Ismael Pacheco was at the Graham’s Corner in the 5900 block of N. Mesa when 47-year old Michael Leon Tyson walked into the bar and allegedly confronted Pacheco, according

Minerva Cordova, 49, died in February 2012. According to her sister, Anna Guerrero, she was the victim of negligence from the El Paso State Supported Living Center (SSLC). The center, which is run by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, lately has come under fire. Sylvia Burgos of No Voice/No Justice has spearheaded

Is the El Paso Triple-A baseball ownership group getting a sweet deal on the new downtown ballpark? Or is it the El Paso baseball fan that’s getting a sweet deal? The ABC-7 I-Team compared agreements in other cities, speaking with the general manager of two Triple-A baseball clubs and the deputy city manager who negotiated

Marc Schwartz, the former public relations consultant for Access Healthsource, is scheduled to appear before Federal Judge Frank Montalvo Friday afternoon. He is facing several fraud charges, including racketeering and attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Schwartz built a career as serving as the face and voice for entities such as the Ysleta Del

El Paso County Commissioners Court is expected to get an update on the sale of $110 million of bonds Monday morning. The court was divided in its opinion regarding the sale of the bonds, but it went forward on June 11. The bonds will add about $24 to $27 on an annual tax bill for

A police cruiser was hit by a car Saturday evening in east central El Paso, according to the El Paso Police Department. The incident occurred just before 9 p.m. on the 5600 Block of Alameda Avenue. Officials said a dark colored sedan that was traveling east on Alameda Avenue made a north bound turn onto

El Paso Fire investigators arrested 22-year-old Alan Badillo on July 11 in connection with the four dumpster fires and apartment fire on June 13. Fire officials said that a person or people came forward with information that led to the arrest. Badillo was charged with Arson, a 2nd degree felony and booked into the El

One of the most criticized elements of the City’s baseball stadium plan is the site where the ballpark will stand. The plan is to demolish an old but mostly functional building and relocate hundreds of City employees, while picking up the cost of building a stadium there. Choosing the City Hall site has drawn a

El Paso police are investigating a stabbing in downtown. Police on the scene told us this happened at Club Alive, by the intersection of Mesa and Wyoming. Police went on to say that one man was stabbed in the chest and taken to University Medical Center, and his injuries were not life-threatening. According to police

An 81-year-old El Paso man has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife Wednesday morning at their home in the 10700 block of Fort Worth. Ervin Maier allegedly shot his 76-year-old wife, Okin, and then called police dispatchers and told them that he had just shot his wife in