Month: January 2014

23-year-old Miriam Aguirre was outgoing, outspoken, and above all a loving mother, said her common-law husband, Tony Vega. Aguirre was just one of the five people standing outside of a party in the Lower Valley around 1 a.m. Sunday, when they were run over, allegedly by 19-year-old Miguel Tinoco. Court documents tell of an escalating

Pet overpopulation is a chronic problem in El Paso County. It isn’t uncommon to come across stray dogs and cats in the outlying areas of the county. And public and privately run shelters recently joined up to offer pets for adoption at half the price to move pets out of cages and into homes. Now,

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

El Paso is working on redrawing the eight districts to come into compliance with the Voting Rights Act. From one census to the next, the city has grown by 100,000 residents — most of them living in East El Paso. The state of Texas must adhere to the Voting Rights Act when it comes to

The attorney for a Dallas trucker jailed in Juarez, Mexico, on ammunition smuggling charges says a Mexican court has ordered a re-enactment of events leading to the arrest. Attorney Emilio de la Rosa says experts and prosecutors will attend the Thursday re-enactment of the moment when Jabin Bogan, 27, tried to make a U-turn at

Update: Investigators have located the commercial vehicle and driver in this case. However the driver of the Lexus has not been found yet and assistance is needed in locating him as he is a witness to a death. The Lexus is described as a pearl white colored car with cream colored bottom rockers. The driver

A man in his 30s was critically injured on Friday , after a crash involving an ATV in the desert near Edgemere Boulevard and John Hayes Street, according to the El Paso Fire Department. Rescue crews responded to the area just before 9 p.m., after receiving reports that a man was found unconscious in the

El Paso police officials are looking for three men a witness said fled the scene of a rollover. The crash happened around 3 a.m. on I-10 East near the Zaragoza Road exit. Police say the driver of a black Lincoln Navigator lost control and rolled, crashing into a guardrail. A witness told police he saw

A woman is in critical condition after she nearly drowns in a canal. We’re told a group of illegal immigrants were trying to enter the U.S. when the woman was swept away by the canal’s strong water currents. It happened at about 6 this morning near the Border Highway and Fonseca exit. That’s in the

A man accused of bribing a county judge to obtain a federally funded contract worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is expected in federal court Monday. Ruben Sonny Garcia is charged with deprivation of honest services, mail fraud and conspiracy. He was arrested in December 2011 as part of the FBI’s public corruption investigation. Garcia’s

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office conducted a raid on Socorro City Hall Monday that, according to an EPSO spokeswoman, is part of a criminal investigation. Around 8:30 p.m. Sheriff’s officials emerged from city hall carting out boxes of documents. An EPSO spokeswoman said that authorities also confiscated a computer from City Representative Jesse Gandara

Ciudad Juarez has undeniably been hit the hardest by the drug war. Now, — our neighbors to the south are hopeful this presidential election will mark a new beginning. Tens of thousands of voters turned out to El Paso’s sister city –most hoping, and praying a new president can bring prosperity to the city once

It started with a bang, as all fourth of July parades should. Adults, children, and even a goat spent their morning on Independence Day watching floats pass by for the 16th annual fourth of July parade presented byThe Rotary Club of West El Paso. For many families, it’s a tradition to bring their kids and

In 2006, the city of El Paso adopted the Downtown 2015 plan, a draft of what the heart of the city should look like by that year. At public meetings then, residents said they liked the idea of a stadium in Downtown and City Representative Susie Byrd said the council had to move fast when

The 10-5 miners open conference play tonight at home against Charlotte, followed by a home game on Saturday against Marshall. Without McKenzie Moore, the team’s leading scorer, the Miners will have a hard time winning Conference USA or its post-season tournament, which will be at the Haskins Center this year. Moore, Jalen Ragland, and Justin

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –Senior Kayla Thornton tallied 23 points while grabbing seven board to become the school’s all-time leading rebounder and fellow classmate Kelli Willingham added 18 points (on six threes) to propel UTEP to an 85-76 road conquest of UAB at Bartow Arena in the Conference USA opener for both squads Wednesday evening. The Miners

It is officially winter across the country. Winter runs from December 21 through March 20th. This is a good time to go over some winter weather terminology that we tend to throw out from time to time. Many of these definitions are courtesy of the National Weather Service. Snow Flurries: Flurries are defined as light