Month: February 2014

City of El Paso officials received a tip through the employee ethics hotline while auditing the Consolidate Tax Office which resulted in uncovering irregularities. The irregularities were in accounting for actual expenditures by utilizing the overpayments account for transactions that should have been budgeted as operating costs, according to a statement by the City. According

Viva Auto Group has agreed to pay $797,405 in back minimum wages to 480 current and former sales employees following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act at eight of the company’s locations in El Paso. “Employers need to understand that

Rebels attacked Syrian forces Thursday on two spots along the nation’s porous border with Iraq, killing 21 soldiers and seizing control of one of the four major border posts, a senior Iraqi army official said. The assaults against Syria’s government unfolded throughout the day, putting the Iraqi army on high alert to prevent any violence

Brianna Lopez wasn’t even old enough to crawl, and was months from uttering her first word. She barely had the capacity to hold herself up in a sitting position. But before she would be able to master any of those basic skills, or reach any other significant milestones, the 5-month-old girl was dead. July 19,

A map recently created by a Canadian newspaper supposedly illustrating Mexican cartel drug routes infiltrating U.S. cities is difficult to validate, according to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official. An official with the Drug Enforcement Administration could not speak on the validity of the map because it was not authored by them, but did say

What has your child done this summer? If your kids are spending more time in front of the TV than out having fun and learning, we have ways to beat the boredom all break long. Kids at the El Paso Museum of Art will be learning how to make self-portraits using everything from paint to

The Department of State has issued this Worldwide Caution to update information on the continuing threat of terrorist actions and violence against U.S. citizens and interests throughout the world. U.S. citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. This replaces the Worldwide Caution

The only non-law enforcement entity in the El Paso area that certifies people to become peace officers is accepting applications. The El Paso Community College’s Law Enforcement Academy holds two programs at a time each year. The next session begins in September. ABC-7 got a glimpse of the training the students receive Tuesday morning.Six recent

A couple of months ago we visited Juarez, Mexico, a city right across our border — yet so far away. The scene was almost surreal: We got off the plane and were met on the tarmac by a convoy of armored cars and open-back trucks swarming with police. The officers were “polica federal.” Like the

The attorney for Deming gun shop owner Terri Reese told jurors today that the Reese family fell victim to a misguided government sting operation. Attorney Brad Hall told the court, “Our government successfully tricked the the Reese family into selling guns to people who weren’t who they say they were.” A federal prosecutor said Tuesday

Daniel Chavez, 29, of the 3300 block of Pierce, has been charged with criminal negligent homicide in the death of a 55-year-old man. According to El Paso Police, Chavez was standing by a doorway at the Rods Sports Bar and Lounge on July 6 as Frescas and two others exited the bar. Chavez turned around

With all the recent animal hoarding cases in Doa Ana County, the county’s animal control unit is struggling with an overcrowding issue. Officials told ABC-7 there isn’t enough room to house all the animals they have confiscated. They said the problem should have been fixed years ago with the construction of a housing facility that

Storm chances will be at about 20-30 percent tonight. Storms are forming to our north and northwest and could continue to hold and survive the trip to the southeast and make it here later this evening. Rain chances will continue through the rest of the week with temps in the low to mid 90s.

ABCNews A 7-year-old New York City girl escaped injury after she fell from a third-story window when she was caught by a neighbor. Cell phone video taken by a resident in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn shows Keyla McCree standing on an air conditioning unit moments before she fell and landed in the bushes.

After more than three hours of discussion and debate, the Las Cruces City Council voted to officially support the proposed Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks national monument on Monday. More than 100 people packed the council chambers to offer arguments both for and against the monument. Those who spoke in favor of the monument said it’s necessary

The City of El Paso will host two community meetings to discuss and get feedback from El Pasoans about the preliminary concepts of implementing a double-track, 2-mile Streetcar system that will begin in the Downtown Shopping District and International Bridge area and travel up to the Glory Road Transfer Center. The public is invited to

Sheriff’s deputies in southern New Mexico have shot and killed a mountain lion that tried to attack a woman who was getting in her vehicle. Otero County sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Tarantino says the animal had been pacing along a residential fence in Chaparral last week and hiding underneath a trailer. He tells the Alamogordo Daily

Ft. Bliss SFC Crispen Hanson, 38, was arrested and charged with capital murder Monday. An El Paso Police Department spokesman said the victim,1-year-old Malachi Cosby, was Hanson’s son. Police said Cosby’s body was foundat his home on April 9 and detectives treated it as a suspicious death from the start. A grand jury reviewed the

El Paso County Commissioners agreed on Monday to take part in a Joint Land Use planning committee with several military installations, Dona Ana County and five other New Mexico counties. The planning, or policy, committee which will include Commissioner Sergio Lewis, will develop land usage strategies for Fort Bliss, Holloman Air Force Base, White Sands

El Salvador has one of the highest murder rates in the world. But police say murders have been cut in half since March. That’s when a former guerilla and a catholic bishop brokered a truce between two of the country’s most violent gangs. Guest host Maria Hinojosa talks with Alex Sanchez, a former gang member,

A Canton, Mich. pop band’s opening act performance for Gym Class Heroes that was filmed at Fort Bliss last month will be shown on E! at 8 p.m. today. TwentyForSeven will appear on the second episode of “Opening Act,” a show that allows a solo singer or a band to perform as the opening act

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, a milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes AIDS. The agency approved Gilead Sciences’ pill Truvada as a preventive measure for people who are at high risk of acquiring HIV, such as those who

A woman is behind bars, accused of hitting a vehicle and then crashing into the front yard of a home.The crash happened just before 1 am on the 78-hundred block of Hermosillo drive in El Paso’s lower valley. Neighbors tell us the woman driving the SUV first hit a parked van before losing control and

Police are searching for a man who stabbed another man in central El Paso last night. This happed around 9:30 pm outside the Circle K by Piedras an Van Buren. Police tell us the attacker approached the victim, who was near a Red Box machine, when some sort of confrontation occurred, resulting in the stabbing.

A man was killed Sunday after he lost control of his truck and it rolled multiple times in East El Paso County. El Paso County Sheriff’s officials said they believe the man was traveling upwards of 90 miles an hour on I-10 East, near the Tornillo exit just before noon. Investigators said the driver was

There’s only so much Batman can do to help the reputation of bats. Some people see these flying mammals as disgusting – especially if they happen to see a few dead ones in Downtown as some El Pasoans have in recent weeks. Although the sightings are few and far between there is caution you should

El Paso Mayor John Cook backs the City’s plan to build a baseball stadium but he does have some reservations. “I don’t know enough about baseball to really understand if it’s the great economic driver that everybody thinks it’s going to be. I’ve got my fingers crossed,” Cook said. He supports it because the majority

Trying to cope with the loss of her two young sons has been difficult for one El Paso mother. And bringing their bodies back home has not been any easier. Alaries Ruiz, 5, and Cyris Ruiz, 9, were killed while they were camping with their father last weekend in North Dakota. They were staying at

The Ink Life Tour is coming to El Paso July 13-15 at the El Paso County Coliseum. The event will feature music, tattoo artists and great food from local vendors. The fair provides a unique experience for local El Pasoans to see unique and talented tattoo professionals from across the country. The artists will also

A man in his 20s was killed in South-Central El Paso Friday when the car he was driving in was struck by a train. El Paso Police said the man, whose name has not been released, was driving a black Honda south on Clark when he got to the train tracks at Awbrey just before