Month: July 2014

A StormTrack First Alert has been issued due to expected severe thunderstorms in Dona Ana County and Luna County this afternoon. The First Alert will expire at about 5:30 p.m. today. Track the weather with the ABC-7 Interactive Radar at http://www.kvia.com/weather/interactive-radar

The family of Bernie Morales filed a lawsuit against El Paso Police Officer Albert Gomez for the shooting death of Bernie Morales in 2012. The lawsuit also names the City of El Paso and 20 of its employees as defendants for conspiring to cover up Morales’ death. Morales’ family said the shooting death was not

A Las Cruces mother is behind bars, accused of causing the death of her 7-month-old daughter. Police reports and court documents say the mother admitted to starving the child and covering her from head-to-toe with blankets in an apartment where the air conditioner didn’t work. 33-year-old Annette Smith is charged with intentional child abuse resulting

A very limited number of airline passengers flying in the United States will be asked to turn on electronic devices while going through airport checkpoints, in an expansion of a security protocol implemented last week at some overseas airports, a U.S. official tells CNN. The new procedure will be used for travelers on the “Selectee

Half of the 12 school districts in west Texas,or Region 19, are losing students. That includes Fort Hancock, Dell City, Sierra Blanca, Fabens, El Paso. But none are losing as many students as Ysleta. “I’d be very concerned because his school is a good school and I’m very satisfied with him being there,” saidEastwood Heights

There is no doubt the Virgin Galactic Spaceport will put New Mexico on the map when it comes to tourism. Ahead of the first launch, the state is already seeing a boost in the number of visitors. Governor Susan Martinez said it is the result of a partnership between the state and its communities focused

ABC-7 has obtained video of a frightening Fourth of July incident at the Sunland Park amusement park. This comes on the heels of Monday’s scary roller coaster accident at Six Flags Magic Mountain in California. The incident happened at about 10:30 last Friday night, just after the park’s huge Fourth of July fireworks display. Thirteen-year-old

The University Medical Center board has authorized the hospital to pursue $60 million in credit lines over the next two years. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to secure a line of credit known as a tax anticipation note from Wells Fargo. That will allow it to have some cash flow until it gets tax revenue.

The University Medical Center board has authorized the hospital to pursue $60 million in credit lines over the next two years. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to secure a line of credit known as a tax anticipation note from Wells Fargo. That will allow it to have some cash flow until it gets tax revenue.

Schneider Electric will expand its operations in El Paso, adding 193 jobs and $7 million in capital investment. The announcement was made Tuesday morning at El Paso City Hall. Schneider Electric has been awarded an investment of $750,000 from the Texas Enterprise Fund that will fund the expansion. Execution of the state’s agreement is contingent

The Ysleta Independent School District’s population won’t grow by much over the next couple of years, but it won’t shrink either. YISD hired Templeton Demographics firm and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to research the demographics of the district, as well as assess it’s aging facilities. Templeton, out of Southlake, Texas, tracked every single student to

Recent billing issues within the county’s jury-duty court will soon rest in the opinion of the state attorney general. Former El Paso County Jury Duty Court Judge Jerry Woodard allegedly charged about 2,300 people who missed jury duty last year nearly $300 dollars in court costs. That could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars

Two El Paso toddlers, left in a hot car, within just five days of one another. The first, a two-year-old boy, remains in stable condition at a local hospital. The second, a two-year-old girl, is dead. The latest incident occurred Sunday on the 13000 block of Enrique Gomez in East El Paso. According to the

Las Cruces Police arrested a Truth or Consequences woman they accuse of burglarizing a Walmart store and using a radio receiver to monitor store security. Sharon Moody, 42, of the 100 block of north Birch in T. or C., has been charged with one count each of non-residential burglary and possession of burglary tools. On

A woman who sued a border-area hospital and agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection after being subjected to what she argued was an unwarranted body cavitysearch for drugshas settled part of the lawsuit for $1.1 million. The woman, a resident of New Mexico who is called “Jane Doe” in court documents, was subjected in

July 8, 2014 update: The identity of the man killed in Monday’s accident near Van Horn has been released. He has been identified as Salvador Lozano Delgado. Delgado was the driver of the pick-up truck that was towing a utility trailer. The passenger in the vehicle is Victor Manuel Vargas. He was airlifted to University

El Paso police are investigating an incident involving gunfire at an apartment complex on the northeast side of town. The incident happened around 2:30 Monday morning at the Rancho Vista apartments next to Irvin High School. Police say bullet casings were found in the basketball court area of the apartment complex. No arrests have been

15,171 tickets. That’s how many were sold for the Chivas versus Cruzeiro match at Sun Bowl Stadium on Sunday. The entire stadium with more than 52,000 seats was available for the game. Tickets were sold section by section, with the largest side of the stands empty for the game. Most fans ABC-7 spoke with said

El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz appeared on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” Sunday. Seitz, along with Texas Governor Rick Perry, spoke with ABC’s Martha Radditz regarding the immigration crisis on the border. “A house that’s burning and people at the windows ready to jump, we can say as many times don’t jump. We can

July 7, 2014 Update: El Paso Police have released the name of the 2-year-old girl who died Sunday afternoon in East El Paso. She has been identified as Hailey Marie Harper of the 13000 block of Enrique Gomez. The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Person’s Unit continues to investigate Hailey’s death. July 6, 2014

A fight between two sisters turned ugly early Saturday morning. Twenty-four-year-old Laura Del Hierro allegedly grabbed her twenty-year-old sister by the hair, dragged her outside and started beating her. It all happened on the 300 block of San Benito street in Berino, New Mexico. Deputies say the younger sister fought back and ran inside. Emergency

In wake of this week’s incident involving a two-year-old boy being left in a hot car, ABC-7 wanted to know what can safely be one to cool down a child until emergency personnel arrive. Also, what can be done to keep people from forgetting their children in the car in the first place. ABC-7 has

Police confirm a 33-year old man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Northeast El Paso. The accident happened near the Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (FM 3255)and the New Mexico State line around 4:30 this morning. Special Traffic Investigators determined that speed, alcohol and failure to wear a helmet were factors in this crash.

Former El Paso School District Superintendent Lorenzo Garcia is not longer serving time in a federal prison, according to reports by the El Paso Times. In 2012 Garcia pleases guilty to defrauding the district, and orchestrating a scheme to manipulate test scores. He was serving his sentence at a prison in Pennsylvania, but it appears

El Paso County on Thursday agreed to pay the city nearly $900,000 this fiscal year for various health and environmental services. More than one-quarter of that bill will be for animal services. The timing is perfect — the City of El Paso’s animal services shelter sees an influx of strays after the Fourth of July,

Police are investigating a shooting at the Northwest Campus of El Paso Community College. The school sent out a text alert that read, “Police investigating shooting at Northwest Campus. Subject has left the campus.” That was then followed by another text alert that reported no one had been shot and that it appeared to be

El Paso Deputy City Manager Jane Shang, who is now on administrative leave, is a candidate for the top position in Des Moines, Iowa. According to the Des Moines Register, Shang is one of four candidates considered for the city manager position. The previous city manager, Rick Clark, retired in May after 41 years as

The founder of El Paso’s Holocaust Museum & Study Center and a tireless advocate for Holocaust awareness died in El Paso Thursday. Henry Kellen was 98 years old. “It should not be forgotten, and never be repeated,” Kellen told ABC-7 in 2005. Kellen’s collection of Holocaust artifacts and educational materials became one of the country’s

UPDATE 07.07.14 An El Paso teen with a dream won a national contest. The food truck Off the Grill came out on top in an online contest for best barbecue food truck of the year. Mobile-cuisine.com just released the results of the contest Monday morning. View the results and brief write-up here: http://mobile-cuisine.com/features/grill-2014-bbq-food-truck-year/ Find where

Recent rain showers have given El Paso a slight break from the triple-digit temperatures, but El Pasoans know how brutal the heat can get. For the elderly, the hot weather can be crucial to their health. The El Paso Parks and Recreation Department has ten senior citizen centers that offer a cool place to beat