Month: August 2014

The City of El Paso is asking a judge in Austin to weigh in on the legality of all ballpark issues. As ABC-7 reported last week, the City is going to try to prove voters gave it a mandate to tear down City Hall and build a ballpark when they approved proposition three in November.

The deadline for paying 2012 property taxes is Thursday, January 31, 2013. Taxpayers are encouraged to pay before the deadline to avoid penalties and interest. Payment options include: 1. MAIL – Send payment to El Paso Tax Assessor Collector, P.O. Box 660271, Dallas, TX 75266-0271. (Note: Do not mail cash)2. INTERNET – At www.elpasotexas.gov by

An El Paso jury on Thursday handed down a 33-year-sentence to a woman convicted of murdering her 2-year-old goddaughter. The case started on Monday, but the sentencing took nearly an entire day. For hours, the mother of Shawntrell Dawkins waited to find out what her daughter’s fate would be just one day after she was

Flu shots are available at Costco in East El Paso at a cost of $16.99 a shot, according to a Costco official. The price is nearly have of what it is at other stores in town and Costco has plenty of the shots available. The Costco pharmacy is open to nonmembers, as well as members

The Borderland will be well represented in President Barack Ibama’s inauguration ceremony on Monday. Lt. Col. Larry Lang is commander and conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band, which will march in the inaugural parade with Lang leading the way. A couple of members of the United States Army Band’s “Pershing’s Own” have also been

Residents have complained representation on the Clint Independent School Board is unfair, with a majority of board members coming from Clint, leaving Horizon City and Montana Vista without a seat. Their outcry has led the board to commission a study on the districts demographics. Wednesday evening they released those results. The study broke down the

The StormTrack First Alert was dropped at noon Wednesday now that the colder air is behind us. Temps will gradually climb into the 50s the rest of the week with overnight lows in the upper 20s and low 30s. The low Wednesday morning was 18 degrees – tying for the coldest day of the year

The City of Socorro has laid out its plans to annex seven parcels of land. The only problem is the land they intend to take over is in and around San Elizario, Clint and Horizon City. The public hearing Tuesday is where residents from all these areas shared their feelings about Socorro’s annexation plan. Residents

The most recent Hyundai Sun Bowl was a success on New Year’s Eve with 48,000 fans attending the game. And the economic impact was in the millions. The El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau is reporting that about 3,000 hotel room nights were secured during the Sun Bowl. That’s more than $100,000. Also, the commercial

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Parents who are footing more of the college tuition bill for their children give them a better chance of graduating. But a surprising new study finds they may not be doing them any favors in another area – generous financial support appears to lead to lower grades. The study, published in this month’s American Sociological

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new search feature that’s designed to entice people to spend more time on its website and will put the social networking company more squarely in competition with Google and other rivals such as Yelp and LinkedIn. Called “graph search,” the new service unveiled Tuesday lets users quickly sift through

It’s going to get cold, which means people will need to get warm, but at what cost? The Texas Gas Service Home Energy Calculator and found for the average 3 bedroom, 1,500 sq.ft. home, heating costs take up more than 50 percent of their bill. But according to Eastside Ace Hardware plumming expert Arturo Portio,

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs enjoyed recording their 2009 album “It’s Blitz” at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas so much they recorded much of the followup, “Mosquito,” there. “Mosquito” will be released on April 16. According to Rolling Stone, the album features production from TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, Nick Launay and one track from

Suicides in the U.S. military surged to a record 349 last year, far exceeding American combat deaths in Afghanistan, and some private experts are predicting the dark trend will grow worse this year. The Pentagon has struggled to deal with the suicides, which Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and others have called an epidemic. The problem

The StormTrack First Alert continues Tuesday night and Wednesday. Expect very cold air overnight with lows around 18 degrees – coldest of the year – in fact. The warm up begins Thursday as temps climb to the low 50s and overnight lows warm to the upper 20s and low 30s. We should get close to

El Paso Police arrested a man Sunday night after he was allegedly seen masturbating inside of a vehicle while parked near a Red Box rental machine. Police said the incident occurred on at about 8:38 p.m. Sunday at a convenience store in the 200 block of S. Americas. A man was using the Red Box

University Medical Center is moving ahead of schedule according to their CEO Jim Vallenti. Vallenti told El Paso County Commissioners court members that UMC is looking to expand their hospital.It appears that the hospital is at capacity these days. An intermediate care unit (IMCU) is slated to be built after UMC’s executive committee and finance

Responding to petitions from Texasand seven other states calling for the right to secede, the White House called forhealthy debate, but to not let “that debate tear us apart.” “In a nation of 300 million people — each with their own set of deeply-held beliefs — democracy can be noisy and controversial. And that’s a

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The El Paso Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Unit, comprised of Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents and El Paso Police Detectives have arrested and charged a central El Paso man with sexual performance by a child. According to police, the investigation revealed that Jacob Martinez allegedly used the Internet-based classified section

On the eve of an unimaginably long walk – one that starts in Africa, winds through the Middle East, across Asia, hops over to Alaska, goes down the western United States, then Central and South America and ends in Chile – one question nagged journalist Paul Salopek: Should he take his house keys? Salopek on

As expected, Monte Kiffin has agreed to become the Cowboys’ new defensive coordinator. The team has not officially announced the move. Kiffin went to Valley Ranch on Thursday to speak with team officials, at which point it became clear he was the top target for the position after Rob Ryan’s release. Kiffin met with the

ABCNews The flu season appears to be waning in some parts of the country, but that doesn’t mean it won’t make a comeback in the next few weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Five fewer states reported high flu activity levels in the first week of January than the 29 that

ABCNews The flu outbreak that is sweeping the nation has caused one school district in Oklahoma to cancel classes as 25 percent of the student body is ill with the flu. On Thursday, the Kiefer public school district announced they would cancel today’s classes to give students the weekend to rest as nearly 150 of

Queen of Peace attendee Yvonne Salcido wants the Vatican to appoint an aggressive bishop to the Diocese of El Paso, someone who will stick by the issues of the Catholic teachings. “Instead of just teaching every Sunday from the Bible or philosophy, I think they need to talk about the issues of the world because

Justin Timberlake, who has focused on his acting career in recenter years, announced via Twitter and YouTube that he is working on his newest album. It will be his first album since 2006. Billboard reports that Timberlake is working on the album with producer Timbaland and that they already have 20 potential songs for the

Archbishop Gustavo Garca-Siller’s statement concerning the appointment of Bishop Oscar Cant as Bishop of the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico. “It is with heartfelt joy that I congratulate Bishop Oscar Cant for his appointment as bishop of the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico. I thank Pope Benedict XVI for this truly wise and

The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower the dosage of their drugs, based on studies suggesting patients face a higher risk of injury due to morning drowsiness. The agency said Thursday that new research shows that the drugs remain in the bloodstream at levels high enough