Month: December 2014

The city of El Paso’s health department confirms that there are four new cases of the West Nile virus in the borderland. The cases were traced back to the 79932 and 79912 ZIP codes, both of which are in west El Paso County. Three women and a man were infected. The Public Health Department says

One of the biggest festivals of the year is happening this weekend in El Paso. More than 30 DJs will perform on three stages at the Sun City Music Festival on Saturday, Aug. 30 and Sunday, Aug. 31 at Ascarate Lake. Headliners include David Guetta, Tiesto, Martin Garrix, Above & Beyond, Carnage, Showtek, and W&W

Las Cruces Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Thursday morning at a sandwich shop on University Avenue. Police say that around 2 a.m. Thursday, that two men, both armed with guns, entered the Jimmy John’s store and ordered employees to get on the floor and demanded money. The suspects took an undisclosed

There’s plenty going on in the borderland over the holiday weekend. The Sun City Music Festival gets started Saturday. More than 30 DJs will perform on three stages. Headliners include David Guetta, Tiesto, Martin Garrix, Above & Beyond, Carnage, Showtek, and W&W. If rock is more of your thing … head over to the KLAQ

Southern California cornerback Josh Shaw has admitted to lying to school officials about how he sprained his ankles last weekend, retracting his story about jumping off a balcony to save his drowning nephew. Shaw has been suspended indefinitely from all of the Trojans’ team activities, the school announced in a statement Wednesday. The school didn’t

Las Cruces Pic Quik stores are pitching in $9,000 on top of the $1,000 reward Crime Stoppers is offering for information that helps identify the suspects in any of the recent robberies and Aug. 19 shooting at their stores. The $9,000 Pic Quik reward is only good for the first viable tip received before Nov.

Click on links for latest information on the two hurricanes that have formed. Surf’s up — way up — in Southern California article August 27, 2014 Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in Caribbean article August 24, 2014 Bahamas on guard for tropical storm article August 23, 2014 Meet the scientists who plan for disasters article August

As pop culture icon Hello Kitty turns 40, get ready for a big celebration. And a lot of secrets revealed. For example, Hello Kitty is not a cat, according to Christine R. Yano, an anthropologist from the University of Hawaii who has spent years studying Hello Kitty. Yano found out that startling information when she

The sentencing phase continued Wednesday for convicted rapist Arturo Valtierra-Payan. Valtierra-Payan, also known as Arturo Valtierra, faces up to 99 years in prison/ Valtierra was convicted Wednesday on five charges, including three counts of aggravated sexual assault in the attack of a Manhattan Heights woman in late June 2013. Aggravated sexual assault is rape in

ABC-7 reviewed income tax form and bankruptcy documents and learned there are multiple businesses bearing the Anamarc name: Anamarc College, Anamarc Enterprises and Anamarc Educational Institute. All filed for bankruptcy Aug. 7. The filings say Anamarc Enterprises, Inc. has a gross income of 5.26 million so far for 2014 and lists the school’s creditors. Their

Three children were hospitalized after being struck by lightning while on a soccer field in the Austin area. Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Capt. Darren Noak said the children were injured Tuesday afternoon on the field in Bee Cave. The children were all initially taken to Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, but Noak said

The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) has released information about bird hunting areas on USIBWC lands. This includes lands along the Rio Grande in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, Texas and in Doa Ana and Sierra Counties, New Mexico. The 2014/2015 bird hunting season starts with dove season on

A 19-year-old woman is in the hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a truck on I-10 on Monday night. El Paso Police say that the woman, whose name has not been released, was attempting to cross the eastbound lanes of I-10 near Yarbrough to try and go to the store. A 2007 Lincoln

The film “Fort Bliss” will have a staggered, small release in theaters across the country starting Sept. 19, including at The Grand 10-Fort Bliss. SEPTEMBER 19New York, NY – AMC Empire 25Burbank, CA – AMC Burbank Town Center 8 SEPTEMBER 26Lubbock, TX – Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock OCTOBER 3Vancouver, WA – Kiggins Theatre The film also

First Alert for Flash Flood Warning in effect through 1:30 pm. The warning is ONLY for north Dona Ana County and parts of Sierra County. Reports of flooding near hatch and T or C/Spaceport area. Roadways reportedly washed out near spaceport.

Attention Time Warner Cable customers: Channel changes are here. You’ll still find ABC-7 on Cable Channel 6 and the El Paso-Las Cruces CW on Cable Channel 13. Starting Sept. 9, ABC-7’s upper tier channels have moved. ABC-7 moves to Time Warner Channel 1200, the El Paso-Las Cruces CW moves to Channel 1212, and ABC-7 News

Monday was the first day of school for several El Paso area school districts. Click links below for tips to help make it a great start to the new school year. Back to school: Pedestrian tips for your children article August 25, 2014 Avoid the ‘back-to-school plague‘ of colds and the flu article August 25,

There will be a 20 percent of a shower or thunderstorm tonight as we have plenty of moisture hanging around. If we get some additional sunshine this afternoon, expect a thunderstorm or two. We’ll have a 30 percent of storms the next couple of days then the rain chances drop off to 10 percent Thursday

A large earthquake caused significant damage and left three critically injured in California’s northern Bay Area early Sunday, igniting fires, sending at least 87 people to a hospital, knocking out power to tens of thousands and sending residents running out of their homes in the darkness. Two adults and one child have critical injuries and

Immigration rights activists are in their third day of a 100-mile walk.They are doing it to protest what they call a militarization of the border and the unfair treatment of young children crossing it. Members of the Border Network for Human Rights and their supporters started the walk in Las Cruces Thursday. Saturday afternoon many

A Union Pacific train derailed late Thursday night in South Central El Paso. It happened around 11 p.m. near the intersection of Alameda and Durill, which is south of the EPCC campus. ABC-7’s Round the Clock crew saw that several oil tanker cars had gone over the tracks. No injuries were reported.

An 18-wheeler crashed on Interstate 10 and Paisano early Friday morning, just as the borderland started to get pounded by rain storms. The crash happened at around 4 a.m. and reduced westbound traffic to one lane for a few hours. It appears the semi-truck hit the far right side of the freeway and took out

UTEP and the Sun Bowl are getting ready to receive one of the biggest boy bands in the world – One Direction. The band will perform Sept. 19 in El Paso – a little less than a month away, but UTEP officials are already getting ready for the massive concert. “It is one of the

An attorney for Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Friday that he will ask a judge to dismiss criminal charges alleging that the possible 2016 presidential candidate abused his power with a veto last summer. Those intentions are unsurprising given that Perry has emphatically rejected two felony indictments handed up by a grand jury in

Click on links below to listen to the 911 calls from the lightning strike in Las Cruces that injured six. Call one Call two Call three

The 59-year-old woman struck by a vehicle early Wednesday morning has died from her injuries. El Paso Police say Luz Groescel was crossing Lee Trevino at Edgemere at about 5:46 a.m. Wednesday when a Mustang, traveling north on Lee Trevino was unable to stop before striking Groescel. Police say Edward Herrera, the driver of the

Fort Bliss garrison commander has sent out guidance to soldiers not to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in uniform. “The Office of General Counsel (OGC) Standards of Conduct Office has ruled that Army employees, including Soldiers, may not take the ALS awareness “Ice Bucket Challenge” in uniform – including military uniforms and other civilian

Myth: Lightning never strikes the same place twice. Fact: Lightning often strikes the same place repeatedly, especially if it’s a tall, pointy, isolated object. The Empire State Building is hit nearly 100 times a year. Myth: If it’s not raining or there aren’t clouds overhead, you’re safe from lightning. Fact: Lightning often strikes more than

A 49-year-old man is recovering after being slashed with a box cutter. The attack happened evening of Aug. 19 on the 6350 block of Deer Ave. In Northeast El Paso. Police say he and another 58-year-old man got into a fight, leading to the man being slashed in the head with the box cutter. Police