Month: December 2014

On Thanksgiving day many families are together enjoying some good turkey, pumpkin pie and for some a beer or two. With the popularity of craft beer on the rise we spoke to some beer experts who tell us about the rising trend. Evidence has shown people have been brewing beer since 6,000 BC.In the 19th

El Paso Trash & Recycling CollectionsNo collections Thanksgiving DayResidents with Thursday collections will have wastepicked up Saturday, November 29 Greater El Paso LandfillClosed Thanksgiving dayOpen Friday, November 28 (regular hours) Citizen Collection StationsClosed Thanksgiving DayClosed Friday, November 28Open Saturday, November 29 (regular hours) Las Cruces Trash and recycling will not be collected on Thursday. Collection

El Paso and Las Cruces made a national ranking list, but some may not like how low they fell on the list of best cities for successful aging. The Milken Institute put out a 66-page report that says older adults are staying in the workforce longer and anticipating more golden years. That means the places

Gather 14 of your closest friends if you want to buy tickets early for Wicked’s return to El Paso. Tickets to Wicked are only available to groups of 15 and higher at this time for the May 20-31 run at the Plaza Theatre, according to El Paso Live. Plus, save 10 percent on orders for

An El Paso teenager, passionate about local and fresh food, raises turkeys in his Upper Valley home and sells the birds to people willing to slaughter them. “At first we thought people would be really scared of doing it but once we started doing it, people really hopped right on it,” said Aidan Birke, a

Three potential Major League Soccer expansion markets presented their cases to league officials in New York City on Nov. 21. MLS is looking to expand to 24 teams by 2020. Representatives from Las Vegas, Sacramento and Minneapolis met with league officials on Nov. 21 and future expansion will be discussed further at the MLS Board

Nov. 26 Update: The 88-second tease of“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will debut online Friday, Nov. 28, the same day it will be shown in 30 theaters across North America. The tease will be available to view at iTunes Trailers, according to a tweet by Star Wars. Nov. 24 Story: An early 88-second tease of

Tyler Francis, president of Francis Aviation, was killed in a plane crash at Las Cruces International Airport Monday, according to New Mexico State Police. Francis, 29, was the sole occupant of the single-engine plane that crashed at around noon about 150 feet from the terminal on the tarmac. The airport has been closed since the

First responders found a body early Sunday morning in northwest El Paso. The body was discovered near the top of Trans Mountain road, at the summit. Very limited details are available. ABC-7 is working to get more information. Stay with us on-air and online.

Two people are dead after a two-motorcycle crash this morning near Edgemere Boulevard and Zaragoza Road. The two drivers have been identified as Cody Wones, 24 and Gabriel Ortega, 27. Police say this happened just before 2 a.m. Our round-the-clock news crew reported that the far right lanes of eastbound Edgemere Boulevard were closed. Police

Police say shortly after 1 a.m., friends took two victims to a nearby hospital where one man died and another was being treated for gunshot wounds. “At about 1:18 this morning officers responded to the 300 hundred block of Marisol Street,”said El Paso police spokesman Mike Baranyay. When police arrived, “They did find that two

Following an eight-day break between games, the UTEP men’s basketball team will continue its demanding early-season schedule at home against NM State on Saturday (Nov. 22) at 7 p.m. UTEP-NMSU Notes (PDF) via UTEP FirstLight Federal Credit Union is sponsoring The Battle of I-10. The Miners (1-0) are trying to start a season 2-0 for

The Canutillo Eagles are scheduled to play Everman in Midland, Texas on Saturday. Both teams are trying to land a spot for the state’s final four bracket.The Eagles have won 12 straight games. If Canutillo wins, it will become the first El Paso area University Interscholastic League team to win three out-of-town playoff games. ABC-7

Spurning furious Republicans, President Barack Obama unveiled expansive executive actions on immigration Thursday night to spare nearly 5 million people in the U.S. illegally from deportation and refocus enforcement efforts on “felons, not families.” The moves, affecting mostly parents and young people, marked the most sweeping changes to the nation’s fractured immigration laws in nearly

The man Las Cruces Police suspect of punching his girlfriend’s young son Monday and stealing her car was arrested Thursday in Muscatine, Iowa. Juan Bazan Agilar, 45, is charged with one count each of child abuse and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. Las Cruces Police detectives received information that Agilar sold the woman’s Plymouth

The Third Judicial District Attorney Mark D’Antonio discussed his office’s employment of the Myron May, the man authorities say shot three people on the Florida State University campus early Thursday. Police shot May dead when he wouldn’t surrender. D’Antonio told media Thursday afternoon that he was “shocked beyond words and deeply saddened” by the news

Although the woman ABC-7 spoke with does not qualify to gain any type of citizenship under the new executive order President Obama put forth Thursday night, she wanted to share her story so people can understand the horrors immigrants go through in search of a better life. This woman a native Honduran didn’t want to

A man in a vehicle collision on Nov. 8 has died. Roy Wollschlager, of El Paso, was a passenger in a 2008 Mercury involved in a traffic collision at 11:45 a.m. Nov. 8 in the 7300 block of Remcon. He died on Nov. 13. El Paso Police’s Special Traffic Investigations’ preliminary investigation reveal that a

Two groups joined together Thursday morning to protest in front of the Mexican Consulate in El Paso. Mexicanos en Exilo and Border Network for Human Rights denounced the disappearance of 43 students in Ayotzinapa, Mexico. A contingent from the groups entered the Mexican Consulate and handed a representative a note and were then going to

El Paso Police have identified the two senior citizens hit and killed by a truck in West El Paso Thursday. They are 93-year-old Ben Collins and his wife, 86-year-old Mary Gene Collins. The accident occurred at about 11:53 a.m. in the 2900 block of North Mesa. El Paso Police say the preliminary investigation revealed they

“I think the president will come to regret the chapter history writes if he does move forward. Because the plan he’s presenting is more than just, as the president himself has acknowledged, an overreach – it’s also unfair.” – Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. ___ “The president’s decision is not a political victory.

A federal judge handed down a sentence of nine years in prison to a former Las Cruces police detective who raped a 17-year-old intern in 2011. Michael Garcia was a 14-year veteran with the Las Cruces Police Department when he was arrested. When he changed his plea to guilty Wednesday, he got a plea deal

Some people have criticized dolls such as Barbie for not having real, human body proportions. Artist and researcher Nickolay Lamm created dolls that have typical human body proportions. A crowdfunding campaign was started in March with more than 13,000 preordering 19,000 dolls An add-on pack will allow children to give their dolls stretch marks, cellulite,

Now that El Paso’s City Council approved the annexation of 310 acres in Far East El Paso — much of which to be dedicated to home development — ABC-7 is asking how the city plans to address safety and police patrols on that side of town. According to the latest data from the 2010 Census,

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office’s Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating the death of a man near Horizon City. According to a spokeswoman with the sheriff’s office, the deadly accident happened shortly after 6 p.m. at S&S Truck Sales, which is located at 14121 Gateway West. Investigators say a semi truck fell off a

This week the Texas State Board of Education is meeting to adopt new instructional materials. Board members choose the textbooks used in social studies, fine arts and high school math. But people from across the spectrum disagree with politically charged curriculum choices. “I would like to strike the words women and minority,” said a board

The Canutillo Independent School District has come under fire for a trip board members took earlier this year. The district’s seven board members, two administrators and the superintendent attended the National School Board Association Conference in New Orleans. The cost to taxpayers was nearly $30,000. ABC-7 spoke with district trustee Adrian Medina, who explained how

New Mexico State University had an early game Tuesday against St. Mary’s in California. Really early – like 1 a.m. Mountain/midnight Pacific early. The Aggies were participating in ESPN’s 24-hour tip-off marathon The game didn’t end until after 3:30 a.m. – and the Aggies lost, 83-71. The Aggies also got 17 points from senior Remi

The former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his colleague was has been released from jail after posting bond. Tai Chan, 27, charged with first degree murder, was released from the Dona Ana County Detention Center at 6:31 p.m. Monday. Authorities say Chan shot and killed fellow deputy Jeremy Martin, 29, at a

Las Cruces Police are looking for a 45-year-old man who allegedly punched a 6-year-old boy. Juan Bazan Agilar has been charged with one count of child abuse and one count of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. Agilar was last seen Monday afternoon driving a 1999 gold Plymouth Breeze bearing New Mexico license plate JWR355.