Month: February 2015

Sept. 12 Update: An El Paso Independent School District official called ABC-7 Friday morning to follow up on an incident Thursday morning in which a second grade boy left Lundy Elementary on his own. The incident continues to be investigated by the district. A district spokeswoman told ABC-7 Friday that the principal and assistant principal

A man with ties to the Borderland is on the run from the law. He’s being sought by Colorado Springs police after his girlfriend’s toddler was killed last week and he may be in the El Paso area. ABC-7 has received emails from viewers bringing the story out of Colorado Springs to its attention. They

ADP will create 1,100 new jobs in El Paso to existing operations – doubling the amount of ADP positions in El Paso. ADP also will invest $41 million in capital investment to construct a second building at the ADP campus. “Today’s announcement will have an overall impact to the El Paso economy of more than

Las Palmas LifeCare Center has allowed tailgating on its property on North Mesa for more than 12 years. That’s all changing after the brawl before the Texas Tech-UTEP game at the Sun Bowl Stadium Saturday. “Safety is our first priority, and as a result of this past weekend’s incident, there will no longer be event

El Paso Police affidavits reveal more details about the burned body found in a Downtown building on Sept. 5. Affidavits shows the man, who has not been positively identified, was killed about three to four weeks ago. Five homeless people were arrested in connection with the burned body. They are: 34-year old Jesus Barraza, El

Schools across the borderland are remembering what happened 13 years ago. The Army JROTC students of New Mexico State University continue their annual 9/11 tradition this year. Every year, JROTC students take part in a 9/11 run. They also write the names of nearly the 3,000 victims who perished on that day. The event took

An El Paso jury sentenced Fort Bliss soldier Corey Moss to 30 years in prison for stabbing the pregnant wife of deployed soldier. Moss faced five years to life for the crime. Moss was sentenced on the charge of burglary of habiation with intent to commit aggravated assault, which he pleaded guilty to. He is

El Paso’s Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that there are five new cases of West Nile virus in El Paso this year. This is in addition to six confirmed earlier this year. West Nile virus cases in El Paso so far this year: Male 60’s 79927 Male 60’S 79907 Female 30’S 79912 Female 50’S

City of Socorro City Council member Joseph Bowling died late Tuesday night of a heart attack. He was 83. “Mr. Bowling has always served his community with honor and dedication,” City of Socorro officials said in a statement Wednesday morning. “As a Council Member he cared deeply about the people he served and was dedicated

Security enhancements went into effect Monday morning at Fort Bliss. Lt. Col. Lee Peters, the post’s spokesman, said it was coincidental that the security changes occurred around the same time as the Sept. 11 anniversary and rumors circulating that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants are based in Juarez and planning attacks in

El Paso isn’t ranking too high when it comes to quality of life – at least according to Nerdwallet. Nerdwallet ranked the top 100 cities in the U.S. when it comes to quality of life and El Paso came in at No. 84. To come up with the list, Nerdwallet looked several factors, including the

Video: Davis Tells ABC News About Her Abortion: In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts, Texas Democratic gubernatorial nomineeWendy Davistalks about her “difficult decision” to have an abortion in 1996,when doctors told her the baby had severe brain abnormalities. FULLSTORY Davis Memoir Reveals Two Terminated Pregnancies: State Sen.Wendy Davis, the Democratic candidate for

The soldier who stabbed the wife of his mentor took the stand Tuesday afternoon. Corey Bernard Moss, who could be sentenced anywhere from 5 years to life in prison, said he couldn’t believe what he did to the people he considered his family. “Mr. Poole was like a father to me,” he said from the

Sept. 8, 2014 Update: Las Cruces City Council voted Monday to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour by Jan. 2017. But some fear that decision will not hold up. Supporters of raising the minimum wage are celebrating while preparing to continue to fight to make sure Monday’s vote is carried out. It was

By April Rogers and Fernie Ortiz Before putting away their swim suits for the year, dog owners like John McBride were able to take a dip with their best friend at the Nations Tobin Aquatic Center on Saturday. This is the first year McBride and his dog Raven participated in the annual “Dog Swim Day.”

The sunken graves at Fort Bliss’ National Cemetery in El Paso has gotten the attention of a state representative and UTEP researchers. On Thursday, El Paso State Representative Joe Moody and researchers from the University of Texas at El Paso will begin a soil study to find out why the graves have been sinking over

The backlog of pending deportation cases in federal immigration court has risen to nearly 400,000 amid a crush of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children and families caught crossing the Mexican border illegally this year, according an analysis of court data released Friday. The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University said in its latest

El Paso police say no arrests have been made, and their investigation continues into a charred set of human remains found late last week in downtown El Paso. An El Paso Electric Company crew was trying to remove a meter when they found a burned body in the basement of a vacant building in the

ABC 7 has been contacted by several parents with children in the Socorro school district about what they’re calling a sudden policy change. One father is upset the principal decided to change the uniform policy after the school year had started. In an email, he writes, “I cannot afford to buy school uniforms every time

Law enforcement arrested 23 people in connection with prescription-related offenses. They are accused of fraudulently obtaining hydrocodone, oxycodone and alprazolam by calling in fraudulent prescriptions, utilizing stolen prescriptions, altering prescriptions and/or “doctor shopping.” These charges and arrests are the result of multiple investigations targeting individuals, as well as several prescription fraud rings. In total, the

Elite Medical Transport pilot Freddy Martinez’s aunt-in-law spoke with ABC-7, more than a week after a plane crash claimed his life and three others. “I think he really enjoyed the fact that he was helping someone get better. He put that part of his personality with his passion, which was flying,” Liza Enriquez said. The

El Paso native Nolan Richardson will return to the Sun City to lead the 78th edition of the FirstLight Federal Credit Union Sun Bowl Parade as grand marshal on Thanksgiving Day. “It’s an honor to have Nolan Richardson as the grand marshal for the FirstLight Federal Credit Union Sun Bowl Parade,” said Karl Murphy, President

El Paso Police need your help in identifying a man accused of flashing himself at a park. The man is described as being a Hispanic man in his early 20s and about 160 pounds. He allegedly exposed himself to a woman at Edgemere Median Park in East El Paso. The woman says he kept talking

El Paso Police are investigating an alleged assault on a small child. The assault allegedly occurred when a man, woman, and small male child were eating at the Great American on George Dieter at about 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26. Police say that while seated at the dining table the man struck the child

Two central El Paso apartment complexes had fire crews busy working overnight. The first fire happened just after midnight at theLos Arcos Apartments on Alabama Street. Fire crews told us no one was injured. However, water damage was reported to the unit where the fire started. The family that was displaced will be staying with

Moisture will be on the increase across the area the next several days. Tropical moisture is coming from the SE and SE due to a couple of tropical systems to our south and southwest. We will begin to see more clouds and humidity the next several days along with some showers and thunderstorms. Best chance

El Paso Fire investigators are still looking into what caused a massive house fire in South-Central El Paso. About seven crews were called to the 1000 block of Olive around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday. An ABC-7 crew on the scene saw flames and smoke coming from the roof and one woman being treated for smoke inhalation.

The morning and afternoon commute at a far east El Paso campus was shifted after school officials closed off a dead end that was used as a student drop-off zone. Commuters used the dead end to access Sun Ridge Middle School and Lujan-Chavez Elementary School from Tierra Este Road. There are nearly 2,000 students that

An ABC-7 I-team investigation was prompted by an incident that left two teens injured at St. Anthony’s Bazaar on Sunday. Two days after the incident, ABC-7 learned the Texas Department of Insurance is the agency that keeps records of rides, owners and operators. A spokesman said Barbara Tovar’s name is on the permit for the

The Andress High School soccer player arrested in the Feb. 3 fight with Jefferson allegedly kicked an opponent in the face, breaking his jaw in two places, according to court records. According to the affidavit, the victim, Edgar Perez, of Jefferson, and an unidentified player from Andress got into a physical altercation during the game