Month: February 2015

One person is in the hospital after being stabbed early Tuesday morning in Northeast El Paso. The incident happened just before 1 a.m. on the 5200 block of Fairbanks. Police say they are still searching for one person who may be connected to the stabbing.

The 2016 presidential elections are seeing more moves by candidates preparing to enter the race. Could Texas governor Rick Perry be considering another shot at the White House? While Perry is definitely done as Texas governor, he seems to be leaning towards another run for the presidency. Perry sat down with CNN recently to talk

El Paso City Council is thinking about putting more money into the police and fire pensions. The fund is continually under-funded. Some believe increasing the city’s contributions will prevent another multimillion dollar taxpayer bailout. Right now council members aren’t sure they can legally raise the city’s contribution. in fact, this may have to go to

The guilty pleas of public corruption defendant Adrian Pena have been overturned on appeal. Pena pleaded guilty in 2010 to paying bribes to help secure construction contracts with El Paso County. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that Judge Frank Montalvo improperly took part in plea negotiations after Pena’s attorney, Tom Stanton, attempted

Two people are dead after being struck while walking along northbound Loop 375 just after 2 a.m. They two were said to be walking approximately a quarter of a mile north of Loop 375 and Spur 601. Police say 26-year Lulu Sida who was driving a 2004 Buick was driving northbound on Loop 375 and

A man who was hit by a car near UTEP around 9 p.m Saturday night has died. El Paso police say 48-year-old Armando Jezbera was crossing the 2900 block of north Mesa on foot when he was hit. Police say Jezbera was walking in the crosswalk when it happened. The man driving the car investigators

El Paso Police detectives investigated a deadly pedestrian crash in South-Central El Paso, near the Chamizal National Memorial. Police say the accident happened at approximately 8:15 Monday evening at the intersection of Paisano Drive and San Marcial Street. According to their preliminary report, a woman was crossing San Marcial when she was hit by a

Lovers of deserts, get your recipes ready. It’s pecan season in the borderland! We’re were able to catch up with a local pecan farm to find out how this harvest is coming along. “We got plenty of nuts on the trees right now,” said Guadalupe Ramirez, part owner of the Ramirez pecan farm. This harvest

Twenty robberies in just two months, that happened in Chaparral this spring. Residents questioned the quality of their law enforcement. And now some residents are taking matters into their own hands. The Otero County Sheriff’s Department has 44 deputies, who have to patrol an area as big as 6,600 miles. That includes Chaparral. “I spoke

A man killed when a wrong-way driver slammed onto his vehicle on the highway between El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, N.M., was a pastor at a small community church. Joshua Allen, 30, had been the pastor of Grace Bible Church in Las Cruces since October 2011, starting as interim pastor for the small community

New Mexico Department of Transportation officials say that I-10 from Lordsburg to Deming was closed Saturday due to high winds. Wind speeds in excess of 50 miles-per-hour were being reported. NMDOT says I-10 reopened Sunday morning. I-10 eastbound near Executive is back up due to construction on the Yandell overpass. Many drivers are choosing to

The mother of a Picacho Middle School football player, who administered CPR to a 13-year-old boy who was struck by lightning this week, told ABC-7 she and other parents have a lot of questions about how the situation was handled by coaches leading up to the lightning strike. And after it happened, as well. Anna

They seem to be popping up all across town, but are smoking lounges a benefit for the economy or a hazard to consumers? There’s been a quiet boom in the number of hookah lounges in the past couple of years. In fact, there are four within a few minutes drive of the ABC 7 studios.

One man has been arrested and charged with allegedly vandalizing the El Paso City Hall sign. El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies have charged Echeverria with Graffiti u/$1500, Evading Arrest, and Resisting Arrest. El Paso Police are working on additional charges. The off-duty deputies were working at Leo’s nightclub when they were flagged down in reference

ABC-7 looked into what many viewers questioned about last week’s Andress-Jefferson soccer fight. What about the referees? Could he have done anything to keep the players in check? A parent’s cell phone video shows Joseph Ellington from Andress and Jefferson’s Edgar Perez get tangled up. Ellington appears to grab Perez around the waist and Perez

One man is in the hospital after being stabbed at a Central El Paso bar. El Paso Police said it happened just after one Sunday morning at Rumor’s Sports Club located at 3317 Dyer. Police said one person was injured and was taken to UMC with serious injuries. No arrests have been made at the

Canutillo School Board President Armando Rodriguez is a little offended by El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke’s letter to the Department of Education. “We’ve been requesting this since the beginning,” Rodriguez said. After the Department of Education found cheating took place at EPISD’s Coronado High, O’Rourke asked the federal government to expand their investigation to all

The Opportunity Center for the Homeless says federal budget cuts will have a significant impact on its mission. The Center houses men, women, veterans, college students, children and even families. It is one of the largest homeless operations in the West Texas and Southern New Mexico. The center has ten housing facilities throughout the local

Families got a special wish granted Thursday at Apaceport America thanks to a collaboration between two aerospace companies. Ashes from deceased loved ones were rocketed into space. The Spaceloft XL Rocket launched from Spaceport America, containing the ashes of 24 people from all over the country. The $1,000 memorial spaceflights were first introduced by Celestis

Police say one person has died after a rollover on 1-10 east near Yarbrough. This happened at 11:52 p.m. Saturday night. According to police, the vehicle landed on Gateway East. Special Traffic Investigators are on the scene. No other details have been released at this time. We’ll keep you updated as more information becomes available.

One person was killed in a mobile home fire Wednesday night in Canutillo. El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies were sent to 680 FM 259 in Canutillo at 9:19 p.m. in reference to a structure fire. Deputies used a hazmat mask to enter the mobile home to try and find any residents inside the mobile home.

El Paso Police are investigating an officer-involved collision on US 54. Police said an officer executed a traffic stop around 11 p.m. on a 1994 Cadillac. The Cadillac and police vehicle moved to the shoulder of the road, off of US 54, and the officers inside their vehicle exited, officials said. According to police, while

Victoria Bruce had two wishes. The first, to see her husband come back safe from war. The second? “Feeling his arms go all around me and then some.” It’s something she hasn’t felt in years. Now, 150 pounds lighter, Victoria Bruce was hoping to show off the results of her weight loss journey to her

Aviolent head-on collisionkilled a Fort Bliss soldier and a 30-year-old woman. Police say the woman was driving the wrong way on Interstate 10 west near the McRae overpass on the freeway. The name of the soldier hasn’t been released. The woman who died in the wreck is Nora Padilla. Family members told ABC-7they’re heartbroken right

At what age does a child learn to perform an amazing act of kindness? At first glance you might thinklong-haired Bobby Padillais a young girl getting ready for a haircut. Butthechild getting fixed up in ponytails is a 6-year-old boy who wanted to start letting his hair grow long, since he was f5. But Bobby

President Barack Obama said in an interview this past week with the New Yorker Magazine, he doesn’t think marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol, “in terms of its impact on the individual consumer.” Patriots Coach Bill Belichick warned his team this past weekend, “no marijuana.” This as the team was prepping to play the Broncos

While President Obama said free community college tuition will help pull people out of poverty, critics of his plan argue the proposal doesn’t tackle the deeper problem of rising tuition and low graduation rates. The presidents plan calls for the free tuition for students who attend at least half time, maintain a grade-point average of

El Paso Congressmen Beto O’Rourke says the results of a recent survey of local veterans, initiated by his office, proves that the troubled Veteran’s Administration cannot be trusted. He made the remarks at a news conference on Wednesday, pointing out there are nearly 80,000 veterans in the El Paso area. The survey, which cost O’Rourke’s

HOUSTON – The former superintendent of an El Paso school district who was sent to prison in one of the country’s worst education scandals has received an unexpected reward – a nearly one-year reduction in his prison term. A recent decision by the federal Bureau of Prisons to take 11 months off the sentence of