Month: February 2015

The El Paso Police Department is investigating if a weekend vandalism spree is a hate crime against local Muslim families. The families, who all live in a West Side apartment complex, said they woke up Saturday morning to discover the tires of their vehicles had been slashed overnight. The tires on five different vehicles were

Neighbors are calling two brothers caught in the middle of an attempted burglary in Las Cruces, ‘good samaritans.’ One man died and the other, seriously injured. Police arrested and charged 19-year old Joshua Jones and 20-year old Christopher Silva with several offenses including first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. ?Police say the men were trying

A show by internationally renowned DJ Steve Aoki had to be canceled early Tuesday morning after the El Paso Fire department deemed the venue unsafe due to a sewage leak. The show, which was held at Buchanan’s Event Center in east El Paso, was shut down around 12:30 a.m., according to the show’s promoter. On

Dave & Busters, the popular family and entertainment restaurant, appears headed to El Paso. According to the City of El Paso’s building permit website, Dave & Busters has requested a permit for the location of 6101 Gateway West – the same address as Bassett Place. An inspection of the site is scheduled for Wednesday, according

Workforce Solutions Borderplex will be hosting a job fair targeting thetransportation, governmental and agriculture industries. The industry fair will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Region 19 Education Services Center at 6611 Boeing in East El Paso. Employers Participating: American GI Forum Asegura Insurance Agency Averitt Express INC Border

Roberto Gomez Bolanos, the iconic Mexican comedian who wrote and played the boy television character “El Chavo del Ocho” that defined a generation for millions of Latin American children, died Friday, the Televisa television network said. He was 85. Known as “Chespirito” (ches-pee-REE-to), he changed comedy in Latin America , taking his inspiration from Laurel

Things to do: Thanksgiving Greg Wilson Live standup comedy with opener Jason Resler. El Paso Comic Strip, 1201 Airway Blvd., event runs Nov. 26-Nov. 29, 8 p.m. Nov. 26, $6-$16; 8:30 and 10:45 p.m. Nov. 28-29, $12-$22; 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, $8-$18; 17+, tickets at www.ticketweb.com. Info at 915-779-LAFF. Iron Turkey 5K ‘Turkey Olympics’ UTEP’s

Vince Hunter scored 18 points with 12 rebounds, capping his scoring with an emphatic dunk in the final half-minute as UTEP held off Princeton in the opener of the Wooden Legacy tournament on Thursday. Hunter has double-doubles in all three games this season, the first Miner open the season that way since Nevil Shed in

Is UTEP going to a bowl game this season? The Miners may have to win their regular season finale this weekend to secure a postseason spot. “The one way you can always ensure yourself a bowl game is to win seven,” said UTEP Athletic Director Bob Stull. Stull said if the six-win Miners want to

UTEP (6-5, 4-3 Conference USA) will end its regular season on Saturday when they host Middle Tennessee (6-5, 5-2 C-USA) on Senior Night in the Sun Bowl. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. with 23 seniors being honored before the game. The Miners are looking to rebound from last week’s 31-13 loss at Rice after

SeniorJohni Welles scored a career-best 13 points while sophomoreSparkle Taylor had 11 points but the UTEP basketball team was dealt a 72-43 defeat by Big 12 member Kansas State in its opening contest of the 2014 Hardwood Tournament of Hope. The Miners (2-2) dug themselves a 28-point halftime deficit (43-15) before playing with much better

A Las Cruces firefighter says he witnessed the plane crash that killed 29-year-old local businessman Tyler Francis. Now, ABC-7 is learning more about the plane Francis is believed to have been flying. A hole in the ground is the only sign left of Monday’s single-engine plane crash that killed Francis. Mike Lopez said he saw

Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson has spoken out to ABC News for the first time publicly since fatally shooting a black teenager, Michael Brown, and he said that he would not do anything differently. Speaking exclusively to ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Wilson said that Brown reached into his police car and grabbed for his gun,

El Paso Police’s Special Traffic Investigators have released the identity of a man found dead along Trans Mountain Sunday morning. He has been identified as Alejandro Cobarrubio, 61, of Las Cruces. Police say the body was found near the summit at 9:20 a.m. by hikers in the area and that he may have been struck

Two damaging fires broke out within a half hour of each other in El Paso County Sunday afternoon. Both were tougher than usual to contain. A business and house fire kept El Paso firefighters busy when strong winds swept through the borderland. “I freaked out, totally. I just stayed outside and called 911,” Hector Perez

Trying to steal a kiss under the mistletoe isn’t unusual. But stealing the actual mistletoe? That’s not something you hear everyday. The Downtown Management District’s mistletoe has been stolen after being up for less than a week. It was hanging from a light pole at the intersection of W. San Antonio and El Paso Streets

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has directed a policy change in new paycheck allotments to prevent unscrupulous commercial lenders from taking advantage of troops and their families, Pentagon officials said today. According to a Defense Department news release published today, effective Jan. 1, 2015, the change in DoD’s Financial Management Regulation will prohibit service members from

The University Medical Center board had a special board meeting on Thursday and its chairman read a statement defending CEO Jim Valenti’s $120,000 bonus and vice-chair singled out for criticism by a County Commissioner. UMC Board Chairman William Hanson’s statement reads as follows: As you know from media reports in the last few days, some

Two men have been arrested in a suburban North Texas child porn case, including a 17-year-old man police say enrolled in an elementary school posing as a 12-year-old. Hurst police say 28-year-old Randy Ray Wesson is jailed on $3 million charged with promoting and selling child pornography and tampering with an official record. Also, 17-year-old

Dec. 1 Update: Victim’s name has been released and it is 46-year-old Carlos Marquez. The booking photo of Gabriel Chavez has been released. Nov. 21 Story: El Paso Police have charged a 68-year-old with murder in the shooting death of a man early Nov. 21. Police officers responded to a shots fired call at 1:42

Food trucks have hit the streets of El Paso County in the hundreds. Those who run them and those who eat the grub that comes out of them say they’re not going away anytime soon. “It’s very fast, convenient. You can get it anywhere. I love the fact that the trucks are mobile and you

ABC-7 found itself in the middle of an alleged rental scam Thursday that eventually led to the arrest of two El Paso women on unrelated charges. According to police reports, Melissa Maldonado and Annette Dominguez had been evicted from a home on the 6000 block of Faust Wardy in Northeast El Paso. However, over the

The Texas Board of Education must decide this week what will be in your child’s textbooks. Tuesday, they couldn’t agree on more than 100 social studies and history books. The board will have a tense meeting Friday, approved textbooks have to hit classroom shelves in time for the 2015 school year. But the issue is….

Three markets will present their case for a Major League Soccer expansion team on Thursday in New York, according to Major League Soccer’s website. Representatives from Las Vegas, Minneapolis, and Sacramento will be the teams making presentations at MLS headquarters on Thursday. New York City FC and Orlando City will debut in 2015, while new

One of the 68 military personnel that arrived at Fort Bliss from West Africa on Tuesday is being monitored at William Beaumont Army Medical Center after being ill on the plane and showing some symptoms of Ebola. Fort Bliss spokesman Lt. Col. Lee Peters told ABC-7 that the soldier tested negative for Ebola at the

Nov. 19, 2014 Update: The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit has charged 23-year-old Martin D. Guerrero with five counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon in this past weekend’s shooting outside Club Khaos in Downtown. Guerrero, an Army specialist at Fort Bliss, was booked into the El Paso County Jail on

Two firefighters received minor injuries while battling a fire in South-Central El Paso Monday. A neighbor was transported to a hospital due to smoke inhalation. The fire at 3001 Rivera (originally reported by fire officials as being at 3008 Pera) was first reported shortly after 11:30 a.m. when neighbors of a vacant grocery store building

“The Happiest 5k on the planet” came back to El Paso Saturday. The Color Run, the original color splash race, was held at Ascarate Park. Races started at 9:00 a.m.. The for-profit company, which has donated more than $3 million to charity since its start in 2012, partnered up with Team Red, White, & Blue;

Pope Francis appealed to Catholics worldwide to help “annihilate” the Ebola virus and help the millions of people affected by the potentially deadly disease. Catholic News Service reports, “As the Ebola virus epidemic worsens, I want to express my deep concern for this relentless illness that is spreading particularly on the African continent and especially