Month: October 2015

42-year-old Antonio Escobedo has been charged with two enticement charges and two child pornography production charges. Escobedo says he used email and texting in an attempt to convince two minors into engaging in sexual activities then produced those images. The El Paso man will server 20 years in a federal prison and upon finishing his

Senior Jordan Lopez received a $10,000 scholarship from Nordstrom Rack. He is one of two recipients in the city of El Paso and one of 80 nationwide. Lopez says he is extremely grateful. Congratulations!

Downtown El Paso is hosting an Indian Food Festival all weekend. The festival includes arts and crafts, food and dancing. Tickets are $5.00 but active duty military and kids under 15 get in for free. Sunday will be the last day to enjoy the event, doors open at noon and close at 7 p.m.

Bowie High School’s star athletes were back in the Borderland today to celebrate Bowie Bear day. Hall of Fame coach and Bowie high school alum Nolan Richardson was among the crowd at the school on Saturday. Several formal athletes from the class of ’49 to the class or ’86 were honored at their Alma Mater.

An El Paso animal shelter is running a unique program to get dogs out of cages, into the community, and hopefully adopted. The Animal Rescue League has been expanding a program it started just a year ago, called the Rescue Runners. “Anyone who’s even been to a shelter will tell you that it’s heartbreaking just

A memorial is happening today for the longtime YISD teacher, board member, and coach, Deby Lewis. Lewis lost her battle with cancer last week. She was 63 years old. Now friends, family, and former students will get their chance to say goodbye. The memorial is today at 4 p.m. at Eastwood Church of Christ located

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State Rep. Joe Pickett spoke about removing toll roads during the Transportation Policy Board meeting for the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization. At the end of the meeting, Mayor Oscar Leeser gave the Regional Mobility Authority 90 days to come back with something that could generate support from the community. Evan Folan reports.

New Mexico’s secretary of state pleaded guilty to embezzlement and other fraud charges on Friday, Oct. 23. Dianna Duran resigned on Oct. 22. She was accused of funneling money from her election account and withdrawing the money at casinos around the state. In a federal court in Santa Fe, she pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement

The man accused of murdering a woman 45 years ago went before a judge Friday. Willie James Johnson, 70, appeared before a magistrate judge in the El Paso County Jail for a bond hearing. He was arrested earlier this month in Mississippi, where he was living. El Paso police have said Johnson’s DNA was found

The El Paso Independent School District implemented big new changes to how students learn this year. But now some students have said they’re not getting the books they need. EPISD issued thousands of laptops at the start of this school year so that students could have online access, all the time to their course work.

Court documents reveal that a fight at a Las Cruces car wash on Wednesday was over dog feces. Police charged a car wash attendant, 57-year-old Leo Molina, with an open count of murder after he allegedly shot and killed 39-year-old Gregory Cleto Fernandez. It happened on the 500 block of North Valley at Hadley in

As Texas’ transportation needs multiply, voters in the rapidly growing state will be asked Nov. 3 to consider a way to pay for those needs. Proposition 7 is one of seven Texasconstitutional amendments on the statewide ballot; early voting continues through Oct. 30. Under the amendment, the state comptroller would direct some of the taxes

For the first time in 24 years, Pete Gallego is not legislating. And it’s obvious he misses it. After decades spent as aDemocraticfixture at the Texas Capitol, Gallego served a single term in Congress, where he lostre-election last fall toU.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-San Antonio.In an interview with TheTexas Tribune on Thursday, Gallego said he’sdetermined

Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies detained a man for questioning Wednesday following a suspicious package call from the Dona Ana County Government Center. The man, who passed out similar envelopes at two businesses before dropping one off at the government center, was not arrested because he did not have criminal intent to harm anyone. A

Click on links below for the latest on Hurricane Patricia, a Category 5 storm expected to make landfall in southwestern Mexico. Hurricane Patricia barrels closer to Mexico Explaining Hurricane Patricia’s rapid rise, potential impact Photos: Hurricane Patricia Media Slideshow Hurricane Patricia called ‘potentially catastrophic’ Track Hurricane Patricia, other weather with KVIA.com Interactive Radar To track

The Sunland Park Police Department confirmed six people were in involved in a single-vehicle wreck early Friday morning in Sunland Park, New Mexico. ABC-7 initially reported it happened in Santa Teresa, but the police chief for Sunland later confirmed it is in fact Sunland Park city limits. Officer Mark Tarantino told ABC-7 officers were called

El Paso Police say a teacher confronted two students suspected of smoking marijuana during lunch Thursday, Oct. 22. One of the students, a 15-year-old boy, allegedly threatened to kill the teacher. The teacher asked the student to step out of the class. When the teacher stepped out into the hallway to check on the student,

Following hailstorms in the borderland, El Pasoans are flocking to auto repair shops to get their cars repaired. “I’ve been swamped for the last–we had a hail storm three months ago,” Carlos Ortiz, the owner of C & D Dent guy’s auto hail repair in West El Paso, said. Ortiz has mother nature to thank

New Mexico State University’s ‘Tough Enough to Wear Pink’ events continued Thursday with a fashion show and luncheon at NMSU’s Pan American Center. ABC-7’s Estela Casas and Hillary Floren hosted the event, which is dedicated to raising breast cancer awareness. Hundreds of people and several vendors showed up to support the “Tough Enough to Wear

Las Crucens are recovering after Wednesday’s severe hail storm. The large hail damaged hundreds of cars in a parking lot across from New Mexico State University. Many vehicles are left with a lot of dents, scratches and cracks. “I saw it just pouring down from the windows and you could hear it in the skylights

The newly renovated San Jacinto Plaza was initially scheduled to be completed last November. Then after numerous delays, this year’s Celebration of Lights was supposed to be the grand unveiling — just in time to mark the 100th anniversary of the plaza. On Thursday, the City announced the Celebration of Lights would be held at

The state has objected to part of the recently drafted joint plan between University Medical Center (UMC) and the El Paso Children’s Hospital. The plan is meant to bring Chidren’s out of bankruptcy and make it a subsidiary of UMC. “They said ‘we can’t live with that language you have in the plan,” said County

Update: El Paso jury has sentenced Lisbeth Garrett to 45 years in prison in the 1977 murder of her husband. Original Story: The sentencing phase began Thursday for Lisbeth Garrett. Garrett, 76, was found guilty of murder on Wednesday in the 1977 stabbing death of her husband, Chester Garrett. She faces 5 to 99 years

Police charged a car wash attendant with an open count of murder after an early-morning shooting that left a man dead. It happened on the 500 block of North Valley at Hadley in North-Central Las Cruces. Police said Gregory Cleto Fernandez, 39, drove a pick up to the car wash. He was parked in one

the former eastwood high teacher is learning her punishment for her part in the death of her husband. it’s a story 40 years in the making… coming to a conclusion this morning. then it’s car versus train. we have the video from an overnight accident that left a car crumpled and turned over. a very

Two people are in the hospital after their car was hit by a train. It happened around 8:30pm Wednesday in Fabens, near 4th Street. El Paso Sheriff’s Office investigators say the car’s tire blew out, causing the driver to lose control and veer into the path of the train. Investigators say the train was slowing

It’s National “BRA” day — a day to talk about breast reconstruction awareness. “Early detection saved my life,” said Ladonna Apodoca. Apodoca is two-time breast cancer survivor, but the second time, just over three years ago, she took no chances. “The doctors recommended I get double mastectomy,” Apodoca said. You may remember actress Angelina Jolie

ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom drove all around Mesilla on Wednesday and experienced just how hard the hail was coming down. “Sounded like gunshots or rocks being thrown at the car,” one Mesilla resident said. The hail, which hit around 1 p.m., was the size of marbles. People were so worried their cars would get