Month: January 2016

air at 14-1… taking on a 14-3 del valle squad… let’s go to del valle high school… there’s the dv bench and a good crowd on hand for this one… this is bel air’s isaiah aguilera.. first possession of the game… beautiful drive to the hoop… this was a good ball game…isaac tovar… answer from

if you were at the sun bowl… it wasn’t that sunny… in fact, you may recalll, we had a blizzard.. but there was in fact a bright spot… the sun bowl ratings were up 31% from last year… and the game logged its highest ratings since 2009… having the game on a saturday didn’t hurt

expected for the mid morning and early afternoon hours…especially central and east zones. the snow advisory will likely be allowed to expire this morning. looking ahead…the pattern remains progressive and unsettled as a high- amplitude longwave trough continues to carve out the western u.s. and send additional storm centers through the region. the next storm

now when it comes to allowing students a few more days off during the year. a new state law requires students to attend school for 75- thousand-6-hundred minutes per year, instead of 180 days. what does that mean for our local school districts? abc-7’s iris lopez spoke with districts across the city to see if

Social workers across the country can train under a new program created by two UTEP professors. Professors Mark Lusk and Silvia Chavez Baray believe to effectively treat Hispanics, the social worker needs to be sensitive to the Hispanic culture. Together they created “Cultural Competency and Resilience in Social Work Practice with Hispanics,” available online for

ABC-7 rounded up the seven stories that had the most impact and were the most popular of 2015, including: 1. Chapin High teacher draws picture of penis on student’s classwork 2. Our very own Estela Casas interviews President Obama at the White House 3. El Paso Children’s Hospital files for bankruptcy 4. The Ysleta Independent

learned his punishment after he pleaded guilty to running over a young woman and trying to cover it up. lorenzo pacheco will serve 5 years in a state prison for killing 20-year-old stephanie nicole avelar in 2012. avalar’s family was in the courtroom during the hearing. new at ten … abc-7’s jerry najera spoke with

Former El Paso County Judge Anthony Cobos is expected to plead “no contest” to fraud charges stemming from the sale of property to a Chaparral couple. According to a complaint affidavit, Cobos sold the couple property that belonged to his deceased stepmother. The couple made monthly mortgage payments totaling $20,000 or more to Cobos, who

An El Paso mother, out on bond after being convicted in the death of her baby, is back behind bars. Twenty-five year-old Lindsey Hradek had her bond revoked. In November she was granted a new trial and released, which the district attorney is appealing after she was convicted of reckless injury to a child in

Former City Rep. Ann Morgan Lilly is urging the public not to rush to judgement against City Manager Tommy Gonzalez and she criticized Mayor Oscar Leeser and the current council. “As it stands, the mayor and council are not legislating or focusing on implementing projects important to the community’s future. This is unhealthy and not

A Marine stationed in Arizona was arrested Tuesday in the fatal shooting early on New Year’s Day of a North Texas college student, authorities said. The U.S. Marine Corps said in a statement that Cpl. Eric Johnson, 20, was taken into custody at the north gate of the Marine Corps air station in Yuma, Arizona.

El Paso county sheriff’s deputies made a total 30 arrests for drunk driving during the holidays. Between Dec. 18 and Jan. 3, 2016, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office used money from the the Texas Department of Transportation to beef up patrols. According to the sheriff’s office, six of the arrests were made under the

The current El Nio has tied the strongest previous El Nio on record, but appears to have peaked according to data just released this week by NOAA. Sea-surface water temperatures in the equatorial central and eastern Pacific Ocean over the latest three-month period from October through December 2015 were 2.3 degrees Celsius above average, according

Fitbit has been the wearable technology leader since before anyone knew what wearable technology was. It’s looking to stay that way, even as Apple is hot on its tail.That’s why Fitbit (FIT) has unveiled the Blaze, a fitness tracker with some Apple Watch-like features baked in. Fitbit’s fitness trackers are the industry leaders for a

One U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded during a joint U.S.-Afghan Special Operations mission in Marjah, Afghanistan, Tuesday, with fighting still continuing, the Pentagon announced. A U.S. official told CNN that a quick reaction force has been launched in an effort to rescue those forces on the ground in Marjah. The official could not

President Barack Obama grew emotional Tuesday as he made a passionate call for a national “sense of urgency” to limit gun violence. He was introduced by Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Obama circled back to that shooting in the final moments of

Fort Bliss investigators turned over to El Paso police a soldier accused of shooting a bouncer last month. Jonathan De La Cruz, 26, was allegedly acting rowdy inside Rumors Bar before the bouncer escorted him out shortly after closing time on Dec. 20. De La Cruz allegedly went to his car and returned with a

Police do not suspect foul play in a fire that killed a man Saturday evening. The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit responded to the scene of a “minor fire” after crews discovered 50-year-old Ruben Ramirez in the apartment. He was taken to Sierra Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Police said

A former high school baseball coach accused of having cocaine is expected in court for a pretrial hearing today. El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Michael Beltran, a former Cathedral High School baseball coach, on suspicion of possession of cocaine in December of 2012. During the same week DEA agents arrested two other borderland educators:

corner. but there are still things you can do before january first – to get a better deal on your taxes. a certified financial planner from local accounting firm lauterbach told us: if you’re getting an end of the year bonus – have your employer direct it to your 401k – that way it’s not

A private road where three people were killed during the weekend is shedding light on a bigger issue Far East El Paso is facing–growing pains. Th crash happened Saturday night on Jobe Road, between Ascension Atreet and Montwood Drive. ABC-7 learned Jobe Road is a private road, which means it’s not managed by the city

Three people killed after a rollover in Far East El Paso have been identified. The crash occurred just before 6 p.m. Saturday on the 2700 block of Jobe Road. The passengers killed have been identified as 66-year old Johnny Borrego, 59-year old Ivan Guerrero and 58-year old Ruben Betancourt Ramirez. Jose Gabino Garcia, 71, is

Police identified the man found dead after a SWAT situation Wednesday in Sunset Heights. Officers found the body of 34-year-old Lane William Wiscombe after a man barricaded himself before surrendering after a two-hour standoff. Bilal Muhammad, 34, of the 200 block of Porfirio Diaz, is charged with murder. Police responded to a call of shots

The Socorrro Independent School District started its first day of the Spring semester Tuesday. School bus drivers rolled out of SISD Headquarters in far east El Paso at about 5:30 Tuesday morning to begin their routes with new technology. All SISD buses are equipped with new cameras to capture drivers who break the law by

the rain has been falling steadily overnight throughout the borderland–you can see a lot of action on the weather radar still—but will it continue for the rest of today? / the president will announce his new executive action on gun control today—what that means for purchasing guns on the internet or at gun-shows. “”it’s time

Just as thousands of borderland students head back to school this week, thousands of teachers spent Monday getting ready. Students and teachers have had the last two weeks off for Christmas break. Socorro Independent School District teachers say its an important break since Spring brings a bit more pressure in the classroom. “One of my

New Years resolutions are sometimes hard to keep. Instead of a resolution this year try out these 10 “cleanses” that will help you start off 2016 right! 1. The “Unfriend” cleanse: Just go ahead and unfriend all the people who don’t make you feel good about yourself — like former friends or coworkers that you

On Monday, the Las Cruces City Council unanimously approved to contribute $25,000 to a feasibility study that would look into building a public hospital to treat the mentally ill in Las Cruces. The money came from the Telshor fund, which is used specifically for health needs, and comes from the city leasing Memorial Medical Center.

More than a dozen abandoned buildings in the lower Beaumont area of Fort Bliss are finally scheduled for demolition. The entrance to the area, the only access to Beaumont hospital on weekends, is located off of Fred Wilson Road and Lazear, just East of William Beaumont. “It doesn’t look good at all, it’s abandoned, it

ABC-7 stopped by Romero’s private business on Monday morning to ask if Romero had decided to step down as alternate Mayor Pro Tempore and as the Chair of the City’s Financial Oversight and Audit Committee. The City Council last month voted to ask Romero to step down from the posts and when asked if he