Month: April 2016

Hundreds of baseball fans headed to the El Paso County Sportspark Saturday. The bats cracked and the crowds cheered. America’s national past time was in full swing at the new sports center. After overcoming legal hurdles with the initial contractor and architects, work on the sports center restarted last year on a roughly $300,000 budget

the park opened it’s gates after 4 years of setbacks and young baseball players and their coaches from around the city took to the diamond. abc-7’s jerry najera was at the park he is live with the story… evan josie families left and right were having a great time. many telling me this was much

After a year of hard work, high school students from the Socorro Independent School District showed off their engineering projects. The students are part of Project Lead the Way’s STEM program. Projects students had worked on included innovative high-tech ideas to resolve real world issues and improvements upon existing technology.

Dozens of people showed up for an afternoon of fun with Big Brothers Big Sisters. The 17th annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser helped raised money for the local organization. All money raised during Saturday’s event at Bowl El Paso stays in El Paso, and goes directly toward making and supporting matches of mentors to

the spare for the 17th annual bowl for kids’ sake fundraiser! dozens of people showed up to support big brothers big sisters – a mentoring program to help at risk children. the party just wrapped up at 6 but it was full of music, dancing, and bowling. all the money raised supports mentoring services for

today was the day to show off what they’ve accomplished. more than 70 high school students showcased their engineering projects. the students are apart of project lead the way’s stem in socorro isd. the projects included innovation, high-tech ideas to resolve real-world issues and improvements upon existing technology. “we all want to be engineers an

A city leader and one organization are paying attention to Uber’s latest threat. Uber an app that puts those looking for a ride in touch with drivers –tells city leaders in a letter that it will pull out of El Paso if the city council passes an ordinance putting the company’s drivers in the same

The UTEP COllege of Education and Upward Bound brought migrant students from Canutillo Middle together Saturday morning to learn how to get into college. “This event is really to reach out a student population that is a vulnerable student population in schools,” said Reynaldo Reyes, the Upward Bound Director Students from Upward Bound, a program

ortegon. a mother was rescued this afternoon after injuring herself while hiking at tom mays park. a family member told us the 25-year-old woman was hiking with a group on the aztec cave trail when she injured her ankle- while carrying her child. the injury was bad enough that she could not get back down

toda the el paso county sports park opened its gates after 4 years of setbacks and young baseball players from around the city took to the diamond. the sportspark is located at 17-80 north zaragoza in east el paso, just off loop 375 near montwood high school. abc-7’s jerry najera is live … evan josie

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A former New Mexico political consultant has pleaded guilty in Albuquerque federal court to a child pornography charge in a case stemming from theft of emails from Gov. Susana Martinez’s campaign. Jason Loera pleaded guilty Friday to receipt of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. It

The Texas Veterans Land Board is teaming up with other veterans organizations to help those who have served in the El Paso area and across the state. “(We decided) to put on joint benefit fairs throughout the state of Texas so the veterans – we get outreach to veterans, inform veterans, educate veterans about all

A 25-year old woman was injured while hiking up theAztec Cave Trail at Tom Mays Park. Fire officials say the woman was hiking Saturday afternoon when she injured herself. Crews located the woman around noon Saturday. Officials say she injured her ankle because she wasn’t wearing proper shoes. After two hours, the woman was carried

Severe weather in Doa Ana County is heading toward Las Cruces, bringing heavy rain, wind and potentially hail. Strong thunderstorms increasing across southern New Mexico and West Texas late this afternoon. At 3:45 p.m., scattered showers and thunderstorms were moving to the northeast across portions of Southern New Mexico around or toward the vicinity of

is an el pasoan. rick cabrera re-visits reggie cook’s surgery in abc-7 listens. reggie cook is recovering from 12 plus hours of elbow surgery. but this wasn’t just any surgery … they took the elbow, along with the ligaments and blood vessels in his left arm … and arm that was flaccid … and moved

the hunt continues this morning for a suspect… after a string of murders apparently all targeting members of one family. a different gunman now dead after five people were killed in two separate shootings in the south. and more controversey in the race for the el paso county tax assessor-collector. were ethics violated? and in

EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 7-5 Friday to split the four-game series and split their eight-game homestand. Manuel Margot reached base four times atop the Chihuahuas’ batting order on Friday, going 3-for-3 with three singles, a walk, a stolen base and an RBI. After falling behind 3-0 in

Lillian Martinez’ is out as the challenger for Jennifer Han’s World Featherweight title on Friday,April 29that Southwest University Park. Martinez, 20-15, of the Dominican Republic and the #3 World ranked contender, failed to appear at a visa interview this week,prompting the IBF (International Boxing Federation) to turn to the next available contender. She is being

a fortnight….or one week in layman’s terms ….from jennifer han’s world title fight. but that isnt the only news coming out of her camp today. her feather weight opponent has changed just a week out. for more on this development we bring in a man who’s been punched in the face repeatedly by jen han

latest threat. uber –an app that puts those looking for a ride in touch with drivers –tells city leaders in a letter it cease to operate in el paso if city council passes an ordinance that puts them in the same category with taxis. abc-7’s jerry najera is live with the story … rick estela

ABC-7 is honored to announce our very own Estela Casas is one of the honorees for tonight’s Lucy G. Acosta Humanitarian Awards. Acosta was a civil rights activist widely recognized for helping elect Raymond Telles, the first Mexican-American mayor in the Sun City’s history. The awards ceremony is organized by the League of United Latin

The El Paso County tax assessor position is up for grabs. A runoff election will be held between incumbent Ruben Gonzalez and former Chief Deputy Tax Assessor-Collector Siria Rocha May 24. Rocha is accusing Gonzalez of unethical leadership. On Mar.1, Rocha saw Gonzalez’s chief deputy campaigning. Suspicious, she snapped a picture and filed a public

The County of El Paso’s long awaited Sportspark renovation is finally finished. It’s located at 1780 North Zaragoza in East El Paso, near Loop 375 and Montwood High School. ABC-7 got a tour of the facility Friday, showing off some of the beautiful new softball fields just off the shiny new clubhouse, which features a

Texas veterans, military members and their dependents are invited to free benefits fair for Texas Veterans. This is an opportunity for Texas Veterans to learn about improved state and federal benefits. When: April 23, 2016 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m Saturday. Where: El Paso Community College Administrative Service Center, 9200 Viscount Blvd Call 1-800-252-VETS

The Child Abuse Awareness Walk is Sunday, April 24. The walk is to raise awareness about child abuse in the community. Everyone is welcome to attend the walk Sunday at 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Yucca Park Memorial Reading Garden. Participants are encouraged to wear blue. Call (915)-691-8200 for additional information.

Authorities say a motorcyclist was fatally injured when he lost control of his bike while riding between two tractor-trailer rigs traveling side by side on a southern New Mexico highway. New Mexico State Police said 22-year-old Jan Portiz of Deming fell to the pavement and was struck by tires of one of the two semis

Four binders full of documents and several man hours were put into the investigation of Dona Aa County Jail Administrator Chris Barela. The case was eventually dismissed — and Thursday — ABC-7 obtained the entire case filing. Barela was arrested Dec. 8 on one count of fraud over $20,000 or, in the alternative, one count

Border Patrol Agent Jose Barraza will be laid to rest Friday. Barraza was killed in a car crash involving a semi-truck on Monday near Fort Hancock, Texas. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. at Abundant Living Faith Center located at 1000 Valley Crest. The funeral procession will follow. He will be laid

paso community college held it’s 12th procurement and contracting symposium yesterday. the event explains contract opportunities for small businesses in the area. over 60 government agencies from all over the u.s. were in attendance looking for local sub- contractors. the idea is to help network and help small businesses locally develop business relationships and learn

friends, family and fellow border patrol agents will say goodbye today to jose barraza, the agent killed earlier this week in a crash. the death of a music icon… the latest on the investigation into prince’s death and how his life was celebrated overnight around the country. / a tragic accident in brazil, adding to