Month: May 2016

parents. cleopatra ball and warren mccowan are charged with child abuse and neglect. a grand jury in otero county, new mexico decided there is enough evidence to move forward with a case against the couple. police say the abuse happened inside their home on the 21-hundred block of starlight in alamogordo. reporter josie ortegon has

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Friday threatened a floor fight over rules and platform planks at the party’s summer convention, warning the Democratic National Committee not to stack the convention’s standing committees with supporters of Hillary Clinton. The prospect of a procedural wrench thrown into the party’s flagship event is likely to cause headaches

Looking for a meticulous organizer, a professional skeptic, a creative enterpriser, but most importantly, a tenacious pit bull who can dig and deliver stories that make you go “Wow…” You must have an already well-developed sense of right, wrong, journalistic ethics, slander and invasion of privacy law and basic fairness. It`s a big plus if

Authorities say a Las Cruces couple has been indicted on 14 counts of child abuse. The Dona Ana County District Attorney Office announced Friday that a grand jury has indicted 28-year-old Josie Rubio and her 24-year-old boyfriend Stephan Cordero for allegedly abusing her two children over the past year. County Sheriff’s officials say the 11-year-old

I lost my mother Esther almost 13 years ago, and not a day goes by that I don’t remember all the wonderful things that made her special. Mom was quick on her feet and had a great sense of humor! She liked telling jokes, but it was the true stories that made everyone laugh so

A water main break flooded streets in South El Paso early Friday morning. It started around 4 am on the 200 block of Lisbon, which is close to the Food King supermarket and across the street from Fox Plaza. Water could be seen gushing several feet into the air. The water was turned off by

“at this point, i’m just no there right now.” “speaker of the house paul ryan says he is not ready to endorse donald trump, i’m abc’s lana zak in washington, coming up i’ll tell you what this could mean for the general election” the large wildfire in canada rages on this morning – as more

Keeper Keighton Allen is the true definition of a student-athlete. Allen has maintained a 4.0 GPA while playing Division 1 soccer throughout her time at UTEP. Allen was honored as one of UTEP’s Top 10 due to her tremendous success in the classroom, all while starting for The Miner soccer team at the same time.

EL PASO, Texas – Casey McElroy scored from third base on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning to end a thrilling 7-6 El Paso Chihuahuas’ win over the Las Vegas 51s Thursday. It was El Paso’s first walk-off win of the year and it came in the club’s first extra-inning game

LAS CRUCES, N.M – New Mexico State’s 26-member Athletic Review Committee voted Thursday to keep New Mexico State football in the Football Bowl Subdivision, or top-level, after the school is booted from the Sun Belt Conference following the 2017 season. After Idaho announced it would drop from the FBS to the Football Championship Subdivsion (FCS)

On any given evening the Minx family gets home, the young ones jump on their bikes, mom waters the plants and checks on the bird. But for Carly -her world is a little different. She was diagnosed with severe hearing loss at the age of 6. “When I was little I couldn’t hear a thing.

There is a new reality for high school nurses across the country- students overdosing on opioids, or prescription painkiller. In January, The Clinton Foundation announced it is willing to give out the drug Narcan- for free- to any high school that wants to carry it. Narcan now comes in a nasal spray and it reverses

earlier this year– the clinton foundation announced it is would give — for free — the drug narcan to any high school that wants to carry it. narcan is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. question is … do we need it on local campuses? abc-7’s denise olivas investigates… in a story

hearing impairments. it provides support in the development– education and emotional growth of the children. abc-7’s jerry najera spoke with a family who’s been helped by en voz alta — it’s a story new at ten. on any evening the minx family gets home the young ones jump on their bikes mom waters the plants

The Doa Ana County Juvenile Detention Center is preparing to house teens once again, after shutting its doors one year ago. The facility shut down last year because there was a staffing issue in both the juvenile and adult facility, and teens were moved into the east wing of the adult facility. On Thursday, Jail

The ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has many concerned about what’s in their water. Residents of Anapra, near Sunland Park, are now worried about the level of arsenic that’s showing up in their water supply. Independent tests show the arsenic in Anapra’s water supply is above the recommended level. The supplier is advising residents

Arsenio Hall is suing Sinead O’Connor over a Facebook post in which the singer accused him of furnishing Prince with drugs. The comedian’s libel lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court calls O’Connor’s accusations fabricated lies. The lawsuit states O’Connor, who scored a hit in 1990 with her rendition of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2

The city of El Paso has committed an additional $10 million for the voter-approved Mexican-American Cultural Center. Surrounded by mariachis for Cinco de Mayo, said Mayor Oscar Leeser said the money will come from budget cuts and savings within the next five years. “One of the things I’ve been very hard with the city manager

Marco Garcia, a junior at Arrowhead Early College High School, won a 2014 Toyota Yaris Thursday. Thousands of high school students in the Las Cruces Public Schools district were eligible to win a free car based on their attendance during this school year. Garcia’s name was drawn during a celebration at the Field of Dreams.

The longest serving governor in Texas history had a change of heart and decided to endorse Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. “He is one of the most talented people who has ever run for the president I have ever seen,” said Rick Perry on CNN Thursday. Not too long ago, Perry referred to

Tricky Falls — 209 S. El Paso. Information: 351-9909 Online tickets at trickyfalls.com and ticketfly.com.Named by Billboard, Rolling Stone and Huffington Post as a 2015 band to watch, Old Dominion brings their spirited take on modern country to their RCA Nashville debut, “Meat and Candy.” Their debut single and Top 10 hit is “Break up

Former El Paso Independent School District administrator James Anderson was granted at $30,000 signature bond Thursday afternoon. U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne Berton of the Western District of Texas denied the government’s motion to detain Anderson, saying he was not a flight risk or a risk to the community. During the arraignment hearing on Wednesday, prosecution

The Hospitals of Providence contributed data to a new regional health information system, becoming the first health organization to do so. The Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange (PDN HIE) is a collaboration of major healthcare partners in the El Paso area aimed at providing providers greater access to important health information about their patients.

Donald Trump is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a curious social media post. Trump took to Twitter and Facebook Thursday with a picture of himself eating a taco bowl and the caption: “Happy Cinco de Mayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!” The post immediately went viral, generating

A Las Cruces man allegedly beat up his girlfriend’s 14-year-old son, who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, police said. Roberto Aguirre, 49, had been drinking at a bar before the woman picked him up and took him to her mobile home where police said he continued to drink in the backyard Wednesday evening. The woman

El Paso VA Health Care System canceled all of its Thursday appointments due to a power outage. On its Facebook page, the El Paso VA wrote, “Due to the power outage, all appointment and procedures are cancelled, including first shift Radiology. For Veterans who are currently on campus, providers will provide care within our capabilities.”

Allegiant Air will begin flying out of El Paso on Friday, and it wants to bring someone along for free. The city of El Paso announced in January that Allegiant was coming. Last night, Allegiant posted on its Facebook page that it wanted to celebrate its first flight out of El Paso with the public.

Abundant Living Faith Center is constructing a new place of worshipand in recent years other large churches have sprung up around town. In Northwest El Paso, you can find the new Abundant Living Faith Center sign nestled in between mounds of dirt with a crane in the background. “We’ve seen this kind of growth before,”

The El Paso District Attorney’s Office confirmed with ABC-7 that the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals has issued a decision affecting the capital murder trial of Luis Solis-Gonzalez. The appeals court has denied the assertion by the defense that all 200 pieces of evidence need to be tested for DNA evidence before proceeding to jury