Month: June 2016

Paisano Drive in west El Paso will be shutting down for the next eight months. The closure will start at 7 a.m June 12. The road will be closed between Sunland Park Drive and Executive Center Boulevard. The closure is necessary to complete construction of the Border West Expressway. Detours will include Mesa Drive and

Tai Chan, the former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy accused of shooting and killing a fellow deputy, took the stand in his own defense Friday morning. Chan allegedly killed Jeremy Martin inside the Hotel Encanto in 2014. The two deputies were spending a night in Las Cruces on their way back home after dropping off

permanently ensure certain rights for the l-g- b-t-q community. abc-7’s luke lyddon is live with what they’d like to see. luke? rick, estela senator rodriguez and the organization ‘equality texas’ are highlighting several issues within the lgbtq community. transgender equality issues came to prominence last month when the federal government told public schools they must

Equality Texas, the largest statewide organization solely dedicated to securing full equality for LGBT Texans, joined State Sen. Jose Rodriguez and other El Paso leaders to fight discrimination. In Texas, there is no protection for LGBT employees. Friday, Sen. Rodriguez vowed to keep fighting to change that. “I am a proud advocate for gay, lesbian

Members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested Daquan Lee, 23, of Syracuse, New York, Friday morning. According to police, Lee was being sought by the New York Department of Corrections for violating his parole and by the Syracuse Police Department for a shooting in February. Lee is a confirmed Bricktown gang member based

EPPD officers charged two women Friday morning with driving drunk and speeding more than 100 mph. At about 1:30 a.m. Friday, police officers arrested Lenzy Juarez, 31, of the 5800 block of Baywood in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Juarez was allegedly driving over 100 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro on the freeway. The posted speed

Brittany Ruiz, 15, of El Paso, was killed in a single-vehicle rollover on I-25 near Hatch, New Mexico State Police said. The crash happened Monday, May 30, 2016 around 8:30 p.m. According to police, the driver of the vehicle was heading south on the freeway, lost control of the vehicle, and rolled before crashing into

The trial date for six El Paso Independent School District administrators accused of taking part in a cheating scheme has been set for Aug. 15 by Judge David Briones. The group allegedly orchestrated a scheme to remove students from particular classes and falsify records to show they attended and passed. Former EPISD Associate Superintendent Damon

Emma Rester is only 4 years old, and has already made it into the national spotlight. Rester was featured on Ellen DeGeneres show in late March, showing off her unbelievable gymnastic skills. Rester continues to train at her gym in Las Cruces 4 hours a week, but can’t take part in competitions until she is

Regis-Bernard Furniture is closing its stores at 1446 N. Lee Trevino Drive and 304 S. Stanton Street because its owner is retiring, according to a news release. Regis-Bernard Furniture traces part of its roots to the early 1950’s when founder Irvin Nadler sold general merchandise door-to-door in El Paso. Customers didn’t always have the cash

The El Paso Ethics Review Committee reviewing the ethics complaint filed against City Manager Tommy Gonzalez has determined Gonzalez violated the city’s ethics policy. City Representative Jim Tolbert filed the complaint before voters elected him to serve the remainder of Larry Romero’s term. Tolbert did not appear before the commission Wednesday. Romero, reprimanded by the

By MARTHA MENDOZA, AP National Writer A group of protesters attacked Donald Trump supporters who were leaving the candidate’s rally in San Jose on Thursday night. A dozen or more people were punched, at least one person was pelted with an egg and Trump hats grabbed from supporters were set on fire on the ground.

By TIM DAHLBERG AP Boxing Writer Muhammad Ali is hospitalized in the Phoenix area with what two people familiar with his condition say may be more serious problems than his previous hospital stays. The 74-year-old boxing great is fighting respiratory issues that are complicated by the Parkinson’s that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s,

Nearly the entire eastern half of Texas is under a flash flood watch or warning as the effects of days of heavy rains linger in creeks and rivers. Storms off the southeast Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico are threatening to worsen flooding in places like Brazoria and Fort Bend counties, southwest of Houston,

An apartment complex has been evacuated after ground saturated by days of rain collapsed and undermined retaining walls along a lake southwest of Fort Worth. Images provided by KDFW-TV in Dallas show the ground slid away from a corner of the complex Friday morning, leaving the foundation exposed and a steep drop extending toward Lake

By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press Fort Hood commanders were in the process of closing roads on the sprawling Army post in Central Texas when a truck carrying 12 soldiers overturned in a fast-flowing flooded creek during a training exercise, killing five and leaving four missing, officials said Friday. The portion of road on the northern

Some employees in the Ysleta Independent School District will be getting extra cash over the summer. The Board of Trustees voted on Thursday to give a 1.5% raise and a $450 stipend before the holidays. The salary increase is part of next school year’s budget. The raise also ups the starting pay for a first

“it was an ugly scene last nigh in san jose california, demonstrators clashing with donald trump supporters outside his event, i’m abc’s karen travers with the latest coming up” the search continues this morning for several fort hood soldiers who are still missing after they were swept away by flood waters during a training exercise.

“it was an ugly scene last nigh in san jose california, demonstrators clashing with donald trump supporters outside his event, i’m abc’s karen travers with the latest coming up” the search continues this morning for several fort hood soldiers who are still missing after they were swept away by flood waters during a training exercise.

EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas beat the Sacramento River Cats 6-3 Thursday to win their fourth straight game and ninth of their last 11. The Chihuahuas have won three consecutive series and four series in their last five tries. The game was tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh when El

are assessing the damage standup we’re at an office space off of lohman avenue and take a look at this right now clean up is underway you can see a giant hole ripped out of the ceiling sot well here’s some of the spots the rain leaked through and were trying to see patients on

El Paso is now home to a giant tortoise head! And it’s all because voters said they wanted to improve the quality of living in the Sun City. The El Paso Zoo is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Reptile House Thursday. City Rep. Peter Svarzbein had the honor of using the giant

What did former president Bill Clinton order when he stopped by a Las Cruces coffee shop Thursday afternoon? The ABC-7 New Mexico Mobile Newsroom crew spoke with the barista who took Clinton’s order at Milagro Coffee & Espresso. “I made a smoothie for him,” James Rivera said. “He got a triple berry.” Rivera described a

Thursday, the jury presiding over the Tai Chan murder trial heard from the former deputy’s wife. The woman was on the phone with Chan the night he allegedly shot and killed his partner inside a Las Cruces hotel. Chan is charged with first degree murder. The former Santa Fe deputy is accused of shooting and

The elderly couple involved in April’s murder-suicide on the East Mesa were Theodore Schmitz and Viola Schmitz, according to Las Cruces police. Their bodies were discovered shortly after 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 28 when a caregiver asked police to check up on the couple. When police officers entered the home on the 5900 block

the city’s health department is urging the public help prevent mosquito- borne diseases — specifically the west nile virus and zika. with recent rains, officials want people to tip and toss items that are retaining water in their yards. those rains make it ideal for mosquitoes to breed. and joing us now is fernando gonzalez

By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press Three soldiers were killed and six were missing after an Army truck was washed from a low-water crossing and overturned Thursday in a rain-swollen creek at Fort Hood, the Texas Army post said. The accident happened about 11:30 a.m. Thursday in an area near Cold Springs and Owl Creek,

Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for his wife, Democratic Presidential Hopeful Hillary Clinton, in Las Cruces ahead of the June 7 primary in New Mexico. Bill Clinton addressed a crowd of more than 800 people at Picacho Middle School. The former president told the pro-Hillary crowd there are three big reasons his wife should be