Month: October 2016

Detectives with the Crimes Against Persons (CAP) unit secured an arrest warrant for 22-year old Daniel David Ferris for the murder of 19-year old Dante Naken Long. Long, a Fort Bliss soldier, was stabbed and killed September 23, 2016 on the 100 block of S. Anthony in the Union Plaza district. Ferris, of Chino, California,

El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar delivered her sixth State of the County address Wednesday morning at the convention center in downtown El Paso. The address was an opportunity to talk about what officials envision for the upcoming year and what the county has accomplished in the past year. BELOW IS COUNTY JUDGE ESCOBAR’S 2016

Detectives with the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office believe they have identified the skeletal remains found Monday. The remains were taken to the University of New Mexico Office of the Medical Examiner in Albuquerque. Next of kin has yet to be located or notified and the medical examiners said it could take up to 90

San Antonio’s police chief vows to discipline more than a dozen officers seen in a Donald Trump campaign video wearing “Make America Great Again” caps while in uniform. In a statement posted to the city’s Twitter account, Chief William McManus said the officers “displayed poor judgment” and violated city policy by wearing the campaign hats

An East Texas school librarian has been suspended after posting life-size cutouts of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and adding modified campaign comments that some patrons found offensive. Trustees of the Longview Independent School District on Monday night suspended the Longview High School librarian for two days without pay. The Longview News-Journal reports the employee

El Paso City Council recently declared 2017 as the “Year of Food Waste and Recovery” in El Paso, even setting up a committee with that goal in mind. Area schools are one of the biggest offenders of food waste because it’s hard to predict exactly how much the kids will eat, and federal regulations mandate

Donald Trump took time at his campaign event in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Monday to carry a young boy who looked just like the Republican presidential nominee. Two-year-old Hunter Tirpak is becoming a national sensation. He was dressed in a Trump-style suit and has the famous, or infamous, blonde combover. Trump noted the boy looked just like

As Americans debate the expanding campaign to legalize marijuana, two of the nation’s most prominent human rights organizations are urging a far bolder step – the decriminalization of possession and personal use of all illicit drugs. Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union jointly issued the call Wednesday in a detailed report contending

A pregnant El Paso woman in her mid-30s tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling to South America, the Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Tuesday. This is the third “travel-related” Zika case in El Paso. Health department officials are encouraging anyone traveling to Zika-affected regions, including certain areas of Florida, to take strict

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton lost what’s likely his final chance of shedding criminal securities fraud charges against him on Wednesday, setting the stage for the state’s top prosecutor to stand trial as early as next year. The Republican twice lost in previous attempts to dismiss the indictments that came six months after he took

It will be another warm October day, take advantage of this nice weather. There will be plenty of sunshine with temperatures running about 10 degrees above average this afternoon.Changes will arrive tonight as a weak cool front pushes through the area. The cold front will bring a very slight chance of rain possible for areas

A Las Cruces High School football team is having one of its best season in decades but now their record is being dramatically changed. Tuesday the Las Cruces Public School District said it made a mistake in not catching the problem sooner after they found the Onate High School football team was using an ineligible

An online rumor on a Borderland blog alleges that Sheriff Richard Wiles held a campaign event at the house of a convicted drug dealer this past weekend. So ABC-7 looked into the allegations, and dug deeper to see what really happened and if there was any wrongdoing. Wiles told ABC-7 Tuesday that he did attend

Fresh off a bye week, the New Mexico State football team continues Sun Belt Conference play this Saturday , Oct. 15, at 3 p.m. (MT) on ESPN3 when the Aggies square off against the Vandals of Idaho inside the Kibbie Dome. The Aggies and Vandals are both 1-1 in SBC play heading into this weekend’s

GARLAND, Texas (NBC News/KXAN) – Police in two cities were involved in a dramatic high speed chase Tuesday afternoon that ended with a suspect being tased and arrested in the middle of a busy interstate. Police say the chase started when they responded to a report of a suspicious person at a department store. One

The Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine just opened its doors. The question is: will all these students go elsewhere after graduation if it means making more money? Doctors aren’t being paid enough, resulting in a major shortage in Dona Ana County, a local health official said. Emily Hanka is one of 162 future physicians enrolled

Voters in Dona Ana County rushed to the polls Tuesday, the first day of early voting. October 11, 2016 was also the last day to register to vote. The County Clerk’s Office was packed as residents registered to vote at the very last minute. LINK: Voting locations in Dona Ana County Some of the newly-registered

The Oñate High School Football team has been forced to forfeit four of its games, in the midst of one of its best seasons ever, after the New Mexico Activities Association said the team fielded an ineligible player. “It was an adult mistake and the kids are having to pay for it,” said Oñate High

A Holloman Airman was found dead on base Tuesday, Air Force officials said. The body was discovered unattended at approximately 9:45 a.m. in the base dormitories. Foul play is not suspected. The airman’s name is being withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin have been notified. The cause of the death is currently

Prosecutors say a Bandidos biker gang leader has pleaded guilty to racketeering, drug trafficking and extortion charges in Texas and faces up to life in federal prison. Sergeant-at-arms Justin Cole Forster remains in custody in San Antonio pending sentencing next year. A gunfight in May 2015 during a bikers’ meeting in Waco left nine people

Police closed two lanes of I-10 West at Executive Center while they clear a collision. Traffic is backing up to Schuster. Avoid the area.

Prosecutors said Tuesday they will charge Sheriff Joe Arpaio with criminal contempt-of-court for defying a judge’s orders to end his signature immigration patrols in Arizona, exposing the 84-year-old lawman to the possibility of jail time. The announcement in federal court sets in motion criminal proceedings against the sheriff less than a month before Election Day

Police charged the man suspected in last week’s armed robbery of a Family Dollar store. Joseph Anthony Murillo, 23, of the 9500 block of Maranatha Way, is charged with one count of armed robbery, a second-degree felony count. Police officers responded to the armed robbery at the Family Dollar at 3925 S. Main Street shortly

The Oñate High School Knights football team had to forfeit four of its five wins this season because of an ineligible player. The New Mexico Activities Association notified the school Monday. The Knights were 5-2 this season and their record stands at 1-6 in the wake of the forfeitures. “A mistake was made and the

Donald Trump is saying “the shackles have been taken off me” as the Republican nominee embarks on the final four weeks of his presidential campaign. Trump, reeling after the release of a vulgar 2005 video and subsequent Republican defections, tweeted Tuesday that “it is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and

McDonald’s says Ronald McDonald is keeping a low profile with reports of creepy clown sightings on the rise. McDonald’s Corp. said Tuesday that it is being “thoughtful in respect to Ronald McDonald’s participation in community events” as a result of the “current climate around clown sightings in communities.” The company did not provide any other

A hard-working middle school student has been invited on a trip of a lifetime. Angel Salinas is an eighth grade student at Lynn Middle School in Las Cruces. Two years ago, Salinas went to Boston to attend an Envision program for STEM. His hard work was recognized, when recently he was invited by that same

A recent study showed that parents are giving their children too much medicine when they are sick. The New York Times published and article about the study last month. The study took place at three different clinics across the nation, with 2,110 parents randomly picked and assigned combinations of tools used to give liquid medications,

Dry conditions and warmer temperatures are in the forecast through the week.Thursday a cool front moves in from the east bringing breezy winds and slightchances for showers to areas east. El Paso: Today: Sunny with highs around 90 degrees. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.Tonight: Clear with lows in the upper 50s. West winds 5

Anyone in Canutillo, 18-years-old and younger, can now eat dinner for free at any of the district’s four schools. The district started the program after realizing some students were just not getting enough food at home. Some were taking part in after school sports and other activities and then going to bed hungry. The Maldonaldo’s