Month: November 2016

The pedestrian killed late Sunday night on I-10 East was struck by multiple vehicles. Fermin Calvillo, 54, was trying to cross the freeway in East El Paso near I-10 and Hawkins when he was struck by an SUV driven by 30-year-old Alex Lopez of San Elizario, police said. Calvillo was then struck by other vehicles,

CLICK HERE TO WATCH LIVE Good Morning El Paso, we are on the scene of a deadly pedestrian crash on I-10. The details in a LIVE report. Plus, Trump has begun appointing people who will join him in the White House. Plus, happening today, residents in downtown are meeting with members of the city today

A national leader dedicated to honoring those who serve made a pit stop in Las Cruces Sunday. Charles Schmidt is the National Commander for the American Legion. ABC-7 was there as his car pulled in to Post 10. The National Commander then took photos and shook hands with numerous veterans. He gave a speech thanking

November is national model train month and El Paso’s model community is holding open houses. Dozens of feet of rail run through the Railroad Model and Historical Association of El Paso, who are using the month to show off their creations. With model trains you can’t just set it and forget it, they require constant

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) – Ranchers in the Texas Panhandle cattle country say they’re dealing with depressed beef prices caused by the end of a prolonged drought. Smith Cattle Co. General Manager Levi Berry told the Amarillo Globe-News (http://bit.ly/2eUl7CG ) his feedlot cows were bringing $170 per 100 pounds two years ago, but those prices now

HOUSTON (AP) – Fences have gone up and dozens of homeless people living under a Houston freeway overpass have been ordered out, and some speculate that the city is trying to make the area more presentable as it prepares to host the Super Bowl early next year. Rhonda Parkton tells the Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2fogQbj )

WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff and conservative media executive Stephen Bannon as his senior counselor. Trump’s transition team announced the decisions Sunday. The moves are Trump’s first as he sets about putting together his administration. In selecting Priebus, Trump is

El Paso County Commissioners are looking at putting more money into transportation projects and are making sure current ones are paid for – though there may have to be some long-term adjustments. “The Eastlake Project which is one of the county’s comprehensive mobility plan projects that we have with Horizon City, it will address some

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson says he has no regrets about running for president for the second time and finishing a distant runner-up as a Libertarian candidate. He’s already talking about his next challenge and it won’t be another try for public office. The 63-year-old Johnson says he plans to

SAN DIEGO (AP) – Donald Trump’s attorneys have filed a motion to delay until after the presidential inauguration a class-action fraud lawsuit involving the president-elect and his now-defunct Trump University. In the motion filed Saturday in San Diego federal court, Trump’s lawyer Daniel Petrocelli argues that the extra months would give both sides time to

NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump says he would accept a fence in some places along the U.S. southern border where he had promised to build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. He also told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that he’s willing to deport or incarcerate 2 million to 3 million people in the

The 3 peat is complete! The San Elizario Boys Cross Country team claimed it’s third straight state title as they won by second-place finisher Andrews by 93 points. San Eli had all five scorers finish in the top 26, while Erick Arambula earned the silver medal with a time of 16:02.09.

The Child Abduction Alert is for El Paso and Hudspeth Counties. Police are searching for Zoey Rogers, described as a 7-year-old black female, with black hair and brown eyes, standing 3’6″ tall. She was born October 23rd, 2009. Zoey Rogers is from Harker Heights, TX, but is believed to be in El Paso or Hudspeth

A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island early Monday, shaking awake residents, causing damage to buildings and prompting emergency services to warn people along the coast to move to higher ground to avoid tsunami waves. The magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck in a mostly rural area close to the city of Christchurch but appeared to be

The moon doesn’t get much bigger and brighter than this. Photo by: Wendy Engle in Las Cruces. On Monday, Earthlings will be treated to a so-called supermoon – the closest full moon of the year. Monday’s supermoon will be extra super – it will be the closest the moon comes to us in almost 69

France marked the anniversary of Islamic extremists’ coordinated attacks on Paris with a somber silence on Sunday that was broken only by voices reciting the names of the 130 slain, and the son of the first person to die stressing the importance of integration. Michael Dias lauded the lessons his father Manuel, an immigrant from

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP men’s basketball team struggled in two preseason exhibitions, but had little trouble with Louisiana College in the season opener, as the Miners cruised to a 88-54 win at the Don Haskins Center. Omega Harris led the Miners in scoring, tallying 24 points and connecting on four of six three-point

UTEP junior running back Aaron Jones became the program’s all-time leading rusher and the Miners scored 17 points off three turnovers; but the Orange and Blue lost a heartbreaker to Florida Atlantic 35-31 at FAU Stadium on Saturday night. The Owls [3-7, 2-4] ended the Miners [3-7, 1-5] bowl hopes when Jason Driskel connected with

Several groups are trying preserve the cultural history of a neighborhood after the city announced last month an arena would be built in the Union Plaza District. On Monday, city officials will have a meeting with residents to discuss what’s next for those who will be displaced. Residents in the Union Plaza neighborhood already started

It’s been 12 days since Halloween and it’s and 11 days until Thanksgiving and Santa Claus is already in town. With not much pomp and circumstance Santa Claus made it to the borderland, taking time off from working at the North Pole to see El Paso kids. Although he wasn’t noticed at first children eventually

Thursday , Nov. 10 Canutillo 33 Burges 26 Final Midland 73 El Dorado 52 Final Chapin 17 Del Valle 14 Final Eastlake 35 Andress 32 Final Parkland 55 Bowie 35 Final —————————– Friday , Nov. 11 Americas 30 Frenship 16 Final Amarillo Tascosa 47 Montwood 16 Final San Angelo Central 72 Franklin 7 Final Mayfield

NEW YORK (AP) – Thousands took to the streets Saturday across the United States as demonstrations against President-elect Donald Trump continued in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and beyond. Protesters rallied at New York’s Union Square before picking up steam and taking their cause toward Trump Tower. Police set up barricades in front of some

PARIS (AP) – French security turned out in force Saturday night ahead of a concert by British pop legend Sting marking the reopening of the Bataclan concert hall one year after suicidal jihadis turned the famed Paris site into a bloodbath. Hundreds of yards of barricades, extensive body searches and scores of armed police greeted

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – There’s a dusting of snow on some of New Mexico’s mountain tops, but forecasters are warning that the state could be in for more warm, dry weather as ski resorts gear up for openings later this month. National weather forecasters say La Nina has arrived. While it’s expected to be weak

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Policy-makers are pushing for reforms that would allow indigent defendants with low-level offenses to get out of jail without posting large amounts of bail. The Texas Judicial Council says about a quarter of the 41,000 inmates awaiting trial in Texas pose little threat to the public. But the council says those

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) – About 150 Border Patrol agents will be deployed to South Texas from Arizona, California and elsewhere to help process a spike in immigrants who have been apprehended after illegally entering the U.S., federal officials announced Saturday. Agents from Tucson, Arizona, and San Diego will be temporarily reassigned to the Rio Grande

The parade starts at 10:30 AM at Myrtle and Campbell and snakes it’s way through downtown. Watch the video for more details.

Producers of the upcoming Afghanistan war story “Horse Soldiers” are looking for New Mexico residents to cast as extras. The Alamogordo Daily News reports that the movie will film in New Mexico in early December to mid-February and will need extras throughout the shoot. Extras casting director Sande Alessi says they will need to fill

A freshman at the University of New Mexico says another student tried to remove her hijab and implied she was a terrorist. The Albuquerque Journal reports that the Muslim woman says she was in the university library on election day when a man in a Trump shirt came up behind her and tried to remove

The father of a Dallas police officer killed by a sniper after a July protest against police brutality is suing Black Lives Matter, the Nation of Islam and a handful of other defendants saying they incited a “war on police.” Enrique Zamarripa, the father of slain officer Patrick Zamarripa, filed the lawsuit Monday in the