Month: November 2016

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office will be stepping up patrols this holiday weekend in hopes of keeping people from driving while under the influence. With funding provided by the Texas Department of Transportation under the 2017 STEP Comprehensive Grant, additional deputies will be on patrol. Deputies will be taking proactive measure with zero tolerance

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPCSO) is searching for a convicted sex offender who violated his parole. Alfonso Pando Orosco, 43, was last seen leaving the El Paso Transitional Center at 1650 Horizon. Orosco was scheduled to report to the EPCO SORT unit but never arrived to his appointment. Authorities say he cut off

A construction closure that shut down I-10 at Sunland Park in both directions is now open. I-10 East opened up around 4 a.m. The westbound lanes opened at 5 a.m. There are no delays if you’re heading to the airport on this busy travel day.

CLICK HERE TO STREAM LIVE Good Morning El Paso, travelers beware…we may not be experiencing any severe weather but the rest of the country’s weather could have an impact on your travel plans today. Plus, we all know that this is the time of year we tend to overeat so ABC-7 spoke with a cardiologist

EL PASO, Texas – It is the last game many local high school football players will ever play in El Paso. The annual Greater El Paso Football Showcase will return for the 25th time on Dec. 17 at the Sun Bowl. Players, coaches, and organizers gathered Tuesday afternoon at UTEP to celebrate the return of

Hanks High School graduate Ginger Kerrick will lead the 80th FirstLight Federal Credit Union Sun Bowl Parade on Thanksgiving Day. ABC-7 got the opportunity to sit down with this year’s Grand Marshal, who now works at NASA. Kerrick grew up in El Paso and remembers attending the parade as a child, “I just remember I

A jury has sentenced a man convicted in connection with a deadly crash in East El Paso to five years in prison and ordered him to pay a $10,000 fine. Friday, the same jury found Arturo Vasquez guilty of Manslaughter and Aggravated Assault for the deaths of two women. Vasquez was facing up to 20

The El Paso Fire Department is investigating how a home in the Lower Valley caught fire Monday. It happened around 2 in the afternoon on the 1100 block of Hawaii, not too far from EPCC’s Valle Verde Campus. A fire spokesman says a neighbor called after seeing flames in the back of the home. A

There was some confusion in the courtroom Tuesday as a former Centennial High School teacher accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with a 17-year-old student was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation. Phillip Hernandez reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded no contest in October to a count of “Contributing to the Delinquency of

Investigators with the police department’s Special Victims Unit arrested two men accused of duping an elderly woman into buying a used car. 28-year-old Javier Maldonado and 38-year-old Jason Arellanez are charged with “Securing Execution of Document by Deception.” Maldonado was the 67-year-old victim’s caregiver and was often assisted by Arellanez in caring for the victim,

County records show that the man arrested in the fatal shooting of a San Antonio detective got married in the hours after the officer was killed. A copy of a marriage certificate obtained by The Associated Press shows that 31-year-old Otis Tyrone McKane married a woman Monday morning at the Bexar County Courthouse. He was

A federal court on Tuesday blocked implementation of a rule imposed by President Barack Obama’s administration that would have made an estimated 4 million more higher-earning workers across the country eligible for overtime pay starting Dec. 1. The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas granted the nationwide preliminary injunction that prevents the

Pop culture icon Sir Elton John is performing in El Paso next Spring. The legendary performer is scheduled to perform at the Don Haskins Center Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale Saturday, December 3, 2016. For more information, click here. Prices range in between $32.75 and $142.75. Elton John has

District 3 City Representative Emma Acosta officially announced her candidacy for Mayor of El Paso Tuesday. Acosta formally filed forms naming Belen Robles, a board member of the El Paso Community College Board of Trustees, as the campaign treasurer for the “Emma Acosta for El Paso” campaign. “We have a great leader in Emma. She

Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man accused of possessing child pornography. Rodolfo Avila, 41, was taken into custody Tuesday at his residence located at the 8000 block of Glendale. He was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $50,000 bond. ABC-7 is working on obtaining the complaint

Chief District Judge Fernando Macias sentenced a man convicted of “Criminal Sexual Contact with a Minor” to 10 years in prison, District Attorney Mark D’Antonio announced Tuesday. Prosecutors argued for the maximum 15-year sentence, but Judge Macias decided to sentence 28-year-old Federico Duarte to 10 years in prison and five years probation. In July, Duarte

Many of us will be spending a lot of time in the kitchen this week, preparing for Thanksgiving Day. After all the cooking is done, El Paso Water is reminding the community to help prevent sewer backups this holiday season. The ‘Defend Your Drains’ campaign urges the public to keep some things mind as you

The NCAA announced Tuesday that it has ordered Notre Dame to vacate all 21 victories from the 2012-13 seasons, including the 12-0 run that vaulted the Fighting Irish into the national title game against Alabama, because a former student athletic trainer committed academic misconduct by doing substantial course work for two players and impermissibly helped

Bruce Arena is returning to coach the U.S. national team, a decade after he was fired. The winningest coach in American national team history, Arena took over Tuesday, one day after Jurgen Klinsmann was fired. His hiring takes effect Dec. 1. With the U.S. 0-2 in the final round of World Cup qualifying, the U.S.

The Catholic Diocese of El Paso is facing a shortage of priests and often has to look to other countries for its clerics. The shortage is one reason the Bishop of the El Paso Catholic Diocese recently formed a Diocesan Pastoral Council. “That’s a group made up of laity, religious women, clergy, whose primary task

New Mexico State Police say a crash on NM State Road 404 has turned deadly. The road is more commonly known as Anthony Gap, connecting Chaparral to Anthony. The crash happened around 9 am Monday morning near mile marker 3. According to the investigation by state police, a Saturn was traveling eastbound when it attempted

New Mexico officials have asked the U.S. government to continue exempting state residents from having to complete paid or unpaid work in order to receive government food assistance. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the state’s current waiver exempting New Mexico from imposing the work rules expires in March. Human Services Department spokesman Kyler Nerison

EL PASO, Texas – Here’s what you need to know before you head out the door. 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. I-10 East lane closure from Porifirio Diaz to Franklin I-10 East lane closure from Mesa to Resler I-10 West lane closure from Sunland Park exit to overpass 8 p.m. – 5 a.m. Complete closure

Authorities say a woman was killed in a rollover on Highway 70 near Alamogordo Monday. The crash happened on the eastbound lanes in the early afternoon. Emergency crews on the scene say the woman was not wearing a seatbelt, and was the only person in the car. One of the emergency workers told our New

New Mexico State will be without one of its star players Tuesday after a scuffle broke out during a home game on Sunday. Aggie Guard Ian Baker was suspended by the NCAA after a shove to the face of a player fore Bethune-Cookman. It happened in the early minutes of the game after Baker had

Students from Hanks High School continued a tradition on Tuesday by handing out meals to those in need in the 16th annual “Hanksgiving.” 525 baskets were delivered across the entire El Paso community by the Hanks High School Interact club. Over the years, other schools have joined their efforts including rival Eastwood and those in

UPDATE: A man and a little boy are recovering after a deadly crash on I-10 near Sierra Blanca. Investigators say wearing a seatbelt kept them alive, but a woman riding with them was not as lucky. Texas State Police identify the victim of the crash as 25-year-old Andrea Fierro. She was killed when the SUV

You’ll have to wait if you’re planning to hit the slopes in southern New Mexico this year. Ski Apache announced on its Facebook page, due to unusually warm temperatures and minimal precipitation, it is unable to open on Thanksgiving day. Representatives with Ski Apache hope to have enough snow for a mid-December opening. “Unfortunately we

A suspect has been arrested in the fatal weekend shooting of a San Antonio police detective. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said Monday evening that 31-year-old Otis Tyrone McKane was arrested without incident in the Sunday night killing of Detective Benjamin Marconi. He was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Monday after the car he was

El Paso County is getting ready to put out tens of millions in new road construction bonds for more far east projects. County Commissioners Monday approved the issuing of $32 million dollars worth of new transportation bonds that will set up the next phases to some big construction projects. It will all be paid for