Month: March 2017

Patti Shannon’s youngest kid was in kindergarten when she and her husband started setting aside $200 per month for college. They juggled their savings goals along with mortgage payments and high medical bills stemming from Patti’s seizure disorder. But with their two kids still watching cartoons when they started saving, the Shannons figured they’d be

A vehicle fire shut down Loop 375 West as emergency crews were on the scene. All traffic was detoured onto US 54, avoid the area take Transmountain or I-10 to get to the other side of town.

The Desert Downs BMX race track has provided a place for kids to race since 1977. In recent years, the track has experienced vandalism and break-ins. On Sunday, the track was robbed again. The organization that runs the track is a not-for-profit. All of the people who race on the track volunteer to help maintain

CLICK HERE TO WATCH LIVE STREAM Now on Good Morning El Paso: The latest on the fight to replace Obamacare. President Trump is making a final push to unite Republicans. Also, details on some new projects that will bring more recreational space for people in El Paso. And an update on a story about the

UPDATE: The El Paso I.S.D. School Board of Trustees settled on a name for the district’s first single-gender school during its meeting Tuesday evening. The all-girls school will be named the Young Women’s STEAM Research and Preparatory Academy. ORIGINAL STORY (Monday, March 20) By Tuesday evening, the community will know the name of El Paso’s

9pm-6am I-10 East Sunland Park flyover ramp will close I-10 East will reduce to one lane from Mesa-Thorn I-10 East reduced to one lane from buena vista and sunland park I-10 East Zaragoza and Eastlake Overnight El Paso Street Car closures (six weeks): 9 pm-5 am I-10 East and west left lane closures to be

Despite NMSU’s Marcus Still producing his first home run of the season to cut the gap to 2 against the University of Arizona, the Aggies couldn’t pull off the comeback against the Wildcats. The Aggies trailed early on 4 nothing and couldn’t produce enough momentum at the plate to tie the game, or even take

The Franklin boys soccer team is headed to the playoffs and will host their first ever home playoff game against Midland Lee on Friday at 2 p.m. The team may only be 12-9 on the season, but it was good enough for a playoff berth and a home matchup and a visit with the top

The El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame has announced its list of inductees for the class of 2017. The induction ceremony will be held at the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino May 3, 2017. The inductees are full of El Pasoan’s that have achieved numerous accolades over their lifetimes, starting with Super Bowl champion with

All lanes on I-10 West have reopened just before the Downtown exit following a crash involving a pedestrian. It happened at around 5 p.m. Tuesday on I-10 West near the Downtown exit. Traffic was backed up all the way to Copia and the freeway was closed for about 4 hours. Police say the person was

Another travel ban went into effect overnight, this time it affects all passengers traveling to the United States from 10 Middle Eastern airports. Any nonmedical electronic devices, bigger than a cell phone, like laptops, iPads and cameras now have to be packed in checked baggage for passengers coming to the United States from Muslim majority

Residents who live in a south central Las Cruces neighborhood say they’re fed up over road construction that is three months over due. A letter from the city states construction on Bex Street and Farney Lane off South Main was supposed to be completed December 16. The project started August 22. But on Tuesday, ABC-7

A traffic stop in El Paso’s Lower Valley led to the arrest of a teenager wanted on a charge of Aggravated Kidnapping. Police said officers pulled over the driver of a Mitsubishi sedan on the 200 block of Gonzalez because the vehicle had defective equipment. The traffic stop was made shortly after 1 am, police

A Las Cruces man is accused of sexually assaulting two children and distributing child porn. Christopher T. Manuel is charged with three counts of Sexual Exploitation of Children (Possession, Manufacturing, and Recording), Criminal Sexual Penetration in the First Degree, and Criminal Sexual Contact of a Minor in the Second Degree. A court document obtained by

A motion to override Mayor Oscar Leeser’s veto of a move to publish the City’s intent to issue $44 million in certificates of obligation failed Tuesday. The non-voter approved debt would have helped pay for projects involving streets, a police parking garage, parks, libraries and public art. The City of El Paso is currently $1.4

An attacker shot a journalist to death Sunday in the Mexican state of Veracruz, adding to the toll in a region plagued by drug gang violence and allegations of government corruption. Journalist Ricardo Monlui was leaving a restaurant with his wife and a son in the town of Yanga, outside the larger city of Cordoba,

The Mexican media executive suspected of stealing Tom Brady’s jersey went to the Super Bowl as a working journalist but spent the week collecting selfies and autographs from football greats and boasting to colleagues that he was there as a fan. Mexican journalists who were in Houston for the game and interacted with Martin Mauricio

Several city officials and sheriffs around the U.S. lashed out Tuesday at a White House report aiming to shame them over what the Trump administration sees as lax immigration policies, saying it includes wrong or misleading information about recent arrests of immigrants or their jail policies. The pushback was not just from liberal local governments

A federal magistrate judge in Texas said Monday U.S. immigration officials had informed him large-scale arrests in Austin were ordered as a result of the local sheriff adopting “sanctuary” policies in her jail. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin made the claims in open court and audio of his comments were posted by the Austin American-Statesman.

The Texas Senate has approved a plan designed to slow the increase of local property taxes as Republicans scramble to deliver on fiscally conservative promises despite a state budget crunch. Tuesday’s 18-12 vote sends to the state House a bill by Houston Republican Sen. Paul Bettencourt requiring local governments to seek voter approval via special

A main water break is the cause for many more street closures in El Paso. As of six am Stanon and Mills were closed west towards the Plaza theatre, as well as Main and Mesa street. There are already many closures in place due to the street car project.

El Paso police have closed several streets due to a water main break in Downtown El Paso. Water could be seen gushing out of a several manholes and storm drains near San Jacinto Plaza early Tuesday morning. The ABC-7 ‘Round the Clock news crew learned from El Paso Water crews that Stanton Street and Mills

The Texas Senate has preliminarily approved a “wrongful birth” bill Monday that would stop parents from suing doctors when their child is born with severe disabilities. Senate Bill 25, proposed by Republican Senator Brandon Creighton, was approved 21-9, and just needs one additional vote before it’s sent to The House of Representatives. El Paso doctor

Do you love windy days? The answer is probably, no! But–wind is actually a simple matter of science. Air is always in motion, air pressure is not constant, and it varies as a result of different factors, especially temperature. During the experiment Meteorologist Jason Laney uses the air pressure in the studio which is the

9pm-6am I-10 East Sunland Park flyover ramp will close I-10 West Sunland Park ramp will close I-10 East will reduce to one lane from Mesa-Thorn I-10 East reduced to one lane from buena vista and sunland park Overnight El Paso Street Car closures (six weeks): 9 pm-5 am I-10 East and west left lane closures

A fire broke out at a duplex in northeast El Paso. It happened just before 8 p.m. Monday in the 8900 block of Leo Street. Flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the duplex. Elizabeth Hanner lives across the street from the duplex. She said she heard loud noises and stepped outside to

Governor Susana Martinez rejected a $6.1 billion budget brought forward by lawmakers this past Friday, and if an agreement isn’t reached, she is threatening to shut down state government. Monday, Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima told ABC-7 it wouldn’t have much affect on the city. “We really don’t rely on state funding too much other

Governor Susana Martinez rejected a $6.1 billion budget brought forward by lawmakers this past Friday, and if an agreement isn’t reached, she is threatening to shut down state government. Monday, Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima told ABC-7 it wouldn’t have much affect on the city. “We really don’t rely on state funding too much other

The recent immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump has many concerned, including El Paso Commissioners Court, which voted Monday to place “Know Your Rights” pamphlets in County facilities for the undocumented, their families and friends. Monday’s vote was 5-0, unanimous by Commissioners Court. County Judge Veronica Escobar said providing “Know Your Rights” pamphlets will be

A bullet hole found in a window at Centennial High school has some questioning the safety of students enrolled at the school. The campus is off Sonoma Ranch Boulevard, surrounded by a Bureau of Land Management property and undeveloped private lots. Police said it is an area where people often go to fire weapons for