Month: May 2017

Parts of the University of Texas at El Paso and hundreds of residents in neighboring Sunset Heights are without power, an El Paso Electric spokesman told ABC-7. George de la Torre, a utility spokesman said approximately 2,300 customers are without electricity. The older Medical Center area off Cliff Street was also impacted. UTEP sent out

Two people are dead in what appears to be a murder-suicide at a Dallas-area community college, authorities said Wednesday. Irving Police Department spokesman James McLellan said the suspected shooter and another person are both dead. The situation prompted a lockdown at North Lake College in the Dallas suburb of Irving. Irving Police said on Twitter

Mexicans long accustomed to violent crime have been shocked by the assault of a family in the central state of Puebla in which attackers raped the woman and girl in the group and killed a 3-year-old child before leaving them on the darkened side of a main highway in the central state of Puebla. A

A crash on I-10 West and Raynolds is delaying traffic to George Dieter. Take Gateway or Montana.

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I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane closed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. Gateway West right lane closed Horizon-Harnose. Mesa:long term closure Jan 18th 6

City Council says it is moving forward with the downtown arena project in the Duranguito neighborhood. The city attorney says all properties have been bought except for one, so could the hold out be a hurdle? “Council has not changed their direction and their resolve and we’re still acting to complete the project,” said city

An ABC-7 viewer called recently to complain about poor upkeep of the grounds at Evergreen East Cemetery. The cemetery is located in far East El Paso, just past Loop 375, at 12400 East Montana. Irene Montoya has been visiting the gravesite of her mother, Maria de Jesus Perez, for the past 27 years. And she’s

Brooke Atkinson will be named the new head coach of the NMSU women’s basketball team, according to the web site Swish Appeal. Atkinson was a former assistant at NMSU from 2003 to 2010 who then went on to be an assistant at Colorado State. She will replace three-time reigning WAC Coach of the Year Mark

As the controversial Texas “sanctuary cities” bill inches closer to the governor’s desk, El Paso city officials are bracing for potential changes. City reps and the mayor were given an update at Tuesday’s council meeting. Should the legislation become law cities, counties and universities will not be able to stop authorities from asking about a

Dona Ana County Commissioners hired a temporary replacement a week after abruptly firing County Manager Julia Brown. Tuesday, commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Chuck McMahon as interim county manager for the next year while they work to find a permanent replacement. “I’m interested in this county. I’ve been here for 17 years. I’m very committed

The deaths of two infants in the past three days has shocked many in Las Cruces. On Saturday Las Cruces Police and firefighters responded to a home on the 900 block of Madrid Avenue. Investigators say the parents of a 4-month-old baby awoke to find their son not breathing. The baby was pronounced dead shortly

ABC-7 found itself in the middle of a gas line break dispute in a West Side neighborhood, where AT&T has hired contractors to install high speed fiber optic cable. The gas line break happened Monday in front of a home in the 1000 block of Granite Trail Court. Residents in all eleven homes on the

The third flu-related death in El Paso this year involved a pre-teen girl with multiple chronic medical conditions, the City of El Paso Department of Public Health announced Tuesday. City officials said the girl tested positive for Influenza A and had not received a flu vaccine this season. “Our thoughts and prayers are with this

Police are investigating a deadly stabbing at an apartment complex in Northeast El Paso, a police spokesman said. The stabbing was reported at 2:20 pm at the complex at 3334 Zion. Police officers are blocking the entrance to the apartment complex and Zion at Alabama street. Officers arriving at the apartment complex found a small

Texas lawmakers moved Tuesday to make it even easier to carry firearms with a trio of bills approved by the state House – including one that could cost the state millions amid a sizeable budget crunch. The chamber voted 111-30 to decrease gun licenses to $40, down from $140 for first-time permits and $70 for

County staff has developed future road projects to present to the El Paso Metropolitan Planning Organization to prepare for the city’s growth. Staff presented its 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan to County Commissioners on Monday. The total cost for the projects is estimated to be about $177 Million. The County is responsible for 20 percent, or

A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its ruling allowing student-led prayer at school board meetings in Texas. In March, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected a challenge of student-led prayers at board meetings of the Birdville, Texas, Independent School District. The ruling said the prayers don’t

Authorities say Mexican singer Luis Miguel was arrested by U.S. marshals on Tuesday and released on bond hours later in a case involving a dispute in which he has been ordered to pay more than $1 million to his former manager. The singer, whose full name is Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri, surrendered Tuesday morning and

John W. Gose pleaded guilty to four meth-related counts in a Las Cruces courtroom Monday, the office of Doña Ana County District Attorney Mark D’Antonio announced Tuesday. Gose, 56, was charged with two counts of Trafficking by Manufacturing and one count each of Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. “That the

The students and staff at Irvin High School will hold a memorial to honor Coach Arcadio “Archie” Duran. The coach died early Sunday morning after the EPISD charter bus he was riding in collided head-on with a wrong-way driver. EPISD officials say the memorial is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the school’s

Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to the Northwest Patrol Station conducted a narcotics operation in between April 19, 2017 and April 22, 2017. The operation yielded 11 traffic stops and five arrests, a sheriff’s office spokeswoman said. Linda Gallegos, 27, was arrested for “Possession of Marijuana” and “Possession of a Controlled Substance.” Hector Quintero, 38, was

Fired North Charleston Police officer Michael Slager has pled guilty to violating the civil rights of an unarmed black motorist he shot in back. The death of Walter Scott was seen worldwide after a bystander recorded it on his cell phone. Slager likely faces prison under the terms of his plea deal with prosecutors. He

While Republicans in Congress craft a bill to unwind the tighter financial rules that took effect after the 2008 crisis, President Donald Trump is looking in another, seemingly opposite direction: He’s entertaining the idea of restoring the Depression-era firewall between commercial banking and its riskier investment side. If Congress reinstated such a law, it might

Corrections officials say a fight broke out between inmates and officers at a southern New Mexico jail after nine inmates refused to comply with procedures for a routine lockdown. The Alamogordo Daily News reports the Otero County Detention Center inmates suffered minor injuries in the Sunday altercation. Correctional Services Director Carolyn Barela says the situation

A 36-year-old man with a criminal history fatally shot his roommate before shooting a neighbor and a responding paramedic during an attack in a Dallas neighborhood that prompted police to barricade the area for hours, investigators said Tuesday. Derick Lamont Brown was acting erratically at his home before forcing his 67-year-old roommate into a back

The man suspected of stabbing four people at the University of Texas, one fatally, suffered from mental health troubles and had been involuntarily committed for treatment in another city, authorities said Tuesday. University Police Chief David Carter said Kendrex J. White was “obviously” suffering from some kind of mental difficulties, but he did not elaborate