Month: June 2017

El Paso Police are investigating reports of shots being fired at a nightclub in the Lower Valley. Witnesses tell ABC-7 a fight broke out around 11 p.m. Thursday at Castillo’s nightclub on the 7200 block of North Loop. Witnesses say there was gunfire, but the victim and the assailant left before police could arrive. Emergency

The U.S. attorney’s office in Albuquerque says an 18-year-old Albuquerque man has been arrested for making a bomb out of a pressure cooker and placing it under the bed of an intended victim. Federal prosecutors said in a Thursday news release that Ethan Guillen faces charges of possessing an unregistered destructive device. Guillen is accused

Showers and thunderstorms remain in the forecast Friday afternoon and evening. Some of these storms will be slow moving and have the potential to cause flooding in spots. The chance for rain will decrease a bit for weekend but expected to be around 20%. Temps will stay in the low 90’s.

Former and current El Paso Independent School District students who have not yet passed the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS test, will have another chance to take it. El Paso Independent School District will administer four version of the TAKS for students who still need to pass it to complete graduation. Testing

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I-10 closed at Sunland Park I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane cloed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. Mesa:long term closure Jan 18th 6 am – Feb 24 4 pm The

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named NMSU catcher Mason Fishback a Second-Team All-American on Thursday. Fishback becomes only the second Aggie baseball player to ever receive that honor after Gabe Veloz was named to the All-America team in 2002. Fishback had 24 games this season with multiple hits and finished in the top ten in the WAC

A GoFundMe page started by a middle school art teacher to help one of his students has resulted in a life-changing donation. When ABC-7 met Rachel “Shelly” Salcido in April, she and her art teacher, Gabriel Aragon, hoped to raise enough money through crowd-sourcing to buy a van that could carry her electronic wheelchair. “I

Elder abuse is one one of the fastest-growing crimes across the country, and it is on the rise in El Paso County. According to an official with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, there were approximately 3,900 cases of elder abuse reported in El Paso County in 2016. That number is up about

Adults over children. New Mexico’s Education Secretary told ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom that is the reason the Las Cruces Public Schools District was forced to cut 600 kids from its summer learning program. The school board gave teachers pay raises in October before it knew the state legislature would cut millions of dollars from

Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican member of the Senate Finance, Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, spoke in El Paso Thursday as a guest speaker for the Borderplex Alliance. Sen Cornyn discussed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), infrastructure, border security and other issues affecting the region. The discussion was moderated by John Barela, CEO

A 14-year-old boy who died after falling from the Loop 375 ramp at Interstate 10 committed suicide, according to a police spokesman. Police responded to 12300 Gateway West shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday, where officers found the boy’s body. At the time, police said they did not suspect foul play. The determination of suicide was

A North Texas police officer is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after his wife accused him of stabbing her in the stomach on date night. Sgt. Audrey Lee Palmer is a 21-year veteran of the McKinney Police Department. He’s free on $50,000 bond after his arrest early Thursday. An arrest affidavit says

Las Cruces Police arrested a man suspected of beating his girlfriend and refusing to allow her to call for help. Manuel Aguilar, 36, of the 1900 block of north Solano Dr., is charged with one count each of aggravated battery against a household member, battery against a household member and interference with communication. Investigators learned

President Donald Trump declared Thursday he was withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark Paris climate agreement, striking a major blow to worldwide efforts to combat climate change and distancing the country from many allies abroad. He said the U.S. would try to re-enter but only if it can get more favorable terms. Framing his decision

A Texas man could face child endangerment charges for riding a motorcycle with an infant. Police arrested Anthony Welsh Tuesday for outstanding traffic warrants. Welsh is allegedly seen holding the baby while riding the bike. The photos caused outrage on social media. “That’s dangerous,” says the man who took the photo. He asked to remain

A vehicle caught fire at I-10 West and Lee Trevino shortly before 2 pm Thursday. Firefighters extinguished the flames and no injuries have been reported. Police have reopened the three left lanes. The right lane remains closed. The traffic backup is starting to clear.

The Las Cruces Police Department is using its Mobile Operations Command Center to reach out to the community this weekend. The department will park the MOC at Conlee Elementary School for an officer meet and greet at 8:30 am Friday, June 2. Police say the command center will remain there until Noon on Sunday, June

A convicted drug trafficker from Colombia who fled from a U.S. prison in 1994 has been captured in Texas and pleaded guilty to escape. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Juan Carlos Marin-Cardona pleaded guilty Wednesday in San Angelo to escaping from federal custody. Tom Green County jail records show Marin-Cardona is held without bond pending sentencing of

The city will soon start cracking down on those who allow underage drinking to take place in their homes. The “Social Host Accountability Ordinance” goes into effect Tuesday, June 6. Violators can face a fine of up to $1,000. The ordinance was first introduced by city reps Michiel Noe and Courtney Niland. “There are instances

A New Mexico public education commissioner is expressing support on social media for a bloody, beheaded image of President Trump. Democrat Tim Crone wrote on Facebook late Wednesday that he endorsed comedian Kathy Griffin’s posting of the Trump image and called the Native American-owned Route 66 Casino a “loser, redneck” venue for canceling an upcoming

Police dogs simply follow their noses to sniff out narcotics. But inhaling powerful opioids can be deadly, so officers have a new tool to protect their four-legged partners: naloxone, a drug that has already been used for years to reverse overdoses in humans. Law enforcement officers have started carrying naloxone with them on drug raids,

The City of El Paso says the construction of the Dyer and Alameda Brio corridors is on schedule. Sun Metro Director Jay Banasiak says there haven’t been any hiccups so far, and a lot has been learned from the first go-around with the Mesa project. “We’ve learned a lot from the Mesa corridor when we

President Trump’s recent tweet took the internet by storm as people tried to decipher what he meant to write. The mysterious word: “covfefe.” His tweet was left up for quite sometime, but was eventually deleted. Press Secretary Sean Spicer shed light on what exactly the president meant at a news conference Wednesday. Reporter: “Do you

Canutillo ISD is scrambling to hire food service workers before students arrive for summer school. Board trustees recently voted not to renew a contract with the Arizona-based Southwest Foodservice Excellence company. At Wednesday’s meeting, the board voted to hire a food service director and other positions to take over the work of the company. But

I-10 closed at Sunland Park I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane cloed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. Mesa:long term closure Jan 18th 6 am – Feb 24 4 pm The