Month: June 2017

Wet N’ Wild unveiled its newest ride to beat the Sun City Heat. Jaguar Falls will officially open to the public this afternoon, but ABC-7 got a sneak peak at the new ride. Riders must take 95 steps to arrive at the top of the six story tower, where they are then seated in a

A Minnesota woman charged in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend told authorities it was a video stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez, of Halstad, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Pedro Ruiz III. The New York Daily News reports Perez is pregnant. According to a criminal complaint, the 19-year-old Perez told

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that the Houston Rockets have reached an agreement to acquire Los Angeles Clippers star Chris Paul. The Clippers will get Patrick Beverley, Lou Williams, Sam Dekker and a protected first-round pick next year. The person spoke Wednesday on the condition of anonymity because the teams

A South Texas man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for what prosecutors say was his 11th drunken driving conviction. Jurors in San Antonio convicted 57-year-old San Juan Garcia of felony DWI in a January 2014 traffic accident. A statement from the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office says Garcia was driving drunk when

Stacey English has modest desires for her 7-year-old daughter Addison: Be able to eat without gagging and move both her arms. But since Addison’s occupational therapist went out of business this winter, the child with a rare genetic disorder has regressed in her fight to do even that much. “I don’t know where to go

Police arrested a man accused of stealing nearly $10,000 while burglarizing a room at hotel room Monday morning. Robert S. Alarcon, 46, of the 1000 block of 3rd Street, is charged with one count each of residential burglary, attempted residential burglary, larceny over $2,500 and possession of marijuana. Police say the robbery happened at about

There is one vacancy left on El Paso City Council, but it will soon be filled by one of the two candidates vying for the spot. Early voting for District 8 started Wednesday and runs through July 11. The special election race for District 8 was needed in early June after Cortney Niland stepped down

The El Paso Police Department has arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a stabbing at a house party in the Upper Valley early Tuesday morning. Jordan Ingalls faces aggravated assault charges for allegedly stabbing two people, sending them to the hospital. Authorities named 21-year-old Cody Bennet and 18-year-old Omar Apodaca as the two who

The El Paso Fire Department responded to a rollover that happened in the lower Valley early Wednesday morning. The vehicle flipped near Yarbrough and Lafayette, emergency dispatch said they got the report at 4:11 a.m. One person has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

I-10 closed at Sunland Park I-10 East at Raynor. Paisano closed from Spurr 1966 to Union Depot Day Time Closures: Stanton Franklin-Wyoming 9am-3pm I-10 right lane cloed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. I-10 Excutive-Asarco left lane. Mesa:long term closure Jan 18th 6 am –

QuoteWizard, a Seattle based insurance comparison company, rates El Paso drivers as some of the best in Texas. Texas, known as the Lone Star State, is the second largest state in America. With almost 9 million vehicles registered in Texas, it’s also the state with the second most cars. Millions of citizens and millions of

Seventeen months after approving funding, the County of El Paso’s historical survey is now underway. Surveyors from the historical preservation firm Hardy-Heck-Moore of Austin began work on Monday. “We to date have surveyed about 150 properties out of approximately 1,700 properties in the survey area,” architectural historian Emily Payne said. “We’ve taken photographs, we’ve mapped,

For Canadian Isiah Osborne it is a dream come true. A chance to play Division 1 basketball in the U.S. The 6’5 sophomore guard is from Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was the second leading scorer for the University of Windsor and was also named the CIS (Canadian Interuniversity Sport) Rookie of the Year. Osborne joined

Today was the first City Council meeting for El Paso’s new mayor and four new city representatives. The council chamber was packed. Many of the people in the audience are hoping the change in leadership could help save the Duranguito neighborhood from becoming the downtown arena. The group Paso del Sur says more than 2,400

With a 4-to-1 vote, Doña Ana County Commissioners approved a resolution opposing the Trump Administration’s efforts to downsize the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. The non-binding resolution is needed to give the Department of the Interior an idea of where the county stands on a proposal to downsize the monument. Former President Barack Obama designated

El Paso City Council’s newest members will be sworn in Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. The new members include Mayor Dee Margo and representatives Alexsandra Annello, Cassandra Hernandez-Brown, Sam Morgan and Henry Rivera. The runoff election for District 8 will take place on Saturday, July 15. The swearing-in ceremony will take place before council’s regularly

President Donald Trump’s new policy on Cuba travel has winners and losers: Group tour operators hope to sell more trips, but bed-and-breakfast owners in Cuba say they’re losing business. Five of 12 private bed-and-breakfast owners in Havana and Cuba’s southern colonial city of Trinidad told The Associated Press that they received cancelations after Trump’s June

The newest performance brand to join The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso lineup is Under Armour, giving the mall the “biggest collection of athletic wear stores in El Paso,” a news release states. Under Armour joins Nike, Adidas, ASICS, PUMA, Oakley, The North Face, and Columbia, all Outlet Shoppes exclusives in El Paso. The new

The City of El Paso will be joining a lawsuit against Senate Bill 4, also known as the Sanctuary Cities Bill, city officials announced Tuesday. The County of El Paso had previously filed its own lawsuit. The City now joins San Antonio, Austin, and several non-profit organizations in the fight agains SB$. The Mexican American

Doña Ana County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Las Cruces area man Monday evening after a girl accused him of sexually assaulting her over a period of three years. Ronald W. Miller, 72, has been charged with criminal sexual penetration and criminal sexual contact of a minor under the age of 13. According to court documents

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is upgrading masks and gloves and evidence bags for his officers and is urging emergency medical responders to strengthen their protections after a presumed batch of methamphetamine in the city has been confirmed as a highly potent opioid. The Houston Forensic Science Center’s chief executive officer, Peter Stout, says a

A Northeast El Paso woman was pinned against a wall and suffered a fractured skull when an alleged drunk driver crashed into her bedroom, court documents obtained by ABC-7 state. April Kriegbaum, 19, was rushed to University Medical Center for treatment. Police said the two suspects, Raul Calvetti, 25; and Amanda Aguirre, 26, ran away

Testimony continued Tuesday on day 12 of the trial of five former El Paso Independent School District administrators accused of taking part in the district’s cheating scandal, despite a motion for a mistrial filed by defense attorneys on Monday. Judge David Briones is allowing testimony to continue as he awaits a reply from U.S. Attorneys

The City of El Paso has embraced Lean Six Sigma (LSS) principles, a process that is reportedly allowing it to fill more potholes than ever before by streamlining operations, a news release states. The City said, on average, about 500 potholes are being repaired every week by city crews, about 300 more repairs per week

USA Gymnastics needs a “complete cultural change” to better protect athletes from sexual abuse, according to an independent review of the embattled organization’s practices. The report released Tuesday by former federal prosecutor Deborah Daniels recommends that all USA Gymnastics members be required to immediately report suspected sexual misconduct to legal authorities and the U.S. Center

Millionaires would get tax cuts averaging $52,000 a year from the Senate Republicans’ health bill while middle-income families would get about $260, according to a new analysis of the bill Senate leaders hope to vote on this week. The analysis was done by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. It found that half of the tax

Law enforcement officers arrested a head baseball coach at Hanks High School and charged him with DWI. Omar Javier Garcia was allegedly driving with a blood alcohol content of .15, nearly twice the legal limit. Garcia was arrested June 25, 2017. Jail records show he has posted bond. ABC-7 reached out to the Ysleta Independent

Police identified the two men stabbed at a house party early Tuesday morning. El Paso West side patrol officers responded to a stabbing call at 607 Sunset at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday morning. Officers found 21-year-old Cody Bennett and 18-year-old Omar Apodaca with stab wounds being treated by Fire Medical Services. According to police, there was

Four men were killed in Juarez on Monday in a span of eight hours, according to El Diario de Juarez. The four murders bring the number of killings in June to 49, according to the paper. Police have only identified one of Monday’s victims. El Diario reports the first victim was identified as Jose Joaquin

Desert ranchers and two of New Mexico’s most prominent Republican politicians are hoping the new GOP administration in Washington will dramatically shrink a recently designated national monument in the south of the state. The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument is among 24 monuments where a review has been ordered by President Donald Trump that might