Month: July 2017

TxDOT has made some changes to this week’s GO10 scheduled closures, announced officials. MONDAY, JULY 10 THROUGH FRIDAY, JULY 14 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily Mesa @ I-10 – The right lane on North Mesa Street (SH 20, eastbound) – in the direction headed toward the mountain – will be closed between South Desert

An El Paso native is having a say in the future home of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Fred Ortiz graduated from Irvin High School in 1985. He’s now an architect with the company designing the ballpark, HKS. The ballpark will have a retractable roof and ‘Sports Daily’ estimates the cost will be about $1,000,000.

Members of city council have had a night to sleep on Monday’s budget, and today they came together to address any concerns. Three city representatives pointed out concerns they had regarding their districts. Peter Svarzbein had six items having to do with parks and recreation, economic development and museum and cultural affairs. City rep. Claudia

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor have thrown their first verbal jabs. The undefeated boxer and the Irish UFC champion kicked off the four-city promotional tour for their Aug. 26 bout Tuesday, facing off in front of 11,000 fans in downtown Los Angeles. McGregor and Mayweather traded clever insults and profane boasts with their familiar

The City of Las Cruces honored the legacy of an esteemed football coach Tuesday, unveiling “Coach Jim Bradley Championship Way.” Tuesday’s designation was in memory of the late Jim Bradley. Bradley, born and raised in Las Cruces, and graduated from Las Cruces High School and New Mexico State University. He served in the U.S. Army,

A razor blade lodged in a shopping cart at a Las Cruces Walmart recently cut a 6-year-old boy, and now his mother want fellow shoppers to be careful. “It’s really terrifying as a parent to have your son be involved with, or child be involved with anything that has to do with a razor blade,”

The family of a Texas teen who hanged himself says their son was involved in a ghoulish online game that calls on participants to complete a series of tasks before taking their own lives, and some schools are warning parents about the so-called Blue Whale Challenge. Jorge Gonzalez told San Antonio television station WOAI he

The City of El Paso plans to more-than-double the rate at which it resurfaces streets. New investments mean the city will re-pave 114 streets from 2017-2018. “We are making it a priority,” Mayor Dee Margo said, “It’s what is important.” According to a news release, the Street Resurfacing Program issues contracts for two years instead

Update (October 17, 2024): The soldier was found not guilty and acquitted. The matter has also been expunged from his record. A Fort Bliss soldier is one of two men accused of planning and carrying out the rape of a woman in Kirkland, Washington, the Seattle Times reports. The paper reports jail records show the

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a reward for any information regarding a man suspected of using a stolen credit card at a local supermarket. Las Cruces Police Investigators learned someone broke into a vehicle that was parked on the 4100 block of Seville Way off Pegasus Road on June 16. Authorities say several credit

A man was stabbed by his stepson, who then took off Tuesday morning, police said. Arturo Fabian Prieto, 47, was taken Del Sol Medical Center with injuries not considered life-threatening. The stabbing happened shortly after 2 a.m. on the 200 block of Gus Moran. Charges are pending against the stepson, though police have not released

Police identified the Fort Bliss soldier killed in a fiery motorcycle wreck Monday morning as John Barcellano, 26. A Fort Bliss spokesperson told ABC-7 Barcellano was a soldier stationed on post. El Paso police responded to the crash on Loop 375 in El Paso’s Lower Valley at about 12:50 am. Police said Barcellano was riding

The city of El Paso is moving forward in joining more than 300 mayors across the country in upholding Paris Climate Agreement goals. City council representatives approved directing the city manager to draft a resolution in support of the Paris Climate Accord Agreement during Tuesday’s city council meeting for the mayor to sign. City representative

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Smugglers left a woman dangling from the border fence Monday in Nogales, Ariz., officials with Customs and Border Protection said. U.S. Border Patrol agents spotted the two smugglers trying to lower the Mexican woman onto the U.S. side, using a harness and hoist rope, according to a news release. When the agents approached them, the

An 11-year-old Houston-area girl who was pulled over for speeding told police that her mother allows her to drive but that this was the first time without an adult. Police in Pasadena say the girl told them she was driving her 10-year-old brother home after they stopped her for driving 49 mph in a 35

Lower Valley residents heard popping before discovering heavy smoke and flames on their property, fire officials said. The El Paso Fire Department was called about 9:30 p.m. to the 1200 block of South Side Road in Socorro. When crews arrived, they found found heavy smoke and flames coming from the lot. They said mobile structures,

A Houston man died in a four-car pileup Monday on Interstate 10 near Lordsburg, N.M. New Mexico State Police said Leroy Turner, 64, was involved in a crash involving two other vehicles on the eastbound lanes of I-10. When he stepped out of his car, investigators said, a fourth car struck him. Turner died as

Police arrested a Las Cruces man suspected of beating his girlfriend and threatening to run over her. Sergio Urbin-Ortega, 28, of the 4200 block of Hoffman Drive, is charged with two fourth-degree felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one misdemeanor count of battery against a household member. Investigators say the incident

EDITOR’S NOTE: KVIA incorrectly reported El Paso Police Officer Raymond Licon Jr. had been fired. Police said Licon Jr. was ‘relieved of duty.’ An El Paso Police spokesman told ABC-7 that means Licon Jr. was stripped of his police powers. When asked if Licon Jr. was still employed with the department as a civilian or

The Borderland is taking a break from triple-digit temperatures, but conditions are still dangerous enough to become deadly if a child or pet are left in a hot car. Temperatures inside a car can increase more than 20 degrees in only ten minutes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. With an outside temperature

The family of Madison Coe, of Lubbock, Texas, says the 14-year-old was electrocuted when her charging cellphone fell into a bathtub full of water that she was in, according to Houston ABC affiliate KTRK. KTRK cited news affiliate KCBD in reporting that Coe died Sunday morning at her father’s home in Lovington, New Mexico. According

SAN ANTONIO – Embarking on the latest chapter to the years-long battle over the state’s political maps, Texas and its legal foes on Monday faced off in federal court over minorities’ voting rights and the district boundaries the state should use in the 2018 elections. Focusing first on the state’s House map, minority rights groups

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I-10 closed at Sunland Park Paisano closed from Supr 1966 to San Antonio Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane closed from Sunland Park to Buena vista El Paso Street car closures: Long term closures Paisano Drive closed to traffic between Chihuahua street and El Paso. Pasiano Drive closed to traffic between Stanton Street and

An Olympia, Washington man who authorities say mailed one of his fingers to the IRS is now facing federal charges. The Seattlepi.com reported Monday (https://goo.gl/a1MU1R ) that 68-year-old Normand Lariviere was charged with mailing a threat to injure after IRS workers in Ogden, Utah discovered a package containing a fake bomb July 6. Charging papers

The Minnesota police officer who was acquitted in last year’s fatal shooting of black motorist Philando Castile will receive $48,500 as he leaves the suburban department that employed him at the time of the killing, according to a separation agreement announced Monday. Jeronimo Yanez will be paid the money in a lump sum, minus applicable

UPDATE: UPDATE: A section of Interstate 10 near the New Mexico-Arizona border was closed for nearly two hours due to high winds and blowing dust. New Mexico Department of Transportation officials say the westbound lanes of the freeway were re-opened around 6 p.m. Monday but only the passing lane of eastbound I-10 is open at

Jude Sparks and his brothers were focused on testing their new walkie talkies in the desert around Las Cruces when one wrong step led to an amazing discovery. Jude, 10, fell right on his face and when he opened his eyes, he couldn’t believe what he stumbled upon. “I told most of my friends. Most

County commissioners unanimously approved more money for mental health medication for inmates. The county has contracts in place with the Emergence Health Network and the University of Texas Medical Branch to provide medical and pharmacy services at both county jails. When the contract was signed in 2015, the county allocated $100,000 for mental health medication.