Month: September 2017

The troubles continue for the UTEP Miners. Saturday afternoon, in West Point, NY, UTEP dropped its 5th straight game of the season to the Army Black Knights by a final of 35-21. UTEP is now 0-5. It was a closer contest than last year’s blowout loss at the Sun Bowl when the Black Knights beat

A toddler was hospitalized after a near-drowning in Horizon City. Horizon’s fire chief tells ABC-7 the incident happened around 3:30 Saturday afternoon at a home on the 15,300 block of South Kenazo. Officials say a two-year-old boy was found unresponsive by his parents. It’s unclear if the boy was in the pool when crews found

El Paso Police are investigating a stabbing at a bar in Northeast El Paso. It happened early Saturday morning at Pockets Billiards bar, which is on 9400 Dyer Street. Police say one person was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Investigators have arrested one person. Stay with ABC-7 for the latest.

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More than a week has passed since the strongest hurricane in a century hit the island of Puerto Rico, leaving nearly all the population without electricity and most without water. “When I spoke with my sister, (she was) in tears,” said Marializ Diaz. “She told me that Puerto Rico is no longer Puerto Rico. There’s

In 2012 El Paso voters approved $470 million worth of improvements to parks, libraries, museums, a multipurpose center and the El Paso Zoo. The zoo was allotted $50 million. An event pavilion and wildlife theater have already been built and there are more projects on the way. A new Chihuahuan Desert exhibit will showcase North

The Village Vibes Music Festival will be held this weekend, in support of the Vinton Community Garden. The festival will be held Saturday, September 30th from 2:00 P.M. to midnight at Dr. Applegate Park on 7966 Quejette Road, in Vinton, Texas. The Village of Vinton will work with Keep Vinton Beautiful and other community partners

Fort Bliss officials confirm that a Fort Bliss Soldier was killed Friday in a military vehicle accident. Spc. Raymond Wise, 25, a Petroleum Heavy Vehicle Operator, was with 4-1 Field Artillery, Division Artillery, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team. Wise had recently returned from a deployment to the Middle East earlier this year. Officials have not

The Ft. Bliss-based 1st Armored Division is sending its Combat Aviation Brigade to Puerto Rico in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts. More than 300 Soldiers will deploy along with eight Black Hawk and six Chinook helicopters. They’ll begin leaving as soon as today. Members of the CAB headquarters, 2-501st General Support Aviation Battalion, 3-501st

An elderly homeless man was stabbed in the head and neck overnight in West El Paso. The 74-year-old told El Paso police he was sleeping at a storage locker facility on the 400 block of Executive when a man and a woman approached him. The woman was armed with a knife, he said. At one

Within the walls of a few hangars at Fort Bliss, you can hear the clanking of ratchets and crew leaders shouting orders at soldiers. “3rd of the 501st Assault Battalion is preparing to deploy to Puerto Rico,” said Chief Warrant Officer Peter Klein. Crews from the battalion are prepping Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters for

An El Paso cheerleader was chosen by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders to perform with them at a halftime show this year. Katya Marrufo, a cheerleader for the Texas Bandits and Montwood High School was selected earlier this month in a nationwide competiton. “I still cant believe I got selected, it hasn’t hit me yet,” Katya

Multiple El Paso Police Department officers responded to a shots fired call at Kansas and Baltimore early Friday morning. The call came in on police scanners around 3 a.m. ABC-7 ‘Round the Clock crews are on the scene. Check back with kvia.com for more information.

The busy rush to start the day at the Priddy-Loving house can be chaotic. Five clamoring kids yelling and laughing, two parents juggling school clothes and blow drying hair, and grandma cutting up strawberries in the kitchen. The sounds are a part of everyday life, but the youngest child, one-year-old Emme, only hears silence. Her

Members of the non-profit group Mexican American Cultural Institute said they were blindsided by a consultant’s report on the organization. The city of El Paso hired the consultant, Lee and Associates, to examine the group’s fundraising efforts and devise a plan of action. The Mexican American Cultural Institute, or MACI, has been working to raise

Former UTEP star running back Aaron Jones found the end zone a couple of times in the preseason, but now he has a regular season touchdown to his name. Jones scored on a run from two yards out in the second quarter Thursday night to give the Packers a commanding 21-0 lead over the Bears.

ABC-7’s very own Estela Casas is partnering with the El Paso Community Foundation to create a fund to support women fighting breast cancer in our community. During the launch of the fund, generous donors were announced. Albertson’s donated $50,000 to the Rio Grande Cancer Foundation, The Hospitals of Providence donated $50,000 and News-Press & Gazette,

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident at a home in Tornillo, said a spokesperson for the agency. The incident happened Thursday afternoon at a home off Highland. The Sheriff’s Office confirms one person was injured, but would not say how, nor give any other information on the condition of the victim.

New Mexico State Director of Athletics Mario Moccia announced Thursday that head football coach Doug Martin had signed a three-year contract extension to keep him with the team through the 2020 season. This season would have been Martin’s last with the Aggies without an extension. Martin has guided his team to a 2-2 start so

A Indiana fugitive wanted in connection with a double murder was found hiding with a Church Outreach Group in El Paso, said the U.S. Marshals Service. Mingo Thames, 48, was arrested without incident Thursday morning by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force. Authorities say Thames had been wanted since May when he was

UTEP held it’s State of the University address Thursday, during fall convocation. During her address, UTEP President Dr. Diana Natalicio said UTEP has experienced significant growth. UTEP welcomed 25,000 students this fall, a 4 1/2% increase in enrollment. Dr. Natalicio said the Texas legislature’s cut in funding to public universities was disappointing. UTEP alone saw

A Las Cruces man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly threw his step-son to the floor and kicked him. Jason Dams, 31, of the 2500 block of Tierra Grande Court, is charged with one third-degree felony count of child abuse. The incident happened on Tuesday, Sept. 26. Police say that Dams was home with his

Doña Ana County Sheriff’s are offering a n increased cash reward of $5,000 for information that leads to an arrest in the murder investigation of an 18-year-old man found dead in Mesilla last month. Dakota Lunceford’s body was discovered off Glass Road on August 3rd. Bryanna Terry, 19, was said to be in contact with

Hundreds of customers were without power throughout the city according to the El Paso Electric Company’s outage map early Thursday morning as severe weather swept through. ABC-7 has been tracking power outages overnight. At one point, at least 2,500 people were without power, according to the map. Power seemed to be coming back on quickly

On Thursday, Estela Casas is teaming up with The El Paso Community Foundation for a special announcement. It comes after her she announced her bilateral breast cancer diagnosis earlier this month. “After reporting on breast cancer for more than three decades, I join the thousands women and men, it happens to men too, fighting against

Today all the money from cookie sales at local Chick-fil-A will go to El Paso Children’s Hospital. The “Cookies for Kids” campaign takes place only Thursday, Sept. 28.It applies to all El Paso and Las Cruces locations. This is the first year that Chick-fil-A labels the Children’s hospital as their charity.Money donations are also accepted.

The flash flood warnings around the city has the El Paso County giving away free sandbags in three different locations. Individuals can collect the free sandbags to protect their home at three locations: Road and Bridge Fabens Warehouse, 1331 N. Fabens St., Fabens, TX 79838 Road and Bridge Canutillo Warehouse, 191 Canutillo Avenue, Canutillo, TX

El Paso Water Utilities is offering sand bags to the public for flood control. Sandbags are available to residential customers from 8 a.m. To 8 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Stormwater Operations Center, 4801 Fred Wilson Ave. On the weekends, the stormwater center is open from 2 to 8 pm. Sandbags are available for

The non-profit group wanting to make the Mexican American Cultural Center bigger and better appears to be struggling to raise money. In 2012, voters approved about $6 million in bond money to build the center. But the non-profit envisions something much grander. The plan is to retrofit the Abraham Chavez theater in downtown El Paso

Deshaun Watson already had plenty of fans, but now he’s going to have plenty more. The rookie quarterback donated his first game check to three women who work in the NRG Stadium cafeteria. All three were impacted by flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey. Watson’s check was worth $27,353. The Houston Texans released a video of