Month: September 2017

The UTEP Miners football team is looking for its first win of the season and will take on the PAC 12’s Arizona Wildcats Friday night at the Sun Bowl Stadium. The matchup will be nationally televised on ESPN’s main network. The last time UTEP appeared on ESPN’s main network was in 2014 against Utah State

El Paso Police Department officers are investigating a shots fired call at a motel in Northeast Friday morning. ABC-7 crews saw officers going in and out of a room that was taped off at the Studio and Rooms complex. There was a car at the motel with noticeable bullet holes on the side. Studio and

Socorro Independent School District officials held an informational bond meeting Thursday evening. The district will be asking its voters to approve a nearly $450 million bond. The district held a bond election in 2007, requesting $397 million from constituents but voters turned it down. The district held another bond election in 2011, requesting a $300

Jose Adolis Garcia hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th Thursday afternoon to give the Memphis Redbirds a 2-0 victory and a 2-0 series lead over the Chihuahuas in the PCL Finals. The Chihuahuas struggled to make contact against Kevin Herget, who tallied 15 strikeouts in eight innings of work for

Cleveland Indians extend American League-record winning streak to 22 games, beating Kansas City 3-2 in 10 innings.

The battle over the fate of the Duranguito neighborhood in Downtown El Paso is getting ugly. Friday, members of the group fighting to protect the neighborhood from demolition voiced concerns over a Facebook post appearing to call for violence against them. On the other side, the City has expressed concerns about the mayor’s safety. The

Wednesday we saw temperatures climb to 100 in El Paso, smashing the old record of 97. Today we were just a degree shy of the record at 97 degrees. Heat like this is rarely stays around long this late in the summer, and it looks like relief is on the way. The upper level ridge

Thursday afternoon, there was a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Harmony School of Innovation’s new kindergarten through first grade center. City Rep. Sam Morgan also took part in the celebration. The school currently has 160 students and has a curriculum that teaches STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) to students starting in kindergarten. “It’s important to

Hunger here in the borderland is a bigger problem than many people think. Even the youngest in our population – the school kids – have food insecurity. Trying to learn on an empty stomach is a struggle for 25 percent of borderland kids, who go to bed hungry at night. “It affects them in the

As summer and the monsoon begins to wrap up in the borderland, more hikers will be making their way to the Franklin Mountains or Hueco Tanks to take advantage of the cool weather. The rain slightly affected the trails this year, but there’s another issue that may be causing problems for hikers that isn’t weather-related

Crews are working to repair a broken water line in Horizon City. The Horizon City website has an alert listed on its homepage stating that residents near Desert Hills Elementary School may be without water service. The school is located at 300 N. Kenazo Avenue, near Lago Seco Drive in Horizon. The municipality’s website also

Wednesday evening the Ysleta Independent School District held a school board meeting. Board members discussed several topics including a update on bond projects. The bond was initiated in 2014 with a plan to address aging and under-capacity school buildings. In 2015, the $430 million bond was passed by 60 percent of the voters. After the

Clint running back Nate Lasyone scored on a touchdown run of 89 yards in the team’s victory over Santa Teresa on Friday. But he also scored a Sweet Play of the Week cake sponsored by Southwest University for his efforts. Fans voted on KVIA.com and determined he had the best play from week two. (Check

Effective Sept. 1, texting while driving is illegal across the state of Texas as the result of a new texting-while-driving ban passed during the 85th Texas Legislative Session. The law prohibits motorists from reading, writing or sending electronic messages while driving. “One in five crashes in Texas is caused by distracted driving,” said TxDOT Executive

Protesters in Duranguito have been in the neighborhood for three straight days, condemning the attempted demolition OF certain buildings in the Downtown arena footprint. Some protesters even spent the night. “It’s been kind of a roller coaster really. It’s been a mix of emotions,” protester Gustavo Urrea said. “The history of El Paso, you know.

ABC-7 reached out to the El Paso Company contracted to do demolitions of Duranguito properties. The owner of JMR demolition told ABC-7 his company did nothing wrong when it started to demolish buildings Tuesday morning, upsetting protesters. Jesse Robles III, who owns JMR Demolition, a 12 year-old local company, referred ABC-7 to his attorney when

Recycled moisture hangs over the Borderland this evening, and with daytime heating there will be enough instability for isolated showers and thunderstorms across the area. A passing west coast trough will push through the region Thursday and Friday keeping slight chances for storms in the forecast. Warm again Thursday before cooler air moves in Friday

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man wanted in connection to a deadly 2015 hit-and-run collision. Deputies arrested Alex Ceniceros, 40, on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Ceniceros was taken into custody at a residence located on the 13200 block of Soleen in El Paso County. Ceniceros was booked into the El Paso County

The freak show of a fight is over, and for that everyone in boxing should be glad. That Conor McGregor managed to make it into the 10th round against a retired 40-year-old who can’t knock real boxers out isn’t much to celebrate, unless you’re McGregor’s accountant. Yes, McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Jr. captured the nation’s

Las Cruces police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old boy and threatening to harm the child if he told anyone. Police said Justin S. Gillette, 22, is charged with three first-degree felony counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and one third-degree felony count of bribery of a witness. Investigators said

The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit has identified the man killed at the Mesa Inn last month as 47-year-old George Lewis. Police said Lewis was found murdered inside a room at the motel August 26, 2017. Police said no arrests have made. Lewis’ killing is the 15th Murder of 2017 in El

After the opening week of the NFL season, it’s so easy to overreact, given such a small sample. That’s not an issue for the Green Bay Packers. They started the season last week at No. 2 in the first AP Pro32 poll and opened with a 17-9 win over the Seattle Seahawks. And after the

Police said 59-year-old Elizabeth Cline, of Edmonds, Washington, is the woman who died after a rollover on Transmountain. The collision, involving two vehicles, happened at Transmountain and Gateway South shortly before 11 am Tuesday. Police said an investigation revealed Cline was driving a 2010 Ford Ranger eastbound on Transmountain and ran the red light at

Through the radio air waves is how the Catholic Diocese of El Paso aims to reach a wider audience. The recent launch of The Bridge 1150 AM includes radio talk shows for all ages and some are bilingual. Bishop Mark Seitz hosts a show of his own every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. “Given the

Kansas congressman Kevin Yoder, with the help of others, stepped in help Sunayana Dumala get a one-year visa so that she would not be deported from the U.S. after losing her resident status. She is the widow of slain UTEP student Srinivas Kuchibhotla who was killed in February in Kansas in a suspected hate crime.

The 8th Court of Appeals has granted Dr. Max Grossman a second amended emergency order ordering the City of El Paso “to suspend any and all demolition permits which authorize the demolition of properties in the Duranguito neighborhood.” Monday, the City was granted a last-minute “stay of execution” halting a scheduled hearing to determine if

ABC-7 has learned more about a shooting outside a West Side bar last weekend that left one man in the hospital and another behind bars. Thirty-seven-year-old Nickolas Maxwell has been charged with attempted murder. His bond has been set at $500,000. The shooting happened Sunday morning around 12:30 a.m. at Barmen on Mesa Street. Fort

The 8th Court of Appeals has granted Historian Max Grossman’s emergency appeal to postpone demolitions in the Duranguito neighborhood Downtown. County Commissioner David Stout told ABC-7 those who oppose the demolition of properties in the Duranguito neighborhood will “live to fight another day.” “It was very emotional, especially, after the City’s maneuver that goes along

Monday morning, the El Paso Fire Department, El Paso Police Department and El Paso Sheriff’s Office paid tribute to the 9/11 victims during a special ceremony. It took place at Station 18 located at 7901 San Jose Road at 9 a.m. The fire chief, police chief and sheriff shared their reflections from that day and

The search to find County Judge Veronica Escobar’s replacement continues. On Monday commissioners spent a portion of their executive session discussing potential candidates. Escobar said the court is considering about a dozen candidates, but it’s still not clear who the front runners are, and when a decision could be made. “The court is still considering