Month: October 2017

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Tornillo man in connection to a deadly and “accidental shooting involving a 10-year-old child,” officials said. Adrian Garcia, 36, is charged with Criminal Negligent Homicide. Deputies responded to the shooting on the 19000 block of Highland in Tornillo at 4:30 pm on September 28, 2017. The child died at an area

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Tornillo man in connection to a deadly and “accidental shooting involving a 10-year-old child,” officials said. Adrian Garcia, 36, is charged with Criminal Negligent Homicide. Deputies responded to the shooting on the 19000 block of Highland in Tornillo at 4:30 pm on September 28, 2017. The child died at an area

A cold front moved into the borderland early Tuesday morning dropping temperatures to the upper 40s and lower 50’s to start the day. The front will also bring gusty east winds of around 40 mph to the west slopes of the mountain making it feel a few degrees colder. Highs expected to be in the

Prosecutors in the northern Mexico border state of Chihuahua say they have won a 430-year prison sentence against a man convicted of killing 11 young women near Ciudad Juarez between 2009 and 2012. The Juarez area gained worldwide attention in the late 90s as a result of the serial killings of women beginning in 1993.

President Donald Trump told congressional leaders on Sunday that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump’s list of demands included overhauling the country’s green-card system, a crackdown on unaccompanied

The Downtown Management District is looking to build on the improvements of downtown El Paso. The DMD wants to make Downtown the center of commercial, civic and cultural activity. It also oversees grant programs to improve building facades, transportation and promote local businesses and restaurants through social media and contests. In July, the DMD conducted

Police apprehended a 19-year-old student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station Monday night. University officials issued an alert saying the suspect was taken into custody and that the campus lockdown order had been lifted. In an earlier statement, the university identified the suspect as Hollis Daniels.

Vandalism or a hate crime? The reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons who vandalized the Noestora Piarote Memorial located at the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo in El Paso’s Lover Valley is now $4,000. The statue depicting a Native American woman was splattered with red paint sometime between Saturday

The Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo in El Paso’s Lower Valley is offering a $2,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons who vandalized the Noestora Piarote Memorial. The statue depicting a Native American woman was splattered with red paint sometime between Saturday night and Monday morning. “Why would someone

The search for UTEP’s first win of the season continues and interim head coach Mike Price is confident it’s going to happen soon. Monday, coach Price spoke about his first game back with the Miners after 5 years. He took over the program following the sudden resignation of Sean Kugler just one week ago. Price

Monday, UTEP President Diana Natalicio signed an agreement meant to strengthen its partnership with Mexico. Natalicio was joined by the secretary of education for Chihuahua, Pablo Cuaron. The agreement will provide more scholarships for students from the Mexican state. It’s the second agreement of its kind. UTEP said the first collaboration was signed in 2002.

A Las Cruces man is accused of stabbing his brother and sexually assaulting a women during a party Wednesday, police said. Hanson Dennis, 25, of Idaho Avenue, is charged with several felonies: a second-degree felony count of kidnapping, a third-degree felony count of criminal sexual penetration, a third-degree felony count of aggravated battery with a

El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputies have identified the person killed in a deadly rollover just after 1:30 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 10 and exit 2 in Vinton on Saturday. Investigators say 26 year old Carmen Y. Aguirre was ejected from the vehicle she was riding in. Aguirre died at the scene. The preliminary investigation

The declaration by the powerful owner of the Dallas Cowboys that he would bench anyone who shows disrespect to the American flag drew a sharp response from the NFL players’ union Monday and raised the possibility of another call to action by athletes who have kneeled during the national anthem. Executive Director DeMaurice Smith of

Dallas owner Jerry Jones said the NFL can’t leave the impression it tolerates players disrespecting the flag and any Cowboys making such displays won’t play. Jones had his strongest comments so far on the national anthem controversy Sunday night. They started with his response to a question about Vice President Mike Pence leaving the game

UTEP Interim Head Football Coach Mike Price is holding his first Monday news conference since taking over for Sean Kugler. CLICK HERE TO WATCH LIVE.

Top-level basketball recruits played in gyms across Las Vegas over the summer, their final shot to impress college coaches during a live-recruiting period. Around the same time in July, an undercover FBI agent was in a Sin City hotel room where more than $12,000 changed hands, money earmarked for influencing a high school player’s choice

If you’re driving east on Paisano Drive chances are you’ll miss it. The modest tan building, which is home to the Victory Ministry or “Ministerio en Victoria”, is tucked behind a gas station. But this building is home to a community that is helping drug addicts recover. “The idea or the purpose was to help

The New Mexico State Aggies twice led in the fourth quarter by seven, but Appalachian State exploded late in the game to secure a 45-31 victory. The Mountaineers scored 28 of their 45 points in the fourth to rally for their second win in as many games in Sun Belt play. Meanwhile, the Aggies fell

The UTEP Miners fought hard on homecoming night, but fell by just one point to the Hilltoppers from Western Kentucky University. The final score was 15-14. It was the first game under interim head coach Mike Price. A homecoming of sorts for Price who once coached the Miners from 2004 to 2012. UTEP battled through

Saturday the UTEP miners hosted the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at the Sun Bowl. The Miners also celebrated their homecoming game but with a season of zero wins and six losses many feel the team is lackluster. “Not taking it away from the kids but I think the coaching has a lot to do with it,”

Hundreds gathered for the 8th annual Buddy Walk at EPCC’s Valle Verde Campus on Saturday. The walk is hosted by the Down Syndrome Coalition for El Paso to raise money and awareness. “Everybody is a part of mankind. Just because you have Down Syndrome, or green eyes, or blue eyes, or whatever, we’re all one,”

Jack Beaton felt equally comfortable gripping a pair of barbecue tongs surrounded by friends or swinging his roofer’s hammer on a hot day at work. He died a hero shielding his wife from a gunman in the nation’s deadliest mass shooting in modern history. More than 800 people packed into a California church on Saturday

With the season just around the corner, the UTEP basketball team will be without one of their recruits. Freshman forward Joey St. Pierre announced on Saturday that he is leaving the team due to personal reasons. In a statement, St. Pierre said, “The last year has been challenging for me for a number of reasons.

Bands across the borderland are now having to reevaluate how their performances are recorded, and where they can be shown. Music licensing company Tresona has told the Universal Interscholastic League (UIL) that anyone who records a band playing must have what’s called a synchronization license if they want to share that recording. That license covers

Chalk the Block events in the Downtown area will require Sun Metro to detour Routes 1, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 34, 35, 36, 50 and Brio beginning Friday, October 6, 2017, through Monday, October 9, 2017. The detours will affect bus stops along Franklin and Oregon within the festival’s footprint. Passengers may board the

It was the Chapin Huskies taking on the El Paso Tigers in this week’s edition of the War of the Week.

A man is in the hospital after he was shocked as he tried to access an El Paso Electric substation, utility officials confirmed Friday. A woman who lives nearby said she heard two loud explosions, then a man screaming. “Help! Help!” Mary Loveridge said she heard from her home. The woman said she flagged down

The tenth annual Chalk The Block Public Arts Festival will be adding some color to Downtown El Paso sidewalks Friday, but with the recent shooting in Las Vegas concerns over safety at public events has come up. We asked the City of El Paso what security precautions were planned for the event. The El Paso

A motorcycle wreck on I-10 West near Mesa in West El Paso is backing up traffic. If you are heading west on I-10, try to exit the freeway at Executive or Sunland Park. INTERACTIVE TRAFFIC MAP.