Month: November 2017

A water main break and a sinkhole appeared in west El Paso Tuesday night. The water started gushing on Westwind and Isla Del Rey drives, ABC-7 crews were at the scene around 7 p.m. El Paso Water crews are working to repair the sinkhole, which appears to be around 6-feet deep. Westwind Drive is blocked

Police arrested a woman after investigators discovered her two children tested positive for methamphetamine. Marissa Gomez, 27, is charged with two counts of child abuse after police discovered her two children, ages eight and two, tested positive for the drug. Gomez has addresses in Las Cruces and Silver City, New Mexico, police said. On October

The University of Texas at El Paso named a new athletic director Wednesday. Jim Senter will replace longtime Athletic Director and former UTEP Coach Bob Stull, who will announced his retirement in September. Senter has been the director of intercollegiate athletics at the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, since 2014. In a news

The family of the slain Border Patrol agent has announced his memorial services. ABC-7 is also learning more details about Rogelio Martinez, who died Sunday night while on duty in the Big Bend Sector. According to his obituary, Martinez, 36, was a Class of 1999 Irvin High School graduate and was engaged to be married.

About 500 gallons of diesel spilled in the Lower Valley Wednesday morning, according to authorities on the scene. ABC-7’s ‘Round the Clock crew saw liquid on Socorro Rd. near Loop 375. There are three gas stations in that area. It happened at around 4:26 a.m., but it seemed that crews already washed out the diesel

One local mother is making it her mission to spread awareness about children and fire safety. In August, Patricia Millard’s son tried to reignite a bonfire with a gasoline container when the fumes caught fire and burned him. Ivan suffered third and fourth-degree burns to his arms, stomach and legs. Ivan Rubio, 9, was taken

Frenzy over the holiday shopping season has arrived. The National Retail Federation estimates 69 percent of Americans, about 164 million people, plan to shop during Thanksgiving weekend. That includes Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Sunday. Small Business Saturday is what helps boost profits for some locally-owned businesses in El Paso. “It’s a

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Some 250,000 people are expected to turn out for the FirstLight Federal Credit Union Sun Bowl Parade on Thanksgiving Day. This year, the El Paso Police Department is increasing security. Cities such as New York, Las Vegas and Orlando have all seen terror attacks aimed at large crowds of people. The Borderland has not been

Former UTEP star running back Aaron Jones issued an apology to family, fans, and others Tuesday after reports surfaced he had previously been arrested in Green Bay. The Packers rookie running back is currently facing multiple charges after an arrest on Oct. 1, according to court records. A police report obtained by the Milwaukee Journal

The FBI in El Paso announced Tuesday a $25,000 reward for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of anyone possibly involved in the death of Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez. FBI Special Agent in Charge Emerson Buie Jr. said the FBI will investigate the death of Agent Martinez as a potential assault.

Hackers accessed the data of nearly 57 million Uber users in 2016 and the company did not report the breach until November 21, 2017. Uber said the hackers accessed the names, emails, addresses and phone numbers of millions of users, CNN reports. The hackers also accessed the driver’s license information of nearly 600,000 drivers, CNN

Doña Ana County sheriff’s deputies arrested a couple accused of sexually assaulting two children under the age of 13. Jorge Espinoza-Vega, 56, and his live-in girlfriend, 41-year-old Imelda Carbajal, allegedly abused and assaulted two children they cared for in their Hatch home, officials said. The children, who are cousins, later told their grandmother their babysitters

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Las Cruces man accused in two separate sexual abuse allegations, each with a girl under the age of 18. David Spears, 30, is charged with three counts of criminal sexual penetration, a single count of criminal sexual contact and a single count of battery. Court documents state Spears allegedly made unwanted

Detectives with the police department’s Crimes Against Children Unit arrested and charged a a Pebble Hills High School teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. 38-year-old Gerardo Saucedo is charged with Improper Relationship between Educator and Student. Saucedo is on administrative leave, a district spokesperson confirmed. Police said an investigation revealed Saucedo

The grills are back on, and once again customers are lining up to get their hands on a burger from a favorite local restaurant. Charcoaler has officially made its return to West El Paso. The drive-thru closed in January, but ABC-7 learned in October that the owners of Wing Daddy’s and Toro Burger restaurants partnered

Friday, Nov. 24: Parkland vs. Lubbock Cooper: 4PM CST, Midland Grande Communications Stadium Andress vs. Lubbock Monterey: 8PM CST, Midland Grande Communications Stadium Eastlake vs. Abilene Cooper: 6PM CST, Fort Stockton’s Panther Stadium Del Valle vs. Lubbock Coronado: 3PM MNT, Roswell, NM; NM Wool Bowl Manzano vs. Las Cruces: 7PM Field of Dreams Saturday, Nov.

The UTEP Miners will be without one of their star players for at least the next 2 weeks. Senior center Matt Willms will be out 2-4 weeks after he fractured his wrist. The injury happened Sunday during UTEP’s final game against Appalachian State in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off at Myrtle Beach. Willms is UTEP’s second-leading

The Texas Department of Public Safety Monday announced the arrests of 38 suspects in connection to multi-agency drug trafficking investigation in West Texas. Officials said the investigation was initiated earlier this year and focused on suspects accused of engaging in organized criminal activity, delivery and possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, and probation

Topgolf announced Monday it plans to fill 500 positions ahead of its 2018 opening for its new location in El Paso. The new jobs have been posted online and the job interviews are scheduled to being the week of December 11, 2017. The Topgolf job-hiring process – referred to as an audition – is different

Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones is facing three charges following an October 1, 2017 traffic stop, ESPN reports. The cable sports network cites Wisconsin Circuit Court records stating Jones was allegedly driving a vehicle with a controlled substance in his system, speeding at 79 mph in a 55 mph zone and operating a

Summer thunderstorms in North America will likely be larger, wetter and more frequent in a warmer world, dumping 80 percent more rain in some areas and worsening flooding, a new study says. Future storms will also be wilder, soaking entire cities and huge portions of states, according to a federally-funded study released Monday in the

It is not uncommon for people to deal with heartburn or acid reflux after eating certain types of food, but for some, it could be more than just discomfort. According to University Medical Center, more than 3.3 million are affected by Barrett’s Esophagus, is a common precancerous condition and the primary cause of esophagus cancer.

Political leaders spoke out after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was fatally injured responding to activity in the Big Bend Sector near I-10 and Van Horn Sunday morning. In a tweet, President Trump wrote “Border Patrol Officer killed at Southern Border, another badly hurt. We will seek out and bring to justice those

As you prepare for a Thanksgiving feast this Thursday, make sure your doing everything you can to prevent getting sick, or starting a fire while in the kitchen. Videos are all over Youtube show turkeys going up in flames. A cooking fire is 3 times more likely on Thanksgiving than any other day of the

Sunday afternoon, the best high school football players from the El Paso community gathered for the first ever all-star draft. The event was organized by the Greater El Paso Football Showcase. Every year the group of volunteers, coaching staff and sponsors put together an end of the year all-star game at the Sun Bowl. The

This year’s Thanksgiving Sun Bowl Parade will feature a theme of American folklore. “The float team alone started working in July to build three giant floats for the parade,” said the Sun Bowl Association’s Joe Daubach. The biggest is this one, a WWII plane leading a bald eagle in attack, and it’ll have veterans from

UTEP had its last home game of the season Saturday afternoon. The team lost to LA Tech, making its record 0-11. Fans weighed in on the idea of a new athletic director and the future of the team. Despite the beautiful weather, attendance was a little more than 16,000. Some fans told ABC-7 they are

Police are investigating an early morning murder in Northeast El Paso, Police responded to a call about a fight in progress around 1 a.m. Saturday at a home in the 5000 block of Pikes Peak Drive. Police said they found an unresponsive man with injuries to his head. The 36-year-old victim was taken to UMC,

UTEP’s struggling offense finally came to life Saturday afternoon at the Sun Bowl, unfortunately it was too little too late. The Miners dropped their 11th straight loss of the season falling to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 42-21. It was the final home game for the Miners this season and it was also the last time