Month: November 2017

Destiny Family Christian Center gives out turkeys and ingredients before every ThanksgivingThis year they helped 520 families. Starting at six am hundreds of people started lining up outside Destiny Church in Northeast El Paso, al waiting for their Thanksgiving bags. The line was so long in the cold morning, organizers had to start moving them

November 18 is national adoption day. To celebrate, 12 El Paso children were officially welcomed into their new families at the county courthouse Saturday. Children like 7-year-old Ariyah. The Smith family says she has been in the foster care system for about 4 years. After fostering her for 6 months, they officially adopted her. The

Midland Lee 63 El Dorado 0 FINAL Midland High 35 Montwood 42 FINAL Pebble Hills 20 San Angelo Central 35 FINAL Coronado 17 Odessa Permian 50 FINAL Chapin 28 Del Valle 49 FINAL Jefferson 13 Eastlake 56 FINAL Burges 6 Parkland 45 FINAL Bel Air 34 at Andress 37 FINAL Rio Rancho 10 Las Cruces

In the final edition of the War of the Week for the 2017 season, the Jefferson Silver Foxes took on the Eastlake Falcons.

University of New Mexico basketball coach Paul Weir takes on his former team, New Mexico State University, in the Battle of I-25. “Hopefully it’s going to be an awesome game,” Weir said, taking the hardwood with his team to practice. “It’s really about the student athletes, the Lobos and the Aggies, it’s been a rivalry

In the past four months, three violent incidents occurred at bars across El Paso, and with an influx of holiday visitors expected, safety is a priority at bars. On July 30, 2017, a man was shot and killed at Mulligan’s Chopped Hog Bar in East El Paso. A soldier was shot in the parking lot

Documents show UTEP interim head football coach Mike Price is making $20,000 per month for a two-month period to run the program for a grand total of $40,000. The documents show Price is being paid for a two-month period that began on Oct. 2 and will end on Nov. 30. It is unclear if he

The holidays are just around just around the corner and that means booking travel and hotel plans. Thousands of people will likely choose the route of booking a “rent-a-room service” via Airbnb, a popular website to book short-term rentals in other people’s homes. Airbnb is located throughout the world with more than 300 rental options

This year’s Thanksgiving Sun Bowl Day parade will have the grandstands at Montana and Dallas, little more than half a mile east of its usual spot. The Sun Bowl Association decided to move the grandstands since it didn’t seem Brio-related construction close to the traditional area at Houston Park would be finished on time for

FBI agents and investigators with the Texas Department of Insurance and Socorro Police Department searched the medical offices located at 6151 Dew Drive Suites 400 and 420, according to a statement from the FBI. The offices were searched Tuesday at 9 am, the FBI said. Unique Healthcare is located at 6151 Dew Dr. suite 420.

Deputy constables, US Marshals and Sunland Park Police arrested a man wanted in Sunland Park, New Mexico on five counts of sexual penetration of a child. The El Paso County Precinct 1 Constable Office said in a news release Luis Fernando Moreno was located at 11:30 am November 9, 2017. Moreno was arrested while at

The message of Nike’s newest video commercial – featuring a Cathedral High School football player – is “football has no borders.” The video showcases student Eduardo Reaza’s passion for sports. Reaza, who lives in Juarez, crosses the US-Mexico border every morning to attend Cathedral High. The clip focuses on athletes’ love and commitment to sports,

Every year, parents hand over thousands of dollars to coaches and teachers to help fund their child’s school program. Whether it’s football, cheerleading or band, there are thousands of dollars being funneled into programs at every school in each district. “On the side of the boosters, we have maybe once a year an issue,” said

Ciudad Nueva Community Outreach Center aims to empower youth to become leaders of their neighborhood. The center originated as an effort from the Church of St. Clement, located at 810 N. Campbell Street, but in 2004 it was spun into a separate non-profit organization to focus on the development of the Rio Grande neighborhood near

El Paso Fire Department crews confirmed with ABC-7 that no one was hurt when an 18-wheeler caught fire Friday morning. The fire was reported around 3:15 a.m. on the northbound lanes of George Dieter Drive, north of Gateway West Boulevard. The driver told ABC-7 he was carrying a trailer full of ham and that the

A serious crash sent three people to the hospital Friday morning, one in serious condition, according to the El Paso Fire Department. The I-10 West exit on Joe Battle Blvd. was closed for a few hours, but is now open. Emergency dispatch tells ABC-7 crews had to pull the three people out of the car,

Rumors about Bowie High School possibly converting into a district-run charter school were quickly put to rest at Thursday’s board meeting for the El Paso Independent School District. Melissa Martinez, a spokeswoman for EPISD, said the rumor began circulating on social media that Bowie was to either become a charter school, or be closed. “There

Wednesday evening, residents living in the Chamizal area pleaded with El Paso Independent School District board trustees to not build a bus hub at Bowie High School. Residents say the bus hub would create more traffic and pollution. “We don’t want the bus hub in our community. Our community cannot handle any more stress that

Boise State rallied late to beat UTEP, 58-56, in the opening round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Tournament in South Carolina Thursday. The Miners led by five with 54 seconds to play after an Omega Harris lay-up. But a late Paul Thomas turnover and a missed free throw by Keith Frazier allowed Boise State to

According to city officials, Destination El Paso and Sun Metro have collaborated to launch the WinterFest Express, a free trolley ride from the UTEP area to downtown’s WinterFest. Sun Metro Director Jay Banasiak said, “We have transformed a classic trolley into a unique ride experience with holiday decorations that will bring back vintage memories as

A man wanted on several criminal warrants allegedly tried to escape through an attic when officers arrived at his home, said the El Paso Police Department. Police say just after 1 a.m. Thursday, officers met with Christopher Mendez, 42, on the 8800 block of Mt. Bona in Northeast El Paso. Mendez and the officers were

El Paso ISD Superintendent Juan Cabrera blasted the head of a local teacher’s union during a news conference Thursday. Cabrera criticized what he called “misleading and erroneous” information from Ross Moore, the president of the El Paso Federation of Teachers. It was a leaked email that led to the bad blood between the EPISD Superintendent

Stephanie Herrera, the woman killed last week in a domestic violence situation was “Princess Stephanie” to children in the community. Police say Herrera’s 25-year-old boyfriend, Jose Manual Varela, shot and killed Herrera and her father, 45-year-old Enrique Herrera, inside their Far East El Paso home last week. Police say Varela shot and killed himself before

Police officers and a good samaritan located a 5-year-old girl looking for her mother outside a Northeast El Paso apartment complex. The child was found at 3:46 am Thursday at the complex at 3334 Zion. The child told police officers her mother was not inside their apartment and she was trying to find her. While

An animal control officer was struck by a round after two El Paso Police officers shot and killed an aggressive pit bull, police officials said. The shooting happened at 12:07 am at 1145 block of Tio Dink in El Paso’s Lower Valley. Animal Control officers responded to an aggressive pit bull and were attempting to

The Socorro Independent School District has placed an employee at Pebble Hills High School on leave while it investigations allegations of inappropriate conduct. In phone message sent to parents, principal Melissa Parham said the district “takes every allegation very seriously and immediately initiated an investigation. The safety and security of our students is our number

Parking in an East El Paso neighborhood is precious as Eastwood High School is in the middle of a reconstruction project that forced students and faculty to park off-campus. Teachers have guaranteed parking, but students are turning to street-side parking instead of the designated lot the school assigned them. At about 7:30 a.m. on Thursday

The Chihuahuas announced Wednesday that they will meet the Padres in an exhibition game on March 26, 2018 at Southwest University Park at 6:35 p.m. The two teams squared off in an exhibition in March of 2016 as well. The Chihuahuas led that game 7-5 in the 4th inning, but the Padres went on to

Officials at the El Paso Independent School District said the program at Franklin High School’s STEAM magnet school is not ending. Several parents contacted ABC-7 with concerns the program was about to evaporate. In 2016, EPISD announced Franklin High School was partnering with the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso to create a pipeline

The fans have spoken, and they have voted Nate Lasyone’s touchdown run in a Clint victory over Santa Teresa as the Sweet Play of the Year sponsored by Southwest University. Lasyone briefly disappeared in the midst of a group of defenders but then somehow broke free for a Clint TD in his winning play. You