Month: December 2017

El Paso first reponders rescued a man inside a garbage truck Tuesday morning in South Central El Paso. The El Paso Fire Department reported they were working to rescue the person at around 7 a.m. on the 300 block of Alicia Drive, which is south of Paisano. Firefighters at the scene said they rescued a

Jose “Pepe” Reyes, the founder and owner of Pepe’s Tamales has died. He was 77 years old. An announcement posted on the eatery’s website says, “It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the passing of Pepe’s Tamales founder, owner, father, and husband Jose “Pepe” Reyes on December 20, 2017. “ An obituary

A “large portion” of a famed Magnolia tree planted on the south grounds by President Andrew Jackson will be removed because it is weak and poses a safety risk, the White House said Tuesday. Removal is planned for this week while President Donald Trump and his family are at their Florida home for the holidays.

Three large U.S. cities filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Defense, arguing that many service members who are disqualified from gun ownership weren’t reported to the national background check system. New York City, San Francisco and Philadelphia said in court papers that the military’s broken system for relaying such information helped spur

A Borderland entrepreneur donated more than 50 hours and $3,500 to help give veterans gifts on Christmas morning. The men at the Veterans Transitional Living Center in Downtown El Paso gathered around the dining room table, excited to claim one of the 18 boxes of customized athletic shoes. Lee Robins was among the men. He’s

The Arizona State and North Carolina State football teams arrived Christmas morning to the traditional reception with mariachis and folklorico dancers. The Sun Devils take on the North Carolina State Wolfpack Friday in the 84th annual Hyundai Sun Bowl. In a departure from tradition, the team flew into Atlantic Aviation rather than the main terminal

Authorities in South Texas say a 34-year-old woman admitted to suffocating her 1-month-old daughter and is now facing a capital murder charge. Maria Guadalupe Cardenas was being held Monday on $1 million bond in Hidalgo County, in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley next to the U.S.-Mexico border. The Hidalgo County sheriff’s office said in a press

All the New Mexico State Aggies needed was one more win on Christmas Day in order to be crowned the 2017 champions of the Diamond Head Classic tournament. Unfortunately, the USC Trojans spoiled the party for the Aggies, hitting a 3-point shot in the final seconds of the game to help give the Trojans the

The U.S. government says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget. The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said on Sunday that the U.N.’s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million. The mission said reductions would also be made to the U.N.’s management and support functions. The announcement didn’t

Federal police arrested a man early Monday suspected of ordering the March murder of Miroslava Breach, one of the highest-profile journalists slain this year amid a wave of such killings in Mexico. The National Security Commission said in a statement that the 43-year-old suspect was detained along with two others in a morning operation in

Guatemala’s president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. Guatemala was one of nine nations that voted with the United States and Israel on Thursday when the U.N.

A Virginia man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he shot two sheriff’s deputies on Christmas Eve. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office says 39-year-old Douglas V. Johnson Jr. was arrested Sunday night after a domestic incident in Sterling, Virginia, about 30 miles northwest of Washington. A spokesman for the office says deputies

A California Highway Patrol officer died after a drunken driver returning from a party slammed into the back of his parked patrol car on a San Francisco Bay Area highway on Christmas Eve, the CHP said Monday. CHP Officer Andrew Camilleri, a 33-year-old married father of three children, was in the passenger seat of the

Around 8am a bus arrives at the Good Samaratain Las Cruces Village with a group of eager employees. These special education students from the Gadsden school district take part in Project Search. A pilot program that places them in work environments which provides skills they can use when looking for work after high school. The

New Mexico State Police say two people have been killed and two others injured in a crash involving an SUV and a semi-truck in Kirtland. The fatal crash occurred about 1:45 a.m. Sunday near the intersection of U.S. 64 and County Road 6500. State Police say alcohol use appears to be a factor in the

A two vehicle crash on Avenida de Mesilla, near the eastbound I-10 on-ramp killed an 88-year-old Las Cruces woman Sunday morning. Investigators say officers first responded to reports of a crash at nine thirty Sunday morning. Traffic investigators say 88 year old Lois Johns Decker was driving eastbound on Avenida de Mesilla near the I-10

New Mexico State Police say a two car crash on Interstate Ten at mile marker 127 by Avenida de Mesilla injured a New Mexico Game and Fish warden. Investigators at the scene say the warden was t-boned as he chased a wrong way driver. The warden was not hit by the wrong way driver, he

Kansas City’s Secret Santa is at it again, this time focusing his annual good cheer on Kansas’ capital city. A reporter for the Kansas City Star tagged along recently as Secret Santa followed his long tradition of handing out $100 bills to strangers in Topeka places where the hurting and downtrodden gather, including a shelter

The New Mexico State Aggies once again proved it doesn’t matter the school or the conference, they can hang with anyone. The Aggies knocked off the 6th ranked Miami Hurricanes in the semi-finals of the Diamond Head Classic by a final of 63-54. The Hurricanes came into the game undefeated with a perfect 10-0 record,

More than 5,000 customers are experiencing a power outage in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The outage started around 9:40 p.m. Saturday. An El Paso Electric official said the cause of the outage is still under investigation. Crews are working to restore power, according to officials, however there is no estimated time of restoration.

As names were called out children ran up, smiling from ear to ear and getting their Christmas gift. Lazos de Bondad, a borderland organization got hundreds of donations together, giving toys, clothes, and coats to children in need near Anapra “It ain’t cold right now, but imagine what it’s like at 2 or 3 in

Las Cruces police have found 10-year-old Jaylisa Lara who was reported missing Friday evening. Police say Lara rode away on her bicycle from her home on the 48-hundred block of Calle Bella Friday around 5 p.m. Police say Lara was found in good health. No further information has been provided at this time.

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker’s jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth. He traveled more than 300 feet away from the space shuttle Challenger during the spacewalk.

Las Cruces police have found 10-year-old Jaylisa Lara who was reported missing Friday evening. Police say Lara rode away on her bicycle from her home on the 48-hundred block of Calle Bella Friday around 5 p.m. Police say Lara was found in good health. No further information has been provided at this time.

Police say a 3-year-old boy who had wandered from his daycare was found walking along a Houston highway. KHOU-TV reports the boy was found Friday afternoon by a driver who had noticed him along the highway’s shoulder. Police say the child was unharmed and returned to the nearby daycare center located in a church. The

Special counsel has been appointed to prosecute the case of a former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy whose first two trials in the killing of another deputy ended when juries couldn’t agree on a verdict. Dona Ana County District Attorney Mark D’Antonio made the announcement Friday, saying two attorneys with New Mexico Office of the

All good things must come to an end and for the UTEP Miners it was their win streak. UTEP fell to the North Dakota State Bison 63-51 in the championship game of the Sun Bowl Invitational. The loss snapped a 4 game win streak for the Miners. UTEP started off strong going up 17-8 in

The newly-engaged couple killed Thursday morning on I-10 had a dog inside the cab of the tractor-trailer at the time of the crash. “There was a dog in the truck,” witness and truck driver Jean Beck said. “It was whining a bit.” Beck said the dog was stuck inside the cab between the dash and

The couple killed when the tractor trailer they were riding in struck a piece of machinery were newly-engaged, relatives told ABC-7 Friday. Police identified the driver as 24-year-old Patrick Charles Van Fossen, of McKinney, Texas and his passenger as Keserie Paredes of Van Alstyne, Texas. Police officials said a preliminary investigation revealed construction machinery parked

Did you see something bright in the sky Friday night? You’re not alone. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Friday evening around 6:30 p.m., sending social media ablaze with sightings from New Mexico, Arizona, and even Mexico. The rocket will launch ten satellites for the Iridium