Month: January 2018

A blind 13-year-old dog that has cancer was found covered in snow and barely able to move after he spent five nights outside in the bitter cold, huddled in a window well of a neighbor’s home in eastern Minnesota. Patsy Sumpter told KARE-TV that it was a miracle her goldendoodle, Buddy, was discovered alive, saying

A former high school classmate of a University of Pennsylvania student found stabbed and buried in a California park was charged Wednesday with murder and investigators were looking for evidence of a hate crime, a prosecutor said. Samuel Woodward, 20, killed 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein with a knife, the complaint said, while Bernstein was visiting his

Local authorities pursued a vehicle from the Northeast to the Far East late Tuesday night and into the early morning hours of Wednesday, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. This occurred around midnight after police say a Texas Department of Safety Trooper attempted to pull over a Honda near Dyer St. and State

A Houston-area sex offender who was convicted of killing a young woman and confessed to three more strangling deaths is set for lethal injection in Texas Thursday in what would be the first U.S. execution of 2018. The Harris County District Attorney’s office dubbed Anthony Allen Shore the “Tourniquet Killer” because of how he ended

A former domestic employee of Goldman Sachs President David Solomon has been arrested in Los Angeles on charges he stole over $1 million of rare wine from his boss. Charges against Nicolas DeMeyer are in a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan. The indictment says DeMeyer stole hundreds of bottles of wine worth over $1.2

New Mexico authorities say a man who used a front-end loader to try to flip an SUV and led deputies on a chase is hospitalized after being shot by sheriff’s deputies. State police said in a statement that the confrontation happened in the small city of Portales near Texas. The statement issued Tuesday said James

The death of a fraternity pledge from alcohol poisoning has led to hazing charges against nine Florida State University students. State attorney Jack Campbell filed charges on Wednesday in Leon County Court. All nine will be charged with “College Hazing-Cause Injury or Death” in 20-year-old Andrew Coffey’s death. Coffey, who was a junior and a

El Paso community members are alerting one another where law enforcement officers are posted on social media and in apps to avoid citations. One of the most popular outlets is a closed Facebook group with more than 33,000 members. “We’ve known that page has been out there for some time,” said El Paso County Sheriff

The nation’s more than 10,000 drunken driving deaths a year are “entirely preventable,” according to a government-commissioned report released Wednesday by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Here are the report’s key recommendations for addressing the problem: -States should pass laws lowering their drunken driving thresholds from a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 to

There is a crash on I-10 East and Mesa just past the Mesa on ramp. Fire officials are on their way to the scene of the crash. As of now there are no reports of any injuries. Minor delays observed take Doniphan to avoid this area.

There is a stalled car on I-10 East and Asarco that is blocking the right lane and the right shoulder. Take Mesa to avoid this car.

A prestigious scientific panel is recommending that states significantly lower their drunken driving thresholds as part of a blueprint to eliminate the “entirely preventable” 10,000 alcohol-impaired driving deaths in the United States each year. The U.S. government-commissioned, 489-page report by a panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released Wednesday throws the

The start of 2018 brings new year resolutions that for many include kick starting a healthier lifestyle. One local doctor is encouraging the community to make improvements to oral hygiene. “Many times we have quite a few patients that tell me near the end of the year that they’re going to get on track and

A post-election salary hike of 10 percent is being contemplated for New Mexico’s governor, attorney general, secretary of state and several other statewide elected officials. The Legislature’s lead budget writing committee this week endorsed the bill proposal to increase pay for seven statewide elected officials and members of the Public Regulation Commission come Jan. 1,

A West Texas man must serve life in prison in a plea deal for his role in the 2016 shooting deaths of two people at a home in San Angelo. Prosecutors on Tuesday announced Raymond Alvarado Jr. of San Angelo pleaded guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison without chance for

There is a crash on I-10 West and Zaragoza halting traffic. Take Gateway or Montana to avoid this area.

January 17 is National Bootlegger’s Day. It marks the date when the U.S. Congress banned the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol with the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1920. Ironically, January 17 is also the birthday of an infamous American mobster and bootlegger. Alphonse “Al” Capone was born in 1899. According to the

I-10 West closed at Executive 9pm-6am Paisano drive entrance ramp to I-10 East to close Mesa right lane closure North Desert to Osborne Paisano closed at Sunland Park, right turn to I-10 East still open I-10 West closed at Airway and Yarbrough US-54 closed at Hondo Pass to Transmountain

The Americas boys basketball team separated itself from the rest of District 1-6A by going on the road Tuesday night and defeating Coronado by a final of 58-50. Both teams entered Tuesday night with a record of 5-0 in district play, but now Americas sits alone at the top of the standings thanks to their

When voters passed a Socorro Independent School bond of $448 million dollars last November, the district said it wanted to hit the ground running. The first project is the reconstruction of Socorro high school with a budget of $135 million. The school is more than fifty years old. At at a SISD board meeting Tuesday,

On Tuesday evening, dozens of Sunland Park residents found out their water might be getting cut off Wednesday. They say the city’s water company, The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, would be charging a $75 reconnection fee if they didn’t pay their balance due Tuesday. Angry residents say the move by the utility was abrupt

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Tuesday refused to answer a broad array of queries from the House Intelligence Committee about his time working for President Donald Trump, provoking a subpoena from the panel’s Republican chairman. The development brought to the forefront questions about White House efforts to control what

ABC-7 is looking into how animal cruelty cases are handled outside of El Paso’s city limits. Last month, ABC-7 introduced you to the El Paso Police Department’s new animal cruelty investigative unit. A member of the team, Sgt. Sandra Zamudio, said the unit was created because cases were not being processed efficiently. “We started realizing

Indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a campaign war chest of $5.7-plus million as he seeks re-election. Paxton campaign’s announced Tuesday that the Republican raised nearly $775,000 through the end of 2017. Paxton faces no opposition in the GOP primary March 6 and is heavily favored in November’s general election. His Democratic opponent, Houston

Several employees within the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office have filed complaints against Undersheriff Ken Roberts in recent years, alleging racial and sexual discrimination, records obtained by ABC-7 state. “One day, when I wore a dress to work, the Undersheriff winked at me,” wrote a woman who filed a complaint. “It was offensive. He would

TxDOT’s initiative to tow stranded motorists for free on portions of I-10 and the Border Highway has ended. TxDOT launched the initiative back in October. Tow trucks were on stand-by on I-10 from Cotton to Thorn during peak rush hours: 6-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. El Paso Towing signed a three-month, $68,000 contract to provide

Authorities say a man is hospitalized in critical condition after the small plane he was flying crashed in New Mexico. Santa Fe Sheriff’s officials say the pilot called a regional emergency communications center about 8 p.m. Monday to report the crash. The man provided coordinates directing emergency personnel east of the Rancho San Marcos subdivision

Puerto Rico rapper and reggaeton sensation, Bad Bunny, will be making another appearance in the Borderland after selling-out the El Paso County Coliseum last month. Bad Bunny will perform at the Coliseum again on Friday, March 23 at 8:30 pm. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, January 19 at 10 am and will be

Pope Francis met on Tuesday with survivors of priests who sexually abused them, wept with them and apologized for the “irreparable damage” they suffered, his spokesman said. The pontiff also acknowledged the “pain” of priests who have been held collectively responsible for the crimes of a few, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke told reporters at the