Month: January 2018

UTEP released financial information regarding pay for UTEP’s head football coach, men’s basketball coach, and the school’s new athletic director as part of an open records request submitted by KVIA. As it turns out, the new guys are making more than those they replaced – at least in base salary. Here is info regarding salaries

A single vehicle rollover was reported in Southeast Las Cruces at Baylor Canyon Road about 2 miles north of Dripping Springs Road. This is near the Organ Mountains. A spokesperson for the Dona Ana Sheriff’s Office said a family of seven was in a GMC Yukon when it rolled over. The spokesperson confirms 2 people

Emma Mora, the co-founder of Chico’s Tacos, died Sunday evening, sources close to her family tell ABC-7. Employees at the Chico’s Tacos on Alameda in South Central El Paso confirmed Mora’s death, but declined to comment. ABC-7 asked employees if Mora had been ill, but the employees said they didnt know, adding they were surprised

The kidnapping of a 3-year-old Sunland Park girl, now found safe, has captured the attention of many borderland residents in the past 24 hours. Viewers contacted ABC-7’s newsroom, asking why an amber alert wasn’t issued for Victoria Rodriguez’s disappearance. Police say Rodriguez was taken by her aunt, Natalia Figueroa, who had previously taken care of

An investigation is underway in California after 13 siblings ages 2 to 29 were allegedly held captive in a home, some “shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks,” the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said in a press release. Two parents, 57-year old David Allen Turpin and 49-year old Louise Anna Turpin, were arrested in

Dolores O’Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London hotel. She was 46. The singer-songwriter’s publicist, Lindsey Holmes, confirmed that O’Riordan died in London, where she was recording, “No further details are available at this time,” Holmes said,

A sports journalist found wandering near a Houston highway after being reported missing has been discharged following several days in a hospital. Courtney Roland on Monday tweeted a message of thanks to medical personnel, Houston police and others who helped after what she calls an “adverse reaction” to her prescription medication. Roland, who covers Texas

New York Post writer Paul Sperry wants Americans to ask El Pasoans about the benefits of the border fence built under the Bush Administration. “A two-story corrugated metal fence first erected under the Bush administration – already has dramatically curtailed both illegal border crossings and crime in Texas’ sixth-largest city, which borders the high-crime Mexican

A massive fire at an apartment complex in Atlanta last week had firefighters racing to the scene. Part of their effort – tossing and catching children from a burning building. Captain Jackie Peckrul caught a baby who was tossed from a third floor balcony engulfed in flames. It was one out of a dozen people

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Monday morning for El Paso’s newest Famous Dave’s BBQ restaurant. The new restaurant is located in Far East El Paso on 12704 Montana Ave and Rich Beem. This will be the 4th locally owned restaurant in the borderland. “I think this is a great market. Everybody has been out

Slovenian-born Melania Trump has been unafraid to go against her husband’s “America First” agenda and stay true to her roots, if there’s a message to be taken from her bold, foreign-flavored wardrobe in 2017. In her first year as first lady, Mrs. Trump has often wrapped herself in the clothes of her home continent as

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit over an Albuquerque panhandling ordinance that went into effect last month. The ordinance passed by the Albuquerque City Council prohibits panhandlers from soliciting motorists at medians and sidewalks. It also makes it illegal for motorists to physically interact with them. City Councilor Trudy

The murder of a Hispanic New Mexico jailer in 1968 – a year of unrest in the U.S. – has divided residents, scholars and civil rights advocates for decades. Fifty years and two investigations later, one of the most dramatic conflicts of the civil rights era remains unsolved. On a frigid January evening, assailants abducted

Sunland Park police have confirmed with ABC-7 that 3-year-old Victoria Rodriguez has been returned safe to her father after she was reported kidnapped Sunday morning. Police say the girl’s aunt, 31-year-old Natalia Figueroa broke into the home and took her. Natalia faces burglary and kidnapping charges. Figueroa has still not been located. Police say an

South Africa summoned the United States’ senior diplomat in Pretoria on Monday over President Donald Trump’s recent disparaging comments about African nations and Haiti. Trump has been accused of describing African nations as “shithole countries” during a meeting with U.S. senators last week. He has denied making the statements, as well as the ensuing accusations

A lot has changed since UTEP defeated Arizona in the first round of the 1987 NCAA Tournament on Arizona’s home floor. Jeep Jackson led the Miners to a thrilling 98-91 win in overtime that day in Tucson. But Arizona has done a lot more winning than UTEP has since that fateful game. “Part of it

President Donald Trump is defending himself anew against accusations that he is racist, this time after recent disparaging comments about Haiti and African nations. “No, No. I’m not a racist,” Trump said Sunday, after reporters asked him to respond to those who think he is. “I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed.

President Donald Trump said Sunday that a program that protects immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children is “probably dead,” casting a cloud over already tenuous negotiations just days before a deadline on a government funding deal that Democrats have tied to immigration. At issue is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

It could end up costing more than $40 million to remediate a brine well on the southern edge of Carlsbad and prevent its collapse. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports the new price tag is the result of the latest budget proposal developed by the Carlsbad Brine Well Remediation Advisory Authority. The estimate comes amid contract negotiations

Police say gunfire at a Dallas-area residence has one man dead and two teens wounded. Garland police are trying to determine what sparked the shootings before dawn Monday. Police didn’t immediately announce any arrests. Officers responded to a call about someone being shot at a home and that people in a fleeing red car possibly

The Downtown Management District is introducing a new event this month in downtown El Paso that’ll have some people brushing up on their miniature golfing skills. The ‘Barstool Open’ is a nine-hole mini-golf tournament that will take place through out seven downtown bars on Saturday, January 27. Participating bars include Circa 1963, Park Tavern, International,

A recent study found more than 60 percent of people who try a cigarette become daily smokers, but kicking the habit is necessary to regain health. The National Cancer Institute reports that there are more then 7,000 chemicals in cigarettes. More than 250 of the chemicals, like carbon monoxide, are harmful, and more than 69

I-10 reduced to one lane at Sunland Park 9pm-6am US-54 closed northbound from Hondo Pass to Transmountain 9pm-6am I-10 West closed between Yarbrough and Airway 9pm-6am Paisano to be closed until February 11th Sunland Park reduced to two lanes from constitution to Paisano The right lane on Mesa to close from North Mesa to Osborne

An official with U.S Border Patrol tells ABC-7 an El Paso Sector Border Patrol agent was involved in a deadly shooting in Socorro. Socorro Police say they responded to a call of an aggravated assault in progress around 4:30 A.M. Sunday on the 300 block of Melendez Road. When police arrived, they found the male

Four local skaters’ hard work came to fruition, as they showcased their routines in the Special Olympics figure skating competition on Sunday. “They’ve been working on this so hard, that whenever they do it, they’re so happy,” coach Esther Gonzalez said. “It’s a very, very fun sport. They really love it. They accomplish a lot.”

It’s been more than a month since Mexican journalist Emilio Gutierrez Soto was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, better known as ICE. Gutierrez Soto asked for asylum back in 2008 and it was just this last year his request was denied, now he’s in custody awaiting deportation. Gutierrez Soto spent more than

President Donald Trump says a program to protect immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children is “probably dead.” The Republican president tweets that “Democrats don’t really want it,” referring to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The Obama-era program shields these individuals, commonly referred to as “Dreamers,” from deportation. Trump said last year

Officials at Carlsbad Caverns National Park say the park’s secondary elevators will be out of service for required maintenance from Jan. 22-24. The work involves shortening the cables installed on both secondary elevator cars last February. Park officials say stretches in new hoist cables is common, especially in long hoistways like the 750-foot shaft at

A mother and daughter have been arrested after a methamphetamine lab in an Arlington, Texas, apartment exploded with an infant inside. Arlington police spokesman Lt. Christopher Cook said Sunday that 21 pounds of meth were seized when the women were arrested late Friday. No one was injured in the blast. Thirty-nine-year-old Nancy Cruz-Rodriguez has been

A journalist was killed Saturday in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas and authorities said they were investigating to see if his death was related to his work. Carlos Dominguez Rodriguez was slain in the city of Nuevo Laredo across from Texas while driving in a car with relatives who were unhurt in the attack,