Month: January 2018

Flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii, but the good news is the flu season appears to be peaking. U.S. health officials on Friday said plenty of people are getting sick, and the flu has hit epidemic levels – just as it does most winters. But an update from the Centers for Disease

The battle on Capitol Hill over immigration continues with the fate of Dreamers – immigrants brought here illegally as children – still up in the air. With Democratic leaders, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, saying Dreamers are American and El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke posting on Facebook Dreamers are as American as his three kids,

A local science teacher is using penguins, seals and icebergs to inspire her students. Monica Nunez is a science teacher at Santa Teresa High School, and she just returned from the trip of a lifetime to Antarctica. She was one of 35 teachers across the country chosen as a Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor

There is a crash on I-10 East and Hawkins that is blocking the on ramp. I-10 West and McRae and the Airway on ramp will help you get on I-10 East.

Authorities in South Carolina say a motorcyclist survived a 75-foot (23-meter) fall after being thrown from his bike after a crash. Charleston Police spokesman Charles Francis said officers were called at around 2:45 a.m. Friday and found a damaged motorcycle against a retaining wall of an Interstate 26 overpass in Charleston. Francis said in a

The doctor accused of fondling his patients is now only facing a maximum of three years in prison if convicted. Doña Ana County prosecutors told the ABC-7 New Mexico Mobile Newsroom crew that the judge ordered late Thursday night that four kidnapping charges be dropped against Dr. Robert Woody. The kidnapping charges carried 18 years

For some Walmart employees, the day brought news of a pay raise. Others learned they were out of a job. Walmart said Thursday that it is boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers and handing out bonuses. The announcement came as the company also confirmed it is closing dozens of Sam’s Club warehouse stores –

A crash between a car and a Little Caesars Pizza 18-wheeler sent two people to the hospital early Friday morning. At about 3:30 a.m. El Paso Police and Fire responded to 12100 block of Montwood Drive, between Firehouse Dr. and Zaragoza Blvd in east El Paso. It appeared the car struck the right side of

The artist behind the XII Travelers statue project has died. The El Paso Times is reporting Friday that sculptor John Houser had suffered a heart attack a year ago and died on Wednesday. ABC-7 last reported in 2013 that Houser was working with his son on the fourth statue in the Travelers series. He spoke

I-10 West closed at Executive 9PM-6AM I-10 West closed at Yarbrough 9PM-6AM US-54 Closed at Hondo Pass to Transmountian 9PM-5AM Mesa right lane closure from S. Desert blvd.- Osborne 9AM-5PM US-54 closure N Sean Haggerty 9AM-5PM

The UTEP Miners can’t seem to catch a break this season even when they’re playing in front of their own home crowd. Thursday night, the Miners lost their third straight conference game against the Florida Atlantic Owls by a final of 73-66. The Owls came into the game winless in conference play and just like

El Paso native and Franklin High School graduate, Jonny Svarzbein, the brother of El Paso City Representative Peter Svarzbein, starred in a Jimmy Kimmel Live skit poking fun at a new Ikea advertisement. Ikea’s magazine advertisement asks women to drop a sample of their urine on the page to find out if they are pregnant.

The former El Paso police officer accused of sexually assaulting three victims and visually recording them while on-duty has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the invasive visual recording charge. “This is an extremely sad and embarrassing day for a lot of people – the complaintants, family, yourself and your children,” presiding Judge

Texas is known for its barbecue, Mexican and Tex/Mex food. But the best new restaurant in all the state may surprise you. “El Paso got the number one restaurant in Texas, I’m like ‘What Mexican restaurant is it?’” El Paso Yelp community ambassador Lisa Hernandez said. It’s actually a Vietnamese restaurant located on the East

Speaking to the jury for the first time, a Las Cruces neurologist admitted on Thursday to hugging patients, inviting one of them to dinner and kissing another on the neck. Dr. Robert Woody is accused of groping several patients behind closed doors and asking if they were gay. Woody faces four counts of kidnapping and

Lance Stuart bounced from place to place, regularly getting evicted by police while living in tents at various locations around Amarillo, before coming to the Christ Church Camp of New Beginnings about two months ago. The Amarillo Globe-News reports the 42-year-old said he has been trying to rebuild his life amid a cycle of homelessness

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that Texas violated federal law for more than a decade by denying thousands of students with disabilities access to special education services. Authorities found that the Texas Education Agency failed to ensure an “appropriate public education was made available to all children with disabilities”

Police charged the employee of an El Paso pet grooming business accused of slapping a dog and injuring the animal’s right eye. Lucia Janeth Gonzalez Sifuentes is charged with “Cruelty to Non-Livestock Animals: Torture,” according to a criminal complaint affidavit obtained by ABC-7. Police said the owner of a 13-year-old female schnauzer named Zia took

A Fort Bliss soldier shot a 21-year-old man four times because the victim had allegedly been stealing from him, then tried to destroy evidence linking him to the murder, a criminal complaint obtained by ABC-7 states. Investigators identified 21-year-old Cornelius Dewayne Harrison as the person allegedly responsible for the murder of Frank Alexander Hernandez. Detectives

New Mexico’s largest electric utility says it’s disappointed with a decision by state regulators to move ahead with a revamped proposal that includes a much smaller rate increase than initially approved. A divided Public Regulation Commission voted Wednesday in favor of an order that would allow for a rate hike close to 2 percent. The

President Donald Trump has promoted a tough-on-crime agenda at the White House, but now says the nation needs to find ways to help inmates eventually re-enter society. Searching for conservative solutions on criminal justice, Trump convened a group of governors, faith-based leaders and experts on Thursday to “break this vicious cycle” and find ways of

The federal government recorded a budget deficit of $23.2 billion in December, smaller than a year ago. But for the first three months of this budget year, the deficit is 7.2 percent larger than the same period last year. The December deficit was 15.2 percent lower than the $27.3 billion imbalance in December 2016, the

A grand jury indicted 17 alleged members and associates of the notoriously violent MS-13 gang on charges including murder and drug trafficking following a seven-month investigation that spanned several states, officials announced Thursday. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said the county and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency started the investigation into the gang’s activities

A 6-year-old boy who was shot several times and was the last victim still hospitalized following the Nov. 5 church massacre in South Texas went home riding in a firetruck. Officials with University Health System in San Antonio say Ryland Ward left the hospital Thursday afternoon. A gunman opened fire at First Baptist Church in

The highest-ranking member of a Mexican cartel to ever surrender to U.S. authorities has pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges, acknowledging he orchestrated the shipments of thousands of pounds (kilograms) of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin to the United States. Damaso Lopez Serrano, 29, entered his plea Wednesday in federal court in San Diego, nearly six

The New Mexico Supreme Court says prosecutors are not obligated to present live witness testimony at pretrial detention hearings. The ruling Thursday settles a question that had emerged among some prosecutors after voters approved a 2016 constitutional amendment to ensure dangerous or high-risk defendants awaiting trial remain incarcerated, and nonviolent suspects unable to afford bail

El Paso Police are looking for information on one failed and one successful robbery committed in the past week in West El Paso. Investigators believe the two crimes are connected. The first occurred last Thursday, January 4th, just after 5 PM at Evolve FCU on 6950 Pitt St. The male suspect allegedly handed the teller

Detectives with the police department’s Crimes Against Children (CAC) Unit arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a girl. Police charged Carlos Thurman, 70, with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. The investigation revealed Thurman raped the girl on several occasions in between August 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. On Thursday, January 11, 2018,

Gov. Susana Martinez’s proposal to grant broader immunity to police in use-of-force lawsuits is being met with criticism from attorneys and others on both sides of the debate. The Albuquerque Journal reports that Martinez plans to push for a measure during the upcoming legislative session that would provide somewhat of a legal shield for law