Month: February 2018

A New Mexico boy who authorities say endured years of abuse and was found buried along the side of a rural highway had not attended school for several months. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported earlier this week Jeremiah Valencia’s mother, Tracy Pena (PEN-ya) pulled him out of a Las Vegas, New Mexico, middle school

CNN is reporting Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has called off an official trip to Washington to meet with President Donald Trump after a tense phone call brought the two leaders to a policy-driven standstill. Peña Nieto was tentatively planning the trip for March, a White House official said, but the official confirmed to CNN

As vehicles line up at the Border Patrol’s checkpoint a half-hour drive’s north of the U.S.-Mexico border, its agents have around 10 seconds to check each driver and decide which few they will stop for additional inspection. It’s a situation challenged constantly by smugglers, sometimes with deadly consequences. In July, 10 migrants died after a

Federal authorities are investigating a suspected natural gas leak that caused an explosion a newly renovated house in Dallas, killing a 12-year-old girl and injuring four other members of her family. The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a three-person team Sunday to look into the blast. Firefighters Friday found the home shattered

It’s been a rough season for the UTEP Miners with very few bright spots. However, Saturday night was one to remember for the UTEP seniors. In their final game at the Don Haskins Center, the UTEP seniors went out with a win after the Miners completely dominated the Southern Miss Eagles by a final of

The NMSU Aggies have done it again. Saturday night, the Aggies were crowned WAC regular season champions. Two things needed to happen for NMSU to win the title. First, defeat the University of Missouri Kansas City which the Aggies did by a final of 82-58. Second, the Aggies needed Utah Valley to lose its game

Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jamar Cotton tried breaking a world record Saturday afternoon. Cotton attempted to give most hugs in one minute. His goal was to give 110 hugs in 60 seconds. He hugged dozens during halftime at the New Mexico State Aggies basketball game. Cotton is a seven-year veteran of the Sheriff’s

Socorro Independent School District hosted the 2018 ‘SaYes to Creativity’ Regional Destination Imagination Tournament Saturday at Eastlake High School. More than 145 teams and about 28 districts from El Paso County participated in the day-long event. Teams competed in academic challenges in the fields of technical, science, fine arts, improvisation, engineering and service learning.Students took

Community members gathered at Fire Station 30 to help firefighters welcome a new fire pumper to the force. Saturday morning firefighters, city leaders and the community participated in the first ever El Paso Fire Department “wet-down” ceremony welcoming new trucks to the city fleet. The decades-old tradition involves the new truck being hosed down and

More than 500 Republicans and Cruz supporters were in attendance at 31st annual Lincoln Day Dinner. When Cruz spoke to the media, the conversation quickly turned to the recent school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead. Cruz said the answer is not to undermine the Second Amendment for law-abiding citizens. Saturday afternoon Sen. Ted

President Donald Trump is eyeing Veterans Day for a military parade but says he’ll scrap the idea if it can’t be done at a “reasonable cost.” Trump wasn’t asked to define “reasonable cost” during a telephone interview Saturday with Fox News Channel host Jeanine Pirro. But White House budget director Mick Mulvaney recently told Congress

Dozens gathered to learn life-saving techniques and to get free medical advice Saturday morning at Dolphin Terrace Elementary School. The SUNS health fair ran was free and open to the public from 9 a.m. until noon in Northeast El Paso. Blood pressure readings, blood sugar tests, EKGs, dental screening and more were offered to the

I-10 westbound at Resler will be closed starting Sunday, Feb. 25 at 3 a.m. through monday, Feb. 26, at 6 a.m. Mesa Street will be closed completely in both directions under the I-10 overpass along with the Sunland Park entrance ramp to I-10 westbound. Crews will demolish the I-10 westbound overpass and will re-stripe the

Pulling 55,000 pounds is no easy task. But on Saturday dozens of teams got together for the annual El Paso Fire Truck Pull, a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. “Today it weighs like four times as much as it normally does it seems like,” firefighter James Younger said. “We’re having fun. Everybody’s cheering each other’s

Police say a Texas woman attempted to hide evidence during an arrest by defecating in her pants and using the feces to conceal drugs. Officers in Corsicana, about 55 miles (88 kilometers ) south of Dallas, were investigating a report of a theft at a grocery store on Wednesday when they attempted to subdue a

Police say a Texas woman attempted to hide evidence during an arrest by defecating in her pants and using the feces to conceal drugs. Officers in Corsicana, about 55 miles (88 kilometers ) south of Dallas, were investigating a report of a theft at a grocery store on Wednesday when they attempted to subdue a

Police say they believe a man whose badly decomposed remains were found in a tree in Texarkana may have committed suicide. The Texarkana Gazette reports that railroad workers spotted what they thought was a Halloween decoration about 10:30 a.m. Friday while working. They quickly called police when they realized the remains were human. Authorities are

San Antonio Police say a local rapper was shot and killed early Saturday as he left a venue where he had just performed. Police identified the man as 25-year-old Christopher Polk, who had performed at the club the Ice Lounge earlier in the evening. Police say Polk and a friend left the club about 2

The National Rifle Association, and now the State of Florida, faced a growing backlash as companies cut ties to the gun industry following the latest school massacre, and student survivors called for tourism boycotts of their home state until gun control measures are enacted. The latest companies to end their ties with the NRA were

The idea of arming teachers to take out a shooter is alarming some law enforcement experts, who say it takes more than just being a good shot at a gun range. They say it would require specialized and repeated training to teach educators the proper tactics and enable them to conquer their fear and remain

A rollover on I-10 West near Airway is causing major delays. Police and fire are currently on scene. Traffic has been reduced to one lane. Avoid the area.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two Del Sol contract employees found dead in an apparent murder-suicide. They were 40-year-old William Joseph Glover and 36-year-old Barbara Adams. Deputies said Adams shot and killed Glover, then took her own life. The shooting happened Thursday, February 15, 2018. Deputies were called to the home

6A: Americas 34, Arlington Bowie 54 Final 5A: Andress 72, Amarillo Caprock 52 Final Amarillo 40, Canutillo 39 Final Eastlake 68, Amarillo Palo Duro 58 Final Burges 43, Canyon Randall 48 Final 4A: Clint 45, Seminole 48 Final 2A: Forsan 59, Anthony 49 Final

Fifty years ago Friday, an El Paso marine was part of documented history during the Vietnam War. Life magazine correspondent David Douglas Duncan was covering the war when he captured a photograph of sniper Albert Miranda looking through the scope of his rifle. The photograph became a transcendent image during the war. ABC-7’s Tom Scott

“There’s floors that aren’t being used right now, can we modernize those and do one floor at a time until we get the whole thing done? Should we tear the whole building down and start from scratch?” John Cook said. “You do have the annex, and the annex does house prisoners at a lesser cost,

The upgrade for customers in El Paso began on Feb. 6, and officials say will continue for several weeks, with different portions of the community upgrading each week through the end of February. The change has left some customers without cable and forcing them to pick up cable boxes for each television in their house.

Following a wave of threats against El Paso high schools last week, this week local school districts saw a decline in student attendance. El Paso police have arrested those responsible for making those threats on social media, but that still wasn’t enough to reassure parents that it was safe to send their child to school.

District Attorney Mark D’Antonio responded to New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez’s claims of incompetence. The governor questioned D’Antonio’s ability days after the release of Justin Quintana, the man arrested in 2007 for the shooting death of his mother. “I would feel more secure and feel like I am doing more protection for the public if

Doña Ana County commissioner have mixed emotions about the recent vacancy left in the seat for District 5. John Vasquez announced his resignation Thursday following allegations of sexual misconduct. “I thought that John was going to stay in there and step up to the plate and react to the situation and stay on board,” Commissioner

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 1.1 pounds of meth allegedly being carried by a woman in a package strapped to her body. CBP officials noticed unusual behavior from the woman who was crossing the Ysleta Port of Entryon foot at approximately 5:30 pm Thursday. During an inspection, CBP officials identified an unusual bulge