Month: March 2018

The El Paso Rhinos scored eight goals in the first two periods and easily defeated the Oklahoma City Blazers, 9-1, Saturday night to complete a two-game sweep in the WSHL Midwest Division Finals. Chaseton Sare recorded a hat trick on the evening with two of his goals coming in the second period. The Rhinos tallied

Police are investigating a shooting on the 8500 block of Alameda. Fire dispatch told ABC-7 one person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, but later died. The incident happened before 2 p.m. at the Michelle’s Apartments. Crimes Against Persons are investigating the incident. No arrests have been made, but officials maintain the public

The American service member killed this week by a roadside bomb in northern Syria was a 36-year-old Army soldier from Texas, the Defense Department said Saturday. Master Sgt. Johnathan J. Dunbar, of Austin, died Friday as a result of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol in Manbij, Syria, not far

Saturday was the 40th annual Northeaster Parade. El Paso County Sheriff Richard D. Wiles was the grand marshal. The theme was “First Responders “R” Super Heroes”. Sheriff Wiles has served his community as a Firefighter, Patrol Officer, Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief, Interim Chief of Police, Chief of Police and now as

Louisiana State Police say an 11-year-old has died after the speeding pickup truck he was driving hit a tree. Trooper Glenn Younger says in a news release that only Clark James Davis was in the 1993 Ford Ranger when it went off Louisiana Highway 802 about 4:15 a.m. Saturday in Webster Parish, about 5 miles

Rocker Ted Nugent says the Florida students calling for gun control have “no soul” and are “mushy brained children.” The 69-year-old made the comments Friday while defending the National Rifle Association as a guest on the Joe Pags show, a nationally syndicated conservative radio program. Nugent, a longtime member of the NRA’s board of directors,

A Texas woman was sentenced to five years in prison for voting in the 2016 presidential election when she was ineligible because she was on probation. Crystal Mason, 43, will appeal the punishment handed down this past week in Fort Worth, according to her attorney. Mason is a former tax preparer who was previously convicted

Baylor University paid former football coach Art Briles more than $15 million after firing him in 2016 in the wake of a sexual assault scandal that included allegations against former players and rocked his program, according to newly released tax documents. Baylor also gave former university President Ken Starr more than $4.5 million after he

A 59-year-old man was killed Saturday morning after being struck by a vehicle on I-10, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Officials say the incident happened around 11 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of I-10 near mile marker 99. Investigators say Hudspeth County received an emergency call from a rider on a charter

The Mormon church made history and injected diversity into a top leadership panel on Saturday by selecting the first-ever Latin-American apostle and the first-ever apostle of Asian ancestry. The selections of Ulisses Soares of Brazil and Gerrit W. Gong, a Chinese-American, were announced at the start of a twice-annual conference of The Church of Jesus

Officials are hoping to break ground on a project replacing 20 miles of border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico in early April. That’s according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald D. Vitiello. Vitiello briefed reporters Friday on how the administration plans to spend the $1.6 billion Congress authorized for border

Who needs “One Shining Moment” when you’ve got Sister Jean? The 98-year-old nun who has become the face of this most-inspiring NCAA Tournament held court on Good Friday in one of the best-attended news conferences ever held at the Final Four. Hundreds of reporters and cameramen jammed in, elbow-to-elbow, in an interview room that would

Steve Nash, Jason Kidd and Grant Hill are among the 13-member class that will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in September. The Hall of Fame made the announcement Saturday before the NCAA Final Four semifinals. The inductees also include Ray Allen, Maurice Cheeks, Tina Thompson, coach Lefty Driesell, Charlie Scott, longtime executive

Officials are hoping to break ground on a project replacing 20 miles of border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico in early April. That’s according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald D. Vitiello. Vitiello briefed reporters Friday on how the administration plans to spend the $1.6 billion Congress authorized for border

Investigators say a Central Texas man has been arrested after a neighbor reported seeing him throw his 2-year-old son out a third-story window. Travis County jail records show 32-year-old Fnu Faizullah was being held Friday on a charge of injury to a child. Austin police say the boy suffered cuts and bruises in Tuesday’s incident

The El Paso police animal cruelty unit needs your help. They say somebody abandoned puppies in a church dumpster. Police say on Feb. 4 a little before noon someone left seven mixed-breed pit bull puppies in a dumpster behind Life Water Church. An investigation revealed that the puppies had been covered with bleach and other

San Antonio Spurs shooting guard/small forward Danny Green is expected to return to El Paso this summer to host another youth basketball camp. Green is tentatively scheduled to host a camp at El Paso High School on July 7 and 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days. Click here for more information on

Doña Ana County Sheriff Enrique “Kiki” Vigil appointed Liliana McDowell-Schnell as the new undersheriff. McDowell-Schnell, a retired FBI agent, is currently the Otero County Undersheriff, where she was appointed by Otero County Sheriff Benny House in 2016. “I am excited to have Liliana on board,” said Vigil. “Her leadership in civil rights and crisis prevention

Amid heightened security efforts at schools nationwide, Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Las Cruces is now requiring visitors to leave their ID at the front office. The visitor must also sign in and receive a visitor’s pass. These measures have been put in place to make sure visitors enter and exit through the front

Immigrant rights groups will travel in caravan across Texas protesting SB4 two weeks after the controversial “sanctuary city ban” was allowed to be implemented during court proceedings. Immigrant rights groups like the Border Network for Human Rights are taking to the road, driving from El Paso, along the border to Houston, to educate communities about

Police arrested a man accused of assaulting the owner of a truck and stealing the keys to the Chevy pickup. 51-year-old James B. Wright, of the 2500 block of El Camino Real, is charged with a third-degree felony count of robbery. Investigators learned the 41-year-old owner of a Chevrolet pickup was at the Chevron gas

The police department’s Animal Cruelty unit is asking the public for help solving an animal cruelty case. On Sunday, February 4, 2018, animal control officers responded to 7966 Esther, where seven Pit-Bull mix puppies were found abandoned in a dumpster behind the church. An employee at Life Water Church told ABC-7 they were throwing out

Major League Baseball and Congress would seem like they are worlds apart, but not so. Why was minor league baseball impacted when President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion budget bill last wek? Some provisions in the bill are well-known with items like the border wall, gun reform and health care. The spending bill includes

Trouble is brewing for coffee lovers in California, where a judge ruled that sellers must post scary warnings about cancer risks. But how frightened should we be of a daily cup of joe? Not very, some scientists and available evidence seem to suggest. Scientific concerns about coffee have eased in recent years, and many studies

A federal grand jury in Maryland has indicted six alleged members of a violent street gang that’s been a prime Trump administration target. Six defendants – ranging in age from 19 to 22 – were charged in a nine-count indictment unsealed this week. The alleged members of MS-13, a gang with deep Central American ties,

Officials are hoping to break ground on a project replacing 20 miles of border fencing in Santa Teresa, New Mexico in early April. That’s according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald D. Vitiello. Vitiello briefed reporters Friday on how the administration plans to spend the $1.6 billion Congress authorized for border

Investigators with the Source City Metro Narcotics Task Force arrested and charged a Juarez man allegedly in possession of more than 50 pounds of marijuana. 23-year-old Angel Giron was arrested shortly before 6 p.m. on March 28, 2018 on the 9400 block of Alameda. Police said Giron was the operator and sole occupant of a

Federal agents have seized 63 dogs after discovering blood-stained carpet at the site of a suspected dogfighting pit in rural Georgia. Prosecutors say state troopers pulled over four vehicles March 17 and found a pit bull covered in blood. Authorities say the driver admitted to having just attended a dog fight in a remote part

An attack on 18-year-old Cuban-American and Parkland activist Emma González for not speaking Spanish by an Iowa Republican congressman’s campaign staff highlights the pressures U.S.-born Latinos face on language. “This is how you look when you claim Cuban heritage yet don’t speak Spanish and ignore the fact that your ancestors fled the island when the

Authorities in suburban Dallas have arrested a man in connection with a deadly shooting at an apartment complex in which one person was killed and three others were wounded. Police in Plano say the shooting occurred Thursday morning and described it as an isolated incident. Thursday evening, authorities arrested 18-year old Franklin Lee Barnes in