Month: March 2018

The Faith Christian Academy boys basketball team won the 3A state championship in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools tournament on Friday. Faith Christian defeated Kerrville Our Lady of the Hills in the final by a score of 69 to 40. The final was held in Waco. TAPPS congratulated Faith Christian Academy on

A judge declared a mistrial in the trial of the man accused of causing the death of an El Paso County Constable Halloween Night 2014. This is the second trial to end in a mistrial for Devon Huerta-Person. In December 2016, a judge declared a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict deliberated

ABC-7 news anchor Estela Casas is “feeling better every day” after undergoing a double mastectomy.Casas, who has been battling breast cancer since September, and is another step closer to becoming cancer free, is recovering after going through the procedure Feb. 22. Co-anchor Rick Cabrera spoke with her this week via Skype to see how she

James Martin Camacho arrived in the borderland exactly six weeks ago. Now, he’s on his way back home after disappearing for a month and being found dead in a Juarez cotton field. Camacho, a 7-year-old boy from Washington state, was brought to Juarez by his father, went missing on January 21, 2018 and turned up

New Mexico State University is proposing transferring $1.1 million reserved for academics to the athletic department. The university’s Athletic Review committee said in a memo the transfer of funds is needed to retain coaches by increasing salaries. The committee also believes the current athletics staff has managed to be successful despite working at a “bare

A Texas man has been sentenced to three years in prison after scamming immigrants by saying he could get them legal status for money. Federal prosecutors in Seattle say that from late 2011 until spring 2015, 50-year-old Alejandro Gurany of El Paso falsely claimed to work for a government immigration office. Investigators identified more than

President Donald Trump’s move to impose tariffs on imported steel is meant to protect an industry that employs about 140,000 Americans. Yet by raising the price of steel, those same tariffs stand to hurt a far larger group of U.S. workers: the 6.5 million who work in industries that buy steel – from automakers to

Authorities say a woman who helped three murder suspects escape from the Bexar (bayr) County jail later called police to turn them in. San Antonio police Chief William McManus says the three men escaped Friday morning and were apprehended less than an hour later after stopping at a fast-food restaurant. An ex-girlfriend of one of

A man charged for killing a pet snake while burglarizing a Northeast home said he was high on Zanax and doesn’t recall the alleged incident, according to a criminal complaint. Eighteen-year-old Elio Martell was located by El Paso Police when responding to a burglary in progress January 26 at a home at the 5500 block

Investigators with the University of Texas at El Paso Police Department are investigating an alleged invasive visual recording inside a bath or dressing room at Memorial Gym, a report obtained by ABC-7 states. The crime and incident report states the incident occurred between February 21st and the 26th. ABC-7’s I-Team obtained the incident report ,

The Department of Justice says the owner of Twisted Roots, a Carlsbad smoke shop, pleaded guilty Friday in Federal Court in Las Cruces to charges on the sale and offer of sale of drug paraphernalia. This plea agreement with Leon Conaway, 56, recommends a three year probation sentence. Conaway was arrested this past January and

A man assaulted in mid-February died as a result of the injuries he sustained during the attack, police said. Fabian Diaz, 47, was assaulted at about 1:30 am on February 19, 2018. When police arrived at the 3500 block of McKinley, officers found Diaz with injuries to his head and body. Diaz was transported to

The Houston Chronicle reports police are looking for a man who allegedly shot his girlfriend outside the UT Health Science center in Houston on Friday morning. UT Police Department Assistant Chief Vicki King told the Houston Chronicle the woman and her boyfriend got into an argument the night before. King said the man shot his

Two teens have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a park in southwest Albuquerque. Officer Simon Drobik said Friday the two 15-year-olds were booked into the juvenile detention center on an open count of murder in the death of 25-year-old Larry Desantiago. Police responded to the shooting at Tower Park just before

Police warned the public not to a confront a 19-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting two people on Friday at a Central Michigan University residence hall, saying he is considered dangerous and likely still in the area. Neither victim was a student at the school, and investigators believe the shooting was related to some type

A former Trump administration appointee running for Congress in a closely watched race in southern New Mexico says his university is trying to fire him for seeking the seat. Gavin Clarkson, a business law professor at New Mexico State University, said this week the school told him that his leave of absence had been revoked

A middle school student was arrested, accused of spreading a threat that someone was going to shoot up the school. El Paso County Sheriff’s officials are only identifying the student as a girl, 14, from Garcia Enriquez Middle School. Officials said the incident happened on Feb. 17 and came in as an anonymous cell phone

NASA launched another of the world’s most advanced weather satellites on Thursday, this time to safeguard the western U.S. The GOES-S satellite thundered toward orbit aboard an Atlas V rocket, slicing through a hazy late afternoon sky. Dozens of meteorologists gathered for the launch, including TV crews from the Weather Channel and WeatherNation. GOES-S is

Investigators allege that a 26-year-old man charged in the shooting death of a suburban Dallas police officer said he “wanted to go to war with the police” who confronted him last month at an apartment complex. A police affidavit released Thursday asserts that Brandon McCall expressed his intentions in phone calls he made from the

There is a crash on I-10 West and Copia, the cars are on the median. Get off on Montana if you are traveling Southbound on US-54.

Sheriff’s deputies in California were conducting an area check Wednesday when they came upon a large, rectangular box made of plywood — and found three children living near mounds of trash and human feces. The box was on a property that had neither running water nor electricity and was surrounded by large holes, police said.

A federal judge sentenced the man convicted of killing a Hatch police officer to a second life sentence, without the possibility of release. Jesse Hanes was facing federal charges of carjacking and felon in possession of a firearm. Hanes, 40, pleaded guilty to killing Hatch Police Officer Jose Ismael Chavez in August 2016. He was

Early voting ends Friday, and El Paso County officials said turnout has increased compared to other recent elections. Without factoring results from Thursday or Friday, El Paso County Election administrator Lisa Wise said more than 26,000 voters have cast their ballots compared to more than 22,000 in 2014. She said she expects a high turnout

Socorro City Council members discussed legal consultation regarding properties on Coker Road Thursday. Council members voted to approve the re-inspection of dilapidated structures on Coker Road. In January, residents living on the road were sent letters condemning their homes and giving them three months to move out. The letter came after residents in the area

The Atlas V Rocket carrying GOES-S, the second satellite in the GOES-R series, launched today at 5:02 pm ET in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It is a Geostationary Operational Environmental satellite that will significantly improve the way scientists and meteorologists track storms, lightning, fog, and fires in the western United States. Geostationary means the satellite’s orbit

The UTEP men’s basketball team still has a solid chance to make the Conference USA Tournament, but they let a golden opportunity slip away Thursday at Rice. UTEP fell 76-70 against the Owls after allowing 12 offensive rebounds and 16 second-chance points. UTEP interim head coach Phil Johnson said that was the difference in the

The UTEP women’s basketball team secured its spot in the Conference USA Tournament by beating FIU 86-70 at home Thursday night. The Miners entered the night in 12th place in Conference USA with FIU right behind them in 13th place. The top 12 teams in the 14-team conference make the C-USA Tournament. Zuzanna Puc led

A power outage forced El Paso Community College to close its Valle Verde campus. The outage happened Wednesday afternoon. Power was restored late Thursday evening. Students and staff have been notified through the College’s Tejano Alert Emergency System. Classes, student services and offices at the other EPCC campuses were not affected. “We experienced a fault

Investigators arrested 17 alleged Barrio Azteca gang members during a roundup this week, said officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety during a news conference Thursday. DPS was assisted by local law enforcement agencies, as well as the FBI, DEA, ATF and Homeland Security Investigations. A DPS official said the suspects are accused of