Month: May 2018

The UTEP men’s basketball team has reported landed highly-coveted transfer guard Anthony Tarke, according to reports. The news was first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports and WFAN Sports Radio. Tarke, who led NJIT in scoring last year at just over 15 points per game, will have to sit out next season before being

A 24-year-old man stopped while driving in southeastern Texas has been charged with murder in the strangulation death of a Dallas transgender woman. Jimmy Eugene Johnson II was arrested near Huntsville, Texas. He was driving a car seen in surveillance video from the Dallas apartment complex where 26-year-old Carla Patricia Flores-Pavon was found dead on

Texas families and businesses can save on the purchase of certain water- and energy-efficient products during the state’s Water-Efficient Products and ENERGY STAR® sales tax holidays. Both take place Saturday, May 26, through Monday, May 28. The Texas Comptroller’s office estimates shoppers will save about $10.7 million in state and local sales tax during the

NEW YORK (AP) – A Tony-winning Broadway actress who was pregnant when a car killed her 4-year-old daughter has lost the baby. An attorney for Ruthie Ann Miles and her husband says they are suffering pain that is “nearly impossible to fathom.” Miles’ daughter, Abigail, and a friend’s 1-year-old son were killed as they crossed

CANNES, France (AP) – When J.J. Abrams was a “Star Wars” novice, Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of “The Empire Strikes Back” and “The Return of the Jedi,” had some advice for him: “Star Wars” is not important. “But what is important is the way people feel about it,” said Kasdan. “And they are very committed

WACO, Texas (AP) – Texas prosecutors who have failed to convict a single person in the three years since a Waco shooting left nine bikers dead are trying a new tack of targeting fewer cases, but attorneys for the bikers say the evidence is so shaky and the lead prosecutor’s credibility so damaged that it

Dozens of El Paso playgrounds will soon see metal canopies as part of a new city ordinance. On Tuesday, the Parks and Recreation Department presented its proposal and the cost to city council to install metal canopies at parks. There are currently 122 playgrounds in the city that do not have any playground shade whatsoever.

The mother of three children police say were killed by her ex-husband says she believes he was mentally unstable when they divorced. Amanda Simpson survived what police say was Justin Painter’s fatal shooting of the children, her boyfriend and himself at her home in Ponder, Texas. She spoke in a Facebook Live video from her

The “deportation bus” that a candidate in Georgia’s Republican gubernatorial primary is using to promote a tough stance on illegal immigration broke down Thursday, a campaign spokesman said. State Sen. Michael Williams is taking the bus on a tour with stops in what he calls Georgia’s “dangerous sanctuary cities.” The former state co-chair for Donald

Investigators with the police department’s gang unit arrested a couple who allegedly assaulted a woman and discharged a weapon at a Northeast El Paso residence. Police charged Andy Salazar, 33, with two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Fabiola Payan, 29, was charged with a single count of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly

President Donald Trump on Thursday defended his use of the word “animals” to describe some immigrants who enter the country illegally, saying he would continue to use the term to refer to violent gang members in spite of a sharp rebuke from Democratic leaders. Answering a reporter’s question during a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens

Two former leaders of the notorious Bandidos biker gang have been found guilty by a federal jury in Texas of conspiracy to commit murder and several other charges. The jury in San Antonio reached its verdict Thursday against 62-year-old Jeffrey Fay Pike of Conroe and 58-year-old John Xavier Portillo of San Antonio. Pike was the

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) – Police say a South Texas child has died after being found unresponsive in a parked car as temperatures reached triple digits. A statement Thursday from Eagle Pass police says the girl was located in the vehicle in a school parking lot. She was pronounced dead at a hospital in Eagle

Texas prosecutors who have failed to convict a single person in the three years since a Waco shooting left nine bikers dead are trying a new tact of targeting fewer cases, but attorneys for the bikers say the evidence is so shaky and the lead prosecutor’s credibility so damaged that it will be difficult to

The suicidal man who locked himself inside a vehicle in a Northeast El Paso parking lot has surrendered to police after an hours-long standoff. The El Paso Police Department SWAT team blocked off the parking lot off Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at about 7:30 a.m. The team was deployed to handle the suicidal subject

Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is traveling on a state-funded trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with officials from the White House. Martinez spokeswoman Emilee Cantrell announced the Friday-morning trip. The governor’s office did not respond immediately to requests for more information about the meetings. Martinez is showing renewed cooperation with President Trump’s administration

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) – An autopsy report says the three people who were killed in a tank battery explosion near Carlsbad last year died of fatal burns. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports documents by the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator released this week say the surface area of the bodies were 100-percent charred, exposing

Albuquerque FBI Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade is leaving New Mexico and heading to FBI headquarters in the nation’s capital. The Albuquerque Journal reports Wade will become the bureau’s assistant director for the Inspections Division at the end of the month. The unit investigates everything from FBI employee off-duty drunken driving incidents to agent-involved

There is a crash on I-10 West and Yabrough blocking traffic. There are no reports of injuries as a result of this crash. If this is part of your commute take Gateway West, Montwood, or Montana.

ATLANTA (AP) – A security guard said he felt threatened during an argument with the rapper T.I. that led to the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist’s arrest outside his gated community near Atlanta. In a 10-minute phone call, the guard at Eagles Landing Country Club told a 911 dispatcher early Wednesday that a resident kept asking for

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A condemned Texas inmate who insisted he wasn’t involved in a San Antonio “lovers’ lane” killing more than 14 years ago was executed Wednesday evening for the slaying. Juan Edward Castillo, 36, received lethal injection for the fatal shooting and robbery of a 19-year-old man that testimony showed was carried out

HOUSTON (AP) – Prosecutors say a Houston bartender has been charged with serving 11 beers to a patron who later caused a wreck that killed a teenager returning home from prom. Natalia Ortiz was arrested late Wednesday on a misdemeanor charge of serving a person who’s drunk in the 2016 case. She’s also charged with

The City of El Paso and the El Paso Independent School District are working together to alleviate some parking problems around Coronado High School. A new parking lot will be built on Cloudview Drive between the high school and Irwin J. Lambda Park. If you drive through Cloudview Dr. during the week, you can see

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) – A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday evening after insisting he wasn’t involved in a San Antonio “lovers’ lane” killing more than 14 years ago that sent him to death row. Juan Edward Castillo was condemned for the fatal shooting and robbery of a 19-year-old man that testimony showed was carried out

Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Over 350,000 people will suffer from sudden cardiac arrest this year. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere and at any age. According to the American Red Cross, AED is the only effective treatment for restoring a regular heart rhythm during

May 17, 2018, marks the Sun City’s 145th birthday. What started as a small lawless town on the Rio Grande in 1873 is now consistently named one of the safest cities in the nation and is a finalist for this year’s All-American Cities award. The City of El Paso is hosting a free celebration at

A group of barbers and hair stylists packed up their gear and went to Ysleta High School to give free haircuts ahead of prom. Versatile Fades Barber Shop provided free hairdos for several boys inside the school’s band room. Bobby Boulding, or Big Man the Barber, said when he was younger he never got the

The Franklin Cougars are going on to the regional quarterfinals in the UIL State Baseball Playoffs! The Cougars beat Fort Worth Paschal twice last weekend (5-3 and 12-3) to advance to the third round of the postseason. The team is absolutely full of characters, and they don’t just win, they have fun doing it! “Just

Services you pay taxes for, like libraries, swimming pools and other recreational facilities, are being used by people who don’t even live in the city. Moreover, the taxes those homeowners pay, are not even staying in el paso. These homeowners live in MUD communities, which stands for municipal utilities developments, and which are popping up

Director Spike Lee’s latest film is based on the career of an El Paso man who went on to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. “BlacKkKlansman” is in competition for Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or award. It is the true-life tale of African-American police detective Ron Stallworth, played in the film by John David Washington.