Month: May 2018

A street often used by University of El Paso students will be getting a makeover soon. The city is getting ready to make some major improvements on University Avenue but what prompted the enhancements? “We’re seeing an increase in both pedestrians and cyclists around UTEP so this is going to be an improvement for them,”

The El Paso Chihuahuas jumped out to an early 11-0 lead and never looked back, defeating Tacoma 11-3 Thursday night at home. The Chihuahuas scored three in the first, two in the second, and exploded for six in the third to take command early. Cory Spangenberg punctuated El Paso’s early dominance with a grand slam

Many of us have seen the sci-fi movies where doctors make limbs out of virtually anything. Doctors at Fort Bliss created a whole new ear for a female soldier, harvested the ear in her forearm and reattached it on her head. Pvt Shamika Shante Burrage was returning to El Paso when she was in a

101 was the high today – setting a new record. The old record was 98 in 2009. This is the second day in a row of hitting triple digits. Friday will be slightly cooler with highs near 97 degrees and 35 mph wind gusts in the afternoon. We’ll drop back into the low 90s for

Texas Department of Transportation is scheduled to close a portion of I-10 in both directions during graduation weekend. The 57-hour closure is scheduled to run from from 9 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Monday. I-10 will be closed in both directions from Sunland Park exit and entrance ramps. Sunland Park Drive southbound will be closed

Before New Mexico State regents announce the university’s next chancellor, Garrey Carruthers sat down with ABC-7 to reflect on his service to the college and the state. “You ought to do what you enjoy most,” Carruthers said. “When push came to shove, my real love was to be at New Mexico State University.” Long before

The Las Cruces City Council voted four to three to beautify the land surrounding the Interstate 25 interchange near University Avenue. “I can’t imagine how many cars travel through Interstate 25,” said Mayor Ken Miyagishima. The local project will run in conjunction with a massive, multimillion dollar state project to completely renovate the interchange. The

Jace Contreras, 4, is lying in a bed on the ninth floor of the Children’s Hospital in El Paso. But he is far from alone. He is surrounded by his family, get-well balloons and a zoo of stuffed animals. His body is bruised and broken, but he is out of the intensive care unit. On

The sale of the former Chinese Laundry building has been approved. The building, owned by El Paso businessman Billy Abraham, is located on 212 W. Overland within the planned downtown arena footprint. The city explored the option of eminent domain to acquire the building after Abraham filed for bankruptcy before a planned auction of his

A wreck has closed the two left lanes on Loop 375 East at Paseo Del Norte. Traffic is backed up to Resler and the expected clearing time is one hour, police say via Twitter. More updates will be posted at they become available.

The ex-wife of an Oklahoma man facing animal cruelty charges after allegedly killing his teenage daughter’s two dogs to punish her for not doing the dishes said Thursday both of the couple’s children were stunned by the incident. “They are devastated and in shock that their dad would hurt them that way,” said Danielle Depee.

With temperatures soaring into the triple digits again, it’s important to keep in mind the safety of your pet. If the air temperature is 100 degrees, pavement temperatures can climb above 120 and car temperatures can climb above 150 if parked in the sun for more than an hour. With temperatures that hot, it is

President Donald Trump is considering an Army veteran who is a Republican member of Congress for the position of Veterans Affairs secretary, part of a lengthening search for a nominee following the abrupt firing of David Shulkin in March. A White House official on Thursday said Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, who was elected to

Nearly half of U.S. cancer doctors who responded to a survey say they’ve recently recommended medical marijuana to patients, although most say they don’t know enough about medicinal use. The results reflect how marijuana policy in some states has outpaced research, the study authors said. All 29 states with medical marijuana programs allow doctors to

Before taking office, President Donald Trump railed against the pharmaceutical industry and accused it of “getting away with murder.” The populist rhetoric appears to be giving way to a more nuanced strategy focused on simplifying the secretive, complex system for setting U.S. drug prices, which are the highest in the world. It’s an approach that

The highest criminal court in Texas has overturned the murder conviction of a man who spent 19 years in prison for the stabbing death of a friend. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday overturned the conviction of 44-year-old John Earl Nolley. Nolley was freed in 2016 after a

Some immigrants living in the country illegally and accused of crimes sit in legal limbo, caught in a tug of a war between local prosecutors and federal immigration authorities who won’t let them appear in court because they fear being denied the opportunity to deport them. Advocates for immigrants say the hardball tactics of Immigration

A police officer and a judge were detained in southeastern Mexico for jailing and trying to prosecute a journalist allegedly without evidence and in retaliation for his reporting, authorities announced Thursday. Journalist Pedro Canche was arrested after covering a protest in the city of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, in the Caribbean state of Quintana Roo. He

A drug cartel’s assassins who killed three film students apparently mistaken for members of a rival gang and dissolved their bodies in acid did the same thing to nine other people, authorities said. Interior Secretary Alfonso Navarrete said investigators had detected DNA from 12 separate people in residual fats found at a location where one

Prosecutors have cleared a Las Cruces police officer of any wrongdoing in the deadly shooting of a New Mexico man suspected of homicide. Dona Ana County prosecutors determined last week that officer Joseph Campa’s shooting of 23-year-old Nathaniel Montoya in mid-February was justified under state law. Montoya was accused of shooting and killing 29-year-old Abraham

Two New Mexico women are accused of kidnapping and molesting a 14-year-old Oklahoma boy. Authorities say 35-year-old Kristen Aragon and 29-year-old Melissa Goelz drove 13 hours from Farmington, New Mexico, to Oklahoma’s Pittsburg County in mid-April to pick up the boy and they then returned to Farmington with him. Oklahoma officials say the boy’s father

Massachusetts police say a third suspect has been arrested in connection with a burglary at Rob Gronkowsi’s house while the New England Patriots star was away at the Super Bowl. Foxborough Police Chief William Baker said Thursday that 26-year-old Shane Denn was arrested by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Maine. Further details weren’t immediately

Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia said Thursday he was “falsely accused” in a 1996 sexual assault allegation that resurfaced this week, and he indicated that the matter has not been an issue as he has climbed from job to job in the years since. Patricia held a brief news conference one day after a Detroit

An elementary school principal in North Texas is discontinuing her tradition of “birthday spankings” to students after parents complained. KTVT-TV reports that Alvord Independent School District Superintendent Randy Brown released a Tuesday statement announcing an end to the spankings at Alvord Elementary School. Brown says the district received two complaints about Principal Bridget Williams’ tradition.

There is a crash on Loop 375 Southbound and Bob Hope. The cars are blocking left lane and shoulder. Tracking Delays in the area, take Zaragoza to avoid this area.

Equifax acknowledged a relatively small number of passport images and information were stolen as part of last year’s security breach, despite previously denying such a thing occurred. The credit monitoring company said 3,200 passport images were stolen last year, according to a letter sent last week by lawyers representing Equifax to the Senate Banking Committee.

A boy who gained Facebook fame by narrowly avoiding having his face pushed into his birthday cake accepted an invitation to meet the ABC-7 news team. Santiago Benitez, 8, starred in the video his mother shared with ABC-7 on Tuesday. In the video, Benitez evaded the birthday “mordida” or “bite” in English, by sliding a

Three judges have ordered the Trump administration to continue a program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Now, a lawsuit filed last week in Texas seeks to shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and may create a legal clash that could speed the issue’s path to the

A federal judge in East Texas has declined to reduce the 18-year prison sentence imposed on a woman for sending ricin-laced letters to former President Barack Obama and others. The Texarkana Gazette reports that 40-year-old Shannon Richardson appealed her sentence on the grounds of ineffective counsel. But Judge Caroline Craven issued a ruling Wednesday saying

Between World War II and the Vietnam War, Americans were battling on the front lines for what is often called “the forgotten war,” the Korean War. Every Saturday members of the El Paso Korean War Veterans Association meet to reflect on their time serving our country, to keep their memories alive. They said with the