Month: May 2018

The son of an imprisoned ex-Mexican cartel leader faces up to 13 years in prison for falsely claiming to be a U.S. marshal and flashing a gun at a Texas bar. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 26-year-old Osiel Cardenas Jr. was convicted of impersonating an officer and being a felon with a firearm in a

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A former head of the Southern Baptist Convention was removed Wednesday as president of a Texas seminary following allegations of “unbiblical teaching” through sexist and demeaning comments to women who he suggests should tolerate abuse. The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary board of trustees said in a statement that 75-year-old Paige

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested a fugitive who had been featured on the Crime Stoppers of El Paso’s “Most Wanted” list. Omar Infante, age 18, was arrested Tuesday in the 3500 block of Rivera Ave. in South-Central El Paso. Sheriff’s deputies with the Criminal Warrants and Fugitive Apprehension Section made the arrest after

The primary runoff election is now in the past and El Paso voters look ahead to the November general election. One major race El Pasoans and Texans are following is for Texas senator. Democrat Congressman Beto O’Rourke is looking to unseat Senator Ted Cruz, who is running for another term. A new poll released Tuesday

A Dallas police officer from El Paso is back home after being shot last month, according to WFAA. Crystal Almeida is an Americas High School graduate who was shot in the face while responding to a shoplifting call at a Home Depot in April. She spent weeks in the hospital in critical condition. Another police

You could call it “Feline on the Roof,” but there’s no ‘kitten’ around. A cat in Nebraska somehow clawed on to the van going 60 miles per hour. That’s just scratching the surface, our ABC affiliate in Omaha has the story. Click here to read it.

Wallethub.com compared 182 of the most populated cities to see the best places to get a summer job, and although the borderland made the list, it is not at the top. El Paso barely made it at number 181 and our neighboring city, Las Cruces, ranked 177. While Scottsdale, Arizona is reportedly the best place

An 88-year-old man died after tripping and falling into the path of an oncoming car, police said. Jose Almaraz Garcia was trying to cross Dyer Street Monday night when he was hit by a 2008 Nissan Altima. Police said Alamaraz was crossing when the light was red. He died at the scene. Police said the

If you were on El Paso’s west side Monday evening, chances are you saw a blast of heavy rains and hail. But if you were on Mesa Hills Drive — you might have gotten caught in some major flooding. Tuesday evening ABC-7 saw El Paso Water crews cleaning out clogged drains and with the monsoon

The El Paso Chihuahuas have taken the first two games of their series with the Tacoma Rainiers after winning game two Tuesday night by a final of 11-6. Tacoma jumped out early after Taylor Motter drove in Cameron Perkins with a single in the first. In the top of the second inning, the Dogs opened

Del Valle soccer player Janet Rodriguez was unable to compete this year for her school team, but she wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to play club soccer again. Rodriguez had her right leg amputated during her battle with cancer prior to last season, but she didn’t let that hold her back Tuesday night at

Gina Ortiz Jones will face Republican incumbent Will Hurd for the U.S. Representative District 23 seat, after claiming the Democratic nomination in Tuesday’s runoff. After all precincts reported, Ortiz Jones had a lead of more than 5,000 votes over Rick Trevino. “Gina Ortiz Jones fought overseas to defend our country and expand opportunities for hardworking

After a tightly contested race, businessman Ricardo Samaniego has won the El Paso County Judge runoff. Samaniego defeated former El Paso mayor John Cook to claim the county seat. After all precincts reported, Samaniego tallied 11,340 Votes to Cook’s 11,096. The two democratic candidates came in with very different backgrounds. Samaniego has a vast amount

Tuesday’s primary runoffs offered a glimpse of how El Paso County seats will shape up. Below are the results for the some of the county’s races. Judge County Court at Law 5 Jesus Rodriguez – 14,173Kristin Raquel Romero – 7,184 Justice of the Peace 3 Josh Herrera – 2,605Patricia Juarez Estrada – 986 Justice of

The El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank has been selected by the Texas Department of Agriculture to receive, store and distribute free and reduced-price breakfast and lunches to 182 schools in 7 counties, including El Paso County. The food had previously been shipped from San Antonio, because there was no one here locally to do

After an extremely dry winter season, officials with the Lincoln National Forest Service remain on high alert. “You know, right now we’re at the mercy of Mother Nature,” said David Bales, deputy fire staff for the Lincoln National Forest. “We continue down this drought and this path.” Stage II fire restrictions are in effect for

If UTEP President Dr. Diana Natalicio had one thing she would do differently, it would be to “win more football games.” Natalicio announced Tuesday she was planning to retire after 30 years as president of the university and 45 years on the school’s faculty. She will retire once a successor is appointed and takes office.

Unofficial results in Tuesday’s runoff election show Ricardo Samaniego in the lead for El Paso County Judge over John Cook. Numbers shows Samaniego with 5,676 votes and 51-percent of the vote, and Cook with 5,441 votes and 48.9-percent of the vote. While turnout seemed light at many polling places around El Paso County, local voters

A self-styled Utah prophet who secretly married young girls because of his beliefs in polygamy and doomsday was sentenced Tuesday to up to life in prison after pleading guilty to child rape and abuse charges. Samuel W. Shaffer was charged after police raided a remote desert compound built to house an upstart group called Knights

The NFL has passed a new rule for this season that says any player who initiates contact with his helmets is subject to ejection after an in-game video review that will be decided in New York. Al Riveron, the league’s head of officiating, said a foul can be called regardless of where on the body

Former home run champ Jose Bautista is getting another chance to show he still has pop, this time with the New York Mets. Needing an extra outfielder, and preferably one who can tag left-handed pitchers, the Mets signed Bautista and immediately put him in the starting lineup Tuesday night against Miami. Bautista was set to

El Paso Police are at the scene of a crash at I-10 East near Brown. The center lanes will remain closed and traffic is backed up to Yandell, police say via Twitter. Find an alternative route if traveling through the area.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reiterated his support for addressing a maintenance backlog at national parks during a visit Tuesday to the one named for a U.S. president known for championing conservation. Zinke toured the Peaceful Valley Ranch at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a former dude ranch that is on the National Register of Historic

It’s been five-and-a-half years since El Paso voters approved spending $19.5 million for a state-of-the-art children’s museum, but ground still hasn’t been broken and the over all cost has tripled. “The Children’s Museum in my mind, and in the minds of some other people working on this project, is the game changer among those quality

A reporter for The Associated Press was grabbed by the shoulders and shoved out of an Environmental Protection Agency building by a security guard Tuesday for trying to cover a meeting on water contaminants in which some reporters were welcomed and others were not. An aide to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt later called to apologize

Las Cruces Police say a 61-year-old man was killed after a pedestrian crash Monday evening. Umberto Estupinan was crossing Lohman Avenue, just east of Solano Drive, when he was struck in the center lane by a 1996 Dodge Dakota, according to police. Estupinan was transported to Mountainview Regional Medical Center where he died Tuesday morning.

A New Mexico state lawmaker insists in video released by police that she hasn’t consumed alcohol, but the officer who stops her says he can smell it. Police on Tuesday released lapel video of the arrest of Republican Rep. Monica Youngblood of Albuquerque on aggravated drunken driving charge. She was detained early Sunday at a

Authorities say one person is dead in Albuquerque after a thunderstorm dropped rain and hail, flooding arroyos and sweeping away six people in New Mexico’s most populous city. The Fire Department says a woman whose identity was not released apparently was the only person killed by the flash flooding Monday from a storm that ended

A hiker in Yosemite National Park fell to his death while climbing the iconic granite cliffs of Half Dome in rainy conditions. The National Park Service said the accident occurred Monday. NPS spokeswoman Jamie Richards said the man and a companion were scaling the steepest part of the trail where rangers recently installed cables to

A 75-year-old woman was arrested Monday for allegedly smuggling nearly 17 pounds of heroin into the United States from Mexico through the Tornillo port of entry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Tuesday. Shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, a 2008 Ford Escape sports-utility vehicle was being driven by a 75-year-old woman, who was a