Month: July 2018

Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima encouraged the public to vote in the city’s $35.6 million GO bond when ballots are sent out Tuesday. “We have a lot of people living in the community, with them they bring their children and we’re running out of places for them to play football, basketball, soccer,” Miyagishima said. “Also,

Heat was the number one weather-related cause of death in 2017, the National Weather service says, and it isn’t the first time it has topped the list. In 2017, 107 people died because of hot temperatures, 103 due to flooding, rip currents caused 70 deaths, 43 people died because of tropical storms or hurricanes and

On Friday, July 27, Miners coaches, cheerleaders, staff, and their very own mascot Paydirt Pete will be making special appearances at various Albertsons locations in El Paso. “Albertsons Day with the Miners” will feature a total of eight stores in El Paso. You can see local UTEP representatives at 3100 Mesa Street, 5630 North Desert

A Liberian woman who probably caught Ebola in 2014 may have infected three relatives a year after she first fell sick, doctors reported in a study published Monday. There have been previous instances of men spreading Ebola to women via sexual transmission – the virus can survive in semen for more than a year –

A chase involving a Border Patrol agent and an alleged human smuggler resulted in a rollover wreck that sent 19 undocumented immigrants, including the driver, to area hospitals, a Border Patrol officials said. The single-vehicle wreck happened on State Highway 9, just outside Columbus, New Mexico, said Captain Martinez with the Luna County Sheriff’s Office.

Repairs to the Vietnam War Memorial in Las Cruces’s Veterans Memorial Park start this week. It will cost $20,000 to repair the damage to the memorial’s wall and Huey helicopter that is mounted above the park. The damage was caused by vandalism that happened May 16. Las Cruces police have arrested two teenagers in connection

A Mississippi teen has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in the death of a 6-year-old boy who authorities say was inside a car stolen from a supermarket parking lot. Eighteen-year-old D’Allen Washington was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in February to accessory after the fact in the kidnapping of Kingston

A woman killed in a New Jersey house collapse shielded her youngest daughter as the structure came down, authorities said. The home tumbled into rubble on South Broad Street in Hamilton Township, near Trenton, just before 7 a.m. Monday. The 16-year-old girl and her 20-year-old sister survived the collapse. They remain hospitalized in serious but

Police in the northern Nevada city of Fallon were trying to determine Monday why a 48-year-old man opened fire on his Mormon church on Sunday, killing one man and injuring another. Fallon Police Chief Kevin Gehman said it does not appear that 48-year-old gunman John Kelley O’Connor was targeting the church but instead was focused

Victims of a fatal mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival said Monday they were outraged when they learned they were being sued by the company that owns the hotel where the gunman opened fire. Jason McMillan, a 36-year-old Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and paralyzed, said he can’t believe MGM

Authorities have recovered four bodies from the scene of an apartment complex fire in Texas that displaced about 200 people. The investigation continues Monday into the blaze at two San Marcos apartment complexes located north of Texas State University. The city says the fire began early Friday and caused extensive damage to both apartment complexes.

Authorities say a Rio Rancho man who allegedly sexually assaulting an Uber driver last month is jailed without bond until his trial. According to a criminal complaint filed in Sandoval County Magistrate Court, 38-year-old Gabreil Munoz is accused of rape, aggravated battery, kidnapping and other charges in the June 10 incident. The Albuquerque Journal reports

Investigators with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office charged a teenager accused of racing and causing a deadly wreck. Deputies arrested 18-year-old Sarah Hernandez on July 17, 2018 and charged her with “Racing Causing Serious Bodily Injury” and “Racing Causing Death.” Shortly after 12 a.m on Sunday, April 15, 2018, deputies responded to the 14000

Four teenagers are accused of being involved in a string of crimes involving the theft of a car. Police reports state that a teenager, who was playing basketball at the Don Haskins Recreation center in West El Paso on June 4, placed his keys on a bench in the center as he played basketball. Later,

TRAFFIC ALERT: There is a crash on I-10 East and Sunland Park. The crash is blocking the exit ramp as well as the right lane in the area. Heavy Delays are present, take Mesa to avoid this area.

A hit Nickelodeon show is bringing activities and giveaways to El Paso-area Walmart stores starting on Monday. The animated preschool series ‘Sunny Day’ centers on Sunny, a 10-year-old master hairstylist and entrepreneur who uses creative problem-solving to tackle any dilemma that arises in her seaside town of Friendly Falls. The free interactive experience is inspired

Although the fiery semi crashed that shut down a portion of I-10 Thursday happened in the Downtown area, it affected roadways all throughout El Paso. The crash, which damaged a water and gas utility bridge, occurred on 1-10 near Kansas and Stanton at around 1:30 pm. After police and TxDOT crews arrived at the scene,

There is a crash on Loop 375 and Sergeant Major Boulevard that is blocking access to the main lanes of travel. Traffic delays in the area are present. Drivers should take US-54 to avoid this area.

A variety of Ritz products are being pulled from the shelves due to the risk of salmonella exposure. Mondelēz Global LLC, which is the parent company of Ritz, issued the voluntary recall on July 21. The company stated in a news releases that the recalled products contain whey powder as an ingredient, which the whey

Dozens of parishioners crowded a Las Cruces church to honor a man who has given more than fifty years of service: Pastor Cleo Bell. “He had a lot of knowledge that changed the lives of young men throughout the city, I being one of them,” the church’s current pastor, Robert Ramzy, said. Bell first led

Top rated MLB prospect Francisco Mejia was traded to the Padres organization recently so the dogs are getting some extra fire power for the second half of the season. He didn’t play Sunday but look for him in the coming week. ABC-7 caught up with Mejia earlier today. Some of the questions asked were, what

An estimated $50,000 has been swindled from unsuspecting ATM users in El Paso, according to Crime Stoppers. A group of suspects allegedly placed skimmers in cash machines allowing them access to personal identification numbers, and the ability to duplicate ATM cards. One of the suspects was recorded on security video. Since May, these suspects have

A man was rescued from the the Franklin mountains after being dehydrated and losing strength. The man was doing well after being rescued and recovering. A 50-year-old man went out hiking on the Thousand steps trail around 6:00 am Sunday morning, when temperatures were still cool. By 9:00 am temperatures were nearing 90 degrees, he

Mexican police have arrested the construction supervisor who oversaw work at an elementary school that collapsed in Mexico City during a September earthquake. The attorney general’s office for Mexico City said Sunday that the supervisor will be charged with homicide. The 7.1-magnitude earthquake last Sept. 19 killed 37 at the Enrique Rebsamen elementary school. Reports

Lin-Manuel Miranda is helping establish a multimillion-dollar fund to boost the arts in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria. The “Hamilton” playwright said Sunday during a visit to the island that he hopes the fund will grow to $15 million in upcoming years. He said all funds from the

President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday released a seven-page letter he sent to U.S. President Donald Trump detailing how he plans to improve Mexico’s economy and security when he takes office in December so that Mexicans do not feel the need to migrate. “There will be many changes,” he promised in the letter. “And

A Utah man is in jail on suspicion of stabbing his infant son multiple times and then putting the boy’s bloody body in a garbage can, authorities said Sunday. Alex Hidalgo, 37, of Ogden, was being held without bond at the Weber County Jail on suspicion of felony charges of aggravated murder, abuse or desecration

Baby Johan spent his first day home chasing his family’s kitten, bouncing to music and playing like any 15-month-old boy. But his mom said Saturday he also seemed lost in his own home – not recognizing his favorite aunt and only able to sleep with the lights on after spending five months in U.S. custody

A 33-year-old man is facing up to life in prison after a Dallas jury convicted him of a slaying prosecutors said was intended as revenge for Islamic State-linked shootings in Garland, Texas, and San Bernardino, California. Anthony Paz Torres was charged with fatally shooting a bystander outside a Dallas tire store owned by a Muslim

There’s new guidance to help family doctors do a better job of diagnosing mental decline and dementia. A panel of Alzheimer’s disease experts on Sunday issued guidelines aiming to get help sooner for people whose minds are slipping, even if there’s no cure. Surveys and anecdotal reports show many people with symptoms don’t get checked