Month: August 2018

A so-called “perfect storm” of late-registrations and phone and computer problems led to hundreds of parents having to wait hours to register their children at Logan Elementary School on post. Several parents called ABC-7 Monday morning to report the computer systems were down and the phones were not working at the school, resulting in them

A so-called “perfect storm” of late-registrations and phone and computer problems led to hundreds of parents having to wait hours to register their children at Logan Elementary School on post. Several parents called ABC-7 Monday morning to report the computer systems were down and the phones were not working at the school, resulting in them

A truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and rolled the tractor trailer he was driving, leading to a collision that killed the driver of a passenger car, New Mexico State Police tell ABC-7. The wreck happened at about 4 a.m. Friday, August 10, 2018 on Highway 70 at mile marker 188 in between Las

Police arrested a woman suspected of shattering a window at an apartment complex and then punching a paramedic tending to her bloodied hand. 29-year-old Alexa Monet Rodriguez, of the 9500 block of Butterfield, is charged with Battery Upon a Healthcare Worker, Criminal Damage to Property and Disorderly Conduct. At about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, August

President Donald Trump on Monday signed a $716 billion defense policy bill named for John McCain but included no mention in his remarks of the Republican senator, who is battling brain cancer at home in Arizona. Trump and McCain are engaged in a long-running feud that dates to Trump’s 2016 presidential run. At campaign rallies,

Union leaders and state lawmakers say many Texas cities are denying workers’ compensation to firefighters with cancer. The Houston Chronicle reports that state figures show more than 90 percent of the 117 workers compensation claims filed by Texas firefighters with cancer have been denied in the past six years. Union officials say cities have ignored

New York police say actress-director Sean Young is still under investigation after the alleged theft of two laptops belonging to a production company that fired her. A New York Police Department spokeswoman said on Monday that no charges have been filed against the 58-year-old star of the 1980s film “Blade Runner.” However, detectives are still

Police say a man who was arrested twice this year on domestic violence charges shot and killed three of his children then turned the gun on himself. Police in Clearlake, about 110 miles (175 kilometers) north of San Francisco, said the man’s wife placed a 911 call early Sunday. She was not identified. Clearlake Police

The wife of the man who opened fire at a Texas church last November, killing more than two dozen people before killing himself, says he tied her to their bed before leaving for the shooting. In a series of interviews with the San Antonio Express-News, Danielle Kelley said her husband, Devin Kelley, behaved strangely detached

Lauren Woeher wonders if her 16-month-old daughter has been harmed by tap water contaminated with toxic industrial compounds used in products like nonstick cookware, carpets, firefighting foam and fast-food wrappers. Henry Betz, at 76, rattles around his house alone at night, thinking about the water his family unknowingly drank for years that was tainted by

El Paso Police arrested a suspect in connection to the death of a man whose body was found floating in a canal. On Friday, August 10, 2018, detectives charged Christopher Jorge Ramirez, 24, with Murder for the death of Saul Hernandez, 41. Ramirez was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility under a $2-million

A bus hit an overpass at Newark’s Penn Station, peeling back part of its roof and injuring dozens of passengers. Officials say about 50 people were on the bus, which was headed to New Jersey from Washington, when it hit the overpass at the entrance of the station late Sunday. Police do not believe any

One of the four Vermont Democrats seeking the party nomination to run for governor in the fall election isn’t old enough to vote, let alone drive. Ethan Sonneborn, 14, of Bristol, met the requirements to be on the primary ballot and is taking his place with the state’s more age-appropriate candidates on the Tuesday primary

Police in Kentucky say they’ve identified a hit-and-run driver who injured a child on a bicycle: They say it’s the town’s mayor. Kentucky State Police say Somerset Mayor Eddie Girdler has been ordered to appear in court on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. Police say the child was hit in Somerset

President Donald Trump lashed out at Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday, saying his former White House adviser – who is promoting a tell-all book and airing secret audio recordings -“got fired for the last time.” On Twitter, Trump labeled Manigault Newman “wacky” and said Chief of Staff John Kelly called her a “loser & nothing

President Donald Trump lashed out at Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday, saying his former White House adviser – who is promoting a tell-all book and airing secret audio recordings -“got fired for the last time.” On Twitter, Trump labeled Manigault Newman “wacky” and said Chief of Staff John Kelly called her a “loser & nothing

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so.

Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so.

There is a crash on I-10 East at Asarco. It is blocking the median on the left side, a police vehicle is blocking the left lane. No major delay in the area at this moment.

There is a crash on I-10 East at Asarco. It is blocking the median on the left side, a police vehicle is blocking the left lane. No major delay in the area at this moment.

There is a roll over crash on I-10 West and Zaragoza blocking the left two lanes. There are no reports of injuries this moment. Drivers should take Montana, Gateway West or Alameda to avoid this area.

Monday marks the first day of class for the El Paso Independent School District. Students at Hart Elementary School can expect a new way of learning now that the school is a New Tech campus. The New Tech Network is a California-based company that focuses on integrating 21st century, project-based learning to public schools across

Monday marks the first day of class for the El Paso Independent School District. Students at Hart Elementary School can expect a new way of learning now that the school is a New Tech campus. The New Tech Network is a California-based company that focuses on integrating 21st century, project-based learning to public schools across

One man died and another was hospitalized after a shooting in West El Paso Monday morning, police said. It happened on the 6600 block of Tarascas Drive and Paseo de Luna Lane. Authorities said one man is in custody. The man who was hospitalized suffered serious injuries. Police were called out to the scene at

One man died and another was hospitalized after a shooting in West El Paso Monday morning, police said. It happened on the 6600 block of Tarascas Drive and Paseo de Luna Lane. Authorities said one man is in custody. The man who was hospitalized suffered serious injuries. Police were called out to the scene at

Some Borderland students are already back in school and others are preparing to go back to school. The Socorro Independent School District began school on July 30. El Paso Independent School District will begin Monday and the Ysleta Independent School District is set to go back to school on August 27. Back to school preparations

Students in the El Paso Independent School District head back to school on Monday. EPISD’s superintendent Juan Cabrera is excited about the new year. He talked with ABC-7 on ABC-7 Xtra Sunday night about exciting opportunities the district will have for students this year. “We are opening a brand new, one of the first in

On a Wednesday afternoon in early August, Greg Salopek’s conveyor belts are overflowing with one of southern New Mexico’s most valuable cash crops: pecans. “We’ve got to keep on moving,” Salopek told ABC-7. “The world’s not going to come to an end. We’re just going to have to work around it.”​ In early July, China

UTEP Mens Basketball Coach Rodney Terry is on a recruiting tear! Yesterday Giles Dekoninck announced on Twitter he would be joining the team as well! The 6’6 sophomore guard out of Diest, Belgium transferred from Fresno where he played last year. He said, “I am beyond blessed to announce that i will be apart of

A garage at a West El Paso home caught on fire Sunday afternoon. It occurred on the 1600 block of Jim De Groat. Fire crews rushed to the scene and put out the flames. No injuries were reported and there’s still no word on what caused the fire. Former ABC-7 reporter, Andrew J. Polk, captured