Month: September 2018

The campaign for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing some backlash for how it is asking for donations. Newsweek is reporting that his campaign has sent hundreds of thousands of mailers that are meant to look like an official jury summons. Some fear that voters may be confused into thinking they’d need to pay a

The El Paso Holocaust Museum and Study Center is temporarily closed after the facility was flooded by a backed-up sewage line. Employees discovered sewage and water pouring from the center’s front door and bubbling up through the parking lot on Saturday, according to a news release from the EPHM executive director. Some gallery space was

One person died in a crash Monday morning in Hudspeth County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. It happened at around 5:40 a.m. on I-10 East near mile marker 88. That’s between Fort Hancock and Sierra Blanca. DPS said the crash involved two vehicles. Another person was taken to the hospital, DPS said.

Last night on ABC-7 Xtra, sparks flew between former city representative and member of the Mexican American Cultural Institute, Lily Limon, and District 3 City Representative Cassandra Hernandez over the proposed location of the Mexican American Cultural Center. The center is part of 2012’s Quality of Life Bond. When it was first proposed, the city

The Miners took on FIU in Florida this weekend.The first half of the game the UTEP caught fire scoring two goals giving the Miners the lead. Carleigh Simmons took a corner kick that Lauren Crenshaw came down with and was put in the net making it 1 nil Miners.Still in the first half UTEP was

The solar observatory located in Sunspot, N.M. that was closed for safety reasons is scheduled to reopen after it was shut down while the FBI investigated the area. According to a release by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), the observatory will reopen Monday after criminal activity was reported at Sacramento Peak.

A $5.7 million Mexican American Cultural Center that was approved by voters as part of the 2012 quality of life bond is now the focal point of debate. On Thursday, the City of El Paso hosted an open house to display plans to build the center within the Main Library in Downtown El Paso. But,

Three people are dead after a deadly fight Friday, according to police. The victims were 17-year-olds Emanuel Del Moro and Leslie Ibarra and 18-year-old Ricardo Del Moro. The suspect, 22-year-old Juan Cazares, has been arrested and charged with capital murder. Police say the Del Moros confronted Cazares and a fight broke out. Police say the

Time Magazine is being sold by Meredith Corp. to Marc Benioff, a co-founder of Salesforce, and his wife, it was announced Sunday. Meredith announced that it was selling Time magazine for $190 million in cash to Benioff, one of four co-founders of Salesforce, a cloud computing pioneer. Meredith had completed the purchase of Time along

The Combat Aviation Brigade helped rescue people in Houston and Puerto Rico last year; now some of those Fort Bliss soldiers are on standby for Hurricane Florence relief. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina Friday. Following torrential rains and gale force winds, recovery will take time. The Department of Defence announced this week seven

Authorities say a carnival worker at the New Mexico State Fair has been arrested on suspicion of assault for beating another employee with a hard plastic pipe. Witnesses say the two men argued and then fought Friday night on the Midway. State Police say Terry Farmer allegedly grabbed a PVC pipe from a trailer and

Carlos Mendez, a five year veteran of the El Paso Police Department, was arrested and charged with injury to a child/intent serious bodily injury. The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Children unit responded to University Medical Center regarding an injury to a child case Thursday evening. The preliminary investigation revealed that the victim, a

El Paso’s own Khalid returns to his hometown this week for two concerts at the Don Haskins Center. Only one show was originally scheduled, but after it sold out within minutes, a second show was added. Khalid returns to El Paso, which he calls home, after traveling around the world performing and nabbing several music

Three NMSU quarterbacks combined to throw five interceptions Saturday night as the New Mexico Lobos regained bragging rights in the Battle of I-25 with a 42-25 win. The Aggies fell to 0-4 to start the season with the loss. NMSU jumped out to a 14-0 lead early in the first quarter thanks to a Terrill

The Miners managed just 134 yards of total offense and failed to put any points on the board in a 24-0 loss on the road at Tennessee Saturday. UTEP quarterback Kai Locksley was only 9-22 passing for a mere 38 yards as the Miners fell to 0-3 on the season and suffered their 15th consecutive

An El Paso woman has been named the top school nurse in the entire state of Texas. Miriam Carmichael is the third El Paso ISD school nurse to receive the statewide honor since the state recognition began in 2003. “Sometimes, my office is like a mini emergency room,” said Carmichael, the nurse at Brown Middle

Cosmetology training may no longer be an option for students across the state of Texas if the Texas Education Agency eliminates cosmetology courses in public high schools. Right now, many El Paso high school students have the opportunity to take state-funded courses in cosmetology while in high school. Once they complete the program, which costs

Thursday, Sept. 13: Parkland 55, Jefferson 6 Final Oñate 13, Americas 35 Final Ysleta 37, Irvin 24 Final Friday, Sept. 14: Pebble Hills 34, Chapin 14 Final Midland Lee 42, Montwood 6 Final Burges 19, Eastlake 22 Final El Dorado 6, Andress 27 Final Socorro 12, Austin 14 Final Carlsbad 9, Coronado 10 Final El

A judge has rejected a plea deal for a woman accused in the 2016 killing of a 10-year-old girl at her family’s Albuquerque apartment. Prosecutors had reached the agreement with Jessica Kelley in exchange for her testimony against others in the case, and as they seek to identify another suspect in Victoria Marten’s death. But

Attorneys for the family of a black man who was killed in his own apartment by a white police officer accused Dallas officials of trying to “assassinate his character” and expressed fury that authorities sought a search warrant resulting in the discovery of marijuana in the victim’s apartment. At a news conference Friday, the lawyers

The first annual El Paso Film Festival started today and continues through Sunday. The festival is being held at the Plaza Theatre, the Plaza’s Philanthropy Theatre, and the El Paso Museum of Art.Five feature films and 43 short films are in the festival; all films are being judged and the audience has the opportunity to

ABC-7’s “No Child Should Go Hungry “drive continues and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger has teamed up with the United way to not only feed children nutritious food, but to hep feed their minds. Hundreds of books will soon be distributed to children at Tornillo Intermediate School. Students there, like others throughout the borderland, receive food

The El Paso Police officer accused in a deadly hit-and-run was arrested by sheriff’s deputies at police headquarters after a grand jury returned an indicted following a months-long investigation. ABC-7 asked investigators: if the suspected vehicle was identified and recovered soon after the wreck, why did it take months to charge officer Roberto Garcia? Garcia,

FRIDAY NIGHT GAMES: PEBBLE HILLS VS. CHAPIN MIDLAND LEE VS. MONTWOOD FRANKLIN AT MIDLAND HIGH BURGES VS. EASTLAKE EL DORADO AT ANDRESS SOCORRO AT AUSTIN CARLSBAD AT CORONADO MOUNTAIN VIEW AT CANUTILLO EL PASO AT BEL AIR CLINT VS. BOWIE HORIZON AT EASTWOOD CATHEDRAL AT SAN ELIZARIO FABENS AT HANKS ALAMOGORDO AT SANTA TERESA RIVERSIDE

Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) and Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D) have agreed to participate in three debates leading up to the 2018 U.S. Senate election in Texas. O’Rourke is challenging the incumbent senator. The debates will occur in Dallas on September 21st, Houston on September 30th and San Antonio on October 16th. Organizers said each

Police officers outside a 7-11 in Central El Paso arrested two men after they noticed the smell of burning marijuana coming from a vehicle right next to their patrol unit. The arrests were made at 10:20 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at the 7-11 on the 6200 block of Geronimo. Police said Mychael Keshawn

Authorities in North Texas have released a video showing an off-duty police officer being booked into jail after she was arrested in the slaying of a neighbor in his apartment. The video shows Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger in handcuffs and dressed in an orange jail uniform Sunday at the Kaufman County jail. She takes

An undercover police officer was shot in the head and a member of a violent robbery crew was killed in an exchange of gunfire early Friday when a police unit disrupted the robbery of patrons at a Fort Worth bar, authorities said. The undercover officer, Garrett Hull, was in critical condition at a hospital, Fort

New Mexico authorities are investigating the death of a Belgian tourist at White Sands National Monument. Monument officials said the man was found unresponsive about a half-mile (less than a kilometer) from the Alkali Flat trailhead on Wednesday. His name wasn’t released and authorities have not determined a cause of death. The search was prompted