Month: September 2018

An East Texas school superintendent who wrote “You can’t count on a black quarterback” in the comment section of an online news article says he thought it was a private message. Lynn Redden is superintendent of the Onalaska Independent School District in the Piney Woods, about 75 miles north of Houston. In his post on

A star collegiate golfer from Spain was attacked and killed by a homeless stranger while she was playing a round alone near her campus in Iowa, police said Tuesday. Celia Barquin Arozamena, who was working toward joining the pro tour while finishing her degree at Iowa State University, was stabbed by the assailant Monday morning

TFCU is sponsoring the El Paso Half Marathon, part of the El Paso Marathon races that organizers say are “quickly becoming the Borderland’s premier road races” for top local distance runners. “TFCU is excited to support the Half Marathon again to promote fitness and quality of life in El Paso,” said TFCU President/CEO Max Villaronga.

A New Jersey school district has fired a bus driver who got lost on the first day of school. Montgomery schools Superintendent Nancy Gartenberg says the unidentified male driver was unfamiliar with the route and failed to go on a required practice run. The driver left Orchard Hill Elementary School with 37 students Sept. 6

A lawyer for a Vermont man accused by relatives of killing his millionaire grandfather and his mother to collect inheritance money said Tuesday that there is evidence that could exonerate him in the death of his grandfather. David Anderson, who is representing Nathan Carman, made the statement during a hearing in federal court in Providence,

McDonald’s workers are staging protests in several cities in what organizers called the first multistate strike seeking to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. In Chicago, several dozen protesters rallied Tuesday in front of McDonald’s headquarters while a plane flew overhead with a banner reading, “McDonald’s: Stop Sexual Harassment.” In New Orleans, current and former

The owner of a Dallas-area in-home day care accused of keeping infants and toddlers tied to their car seats for hours has been jailed on child endangerment charges. An affidavit says Rebecca Anderson also yanked a 6-month-old child by the bib around his neck, tied laces around the children’s necks to limit their movement and

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Approximately one in 285 children in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer before their 20th birthday. The Candlelighters of El Paso is a non-profit organization that serves families of children with cancer. It is the only no-cost provider in the region that supports children with cancer ages 0

Phil Kenrick dedicated his life to seeking justice. He spent more than 20 years working with the Public Defender’s Office of El Paso. “Phil was very concerned about his clients. He worked hard and he was very concerned with being sure that his client’s rights were well protected,” Kenrick’s former co-worker William Cox said. Kenrick

Pope Francis has told French young people that sex is a “great” gift from God, not a taboo, and should be lived as a lifelong, passionate love between man and woman. Francis urged the group of young Catholics from the Grenoble diocese to protect their sexuality from pornography and other temptations that separate sex from

The governor of the western Mexico state of Jalisco has fired the director of the state morgue after a refrigerated truck carrying 157 unidentified bodies drew complaints from neighbors over the smell. Jalisco Gov. Aristoteles Sandoval said he had ordered the ouster of the director of the Jalisco Forensics Institute for what he called “indolence

Authorities say 12- and 11-year-old children arrested over the weekend in Houston are part of a group of juveniles responsible for a series of robberies, carjackings and other crimes. Harris County Precinct 5 Constable Ted Heap said in a statement Tuesday that a 14-year-old was arrested a day earlier and that the investigation may yield

The Mexican American Cultural Institute said it will compromise with the City of El Paso on its proposed location for the cultural center. The city wants the Mexican American Cultural Center to be housed next to the El Paso Public Library’s downtown branch. It will be voting on the location during Tuesday’s council meeting. In

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, leads his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 9 percentage points among likely voters, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. Released Tuesday, the survey found Cruz with 54 percent support and O’Rourke, an El Paso congressman, with 45 percent. It’s the first time Quinnipiac has released a likely voter

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, leads his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke by 9 percentage points among likely voters, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University. Released Tuesday, the survey found Cruz with 54 percent support and O’Rourke, an El Paso congressman, with 45 percent. It’s the first time Quinnipiac has released a likely voter

Faced with a drastic shortage of teachers, one West Texas school district may join a small but growing group of Texas communities settling for hiring some only available via screens. The Ector County school board, which oversees Odessa and its western suburbs, will consider a proposal Tuesday to contract with “virtual teachers” through an Austin-based

The arrest of a Border Patrol supervisor on allegations that he killed four women calls new attention to the agency’s problems keeping rogue officers off its force as it faces intense pressure to hire thousands more agents. Juan David Ortiz, who worked in the agency’s Laredo sector, is accused of targeting women believed to be

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez has traveled to Washington to attend a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration hosted by President Donald Trump. The nation’s only Latina governor attended a White House Hispanic Heritage Month event on Monday, days after Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham of Albuquerque strongly rejected Trump’s invitation over his policies

A man who made El Paso history as the first black officer to earn high ranks in the police department is being remembered. John E. Douglas Sr. died on Sept. 10 at the age of 83, according to his obituary. His family wrote in his obituary that Douglas became the highest-ranking black police officer in

ABC-7 has confirmed through family members that a bond reduction request was denied for the young driver charged in a deadly hit-and-run that killed a teenage girl in early September. Samuel Garcia, 17, is accused of hitting Gissell Martinez, 13, along the 5500 block of Montoya Drive in the Upper Valley the afternoon of Sept.

If not for the would-be victim’s quick thinking, a supervisory Border Patrol agent accused in a string of killings in and around the south Texas border town of Laredo might still be on the loose. But despite her heroic actions, the woman could not save two other women who were killed hours after she reported

There is a crash on I-10 West and Brown involving three vehicles. Emergency crews on the scene are blocking the left lane creating a delay. Drivers should take Missouri to avoid this area.

El Paso High School will soon see major construction as a result of the 2016 voter-approved bond at the El Paso School District. In November of 2016, voters approved a $668 million dollar bond for renovations through out the district. Projects include updating older campuses, adding new technology, rebuilding campuses and consolidating schools that are

The City of El Paso is inviting the public to learn more about three community recreation centers that will be built as part of the 2012 Quality of Life Bond program. The facilities have an approximate total budget of $33 million, the city said. That includes land acquisitions, project management, design, construction and public art.

Say cheese. The El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is celebrating new businesses in the city with its ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Melting Pot restaurant Tuesday. The Melting Pot will be opening its doors on the lower level of the Fountains at Farah at 11 a.m. The restaurant has more than 115 locations in the

Texas students may no longer have to learn about Hillary Clinton, Barry Goldwater and Helen Keller in social studies class. Texas wants to delete some content from the required curriculum so that teachers can take deeper dives into certain topics, rather than emphasizing such things as the memorization of dates, Donna Bahorich, chairperson of the

The Battle of I-10 is this Saturday and one team is going to walk away with their first win of the season. At the team’s weekly news conference on Monday, UTEP head coach Dana Dimel mentioned that they are still trying to figure out what the answer will be for the team’s offense. Dimel said

ESPN is coming back to the Haskins Center for a world title fight. Miguel Berchelt and Mickey Roman will be battling it out this November third. They held a press conference Monday, September 3rd to announce the fight. Roman is the home town boy from Juarez Mexico and will have plenty of support from the

Otero County Sheriff Benny House told ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom Monday he was infuriated at the way the FBI handled the sudden and mysterious closure of the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico. “I think it’s chicken shit the way the FBI handled it. I have a responsibility to protect my citizens,” said

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – A Rhode Island town council has voted to ask its departments to refrain from purchasing Nike products, one of a handful of local governments or agencies that have called for boycotts in recent weeks. The North Smithfield Town Council passed the resolution on a 3-2 vote Monday evening, Council President John