Month: September 2018

If cars are zooming down your street and you think speed bumps are the solution, El Paso City Council just made the application process more simple. City Council voted unanimously Monday morning to approve the changes that were proposed by the City’s Street and Maintenance Department. It makes it easier for residents who want to

The Department of Community and Human development discussed its “Smart City Initiative” at Monday’s city council meeting. It is a new economic development initiative that invests in the economic health of our region. In other words, using cutting-edge technology to achieve better public services. City of El Paso Chief Resilience Officer Nicole Ferrini said El

The district attorney dropped an attempted murder charge on Monday for a man standing trial in connection with breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and allegedly breaking her face in 27 places. “I flew twelve feet, face-first into my fireplace,” said Betty Lindsey. “My head had been cracked and was bleeding severely.” Lindsey told a judge

The 33rd U.S Marshal for the Western District of Texas has been sworn in, becoming the first woman to serve as the U.S. Marshal for this particular district since it was established 161 years ago Susan L. Pamerleau, former sheriff of Bexar County, was sworn in Monday morning before a crowd of U.S. Marshals Service

Los Angeles police are looking for a robber who beat three homeless men with a baseball bat, leaving them in critical condition. Police say he approached the men before dawn Sunday as they were sleeping in building alcoves or stairwells at two downtown Los Angeles locations. Police say the attacker bludgeoned the men, then ransacked

Mexico City authorities say a sixth person has died as a result of a weekend shooting by men dressed as mariachi musicians who attacked a restaurant at a popular plaza in the capital. The prosecutor’s office says the latest victim was a 32-year-old man. The office said in a statement Monday that the preliminary investigation

Overcrowding at morgues in Mexico’s western state of Jalisco led authorities to store 157 unidentified bodies in a refrigerated truck near the city of Guadalajara, but complaints about the smell prompted an investigation Monday. Neighbors’ complaints about the truck caused authorities to change its location several times. It went from a morgue parking lot to

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana, following a vehicle search at the Presidio port of entry Friday afternoon. CBP officers discovered 240 pound of marijuana hidden underneath the floorboard of a 2007 GMC Denali after searching the vehicle driven by a 39 year-old Mexican

A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor charged in the killings of four women knew the victims and targeted them for their vulnerability, authorities said Monday, as some feared more deaths at the hands of the agent remained undiscovered. Though investigators didn’t detail Juan David Ortiz’s history with the women, who were believed to have been sex

A Las Cruces priest was put on administrative leave following multiple accusations of sexual misconduct with adults, the Diocese of Las Cruces announced Monday morning. The allegations are against the Rev. Rogelio Martinez, pastor of St. Genevieve Parish. Officials said the case has been reported to District Attorney Mark D’Antonio. The diocese’s Sexual Abuse Review

Authorities say a 2-year-old boy has died after he managed to grab a gun from a counter in a Louisiana home. Sheriff Jason Ard of Louisiana’s Livingston Parish tells news outlets the child is believed to have climbed up on a stool to reach the gun. He says the gun went off and the child

Yellowstone National Park officials say they’ve ticketed a man caught on video walking dangerously close to Old Faithful geyser. The man’s actions startled several people in a crowd of a couple hundred at the park’s most famous attraction. Some wondered if he planned to jump into the steaming hole known for erupting boiling-hot water every

Yellowstone National Park officials say they’ve ticketed a man caught on video walking dangerously close to Old Faithful geyser. The man’s actions startled several people in a crowd of a couple hundred at the park’s most famous attraction. Some wondered if he planned to jump into the steaming hole known for erupting boiling-hot water every

A grand jury has returned a 117-count indictment against a woman accused of defrauding a local conservation organization of more than $29,000, the Las Cruces Police Department said Monday. An investigation into forged checks led to charges against Klorice Whitney Lewis, 35, of the 2900 block of Oñate Road. Police said Lewis was employed at

A man who caused a busy terminal at Phoenix’s airport to shut down for hours after abandoning a rental car in a no-parking area isn’t facing charges. Phoenix police say the unidentified 29-year-old man received a parking violation notice that carries a $52 fine and was ordered to pay a $75 towing fee. Police have

Counselors were available Monday at a school attended by a 10-year-old girl whose body was found more than a week after she went missing in a remote Inupiat Eskimo town on Alaska’s northwestern coast. Ashley Johnson-Barr was found dead Friday just east of Kotzebue. Authorities say 41-year-old Peter Wilson of Kotzebue is facing charges of

In a final evening prayer service, southern New Mexico residents had the opportunity to say farewell to Bishop Oscar Cantú, who is leaving the Diocese of Las Cruces this month. “There’s sadness on many levels,” said Cantú, who will start at the Diocese of San Jose, California, on September 28th. “Sadness of leaving. This a

An Alabama elementary school student was accidentally shot in the hand after bringing a gun to school. The shooting happened Monday morning at Blossomwood Elementary School in Huntsville. Huntsville Police Chief Mark McMurray told news outlets a “small student” brought the gun to school. Police said the student had been showing the gun to other

Authorities say an Alamogordo man is dead after surviving a rollover crash and then getting fatally struck by a passing car. New Mexico State Police say 35-year-old Jason Clapper was driving on U.S. Highway 82 between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft at a high rate of speed when the vehicle rolled about 5:30 a.m. Sunday. State Police

SpaceX is on the verge of announcing the name of person who would be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon. The identity of the traveler will be revealed at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, during an event Monday evening. SpaceX gave no details of the flight but said it would be

Mexican immigration agents say they have found 124 Central American migrants aboard three trucks who said they were prevented from eating or drinking for several days. The National Immigration Institute said Monday the trucks were detected after they sped through a highway checkpoint in the southern state of Oaxaca. Inside the trucks officials found 60

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas says he wishes Democrats weren’t “so quick to always blame the police officer” after challenger Beto O’Rourke suggested that a white officer who shot and killed a black neighbor should be fired. Cruz told Houston television station KRIV on Saturday that the Sept. 6 shooting of 26-year-old Botham Jean

Congressman Beto O’Rourke held a town hall for veterans Monday morning in the Austin High School Gymnasium. It was his 100th public town hall meeting since he was sworn into office in January, 2013. “We have held these town halls in every single part of the community, listening to everyone…but everyone is important in this

LATEST UPDATE: Investigators say a Border Patrol agent accused of killing four women collected an arsenal of weapons to prepare for a confrontation with Texas police after he thought he’d been identified. Webb County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Federico Garza released the information Monday during a news conference. He says 35-year-old Juan David Ortiz collected numerous

The man who died after a massive house fire in West El Paso last Thursday was identified Monday as 65-year-old Phil Kenrick, a spokesman with the El Paso Fire Department said. The house fire on the 700 block of Villa Vanessa was reported just after 4:30 a.m. on September 13, 2018. The cause of the

Thousands of foster children may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, says a federal watchdog agency that found a failure to care for youngsters whose lives have already been disrupted. A report released Monday by the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office found that about 1 in 3 foster

A Rhode Island town is considering asking its departments to refrain from purchasing Nike products, one of a number of governments that have called for boycotts in recent weeks. The North Smithfield Town Council plans to discuss a resolution Monday evening. Council President John Beauregard is a former state trooper who is upset with Nike’s

A Virgin Mary sculpture in a New Mexico Catholic church is “crying” – again. The Hobbs News-Sun reports parishioners say the bronze Our Lady of Guadalupe statue at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Hobbs was seen weeping for the fifth time since May. Devotees say the statue was seen weeping Thursday as parishioners

A school-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening concern about the new popularity of vaping among teens. E-cigarettes typically contain nicotine, but results published Monday mean 2.1 million middle and high school students have used them to get high. The devices are generally considered a less

Mexico’s president-elect kicked off a nationwide tour Sunday with his new head of security in tow: a restaurant owner named Daniel Asaf who will coordinate a civilian brigade in lieu of the Mexican equivalent of the U.S. Secret Service. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who takes office Dec. 1, introduced Asaf to reporters at Mexico City’s