Month: October 2018

An unidentified 50-year-old man who was hit by a car early Sunday morning has died. The crash happened Sunday morning on the 4600 block of Dyer Street in Northeast El Paso. According to the El Paso Police Department, Special Traffic Investigators (STI) responded to the collision. Police said, the unidentified man was running across the

A Texas man has been taken into custody at a Kentucky airport after investigators say he intended to engage in sexual activities with what he believed were two underage minors he met online. ABC Kentucky affiliate WTVQ reports Gregory Lee Hruby, 65, was taken into custody upon arriving at the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington,

Porn actress Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti must pay $4.85 million to an attorney who worked at his former law firm, a California judge ruled Monday, marking the first time the potential presidential candidate is being held personally liable in the lawsuit over back pay. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dennis Landin ordered the payout

The “amoral bully” is ready to campaign for the “dishonest politician” as President Donald Trump holds a Houston rally for Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday. The president’s appearance on behalf of Cruz represents a once-unthinkable show of support for Trump’s onetime rival for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and comes as Cruz faces a strong

The Dallas Cowboys have acquired Oakland receiver Amari Cooper for a first-round draft pick. Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said Monday his team will get the pick in the 2019 draft. The deal comes with the Cowboys struggling to make big plays in the passing game with quarterback Dak Prescott, and a few months after

An Ecuadorian pizza deliveryman who was held up as an example of what some critics described as zealous U.S. immigration enforcement has been arrested in a domestic violence case. A criminal complaint alleges that Pablo Villavicencio pushed his wife against a wall, slapped her and grabbed her phone to keep her from calling police. It

Thousands of Central American migrants, many with their feet bandaged and blistered, gathered Monday in this southern Mexican town preparing to embark on the arduous 2,000-mile walk to the U.S. border even as President Donald Trump rained more threats on their governments. Just over two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections, in which Trump has

President Donald Trump will campaign for Sen. Ted Cruz and other top Republicans Monday night. The rally is at the Toyota Center, home of the NBA’s Houston Rockets. Supporters started lining up Sunday morning. The Trump campaign reported that there were 100,000 requests for tickets, but the stadium only has 18,000 seats. The president tweeted

For the second time in three years, voters in El Paso Independent School District will be asked to approve what is called a “tax ratification election,” to make changes to the district’s tax rate. Under state law, it is considered a tax increase, but the real-life effect will be to leave the actual tax rate

Data obtained by ABC-7 shows that counties in Texas smaller than El Paso County have a higher voter turnout despite a lower number of registered voters. El Paso is the sixth-largest city in Texas and has the eighth highest total of registered voters in the state ahead of the 2018 midterm election. Yet, smaller counties

The Human Rights Campaign on Sunday called for the Trump administration not to go forward with a rollback of protections for transgender people, following a report in The New York Times on a draft proposal. “Setting a destructive precedent, the Trump-Pence administration intends to erase LGBTQ people from federal civil rights protections and eviscerate enforcement

The 2018 midterm elections are here and early voting begins Monday, October 22, and voters will be choosing between much more than Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke for US Senate. El Pasoans will be electing a new governor, city representatives, judges, and smaller statewide offices. You can find a list of places to vote early

El Paso police are looking for a man they claim is burglarizing business vehicles. Police said the first incident happened Oct. 2 at a locksmith business on Dyer Street. The suspect was captured on surveillance equipment stealing a battery from a van and draining the fuel from the vehicle. On Oct. 13, police say the

Early voting in New Mexico is underway for the Nov. 6 general election. The front leaders in the race to replace New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez include U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce (R). CLICK HERE for a look at a sample ballot with the other candidates running in this

East El Paso residents say a drunk driver barreled over the street curb overnight and crashed through an outdoor wall, narrowly missing the homes in the area. “It sounded like a big explosion,” said Kristal Viesca, who was home with her 1-year-old and 2-year-old son at the time. “Dust was everywhere.” The crash happened after

Newly formed Hurricane Willa rapidly gained force and grew into an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm in the Pacific off Mexico on Sunday, with a potential to make landfall on a western stretch of coast between Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta in the coming days. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was “forecast to

One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries Sunday after being by a car, according to El Paso Fire Department dispatch. The incident was reported around 1:30 a.m. on the 4600 block of Dyer Street, near Pierce Avenue.

Data obtained by ABC-7 shows that counties in Texas smaller than El Paso County have a higher voter turnout despite a lower number of registered voters. El Paso is the sixth-largest city in Texas and has the eighth highest total of registered voters in Texas in the 2018 midterm election yet smaller counties like Hidalgo

Six people have been wounded in a street shooting blocks from the Florida stadium where the NFL’s Houston Texans played and defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Ron Lendvay, director of investigations for the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, said several shots rang out about 12:35 p.m. Sunday on a boulevard in the stadium’s

As we get closer to the November 6th elections, ABC-7 is bringing you complete coverage of the key local races. We aired several debates throughout the weekend on Good Morning El Paso Weekend. Here are links to watch each debate in case you missed them: City Council District 6 between Claudia Ordaz Perez & Eric

The UTEP Miners have now lost 19 consecutive games after falling on the road Saturday against Louisiana Tech, 31-24. It was UTEP’s fourth consecutive loss by single digits. UTEP would mount a drive in the closing minutes with a chance to tie the game and send it to overtime. But a costly facemask call on

The New Mexico State Aggies were unable to stop a potent Georgia Southern rushing attack Saturday at Aggie Memorial. Georgia Southern racked up nearly 400 yards on the ground to go along with six rushing touchdowns in a 48-31 win. NMSU got off to a dream start in the first quarter, scoring touchdowns on two

Warm days ahead and El pasoans today did not waste a moment to enjoy the temperatures. The El Paso Fun Fest kept a lot of families happy on the east side, people were making the most out of this comfortable autumn weather, It was a warm enjoyable day Saturday, with winter approaching dozens hundreds of

A contentious battle is brewing between The El Paso ISD and at least one of the teachers unions, all over a proposed tax ratification election.  It’s a penny swap, or in this case a dime swap. EPISD saying tax payers won’t even notice the difference, but The El Paso Federation of Teachers feel they

Immigration has again become a hot political issue as President Donald Trump portrays the Mexico border in a state of crisis, underscored by dramatic images of a caravan of Central American migrants moving toward the U.S. and dozens of people climbing the border fence in Arizona. The Border Patrol released video Friday of the fence

Police removed the remains of 63 fetuses from a Detroit funeral home and regulators shuttered the business amid a widening investigation of alleged improprieties at local funeral homes. Detroit police Chief James Craig said officers found 36 fetuses in boxes and 27 others in freezers during Friday’s raid at the Perry Funeral Home. He said

A body found this past week in a rain-swollen Central Texas lake is that of an Alabama woman who went missing Oct. 8 when floodwaters overwhelmed an RV park, authorities said Saturday. Burnet County sheriff’s officials said the body of Charlotte Moye was found on Lake Lyndon B. Johnson near Kingsland on Tuesday. Moye and

AMARILLO, Texas (AP) – An earthquake has shaken parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 8:04 a.m. Saturday about 9 miles (15 kilometers) north-northeast of Amarillo. The temblor was recorded at a depth of 3 miles (5 kilometers). There were no immediate reports

PARKLAND 57 YSLETA 21 Final EASTWOOD 32 DEL VALLE 21 Final BEL AIR 28 EL DORADO 34 Final PEBBLE HILLS 51 MONTWOOD 27 Final SOCORRO 13 AMERICAS 42 Final FRANKLIN 44 CORONADO 0 Final BOWIE 21 AUSTIN 28 Final/OT EL PASO 14 BURGES 41 Final RIVERSIDE 18 CANUTILLO 42 Final JEFFERSON 0 ANDRESS 65 Final

Editor’s note: A previous story listed an incorrect date for purse donations. It is Saturday, October 20. If unused purses are clogging your closets, you have an opportunity to donate them this weekend. The Women’s Fund of El Paso is hosting a grass-roots style Power Brunch event across El Paso to collect new and gently