Month: December 2018

It’s been a long and winding road for Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino. A journey that began back in 1959, and through the years has seen the growth other casinos would be envious of. Horse racing will soon return to Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino, but this race season will be extra special. Starting Friday,

Special Traffic Investigators with the El Paso Police Department are investigating a deadly wreck in the Far East. Police said 49-year-old Sebastian Fernandez, of the 15500 block of Blaeu, was killed when his 2008 Chevrolet Silverado collided into an overpass wall. The wreck was reported shortly after 9 a.m. at the intersection of Montana and

The sweet smell of success comes in the form of chocolate. That is for one business at least – Chocolat. Chocolat is a locally owned business that has sold out of chocolate and chocolate made items 12 days before Christmas. The display tables, and cases inside of Chocolat, which are usually filled with chocolate goodies,

The driver of a Volkswagen Jetta was killed after she veered into the path of an 18-wheeler and then into the path of a Ford F-150, colliding with the pickup truck, El Paso Police said. Police identified the driver of the Jetta as 47-year-old Maria Elena Rico, of the 3300 block of Rivera. The wreck

A divided Supreme Court won’t let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Chief Justice John Roberts joined his four more liberal colleagues Friday in ruling against the administration in the very case in which President Donald Trump had derided the “Obama judge” who

The fiance of a Colorado woman who has been missing since Thanksgiving Day was arrested Friday on allegations of killing the mother of his child, and police said she likely died at her house in a mountain town. But authorities declined to say whether they had found the body of Kelsey Berreth, 29, what led

Actress Kate del Castillo said she is suing former Mexican officials for $60 million in “moral and material damages” because of what she calls “political persecution” against her. Mexican authorities investigated del Castillo following the secret meeting she arranged with Sean Penn and former fugitive drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2015. She was

Authorities say they’ve charged a Houston-area couple in the death of their 2-year-old daughter for leaving the child overnight in their car after returning from a party. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement Friday that Olga Esquivel and Angel Esquivel-Blanco, both 25 and from Humble, are charged with abandoning a child.

For the second time in a month, New Mexico regulators have delayed a decision on awarding the state’s sixth and final license for a horse racetrack and casino. The Racing Commission met behind closed doors for about three hours Friday before announcing it would be putting off a decision on the advice of the state

After a year like this, Netflix shows no signs of chilling. The dominant online video streamer started 2018 with almost 118 million subscribers, went on to win its first feature-film Oscar, briefly surpassed Disney as the most valuable U.S. media company, lured the likes of superstar show runners Shonda Rhimes, Kenya Barris and Ryan Murphy

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in southern Arizona has pleaded guilty to lying about his citizenship on a passport application, acknowledging that he claimed he was born in Texas but is actually a native of Mexico. The guilty plea Thursday by Marco Antonio De La Garza Campos in Tucson calls for the dismissal

Mexico’s willingness to accept Central American asylum seekers while their applications are processed in the U.S. appears to be yet another sign of the blooming honeymoon between leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and President Donald Trump, though it is also causing concern among officials in Mexican border cities already struggling to deal with thousands

Actress Kate del Castillo said she is suing former Mexican officials for $60 million in “moral and material damages” because of what she calls “political persecution” against her. Mexican authorities investigated del Castillo following the secret meeting she arranged with Sean Penn and former fugitive drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2015. She was

Unidentified assailants have left a severed human head in a Styrofoam cooler outside the offices of a newspaper in Mexico’s northern border state of Tamaulipas. A hand-written sign left with the cooler threatened journalists. The Expreso newspaper in the state capital of Ciudad Victoria reported Friday that the sign said: “For newspapers allied with million

Facing a midnight deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump said Friday a closure could drag on “for a very long time” and he tried to lay blame on congressional Democrats if there’s no deal over his demand for U.S.-Mexico border wall money. Trump’s tweet came ahead of a meeting with Senate

Children torn from parents, refugees turned away and a relentless stream of changes to immigration regulation and enforcement. To those who champion President Donald Trump and believe cracking down on immigration translates to better lives for Americans, 2018’s breathless headlines were a fulfillment of campaign promises. To many others, they harkened back to dark moments

Two El Paso Customs and Border Protection officers saved the life of a Guatemalan infant choking at the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday. The 11-month-old infant was with a family seeking asylum in the US. Officials said that on December 9, 2018, the girl was being fed

An allegation of alleged inappropriate conduct by an employee is being investigated at Socorro High School. The principal confirmed in a parent notification Thursday that the school received a report about the conduct by an employee at the school. Josh Tovar said that the Socorro Independent School District initiated an investigation and the person named

Vitalant scheduled a blood drive fundraiser at the Humane Society of El Paso to raise funds that will help provide daily needs to the animals under its care. For every three donors that the HSEP blood drive receives, 10 lives will be saved. The blood drive will take place on Friday, December 21, from 3-

The holiday travel season means millions will be heading on the roads or to the skies to visit family and friends.The record-breaking 112.5 million travelers taking to the nation’s runways, highways and railways is a more than four percent increase over last year, according to AAA.Nearly seven million travelers will head to airports for the

There is a crash on I-10 East and Hawkins that is blocking the left lane. Drivers should take Montana or Gateway East to avoid the area. No injuries to report.

Firefighters rescued two men hanging from a crane at Marathon Petroleum in South Central El Paso. Crews rescued the men one-at-a-time. The two men were trapped inside a crane basket for about two hours. According to a Marathon Petroleum spokesperson, the two men were contractors but not employees of the company. The spokesperson also said

The United States and foreign governments are tangled in tariff disputes. While it’s bad news for farmers, it’s good news for food banks like El Pasoans Fighting Hunger. El Pasoans FIghting Hunger food bank is a local organization that provides food for 200,000 El Paso residents who are food insecure. At least one in three

The Weststar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational begins tomorrow. UTEP will take on Norfolk State at the Don, Friday at 7pm. The tournament will consist of Tast Tennessee state, Wyoming, Norfolk State and the Miners. Today the coaches took the mic. Coach Robert Jones who coaches the Norfolk State Spartans had this to say,

Christmas came a few days early for some deserving local veterans. More than 150 veterans all got to open up their presents this morning at the abrosio guillen veterans home. The gifts were donated through the gift giving tree located at the airport and other places throughout the city. Every year – people can take

President Donald Trump’s band of “my generals” is disbanding. A political novice, Trump took office nearly two years ago touting the retired military leaders who had agreed to serve in his administration: retired four-star Marine Corps Gen. Jim Mattis as defense secretary, and John Kelly, another retired four-star Marine general, heading the Department of Homeland

UTEP students who use the student health and wellness center to get medical prescriptions will soon have even more options. Today, the university announced a partnership with university medical center that will open seven locations for students to pick up medications. These locations will be both on and off campus. The partnership includes access to

U.S. officials say the Pentagon is developing plans to withdraw up to half of the 14,000 American troops serving in Afghanistan, marking a sharp change in the Trump administration’s policy aimed at forcing the Taliban to the peace table after more than 17 years of war. One official says the troops could be out by

A spokesman with the El Paso Fire Department told ABC-7 the massive fire at the iFly construction site in West El Paso was caused by a welder. iFly is an indoor skydiving facility set to open next year. The fire department said that while the welder was working, some sparks landed on the insulation panels,

The El Paso Police were called to the 9300 block of Betel this morning at around 8:00 am on a vicious animal call. According to EPPD, two pit bulls jumped the fence into a neighbors yard and began attacking the neighbor’s dog. Police say that when they arrived on the scene, they were also attacked