Month: January 2019

A crash has not cleared in West El Paso. It is creating a major delay along I-10 West and Resler. Drivers should take Mesa or Doniphan to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

There is a stalled vehicle on I-10 West and Executive blocking the right lane. There is a major delay in the area. Drivers should take Mesa to avoid this area.

There is a crash on I-10 West and the Copia entrance ramp. The cars are blocking the right shoulder. Take Montana to avoid this area.

Who needs eggs for breakfast when you can eat chicken — for free? Chick-fil-A restaurants in the El Paso and Las Cruces area will be offering a free breakfast item on Thursday, Jan. 17 and Thursday, Jan. 24. Any guest who visits a participating restaurant between the time the restaurants open and 10 a.m. can

One person died in a two-vehicle crash in Hudspeth County Monday morning, according to authorities. The crash happened just after 1 a.m. on U.S. 62/180 at mile post 72 near Hueco Tanks Rd. In El Paso, U.S. 62/180 is known as Montana Ave. An official with the Hudspeth County Sheriff’s Office told ABC-7 crews on

A semi-truck hit a barrier on I-10 near Mesa Monday morning, according to authorities. The El Paso Fire Department emergency dispatch told ABC-7 one person was sent to the hospital with minor injuries. The semi hit a barrier near the Mesa Rd. on ramp and authorities were on the scene cleaning up debris. There was

At least two El Paso area restaurants are offering free food for federal employees not being paid during the partial government shutdown. Poke3 is offering a free bowl of poke with one scoop of protein to all federal employees with their ID, Saturday and Sunday, and each following weekend until the shutdown is over. Carnitas

Employees with the departments of Homeland Security and Transportation are not being paid during the shutdown, that includes TSA agents and FAA air traffic controllers, two groups of people who keep our airports moving fluidly. Houston’s Bush Intercontinental airport had to close one of their TSA checkpoints because of a staffing shortage during a shutdown,

TxDot has announced several over night closures between Jan. 13 to Jan. 17. On Sunday Jan. 13 through Thursday from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. T-10 eastbound will close between North Mesa and Sunland Park.The North Mesa entrance ramp to I-10 eastbound will close.The Resler flyover entrance ramp to I-10 eastbound will close. The ramp

Having waited 64 years for the reunion, Rex Beach struggled to leave his father’s casket when the time came. “It’s hard to let go once you’ve found what you’ve been searching for all your life,” Beach said following a ceremony at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery. Thursday was the culmination of Rex Beach’s nearly decade-long

Former Obama Cabinet member Julian Castro joined the 2020 presidential race Saturday as the rush of Democrats making early moves to challenge President Donald Trump accelerates, while anticipation grows around bigger names still considering a White House run. “I’m running for president because it’s time for new leadership, because it’s time for new energy and

UTEP’s Jordan Lathon hit a game-winning jumper to lift the Miners past the Rice Owls by a final of 65-64 at the Don Haskins Center Saturday night. The Owls had just hit what they thought would be the game-winner moments before. Trey Murphy III connected from downtown to give Rice a 64-63 lead with about

Max Glauben was 17 and had already lost his mother, father and brother at the hands of the Nazis when U.S. troops rescued him while he was on a death march from one German concentration camp to another. The recollections of the Dallas resident who as a Jew in Poland survived the Warsaw Ghetto and

Richard Overton, the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who at 112 was believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S., has been remembered for his love of country and joy for life. Gov. Greg Abbott was among hundreds of mourners honoring Overton during Saturday’s funeral at Shoreline Church in Austin. Overton, who

Recently ABC 7 visited the home of a man, Jose Hernandez, who claimed to be the biggest Dallas Cowboys’ fan in the world. He constructed a miniature Dallas Cowboys field in his backyard. His story prompted other Cowboys’ fans to share their photos with ABC 7 and profess their love for the Cowboys, each fan

The New Mexico State men’s basketball team beat CSU Bakersfield Saturday at the Pan American Center in a pivotal WAC contest, 73-62. The Roadrunners entered the game with a perfect 3-0 record in WAC play, good enough to sit atop the standings heading into the tilt. The Aggies were fresh off a dramatic win over

A day after its officers went without a paycheck for the first time during the government shutdown, the Transportation Security Administration drew in almost 200 people still interested in the airport security job during a fast-track hiring event Saturday in Tennessee. Joshua Paders, a 31-year-old who attended the event, said he would still take a

A massive winter snowstorm that blanketed several Midwest states was a factor in at least five road deaths on Saturday and forced the grounds crew to scramble to clear snow from Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City ahead of the NFL divisional playoff game. The storm moved into Kansas and Nebraska from the Rockies on Friday,

El Paso police say the three siblings who went missing Friday night in Central El Paso have now been located. Tiffany Anguiano-Nixon,13, Tracy Jay Anguiano-Nixon, 12, and Deandre Leatherbury, 9, were all located safe and unharmed according to the Crimes against Persons unit. As previously reported, officers said the kids left their house on the

Two of the most promising teams around town claimed victory Friday night on the hardwood. The Parkland Matadors won a District 2-5A showdown at home against Eastwood by a final of 48-42 to improve their league record to 9-0. The Troopers entered the game in second place in the district with just one loss, but

James McClain-Green, the dual sport athlete out of Franklin High School, was released from the hospital after nearly two months and multiple surgeries. McClain-Green was critically injured in a car crash in mid-November. The Jeep he was riding in rolled and pinned him underneath the vehicle. The driver of the Jeep, 17-year-old Pablo Payan, was

The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight Friday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess. A solution couldn’t come soon enough for federal workers who got pay statements Friday but no pay. The House and Senate

UTEP has been listed as one of the “Top 10 Most Underrated Colleges in the Southwest” by CollegeVine. The website, dedicated to data-driven high school guidance and college applications services, ranked UTEP at number 7. UTEP is listed along with schools such as the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Oklahoma and the

Two people suffered serious injuries after a pickup collided with a school bus, police said. The driver of the school bus was at fault, police said, adding the driver ran a stop sign. No children were inside the bus at the time, police added. Two other people suffered minor injuries. One of those two was

The nonprofit running what once was the largest U.S. detention camp housing migrant teenagers said the last children left the facility Friday. The tent city in Tornillo, Texas, is shutting down, and all tents and equipment will be removed from the site by the end of January, said Krista Piferrer, spokeswoman of BCFS Health and

R. Kelly celebrates his birthday despite sexual allegations: The lifetime documentary series “Surviving r. Kelly” has renewed interest in allegations that Kelly abused women and girls and held some of them against their will. Despite all the new attention, R. Kelly still celebrated his birthday this past Wednesday. Social media users posted video of the

The law enforcement community in Las Cruces bid farewell to former LCPD chief Jaime Montoya, laid to rest after he passed away on January 3, 2018. A funeral mass was held at the Las Cruces Cathedral Friday morning. Montoya’s casket was then escorted by the same police officers he once he led to his final

A 21-year-old man shot a Wisconsin couple to death at their home in a scheme to kidnap their teenage daughter, then held the girl captive for three months before she managed to escape in an isolated north woods town, authorities said Friday. Jayme Closs, 13, was skinny, disheveled and wearing shoes too big for her

U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small of New Mexico is asking for her pay to be withheld until the federal government shutdown ends. The Democratic freshmen congresswoman posted on Twitter a letter she wrote to the U.S. House of Representatives Office of Payroll and Benefits on Thursday that formally asks for her paycheck to be withheld

Mexican authorities said Friday that a soldier and five attackers died in a clash between gunmen and an army patrol in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, bringing that state’s death toll in two days of presumed gang-related violence to 30. A group of armed assailants attacked a military patrol Thursday on a highway near