Month: January 2019

A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed Wednesday for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago during a robbery. Robert Jennings was condemned for the July 1988 slaying of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery at an adult bookstore. Jennings would be the first inmate put to death this year

An Albuquerque woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for assaulting three U.S. Postal Service employees in Bernalillo County in 2017. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Jackie Herron was sentenced Wednesday. She pleaded guilty in the case in June 2018. Herron was indicted on three counts of assault on a federal employee involving the

A New Mexico bill that proposes changes in how children who are subjected to prostitution are treated by authorities has won approval from the House Judiciary Committee. The legislation sponsored by Rep. Gail Chasey, an Albuquerque Democrat who chairs the committee, would remove prostitution as a punishable delinquent act for youth younger than 18 in

Election officials in Texas’ largest county say they have already cleared about 18,000 voters in the Houston area who the state had wrongly flagged as potential noncitizens. Harris County special assistant attorney Douglas Ray said Wednesday he expects to find more mistakes as the state backpedals on claims that tens of thousands of illegal ballots

One of Boston’s most famous brewers is paying tribute to the city’s favorite quarterback. Sam Adams is releasing a beer in honor of Tom Brady ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl when the New England Patriots will play the Los Angeles Rams. The Double IPA is called Too Old, Too Slow, Still Here . The 41-year-old

A renowned opera singer and University of Michigan professor is in police custody on allegations that he and his husband in 2010 sexually assaulted a singer in Houston. Countertenor David Daniels and his spouse William A. Scott Walters were arrested Tuesday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Texas warrants charging each of them with sexual assault

With a sewing machine, some fabric and cotton stuffing, a Brownsville mother-daughter duo has set out to be part of the humanitarian response for migrants on the border. The Brownsville Herald reports Melba Salazar-Lucio, 61, a Texas Southmost College English professor, and her mother Maria Elena Salazar have made and donated around 2,000 pillows to

Las Cruces Police charged the knife-wielding man accused of threatening police officers, barricading himself in an apartment and forcing a SWAT standoff Tuesday afternoon. Police took Michael Angel Torres, 40, into custody sometime after 6 p.m., police said. Torres is charged with two third-degree felony counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer, a misdemeanor

New Mexico would open its Medicaid program to paying customers in an effort to expand affordable health care options under newly proposed legislation. The bill to create a Medicaid buy-in option for state residents who don’t qualify for subsidized health care was introduced Wednesday by Democratic Rep. Deborah Armstrong of Albuquerque. The proposal would allow

A man who pulled over to help the driver of a stalled vehicle was killed when he was struck by the driver of a pickup. The wreck happened January 28, 2019 at about 4:45 p.m., on I-10 near mile marker 159. The initial investigation indicates a 2001 Volkswagen, driven by 18-year-old Garcia Talamantes, of Mexico,

After undergoing bariatric surgery, an El Paso father and daughter duo embarked on a weight-loss journey and lost more than 300 pounds combined. Keith Boutwell, 61, and his daughter, Jessye Boutwell, 22, weighed more than 700 pounds combined before the surgery. “I had a doctor tell me one time that if I didn’t do something,

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman orchestrated a two-decade campaign to flood the United States with tons of cocaine as a ruthless leader of the Sinaloa cartel, a prosecutor said in closing arguments on Wednesday at Guzman’s U.S. trial. Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Goldbarg began her argument by recounting the testimony of a former

One suspect was arrested and charged with aggravated assault after an hours-long SWAT standoff on the eastside. The incident happened on the 7200 block of Dempsey, blocks away from Burges High School. The El Paso Police Department’s Crisis Management Team was responding to a family violence call around 8:40 p.m. A spokesperson for the El

The UTEP men’s basketball team has a chance to accomplish a couple of “firsts” this season if they can beat Marshall on the road Thursday. A win would give UTEP back-to-back victories for the first time this season and it would also mark the team’s first victory on the road. The Miners are catching Marshall

Democratic candidate Art Fierro won the special election for the Texas State Representative District 79 seat with 53.34 percent of the vote. Democrat Michiel Noe finished with 26.65 percent of the vote and republican Hans Sassenfeld has 20.01 percent of the vote. A total of 4,713 people voted. The results are unofficial final results, with

This week, New Mexico State University will release 3.5 milliion gallons of clean drinking water from one of its water tanks. “Believe it or not, this is probably the most economically, most sustainable use that we can do for it,” said Glen Haubold, the associate vice president of NMSU’s Facilities and Services Department. Why will

The Trump administration on Tuesday quietly launched an effort to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts, despite clear reservations and conflicting messages from the Mexican government. The U.S. returned one asylum seeker to Mexico – a 55-year-old Honduran man – on the first day of what would

Officials with the Texas secretary of state’s office began calling county election chiefs Tuesday to warn about problems with its recent report questioning the citizenship of tens of thousands of registered voters, the latest example of a state backpedaling after raising alarms about potential widespread election fraud. Local officials told The Associated Press that they

Investigators with the the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit arrested and charged a Borderland teacher accused of having an improper relationship with a student. Joanna Atilano, 38, was arrested on Monday, January 28, 2019. She was charged with Improper Relationship between Educator and Student and booked into the El Paso County Detention

Sheriff’s deputies Monday arrested two wanted fugitives in Northeast El Paso. Deputies responded to a residence located in the 6000 block of Doe Court after receiving information regarding “ongoing suspicious activity.” After they determined the residence was occupied, deputies attempted to make contact with the occupants, who allegedly refused to open the door. Eventually, deputies

A shooting review team with the El Paso Police Department’s Internal Affairs continues its investigation into a shooting involving a police officer. Police Tuesday identified the officer involved in the shooting as Mizrahaim Delgado, a three-year veteran of the police force. The man arrested after the shooting was identified by police as 50-year-old Alejandro Novela-De

Police Tuesday identified the man killed over the weekend in Northeast El Paso as 20-year-old Terrance Lamont Kinard. Police spokesman Darrel Petry and Sgt. Enrique Carrillo both told ABC-7 that no one has been arrested in connection to the shooting death of a 20-year-old man on Mt. Whitney Drive. ABC-7 had reported on Monday information

A border security compromise that Congress hopes to produce doesn’t have to include the word “wall,” the top House Republican said Tuesday, signaling a rhetorical retreat from a term that President Donald Trump made a keystone of his presidential campaign. The remark by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., came a day before Republican and

After a prosecution that spanned 11 weeks and had its share of bombshells, the defense case at the U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman clocked in on Tuesday at a mere 30 minutes. Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman called one witness and entered one document into evidence before resting the defense’s case. The

A re-opened government means a number of federal services and attractions are once again open to the public in El Paso. Some local businesses are feeling the effects of the shutdown. Five weeks of empty federal buildings meant there was no lunch time rush for dozens of local eateries around the downtown area. “It really

Some of the most influential forces in Democratic politics revolted Monday against former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz’s prospective presidential bid, insisting that an independent run would unintentionally help President Donald Trump win another four years in office. The critics included the Democratic chairman of Schultz’s home state, another billionaire businessman who long flirted with an

The New Mexico state auditor has issued a warning about counterfeit money found in the southern part of the state. The Artesia Daily Press reports the Office of the State Auditor last week issued a risk advisory alerting the public, business owners, and governmental agencies about counterfeit money in circulation. Officials say counterfeit money has

Bacon lovers, today is your day. McDonald’s is giving away free bacon today from 4 to 5 p.m. with any purchase. Whether you purchase a sandwich or a sundae, McDonald’s will give you a free side of thick cut, applewood smoked bacon. The promotion is part of the introduction of three new items to McDonald’s

Companies have already released snippets of their commercials that will air during the Super Bowl this Sunday. A lot of people watch the game only for the breaks to catch a glimpse of commercials companies have been working on since last year. Some ads already released feature big-name celebrities, musicians and athletes like Christina Applegate,

The countdown to the Super Bowl is on! In light of the celebration of football, financial website WalletHub.com wanted to find out which city is the best for football fans. According to WalletHub, Pittsburgh, Boston, Green Bay, Dallas and New York round off the top five. That’s good news for Cowboys fans — in Dallas.