Month: February 2019

Investigators with the police department believe speeding and drunk driving are to blame for the wreck that killed a man early Sunday morning. The wreck happened on the 4100 block of Hueco Avenue at 2:39 a.m. on February 17, 2019. Police said a preliminary investigation revealed 34-year-old Alma Perla Ortega was driving a white 2007

A fatal crash happened in central El Paso early Sunday morning, according El Paso police. The single-car crash happened on U.S. 54 southbound near Montana Avenue, according to police spokesman Darrel Petry. Special Traffic Investigators closed Gateway South at Trowbridge Drive, Hueco and the Montana off ramp.

The El Paso Independent School District Board President, Trent Hatch, resigned from the EPISD board of trustees. President Hatch announced his resignation Saturday night citing that he no longer lives in the geographic district that he represents on the board and so he must vacate the position. According to a news release made by the

A competition was held at Eastlake High School Saturday where students from elementary to high school level put their thinking caps on to solve challenges. It was the regional round of Destination Imagination. Destination Imagination is a global creative problem-solving organization that prepares kindergarten to high school students for college and career readiness through 21st

A former New Mexico State football player is accused of aggravated assault, according to inmate booking records. Malik Demby, who was a defensive back in the 2018 season, was arrested on Saturday night in east Las Cruces. A spokesman for NMSU’s athletic department confirmed Demby exhausted his eligibility to play after his fourth year with

UPDATE: Police have identified the man killed in a fatal crash on Interstate 10 westbound at Artcraft Saturday morning. Police said 46-year-old Demond Williams died after he was ejected from his motorcycle as he was driving on I-10 West. The investigation revealed that at around 2 a.m. Saturday, Williams was driving his 2011 Suzuki motorcycle

It was Pack the Pan Am night out in Las Cruces. Our Tom Scott reported in that the attendance of the game was 11,889 that were treated to a great game! It took two minutes for either team to finally score a point. Seattle U would get hot though in the first half. Going up

UTEP was looking for their first road win of the season up in Hattiesburg. The game started innocently enough with Jordan Lathon hitting a 3 putting the Miners up one. That wouldn’t last, as Southern Miss went on a 21 to 1 and a 10 to 1 run. At half time the Golden Eagles would

One man was taken to the hospital after a bar fight in east El Paso on Saturday morning, according to law enforcement. The fight happened at Mulligan’s on Trawood and Yarbrough drives. Emergency dispatch said the man sustained serious injuries, however responding officers at the scene told ABC-7 the man had minor injuries. No additional

An El Paso Police spokesman now says a man taken into custody in El Paso’s did not crash into a business and did not threaten people inside the business. Earlier in the day, police sent out the following alert: “Preliminary reports of male subject crashed vehicle into business. Threatened persons inside with a gun. At

The Socorro Bulldogs boys basketball team is back in the postseason after a drought that lasted more than two decades. But that’s ancient history now. Socorro defeated Franklin in a play-in game Friday night at Bowie High School to book their trip to the 6A state playoffs. After falling behind 24-17 at the half, the

Athletic facilities at New Mexico State University could soon be seeing some upgrades. NMSU recently released a wish list of projects it hopes to get done. The total cost is estimated at more than $14 million and NMSU will be looking at donors and even state lawmakers for financial support. New Mexico is the only

High School Girls Basketball Area Round Scores: Class 6A: Franklin 40, Arlington Bowie 36 Final/OT Class 5A: Burges 46, Aledo 65 Final Eastlake 37, Amarillo 87 Final Chapin 44, Lubbock Cooper 87 Final Andress 23, Plainview 48 Final Class 4A: Mountain View 46, Lubbock Estacado 53 Final San Elizario 46, Hereford 60 Final Class 3A:

El Paso Police have reopened all westbound and eastbound lanes on I-10 In West El Paso following a wreck involving several vehicles near Redd Road.

It has been a busy week for the Borderland following President Donald Trump’s rally at the El Paso County Coliseum Monday. The Sun City is still in the national spotlight. Late-night television has been having fun with President Trump’s El Paso rally and there was one show in particular that even debuted a mascot. A

Former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke – mulling a run for the presidency in 2020 – told MSNBC he would take down existing walls and border barriers already in place along the Southwestern border if he could. O’Rourke also responded to this Twitter question posed by Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw: “If you could snap

A South Texas couple has been arrested after the remains of their 2-year-old daughter were found in a bucket apparently containing acid. Gerardo Zavala-Loredo and Monica Yvonne Dominguez are both charged with abusing a human corpse and evidence tampering. Dominguez also is charged with two child endangerment counts. Zavala’s in Webb County Jail under $125,000

Police say a note found in a 16-year-old New Mexico boy’s pocket indicated that he had planned to kill his ex-girlfriend and others on Valentine’s Day, when he fired a gunshot inside his high school. No one was injured in the shooting Thursday morning at V. Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho, a suburb

U.S. Border Patrol agents and marine units from the Eagle Pass Station rescued 17 Central American migrants from the Rio Grande River in three incidents Thursday. “As the number of migrants crossing the dangerous Rio Grande River has risen over the past several weeks, so too have our number of rescues,” said Del Rio Sector

President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency at the southern border while acknowledging that rapid construction of a wall is not a necessity, but rather his preference. In justifying the extraordinary step, he brushed aside his administration’s conclusions that drugs come into the country primarily at official points of entry, not over remote

A man accused of driving drunk lied about his identity to police officers, who later learned he is a fugitive wanted by the US Marshals Service. Julio Cesar Alcala, 38, was arrested at 12:34 a.m. on February 13, 2019 and charged with DWI. Police said Alcala was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro when he almost

Police arrested an El Paso woman who allegedly lied to investigators about a vehicle theft and thousands of dollars in stolen money. Erica Rodarte, 34, is charged with False Report to a Peace Officer. On January 23, 2019, Rodarte called police from her place of business to report her vehicle had been burglarized outside her

The 6-year-old daughter of the late NFL player Aaron Hernandez missed a 2014 deadline to opt out of the league’s concussion settlement and can’t separately pursue a $20 million suit over his diagnosis of a degenerative brain disease, a judge ruled. Yet Hernandez’s death in 2017 came too late for his family to seek up

The U.S. government has suddenly stopped force-feeding a group of men on a hunger strike inside an El Paso immigration detention center, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. The dramatic reversal came Thursday as public pressure was mounting on ICE to halt the practice, which involves feeding detainees through nasal tubes against their will. Last

The Senate has passed a bipartisan border security plan that would finance 55 additional miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The 83-16 vote advances the measure to the House for a vote Thursday night. The bill would then go to Trump for his signature in time to avert another partial government shutdown this weekend.

Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Bypassing Congress, which approved far less money for his proposed wall than he had sought, Trump said he will use executive action

Baby Brianna Lopez would have turned 17 on Valentine’s Day. In 2002, the infant was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted to death by family members when she was only several months old. Every year, a large group visits her gravesite at the Doña Ana Cemetery to celebrate her birthday. The gravesite in the vilage of

On Friday, Austin High School is marking the start of some major construction projects on campus to improve the school. El Paso Independent School District is holding a groundbreaking ceremony on campus at 11 a.m. The district is investing $29.6 million into campus upgrades and a brand new performance arts center with a 300-seat theater.

The New Mexico State men’s basketball team continued to roll Thursday night, beating Utah Valley by a final of 84-77 to extend their win streak to 10 games. The Aggies have not lost a game since falling in their WAC opener on Jan. 3 at Cal Baptist. Eli Chuha paced New Mexico State with 21

The UTEP men’s basketball team is still winless on the road after falling 71-57 at Louisiana Tech Thursday night. Efe Odigie led the Miners with 16 points and added 10 rebounds, but the Miners were unable to contain DaQuan Bracey ,who exploded for 28 points on 9-12 shooting from the floor for the Bulldogs. The