Month: March 2019

A groundbreaking ceremony for Camp Cohen was held Thursday morning at the site of the old Cohen Stadium in Northeast El Paso. Camp Cohen will offer the community a unique water experience based on its sporty theme inspired by the local culture and public opinion captured through an extensive outreach process. It is part of

More than two weeks after Dr. Heather Wilson’s first visit to the UTEP campus, the sole finalist for the campus president job met with more than a dozen students in person. The meeting on Thursday behind closed doors at UTEP’s Union East building comes as multiple groups from the university and in the city have

On MSNBC Thursday, El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar called on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign, claiming Nielsen’s ” incompetence and lack of leadership is hurting El Paso and our country. ” ” I am calling on the secretary to resign. Her incompetence is hurting the community, ” Escobar told host Ali Velshi .

A wanted fugitive attempted to load a handgun as he was running away from Gang Unit officers who spotted him at a gasoline station in Northeast El Paso, said police. Investigators charged Deshaun Montrill Williams, 38, with Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by Felon, Evading Arrest or Detention, Resisting Arrest Search or Transport, and Possession

A member of the ” Texas 7 ” gang of escaped prisoners who’s scheduled to be executed Thursday evening should be spared because he didn’t fatally shoot a suburban Dallas police officer during a Christmas Eve robbery more than 18 years ago, according to his attorneys. Patrick Murphy, 57, is slated to receive lethal injection

Police officers arrested two teenagers in connection to eleven ” smash and grab ” burglaries. Police said the series of business burglaries occurred across El Paso from March 9, 2019 to March 26, 2019. The burglars would gain entry into the businesses by breaking the front windows and then steal money and other property, police

A former Iowa Democratic Party official is facing criticism for jumping to Beto O’Rourke’s campaign – and bringing with him inside information that O’Rourke’s rivals for the White House say could give the former Texas congressman an advantage on caucus night. Before joining O’Rourke’s campaign this month as a senior Iowa strategist, Norm Sterzenbach worked

A federal judge ruled Thursday that a law firm must turn over thousands of records that lawyers believe will give a fuller accounting of how Baylor University responded to sexual assault allegations made by students. Judge Robert Pitman said in his order that Philadelphia-based Pepper Hamilton must produce all materials related to its internal review

The University of Texas has suspended its spirit team for six years following an investigation into hazing at a retreat the night before a new member was fatally wounded in a car crash while heading back to Austin. The Texas Cowboys fire ” Smokey the Cannon ” at the school’s home football games. The Austin

Former Vice President Joe Biden is out front in a poll by Quinnipiac University out Thursday, with 29% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters saying they’ll vote for him in the 2020 primary if he runs. Biden is contemplating a campaign for the White House in 2020, and there is speculation that he is close to

A mother is suing The Weather Channel for $125 million over the death of her son, who was killed in a crash with storm chasers who worked for the cable network. Karen Di Piazza alleges Kelley Williamson and Randall Yarnall , who had a show called ” Storm Wranglers, ” ran a stop sign on

The Rio Grande has been a lifeline for humans and wildlife in the Borderland, but a recent report by the Southwest Environmental Center says that roughly two thirds of the species of fish native to the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and Far West Texas have become extinct from those areas. Those species may

The first Democratic presidential debates will take place June 26 and 27 in Miami. The Democratic National Committee confirmed the plans first disclosed by NBC News, which will broadcast the two-night event along with MSNBC and Telemundo . DNC Chairman Tom Perez already had announced that the debates in June and July would take place

Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a Mexican man on human smuggling charges after discovering 54 undocumented immigrants, including two unaccompanied teenagers, in an overcrowded residence in south El Paso. On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, members of the HSI El Paso Border Enforcement Security Task Force

Faced with an increasing flow of Central American migrants north, Mexico plans to set up a ” containment ” belt of federal forces across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, which is the narrowest part of the country’s south and the easiest to control, a senior government official said Wednesday. Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero said the

As former Vice President Joe Biden prepares for a potential White House campaign, his associates increasingly see a strong showing in the Iowa caucuses as crucial to his ability to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Although Biden hasn’t decided whether to launch a third presidential campaign, one of his top associates, Pete Kavanaugh , was

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris announced Thursday the rollout of a slate of endorsements in South Carolina, including one of its longest-serving black lawmakers. The senator from California hopes the support will show her ability to reach broad sectors of the critical early-voting state. Harris’ campaign told The Associated Press that she is being endorsed

Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar is pitching an infrastructure plan she says will provide $1 trillion to fix roads and bridges, protect against flooding and rebuild schools, airports and other projects. The plan announced Thursday is the first policy proposal from the Minnesota senator since she joined the 2020 race with a snowy rally not

Unless you are a Florida State University football fan, chances are you have never heard of the newest Democratic candidate for president — but Wayne Messam is hoping to quickly change that. The mayor of Miramar , Florida, Messam announced Thursday that he is joining the crowded field seeking to unseat President Donald Trump in

Police charged a 16-year-old girl with DUI after a five car pileup that claimed the life of a Good Samaritan who pulled over to help. The wreck happened at 8:00 p.m. on March 27, 2019 on the westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 70 northeast of Las Cruces. The initial investigation indicated a 2001 Pontiac Grand

A breaking point at our Southern Border. That’s what the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection said we’ve reached as he addressed the media today in El Paso. Kevin McAleenan said that on Monday and Tuesday CBP started the day with 12,000 migrants in custody in El Paso, today that number was more than 13,000

Days after the suicides of two student survivors of the Parkland school shooting, parents and teachers packed a town hall Wednesday night, anxiously wondering out loud how to get students to seek therapy as many have been unwilling — despite a barrage of offerings since the 2018 massacre. On Wednesday night, anxious parents in the

A proposal to raise the smoking and vaping age to 21 in Washington has passed the Legislature, putting the state on the precipice of becoming the ninth state to make such a change. Lawmakers in the state Senate approved the measure 33-12 on Wednesday with supporters saying it would reduce youth smoking while critics decried

The Franklin girls soccer team has already had a stellar season, but they have a chance now to make it historic. The Cougars will enter the 6A state playoffs with a 20-0 record after a 10-0 mark in district action, according to records available on MaxPreps. So far, no one has been able to solve

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on Wednesday defended the decision by her staff to drop charges that “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist, anti-gay attack in January. Foxx recused herself before Smollett was charged last month because she had discussed the case with a Smollett family member. The case was handed to First

As the number of undocumented immigrants entering the US continues to rise, border solutions are being discussed this week in San Antonio’s Border Security Expo. Like its international attendees, working on the southwest border requires cooperation with countries to our south. ” There are daily communications in regards to what we’re witnessing at our border,

Some of the world’s biggest companies are back to oppose a range of new Texas legislation they say is discriminatory, two years after Apple, Facebook and other Fortune 500 companies banded together with gay rights activists in defeating the state’s ” bathroom bill ” targeting transgender people. The corporate giants, which also include Google, Amazon,

Prosecutors say a Southeast Texas woman has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for setting her ex-boyfriend on fire after shutting off power to his apartment to lure him outside. Nancy Ruth Allen of Galveston was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon/family violence. Officials say the victim survived

An El Paso man driving drunk while in possession of cocaine over the weekend has four previous DWI convictions, said El Paso Police. Orlando Miguel Luevanos , 45, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated ( 3rd or More) and Possession of a Controlled Substance (cocaine). At about 11:20 p.m. on March 23, 2019, police officers

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will temporarily reassign several hundred border inspectors as beleaguered forces already stationed along the U.S.-Mexico border struggle to keep pace with the growing number of migrant families who are showing up at the border in poor health and turning themselves in to agents to request asylum. Customs and Border