Month: April 2019

Police arrested the El Paso chapter president of the Mongols Outlaw motorcycle gang in connection to the alleged assault of a rival gang member, officials said. Charles Anderson, 46, was taken into custody at about 4:45 a.m. on April 29, 2019 at 8315 Mt. Latona. Police charged Anderson with Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. The

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has submitted a letter of resignation to President Donald Trump. It’s effective May 11. His departure ends a nearly two-year run defined by his appointment of a special counsel to investigate connections between the Trump campaign and Russia. The departure had been expected since the confirmation of William Barr as

A federal magistrate judge has ordered the leader of an armed group that detained asylum-seeking families near the U.S.-Mexico border to remain jailed as he awaits trial on a federal firearms charge. Larry Mitchell Hopkins pleaded not guilty to being a felon in possession of firearms during a detention hearing Monday in Albuquerque. A federal

The Vista Hills Country Club is touted as being home to one of the Premier Golf Courses in West Texas, but after nearly 50 years, the club is being forced to close its doors. In its peak, Vista Hills had more than 400 equity members, but the once private country club started to lose its

The City of El Paso Environmental Services Department selected the winners of the “2019 Recycle Right, El Paso” student PSA video contest for high school students. High school students from across the area were asked to produce a 30-second video that focused on recyclable items that are accepted and not accepted in El Paso. Third

New Mexico health officials say two people who received facial injections from the same spa are infected with HIV. The New Mexico Department of Health said in a news release Monday that two clients of VIP Spa in Albuquerque who received “vampire facials” last year were recently infected with the same HIV strain. Officials say

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke has announced his first major policy initiative, a $5 trillion plan to combat climate change that he says will keep the Earth from sliding past the point of no return in less than a generation. The former Texas congressman unveiled his proposal on Monday from California’s Yosemite National Park, a

Investigators in Texas say a 25-year-old woman who’s charged with capital murder in the death of her infant daughter had initially tried to blame her 3-year-old son for the killing. Halle Marie Murry of Fort Worth was being held Monday at the Tarrant County jail on a charge of capital murder of a person under

Heads up drivers that plan on traveling on I-10 East towards Copia Street. Beginning at 3 a.m. on Sunday, I-10 East will be closed to all traffic at US 54 for 27 hours. This closure is so crews can remove old pavement, place new pavement, re-stripe travel lanes, and place safety barriers in the area.

In six months, there have been two attacks on two different synagogues in the United States. “I can’t believe that I’m standing here in front of you six months to the day of another synagogue shooting,” El Paso City Councilman Peter Svarzbein told ABC-7. On Holocaust Rememberance Day, Svarzbein expressed his frustration at the most

City of the Crosses native Lindsay Halas didnt know she was going to have to carry her NMSU Tennis team to a WAC Championship, but she was prepared none the less. Going into her match the Aggies were tied with GCU 3-3. Halas would go down in the final set and rally back to win

The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a 73-year-old man that went missing west of Las Cruces on Friday. Ted Hamler was last seen wearing blue jeans and a navy-blue shirt with thick stripes, according to the sheriff’s office. Hamler is 5’6″ and weighs 160 pounds with gray hair

The phone rang for UTEP Miner Winston Dimel alerting him to the fact that he had just been signed by the Seattle Seahawks. The star fullback transfer from Kansas State played in 6 games for the Miners. Catching nine passes for 89 yards Son of head football coach Dana Dimel, Winston spent his junior year

Police are investigating a Sunday evening shooting that killed one person and injured six people near a Maryland church, according to ABC affiliate WMAR. It happened at a cookout after 5 p.m. EST on Edmondson Ave near Perkins Square Baptist Church in Baltimore, according to WMAAR. Check back for updates on this story as it

The UIL Regional Track Meet was held in Lubbock, Texas. Speedsters and field specialists from all over the Borderland competed. Many from El Paso punched their ticket to compete in the state meet.

The El Paso Locomotive FC were sitting in last place within their conference. Up next for the squad was the western conferences fourth ranked team, Reno 1868 FC. Both teams had opportunities to get on the board early in the game. Sixth minute, Reno ripped a shot from just out side the goal area. Goal

In his first visit to El Paso, a spokesman for the Trump 2020 campaign told reporters he is confident that the president will win re-election. “He’s got such great results,” said Marc Lotter, the Director of Strategic Communications for the Trump campaign. “Every day, people are starting to feel it.” Lotter credited El Paso’s border

An El Paso man has been arrested for allegedly causing a fatal head-on collision in Las Cruces. It happened Saturday, April 27 at around 1:20 a.m. on Interstate 25 near mile marker 1. New Mexico State police said 41-year-old Daniel Medina was driving a 2009 Ford the wrong way on I-25 North. Medina’s vehcile then

A high school senior from Johnson City, Tennessee, received his diploma in a special graduation ceremony just days before his death after a long fight with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Johnson had pictures taken in his cap and gown in his hospital room. Dakota Johnson had been enrolled in homebound schooling through the Johnson City school

New Mexico State linebacker Terrill Hanks was not selected in the 2019 NFL Draft, but his representatives said on Twitter that he quickly signed an undrafted free agent deal with the Miami Dolphins. Hanks himself later confirmed that news in a tweet. The Miami native was a four-year starter at strong side linebacker for the

Parents are upset after receiving a letter from Sunrise Elementary in Chaparral about a new clothing rule. The letter sent to parents reads: “Dear Sunrise parents, Beginning on Thursday, April 25, 2019 Sunrise Elementary is asking parents or guardians to not send students with hoodies coats or other non-weather appropriate clothing. Students have been told

Burges basketball standout Tristen Newton confirmed Friday night on Twitter that he has committed to play for East Carolina at the next level. Newton, who scored more than 3,000 points in his high school career, thanked God, his coaches and teammates in the post. But he saved the biggest thanks for his brother Jawaun Newton,

It’s been a week since the San Elizario boys soccer team won the 4A state championship for the second year in a row. But the party isn’t over yet. The team was honored at a pep rally Friday at San Elizario High School complete with the band, cheerleaders, and plenty of excited students. And they

Four people died after a semi-truck hauling lumber lost control of the vehicle and plowed into vehicles on a crowded section of Interstate 70 near Denver, triggering explosions and a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off of cars, authorities said Friday. “It was crash, crash, crash and explosion, explosion, explosion,”

Hours after a mass escape from an immigration detention center in southern Mexico, throngs of detained migrants raised their fists in the air Friday and chanted “We want food! We want out!” It was the largest mass escape from a Mexican immigration center in memory and the latest example of how the government has become

Texas officials announced Friday that they settled a lawsuit over a bungled search for ineligible voters that President Donald Trump stoked over Twitter but that resulted in the U.S. citizenship of thousands of people being wrongly called into question. The agreement officially ends a botched scouring of Texas voter rolls that began in January and

Democratic presidential candidate John Hickenlooper is proposing a $15 federal minimum wage – with a twist. Rather than unilaterally hiking the wage to $15, the former Colorado governor proposes phasing in the increases depending on an area’s cost of living. The most expensive quarter of the country would get a $15 minimum wage by 2021,

Prosecutors have dismissed at least nine cases that were investigated by the former white Dallas police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in his own apartment, according to court records. A grand jury indicted Amber Guyger on a murder charge in November, nearly three months after she fatally

Employees with the City of Las Cruces are working furiously to finish preparing a new processing center and housing facility for families and immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. The facility is at an Old Armory building in west Las Cruces. The City is using some of the $500,000 City Council allocated for migrant care

Four people died after a semi-truck hauling lumber lost control and plowed into vehicles on a crowded section of Interstate 70 near Denver, triggering explosions and a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off of cars, authorities said Friday. “It was crash, crash, crash and explosion, explosion, explosion,” said John Romero,