Month: May 2019

Franklin volleyball star Sophia Chacon signed with UTEP Monday afternoon at a ceremony at the Franklin High School library. Chacon, who played setter with the Cougars, helped lead her team to a bidistrict title this past season under legendary head coach Flo Valdez, whom Chacon thanked profusely during her signing ceremony. “Honestly, I’ve been so

Hundreds of migrants cross the border every single day in El Paso and that number continues to rise. Other agencies are stepping in to help the federal agents. ABC-7 rode along with a Border Patrol agent to see the situation up close. Minutes into that ride along, a call for help comes from another agent

The nation’s nurses and educators are in for some treats this week. This is both Teacher Appreciation Week and National Nurses Week, and many businesses are offering both groups some special deals. Teachers can get discounts or free meals at Arby’s, Chipotle, Mcdonald’s and Sonic drive-in, among other businesses. The biggest freebie day for them

You can’t always tell that someone is not doing well based on their outwards appearance, and just because someone looks fine on the outside doesn’t mean they’re not in need of help. May is Mental Health Awareness month. Many people across the borderland may not be aware of the FREE services NAMI, The National Alliance

Police officers and SWAT responded to a Far East El Paso neighborhood to investigate a shots fired call Monday afternoon. The call was received by police shortly before 3 p.m. At about 3:30 pm, police said a suspect was in custody. The scene unfolded on the 3300 block of Tierra Yvette, near Rich Beem and

Legendary pop punk rockers Blink-182 are joining forces with Lil Wayne for a joint summer tour. They’ll be co-headlining, with Neck Deep set to open all dates. Officials from The Don Haskins Center confirmed in a Facebook post that the tour would be making a stop in the borderland on August 4th. According to the

A woman told El Paso Police the man who broke into her apartment and tried to rape her is the same man who followed her to a bus stop three days before the alleged break-in, a criminal complaint states. Police charged Joseph Compean, 21, of the 5700 block of Wren, with Burglary of Habitation. Compean

Hundreds of people walked the annual March for Babies fundraiser Saturday morning at the El Paso Community College Valle Verde campus. March for Babies is one of the biggest March for Dimes fundraisers. “Now more than ever, moms and babies need a champion. The March for Babies community joins together to support families and build

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker is proposing that all gun owners be licensed by the federal government, a process that would include an interview and safety training. National licensing is one of more than a dozen specific proposals in a sweeping gun control agenda the U.S. senator from New Jersey released on Monday. It’s his

UPDATE 5:45 a.m.: El Paso Electric crews have restored power. ORIGINAL STORY: More than 1,300 El Paso Electric customers were reportedly without power Monday morning, according to the utility’s outage map. The outage appears to have broken out around the Giles Rd. and Phoenix Ave area south of I-10. El Paso Electric spokesman George de

TRAFFIC ALERT: The overnight road closure on I-10 East and Airway is now creating a massive delay. Drivers in the area need to take Gateway East or Montana to avoid this area.

There is a crash on Loop 375 Southbound at Alameda. Drivers need to take Zaragoza or Saul Kleinfeld to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

A woman running in last week’s London Marathon would have beaten the record for running dressed as a nurse had she been wearing a skirt. It was rejected by Guinness World Record because it did not meet its requirements of a nurse’s outfit. The organization’s Senior Vice President, Samantha Fay, has since released a statement

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso is celebrating National Nurses Week by remembering the life of El Paso mother and nurse Kharisma James. James was a graduate of the Hunt School of Nursing and an operating room/surgery nurse at The Hospitals of Providence. James died in August, 2018 after she was hit and

Two races in the El Paso Independent School Board election will have to be decided in a runoff election after the candidate with the most votes failed to secure more than 50 percent of the vote. Voters in districts three and six will have to return to the polls later this year. Voters in district

El Pasoans on Saturday overwhelmingly approved the preservation of more than a thousand acres of undeveloped land in Northwest El Paso, including the “Lost Dog Trailhead.” “We won. We won big. I mean it’s like 90 per ent. I don’t know if there’s been any election in town that’s been won by 90 percent,” said

Voters in the town of Horizon City will elect a mayor and three aldermen Saturday. Mayor: Ruben Mendoza 233 votes (54%) Adrian Rivera 201 votes (46%) Alderman Place No. 3: Silas Baca 112 votes (26%) Charlie Ortega 319 votes (74%) Alderman Place No. 5: Johnny “Doc” Duran 353 votes Alderman Place No. 7: Samantha S.

Voters elected three El Paso Community College board trustees Saturday. Elected trustees serve six year terms. In District 4, voters elected a permanent trustee to the seat vacated by Selena Solis, who decided to run for a state district court. In November 2018, Solis was elected to Texas District Court 243. Christina Sanchez, appointed in

Voters in several El Paso area school districts elected new board trustees on Saturday. Here are the final results provided by the County’s elections department: Socorro Independent School District Board of Trustees District at Large: (Voters could select 2 candidates) David O. Morales – 1,211 (26%) Paul Garcia – 1,157 (25%) Tony Ayub – 970

Police charged a man overnight with resisting arrest outside Ross in Las Cruces, according to inmate booking records. Salvador Favela, 42, faces three charges in total: regulatory parking violations, assault on a peace officer and resisting or obstructing. Video sent by an ABC-7 viewer shows multiple police officers outside the business on Lohman Avenue. While

A University of New Mexico baseball player was shot and killed in Albuquerque saturday morning. UNM confirmed that baseball player Jackson Weller was the victim in a shooting and has died. According to KOB, an Albuquerque police spokesperson said officers responded to an area just outside the university campus around 2:15 a.m. where a man

After spending several days in our nation’s capital, several veterans from El Paso and Las Cruces recevied a hero’s welcome at the El Paso International Airport after taking part in this year’s honor flight.The veterans returned home today and were welcomed by dozens of people including family and friends. Many people went up to the

Vince Vaughn pleads no contest to reckless driving Actor Vince Vaughn pleaded no contest to an alcohol-related reckless driving charge after his arrest last year in California, authorities said. In addition to completing a three-month alcohol program and paying fines, Vaughn was sentenced to summary probation for three years, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s

Scores for games played Friday, May 3rd: Class 6A Softball (Second Round – Area): Euless Trinity def. Montwood, 5-4 (Single elimination, Trinity advances) Class 5A: Softball (Second Round – Area): Chapin def. Lubbock Monterey, 9-4 (Single elimination, Chapin advances) Lubbock Coronado def. Hanks, 5-4 (Game one, best-of-three series) Class 6A Baseball (First Round – Bidistrict):

El Paso nonprofit Fab Lab is focused on making technology more accessible to the community. One way they’re encouraging people to learn is by 3-D printing pancakes. “With the food printer that we have, you can actually print with batter,” Fab Lab co-founder Cathy Chen said. Designs are made on a computer program and then

The slowdown at our border bridges has made crossing a pain for people wanting to travel to El paso, but companies are also being hit and extraordinary wait times are having global consequences. As the border slowdown crawls past the one month mark international companies shipping products across North America are struggling with wait times.Borderplex

Federal immigration agents say a migrant child apprehended with a family in El Paso “had been recycled” and forced to undertake the treacherous journey from Central America to the United States “in at least two prior occasions.” Federal officials say individuals seeking asylum in the U.S. sometimes “recycle children,” the act of falsely claiming a

It was a once in a lifetime trip for 30 combat veterans who traveled from El Paso and Las Cruces to Washington D.C. for a special Honor Flight mission. They landed in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday night where the group of World War Two, Korea and Vietnam veterans was warmly greeted with salutes, handshakes and

Prosecutors on Friday filed 40 charges, including four counts of vehicular homicide, against a 23-year-old truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people last week on a Colorado highway. Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos of Houston was “operating the vehicle under circumstances where he was exhibiting extreme indifference to the value of human

Police in Pennsylvania have identified two suspects accused of stealing $21,000 worth of Victoria’s Secret underwear last month. Lower Allen Township police say an 18-year-old woman and a juvenile they aren’t naming entered the store at the Capital City Mall near Harrisburg on April 7. Police say the juvenile acted as a lookout as Aida