Month: May 2019

The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child apprehended by border agents since December. U.S. Customs and Border Protection identified the teenager as Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez. CBP said the Border Patrol apprehended the teenager in South Texas’ Rio

Police say the man accused of stabbing two Burger King employees in West El Paso was reported for a disturbance earlier that day. Kenneth Casey Frank, 28, is charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault. The stabbing was reported at 2:59 a.m. on May 19, 2019 at the Burger King at 7935 N. Mesa. Police

Mark Medoff’s wife and children led the Las Cruces community to honor his memory at New Mexico State on Sunday afternoon. “This is really not a memorial,” said Ross Marks, his son-in-law, business partner and best friend. “It’s a celebration of a great life.” Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham also had a special proclamation for the

A 23-year-old transgender woman seen on a widely circulated video being beaten in front of a crowd of people was found dead over the weekend in a Dallas shooting, police said. Muhlaysia Booker was found face-down in a street early Saturday, and no suspect has been identified, police Maj. Vincent Weddington said Sunday. She was

Two New Mexico counties remain among the top oil-producing counties in the U.S., according to new federal numbers. Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that Lea County was the No. 2 oil-producing county in January behind North Dakota’s McKenzie County, The Hobbs News-Sun report ed. Lea County produced 14.6 million barrels of oil

There is a crash on I-10 West and McRae blocking traffic. The left lane is closed in the area. Drivers need to take Montana or Gateway West to avoid this area.

El Paso transportation officials are excited about an app being developed for customers of the city’s new streetcar system. The app essentially operates as a GPS tracker, telling riders where the streetcars in relation to them to cut down on ridership wait times. Transportation officials are optimistic that the app will raise ridership, as will

El Paso police have blocked traffic in Northeast El Paso after a pedestrian was struck by a car Monday morning. It happened on Hondo Pass and Dyer, and is partially blocking the intersection. Emergency dispatchers tell ABC-7 the pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Stick with ABC-7 for updates, and follow @KVIAtraffic

Brooks Koepka came into the final round on fire after dominating the field for the past three rounds. He took last year’s PGA Championship in similar fashion. No one had ever won four majors in two years and Koepka was sitting on his third working on history. After four consecutive bogeys on the back nine

With Cal Quantrill being called up by the Padres it seemed the Chihuahuas would be lacking in the pitching department. Logan Allen took the hill Sunday and delievered 5 good innings. Giving up only one run in the 5th. The Dogs were sitting pretty with a 4-1 lead heading into the 8th inning. Thats when

UTEP president Dr. Diana Natalicio has now led her final graduation ceremony. Natalicio is retiring after decades at the helm and received a warm goodbye from the class of 2019, her final set of students. Dr. Natalicio said the commencement ceremony is about the graduates. She’s right, congratulations to you all. But every single one

Forecasters say four tornadoes struck parts of West Texas in severe weather that damaged some homes and businesses. The National Weather Service on Sunday reported two tornadoes hit parts of San Angelo a day earlier. Another twister was reported Saturday in Ballinger (BAL’-in-zher). A fourth tornado struck Abilene. Meteorologist Terry Huber (HYOO’-ber) in San Angelo

The Hyundai of El Paso opened one extra day this week for a fundraiser to collect donations and to help fill the boot Sunday. Benjamin Leeser, manager of the Hyundai told Abc-7, “We’re doing a special sale for the MDA.” MDA is the muscular dystrophy association. MD is a group of diseases that cause the

BG Spartans and The Northeast Bulldogs youth football team helped make the dream of a young cancer patient come true Saturday morning. “Today in the morning we were talking about how he’s gonna make the touchdown and he’s like, ‘Im gonna be like you,’ but I feel like he shouldnt be like me, I should

A 27-hour closure happening in west El Paso could impact your Sunday commute. I-10 west is completely closed from Executive Center Blvd. to the second Mesa exit. The closure will be reopened Monday morning at 6 a.m. You can use either the first Mesa exit or Paisano as an alternate route. Be prepared to add

A stabbing happened Sunday morning in west El Paso, according to police. Emergency response officials said two people were taken to the hospital, one with serious injuries. The stabbing happened around 3 a.m. on the 7900 block of North Mesa Street near Crossroads Drive. ABC-7 crews are headed to the scene to gather more information.

The El Paso Chihuahuas are sitting pretty early on in the season at first place. They took their record to Albuquerque Thursday for a five games series. The Isotopes would start fast. In the first inning Brian Mundell doubles bringing in the runners at first and second. Scoring was not a problem for the Topes

With the season winding down and the playoffs looming, USL teams are scrambling for wins to give themselves a birth into the post season. Sacramento Republic FC was on the outside looking in and needed to knock off the Locomotive FC for those precious points. El Paso had something to say about that though. 10th

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders wants to suspend taxpayer funding of new charter schools and ban those that are for-profit as part of his plan to overhaul public education that he released on Saturday. Saying charter schools are “exacerbating educational segregation,” Sanders proposes more transparency and accountability for them, as well as limits on the

It was broad daylight on Thursday, May 9 when two horses were stolen from Julie Baish’s corral. “We’ve been doing this for years and years,” Julie Baish said. “We’ve never had anything stolen; nothing taken.” She says she saw a trailer down by the corral, something that is not uncommon for her property. She regularly

An elegant El Pasoan is putting her fashion forward. Her sustainable creations can now be seen flipping through the pages of Vogue. One of the most prestigious fashion magazines. Montwood grad, Romina Cenisio, spent her high school years dancing in the Montwood High School Emerald Dancer’s group, but she always had a passion for fashion.

The Montwood baseball team moved to within a game of a spot in the 6A Sweet 16 after beating Odessa High School 8-5 Friday night. The Rams took game one of the best-of-three series thanks in large part to a quick start in the first inning. Eric Villagomez launched a two-run shot out of the

The Bel Air baseball team lost game one of their third round series with Amarillo Friday evening in Odessa by a final of 9-5. The Highlanders now must win games two and three Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 in the 5A playoffs. Amarillo got out of a jam in the top of the

Police have confirmed that a 25-year-old man died in an early-morning crash on Trans Mountain Road. Police say Jonathan Romero Torres was traveling at a high rate of speed, lost control and went airborne. The vehicle landed in a culvert near Franklin Mountains State Park. Torres died from his injuries. The crash happened at about

A heartbroken father is demanding the Anthony School District do more after his 12-year-old son recently committed suicide. Leonel Ortega lost his son, Javier Ortega, back on April 19th after Javier hanged himself from a tree in the family’s backyard. Javier Ortega was a 7th grader at Anthony Middle School and his father says he

A heartbroken father is demanding the Anthony School District do more after his 12-year-old son recently committed suicide. Leonel Ortega lost his son, Javier Ortega, back on April 19th after Javier hanged himself from a tree in the family’s backyard. Javier Ortega was a 7th grader at Anthony Middle School and his father says he

Volunteers at the Las Cruces migrant processing center received a surprise donation of 30,000 meals from the non-profit organization Pack Away Hunger. “it’s putting us in a better place to be able to continue for the long term to serve people you never know what the next day brings and how many asylum seekers will

Volunteers at the Las Cruces migrant processing center received a surprise donation of 30,000 meals from the non-profit organization Pack Away Hunger. “it’s putting us in a better place to be able to continue for the long term to serve people you never know what the next day brings and how many asylum seekers will

A pregnant Chicago teen who was killed and whose baby was cut from her womb was strangled while being shown a photo album of the late son and brother of her attackers, a prosecutor said Friday in urging a judge to keep the defendants locked up. Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy told Cook County Judge

A pregnant Chicago teen who was killed and whose baby was cut from her womb was strangled while being shown a photo album of the late son and brother of her attackers, a prosecutor said Friday in urging a judge to keep the defendants locked up. Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy told Cook County Judge