Month: July 2019

Thousands of El Pasoans headed to Southwest University Park Wednesday evening. Baseball fans shared their experience on the first Triple-A All Star Game hosted at the ballpark in the video essay you can watch above.

A Texas police department and a Walmart store are having some fun while making sure shelved ice cream safe is safe from lickers. This all comes after police in Lufkin recently identified a teenager suspected of taking a tub of ice cream from a Walmart freezer, removing the top, and licking the ice cream before

Investigators arrested a woman who allegedly lived at a home with her child for three years while the body of her mother decomposed in a bedroom, KSAT reported. The arrest came a few days after police discovered the body of Jacqueline Louise Crayton, who was 71 when she died in 2016, in a bedroom in

The second person arrested in the murder of El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Peter Herrera pleaded ” not guilty ” on Wednesday afternoon. 20-year-old Arlene Piña entered the plea during an arraignment hearing at the El Paso County Courthouse. She’s charged with capital murder of a police officer. According to investigators, Piña was the passenger

As temperatures Wednesday soared into triple-digit range to give El Paso its hottest day of the year, atmospheric conditions also caused the creation of a so-called “sun dog” over the skies of the Borderland. Numerous viewers called and emailed ABC-7 after spotting the “sun dog.” The National Weather Service says the weather phenomenon forms “from

ABC-7 issued a First Alert as triple-digit heat in the Texas and New Mexico borderland resulted in the hottest day of the year so far on Wednesday. The extreme heat of the day had passed by 6 p.m., but not before afternoon high temperatures hit 104 degrees at El Paso International Airport and an even

While on their honeymoon, a Fort Bliss couple received a call from the Shadow Ridge Apartments letting them know their apartment caught on fire and everything was destroyed. Lauren and SPC Keenan Johnson lived on the third floor of the Shadow Ridge building that caught fire. They didn’t know the extent of the damage until

A former oilfield worker camp off a dirt road in rural Texas has become the U.S. government’s newest holding center for detaining migrant children after they leave Border Patrol stations, where complaints of overcrowding and filthy conditions have sparked a worldwide outcry. Inside the wire fence that encircles the site are soccer fields, a giant

The Texas Amber Alert Network issued a child abduction alert Wednesday night for a missing 1-year-old from Dallas, who law enforcement officials believe may be in “grave or immediate danger.” The statewide Amber Alert was issued for the toddler who went missing after he was put to bed at his aunt’s house. Another child staying

Nationwide raids to arrest thousands of members of undocumented immigrant families have been scheduled to begin on Sunday, according to several homeland security officials who briefed the New York Times. The Times, in a report published early Thursday, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would conduct the raids, which would start Sunday and continue

El Paso has a rich history when it comes to baseball, but never has the Sun City played host to the Triple-A All-Star Game, that is until Wednesday night. It was a packed house at Southwest University Park as fans watched the best players in the minor leagues, some of whom will one day be

The national measles outbreak has now hit El Paso, with public health officials confirming two cases on Wednesday. The city health department said a woman in her late 40’s and a boy toddler each tested positive for the highly-contagious respiratory disease. In addition, others — including some people at Fort Bliss — may have been

For Janet Rodriguez the word ‘quit’ isn’t in her vocabulary. Even when a cancerous tumor was found inside her right leg and doctors told Rodriguez her leg would have to be amputated, Rodriguez took the news in stride. “My mom was crying,” Rodriguez said. “And I told her that God has other plans for me,

Texas Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz had a simple message for the Trump administration during Wednesday’s hearing on foreign arms sales: “Follow the damn law.” Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been critical of the administration’s decision to declare an emergency earlier this year in order to expedite billions of dollars in arms

Mario Moccia is staying put as the director of athletics at New Mexico State University. Wednesday, Moccia signed a new five-year contract to continue leading the Aggie Athletics program through the 2023-24 athletic season. Moccia will be earning $280,000 per year, with eligibility for a number of retention and performance incentives. A 1989 NMSU graduate,

A judge was considering Wednesday whether to allow testimony from a second alleged victim in the trial of an ex-priest charged with sexually abusing a girl from age ten through her teen years. The judge was also considering whether to allow the bishop of El Paso’s Catholic diocese to testify about an alleged confession made

A mother has been arrested in connection with the death of her one-year old boy. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says 21-year old Jeanniesse Sanchez was taken into custody on Wednesday. Deputies say that back on Feb. 7 her child was found unresponsive in a bathtub at their home in Anthony. The child was

A Texas man who had been missing for months was eaten, bones and all, by his pack of dogs, sheriff’s deputies said. Medical examiners said that DNA testing determined that pieces of bone recovered from the dogs’ feces were those of 57-year-old Freddie Mack, according to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputy Aaron Pitts said

The El Paso Downtown Management District (DMD) is once again releasing their annual downtown survey! Public input is a crucial component in shaping Downtown El Paso and the ongoing efforts of the DMD. During the month of July, the DMD encourages downtown property owners, business owners, employees, visitors and the public to take its online

A motorist was taken into custody after driving through a Tucson median and hitting a saguaro cactus, which punctured the car’s windshield. Firefighters called it “miraculous” that the driver wasn’t hurt in Wednesday morning’s incident. Pima County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating why the wreck occurred, but said they arrested the driver on suspicion of impairment.

The El Paso Children’s Hospital completely changes the lives of infants. Babies’ who develop craniosynostosis, a condition in which the sutures in the skull close prematurely in infants, requires a specialized procedure to live a normal life. Doctor David Jimenez is an internationally recognized pediatric neurosurgeon who developed the endoscoptic-assitsted craniectomy. A process that removes

A double-shooting that occurred in El Paso’s Upper Valley was an apparent “attempted murder-suicide” stemming from an argument between two men, investigators said Wednesday. The shootings took place around 4 p.m. Tuesday at a home in the 700 block of Waltham, an affluent neighborhood in the Country Club area. “57–year old Charles Raymond Lujan, the

Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director Ken Cuccinelli said Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are “absolutely going to happen” following a delay from the president to see if Congress could work out a legislative solution on immigration. “We’re not going to say when operational elements are going to roll out,” he told

Monsoon season is here and El Paso Water has been dealing with a problem that could make the heavy rain even more dangerous. It’s all being caused by litter. A representative from El Paso Water says that when they come to clean the canals, they often see tires, old furniture and even construction debris. This

The Hospitals of Providence Sierra Campus performed its first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement ( TAVR ) this week. TAVR is a minimally invasive way to replace a patient’s narrowed aortic valve without traditional open-heart surgery and while the heart continues to beat, eliminating the need for a cardiopulmonary bypass. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement is a

El Paso Health, a local non-profit organization, presented a $2,500 dollar check Tuesday morning to Project Vida Health Center as part of an effort to support wellness by offering free cooking classes to promote healthy eating habits. “For us making an investment in cooking classes that can teach individuals how to cook in a way

Following a tense hour-and-a-half of public debate, Doña Ana County Commissioners voted Tuesday to amend a county contract with a controversial wildlife control program. “I’ll tell you, a good skunk is a dead skunk,” said Eddie Binns, a county resident. “It is necessary that you control wildlife so it is not excessive.” “Skunks do not

This year’s third Democratic primary debate will be hosted by ABC News in partnership with Univision and is scheduled for Sept. 12 and 13 in Houston, the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday evening. The debate can be seen here on ABC-7 in prime time. Details on the format, venue, moderators and exact timing for the

An El Paso trolley was involved in a crash with a car on the city’s west-side near UTEP on Tuesday afternoon, police said. There were no injuries in that crash, which happened about 3 p.m. at Randolf and Rim, according to police. No further information was immediately available.

Despite years of low ridership, commissioners voted 3 to 2 Tuesday to expand a program that provides rural bus service to Doña Ana County. “I am not against transportation, but I think we need to revamp it and make it more business friendly and make sure we manage it appropriately,” said Isabella Solis, the commissioner