Month: July 2019

Police issued a Silver Alert Friday for a missing 62-year old El Paso man with dementia. Jose Martinez is described as 5’04”, 145 lbs., with short grey hair and brown eyes. Police said he was last seen wearing a white shirt and beige khaki pants. Martinez went missing sometime after 8 a.m. on Friday from

A woman was stabbed Friday morning at an east El Paso apartment complex, police said. It happened at the Sand Pebble Apartments the 11200 block of Pebble Hills around 5 a.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital, but police said the injuries she suffered were not life-threatening. Officers at the scene told ABC-7

A man was struck and killed by a car Thursday night as he ran across Loop 375 near Paisano Drive. He was with a group of men who sprinted across the highway, police said. It happened just before 10 p.m. The area is very close to the U.S.-Mexico border. The man, who has not been

A woman was seriously injured in a boating accident Thursday afternoon at New Mexico’s Caballo Lake State Park. Sierra County fire officials said the unidentified woman fell from the back of a boat and was struck in the leg by a propeller around 2:30 p.m. The victim was flown by helicopter from the lake area

After battling lung cancer for almost 9 years, Irma Rivera was told by her doctors here in El Paso that she was out of options. But when a new treatment became available in Houston, she had no other option but to make the drive across the state for therapy. With therapy need every three weeks

It’s sure felt like summer on the Fourth of July for thousands of people in the Borderland, where temperatures flirted with triple-digits for yet another day. Health experts warn of an increased risk of heat exhaustion and heat stroke in such conditions. But the city says there’s no need to sweat these hot El Paso

El Paso County Parks & Recreation is inviting the community to the largest fireworks display in El Paso being held at Ascarate Park on Thursday, July 4. Activities will begin at noon and will include food trucks, swimming, music, and a golf skills tournament. Within the park on the east side of the lake, an

A woman shot and killed by the El Paso police SWAT team during a standoff at the Texas Health and Human Services offices was armed with a pellet gun, authorities said Thursday. The woman, identified Thursday as 38-year old Christine Venegas, was armed with a “CO2 cartridge pellet gun bearing a virtually indistinguishable resemblance to

Neither heavy rain nor a raft of criticism prevented President Donald Trump from delivering his “Salute to America” to a poncho-clad crowd along the National Mall on Thursday. Trump celebrated “the greatest political journey in human history” in a Fourth of July commemoration before a soggy, cheering crowd of spectators, many of them invited, on

The U.S. Geological Survey said a powerful earthquake with a 6.4 magnitude (downgraded from a preliminary estimate of 6.6) rocked Southern California on Thursday morning during L.A.’s Fourth of July parade. The biggest earthquake in 20 years to hit SoCal was centered near Ridgecrest in the Mojave Desert at 10:33 a.m. PDT, according to the

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at a migrant processing center in El Paso allegedly attempted to humiliate a Honduran migrant by making him hold a sign that read, “I like men,” according to emails written by another agent who witnessed the incident. The emails — obtained by CNN — were sent to the agent’s

The national holiday to mark America’s birth is being filled with parades, concerts, and of course, fireworks across both the Borderland and the nation. In east El Paso, a parade known as ‘the People’s Parade’ hosted by the El Paso del Norte Lions Club made its way Thursday along a route running from Hanks High

A small, smokey fire burned in the kitchen area of a Taco Tote restaurant on Thursday morning, but El Paso firefighters quickly knocked it down. The fire happened at the Taco Tote location at 1000 Magruder Street near the Bassett Place Shopping Mall in central El Paso. EPFD spokesman Enrique Aguilar said the incident was

It took El Paso firefighters about a half-hour Thursday afternoon to put out a house fire in the Lower Valley. The fire broke out at a home at 597 Rose Kennedy about 1:25 p.m., and it was under control by 2 p.m. with fire crews dousing remaining hot spots. A fire commander said the cause

Julianne Stafford, a special education teacher in Massachusetts, recently got a terrifying phone call: someone claiming to be a Social Security official said a number of bank accounts opened in her name in El Paso had been linked to drug trafficking — and that Boston police had a warrant for her arrest. The only way

One person was taken to the hospital after being struck by a car in West El Paso on Thursday morning. The pedestrian accident happened just after 6 a.m. at Paseo Del Norte and Resler. Fire dispatchers told ABC-7 that the victim was transported to University Medical Center with possible life-threatening injuries. No other details were

A north Texas teen is honoring his friend, an Army soldier, with a tribute that can be seen from above. Cameron James, 17, of Haslet, mowed a giant American flag into the front lawn of his family’s home Monday. It was in honor of his friend, Army Pfc. Kevin Christian. Christian, 21, died by suicide

A Pedestrian was hit in northwest El Paso. Fire crews are on the scene of the crash on Paseo del Norte and Resler. Take Northern Pass or South Desert.

A standoff Wednesday between the El Paso police SWAT team and a woman with a gun barricaded inside the state Health and Human Services Center ended with police fatally shooting the woman. An ABC-7 crew observed an ambulance leaving the scene taking the woman to University Medical Center shortly before police confirmed the incident at

A traffic crash in east El Paso during the Wednesday evening commute resulted in serious injuries, police said. The collusion occurred around 5:30 p.m. in the 9000 block of Montana Avenue near Hawkins Boulevard. Police said there were serious injuries as a result of the crash, but it was unclear how many people were hurt.

Pediatricians shared disturbing images drawn by migrant children who were recently separated from their parents while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody in Texas. The drawings show people behind bars and in cages. The pictures were drawn last week by three children, ages 10 and 11, at Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen

So it’s the Fourth of July but, we still have things to do, errands to run, and so on. And if everything is closed, where does that leave us? We’re here to answer the most important Fourth of July questions: What’s open, and what’s closed in El Paso and Las Cruces? OPEN Stores and restaurant

A freshman from Centennial High School is getting the chance of a lifetime next week as he will compete in the MLB Jr. Home Run Derby. Diego Venegas, 14, is a baseball player for the Centennial Hawks, and is one of only 10 teenagers from across the country who qualified for the Jr. Home Run

Las Cruces police Chief Patrick Gallagher offered new details Wednesday on a shootout last month near the Home Depot in which a man was killed and three law enforcement officers were injured. Chief Gallagher delivered what at times was a very emotional statement, showed police video of the shooting and answered questions at the East

Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey escorted a group of asylum-seeking migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday afternoon. Booker sought to get five women fleeing domestic violence admitted safely to the U.S. after they had previously been sent back to Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.

Look before you lock. That’s the phrase the Texas Department of Transportation is using to help parents remember not to leave their children unattended in a hot car. The Hospitals of Providence along with TxDOT and El Paso County Sheriff’s and Fire Department officials spent Wednesday morning informing the public about the dangers of leaving

A New Mexico woman is facing charges she beat and tortured her children and forced them to watch her kill their pets. Martha and her husband Timothy Crouch of Aztec, appeared in court Wednesday Court records show they have not been assigned public defenders yet. Documents also say they had prior complaints in Missouri, Alaska,

El Paso area high school football reached a high point in 2014 with the great playoff run made by Canutillo . No team has come close to these heights since unless you want to count the two straight TAPPS state championships that Cathedral won in 2016 and 2017. The 2018 season was no different. El

Fall Sports Volleyball The 2018 volleyball season was memorable for several reasons but the main two would be that Campbell Bowden was named the El Paso Times Player of the Year for the third straight year and long-time Franklin coach, Flo Valdez, retired. Valdez is without doubt the best volleyball coach that the El Paso

Boys Basketball El Paso area teams usually do very well in the UIL Basketball State Playoffs. This was not the case in 2019. Most of the area’s teams were eliminated by the Area Round in the annual state tournament. Americas was an exception as the Trail Blazers reached the Regional Quarter Finals. Clint also reached