A college football fan who held up a sign on national TV asking for beer money says he’s giving the thousands of dollars he raked in to a children’s hospital. And the cash is being tripled thanks to two companies announcing matching contributions. Carson King held a poster that said “Busch Light Supply Needs Replenished”
Continue ReadingDuring National Suicide Prevention Week, students at Tornillo High School were led to believe that one of their teachers had committed suicide only to find out later that it was all fake. The announcement was one of many activities the school took part in to bring awareness to suicide prevention. However, some parents are demanding
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Bobby Dibler has another honor to add to his long list of accolades. Tuesday, Dibler was named the 2019 Naismith Men’s College Official of the Year. The Naismith Official of the Year award recognizes individuals who display character, integrity and dignity and have contributed mightily to the growth, success and viability of college basketball. To
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A 28-year-old motorist was arrested after leading state troopers on a high-speed chase through northeast El Paso on Tuesday night, a Texas Department of Public Safety official told ABC-7. Christoper Charles Burkholder was facing a charge of evading arrest after being taken into custody at Prince Edward Avenue and Rushing Road, where the nine-minute chase
Continue Reading A 4-year-old horse died Monday at California’s Santa Anita Park, bringing the total number of horse deaths this season to 31. The gelding, Zeke, suffered a pelvic fracture on the training track and was euthanized, the park said Tuesday. “We are carefully reviewing what factors could have contributed to Zeke’s injury,” said Dr. Dionne Benson,
Continue ReadingParents in the Gadsden Independent School District insist school resource officers are necessary in schools, but does the sheriff’s office have the manpower? “Nowadays, we know that it is not a luxury to have an officer present, but an ultimate, urgent need,” said parent Claudia Rodriguez, speaking before Doña Ana County commissioners in late August.
Continue Reading Pittsburgh Pirates’ all-star closer Felipe Vázquez was arrested Tuesday on a felony count of soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct using computer services or devices, and also faces serious charges in Pennsylvania, according to statements from authorities and court documents. Vázquez, 28, a two-time All-Star who’s among the National League leaders in saves this
Continue Reading The second day of the long awaited Joel Garcia trial included testimony from a medical examiner which showed that Joshua Deal’s body contained no drugs or alcohol at the time of the car crash that killed him, his brother Isaiah and Shannon Del Rio. The jury also heard testimony from several cocktail waitresses, who said
Continue ReadingThe University of Texas at El Paso President Heather Wilson presented the annual State of the University address at the University’s Fall Convocation on Tuesday afternoon. You can watch it in the video player below and read the transcript of her remarks underneath the video player.
Continue Reading A Chinese woman who allegedly paid $400,000 in bribes to get her son into UCLA as a fake soccer recruit was arrested in Spain as part of the sprawling college admissions scam, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Xiaoning Sui, 48, of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, was arrested in Spain on Monday night and charged in an
Continue Reading Authorities in Texas are on the search for a bank robber they have dubbed the “Mummy Marauder.” The robbery took place on Friday the 13th at the First Convenience Bank in Harris County. The FBI in Houston described the suspect as a black male in his early 20s standing about 5’11.” The suspect wrapped white
Continue Reading An 18-year-old Oklahoma woman was arrested for making terroristic threats against her former high school, according to a Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. The report says Alexis Wilson purchased a new AK-47 and took photos and videos of herself with the weapon. Wilson allegedly showed a co-worker the videos and told her “that she
Continue ReadingFormer Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said she believes Donald Trump could win New Mexico in 2020. Speaking with Fox News on Tuesday, Martinez described turnout as “huge” at Trump’s rally in Rio Rancho the previous night. She noted that the presence of Hispanics who applauded the president’s hard-line stance on border security. Trump
Continue Reading Shawn Pleasants has the kind of resume that would attract the attention of any job recruiter: high school valedictorian, economics major from Yale University, Wall Street banking jobs, small business entrepreneur. But a few wrong turns in life 10 years ago left him homeless, and today he’s living underneath a tarp in the Koreatown section
Continue Reading The U.S. Secret Service issued a warning Tuesday to businesses and residents throughout the Borderland about a significant rise in counterfeit money circulating in the region. “Currently the El Paso regional area is being hit hard,” read a statement jointly issued by the Secret Service and local authorities. No reason was given for the spike
Continue Reading In case you missed it, America has been kind of obsessed with chicken sandwiches lately. But KFC’s iteration may be taking it a bit too far. Or maybe not. KFC announced it will be testing a new combination of fried chicken and glazed doughnuts beginning September 16 — a move that is either genius or
Continue Reading Twelve days after being shot by an ICE officer who was attempting to arrest him, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico was arrested Tuesday on the property of a law firm for immigration attorneys. Jose Fernando Andrade-Sanchez, 39, had been indicted on a charge of unlawful re-entry by a federal grand jury in Nashville, officials said
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of former US Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter. Personal:Birth date: September 24, 1954 Birth place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Birth name: Ashton Baldwin Carter Father: William Stanley Carter, a psychiatrist and neurologist Mother: Anne (Baldwin) Carter Marriages: Stephanie (DeLeeuw) Carter; Clayton Spencer (divorced) Children: with Clayton Spencer: William, Ava Education:
Continue Reading A California father was arrested after his 11-year-old son was killed during a boating trip in the San Francisco Bay, police say. Javier A. Burillo, 57, of Belvedere was booked into the Marin County Jail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter during the operation of a vessel, willful harm or injury to a child, and reckless
Continue Reading “El Paso Strong” has become synonymous with the resiliency of the city in the wake of the Aug. 3 mass shooting. Those three words appear on shirts, logos, murals and more. But now ABC-7 has learned that three trademark applications have been filed for that phrase. Wayne Pritchard, a patent and trademark lawyer for 30
Continue ReadingProstate cancer is the most common cancer among men, except for skin cancer. According to cancercare.net, in 2019, an estimated 174,650 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Approximately 60% of cases are diagnosed in men over 65. The average age of diagnosis is 66; the disease rarely occurs before age
Continue Reading Dallas Cowboys receivers and tight ends have seven touchdown catches through two games, the same number of TDs the entire offense had in the first five games last year. Dak Prescott’s hot start has plenty to do with depth at positions that looked promising in the preseason, and have delivered in a pair of victories
Continue Reading A person was found dead in a canal along the Border Highway on Tuesday morning. The El Paso Fire Department said the body was discovered near Midway Drive and Border Highway. Officials have not released the identity of the person found. No further details were immediately available.
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Tropical Storm Imelda made landfall in Texas on Tuesday, and it could give the Houston area its heaviest rainfall from one storm since Hurricane Harvey, raising prospects of heavy flooding in a city that sees plenty of it. Imelda, which formed over the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday afternoon, made landfall near Freeport, the National
Continue ReadingAn agricultural maze. In Texas. Honoring military families. Could this get any more American? Every year, the Graff 7A Ranch in Hondo hosts the South Texas Maize, a giant labyrinth of sorghum and seasonally appropriate puns. Like many agricultural mazes across the country, the Maize maze is known for its impressive designs. This year, the
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump spoke for 95 minutes at a campaign rally in New Mexico on Monday night, among the longest speeches he’s given as President. Working through the long transcript, he made at least 26 false claims — most of them ones he’s said before in recent months. Here’s the list: Trump repeated his claim
Continue Reading A grand jury has indicted the sitting Granville County, North Carolina, sheriff on two felony obstruction of justice charges, alleging the lawman ignored and encouraged a plot to kill one of his deputies, according to court documents. Sheriff Brindell Wilkins not only knew of the threat to kill the now-former deputy, Joshua Freeman, but he
Continue Reading When Anthony Rogers’s beloved dog Bobo went missing, he was despondent. The two are homeless, he told CNN, but they’ve found family in each other and their midtown Memphis community. So when they reunited, naturally, it was nothing short of enchanting. In a video from Memphis Animal Services, Bobo bounds into Rogers’ arms, his tail
Continue Reading Surfing legend Vincent “Sunny” Garcia has begun to speak since his hospitalization in April and remains in daily physical, speech and occupational therapy, his daughter said on Instagram. “We are taking one day at a time and celebrating each little triumph,” wrote Kaila Garcia, who runs the PrayForSunny account. “My dad is a warrior and
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