Members of the El Paso Fire Department among several other Fire departments participated in the first ever Borderland 100 Club 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb Saturday morning. Firefighters, other law enforcement departments, family members and friends climbed 110 stories plus 22 steps to honor the victims of 9/11 and the victims of the August 3rd shooting
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Christopher Zarate is a born and raised El Paso native with over 20 years of sales experience. After graduating from Coronado High School, he traded his T-bird feathers for a pickaxe and became a UTEP Miner. While at UTEP, Christopher pledged to the Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity. During his time spent with Alpha Kappa Lambda,
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Google kicked off the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month with a Doodle tribute to Mexican-American botanist and explorer Ynés Mexía. In the Doodle, created by Los Angeles-based artist Loris Lora, Mexía is depicted with short gray hair and glasses and is surrounded by a collection of plant specimens that loosely spell out the word
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The New Mexico State Aggies have lost their third straight game of the season. The score? 31 to 10. If there was ever time that the NMSU football team needed a game at home, Saturday night was just what the doctor ordered for the Aggies. Entering the day, the Aggies were 0-2 after suffering losses
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El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Saturday that an elderly man has died of injuries he suffered after a train struck a car at a railroad crossing in Clint Friday afternoon. According to deputies, 80-year-old George Read died at an area hospital where he was being treated. The now-deadly collision happened about 2 p.m. Friday
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New Mexico State Police on Saturday identified a woman killed at Farley’s restaurant in Ruidoso after another woman in the parking lot drove her car into the restaurant. Three patrons inside the restaurant located at 1200 Mechem Drive were struck, according to authorities. Tammy Lynn Ford, 58, died on the scene. Her 58-year-old husband was
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Hundreds of El Paso residents participated in a nationwide walk to end lupus in east El Paso. “We need to get some really good rheumatologists to come into town to really study the disease,” said Kristy Montero, who has the disease. According to the Lupus Foundation, lupus is an autoimmune disease “that can damage any
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More than 2,300 people were without electricity Saturday morning in northeast El Paso after a car crashed into a utility pole at Loop 375 and Kenworthy. Police shut down Loop 375 while they used an excavator to get a trapped person out of the car. By early afternoon, officials said Loop 375 had reopened to
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A Clovis woman was killed, her husband critically injured and a third person was also hurt when a car crashed into the restaurant where they were dining on Friday night, authorities told ABC-7. It happened at Farley’s Food, Fun and Pub at 1200 Mechem Drive about 7 p.m. New Mexico State Police on Saturday identified
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Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot and wounded during a traffic stop near the Texas border city of Del Rio and that another agent shot and killed the gunman. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that the two agents pulled over a vehicle Friday evening near Brackettville and that
Continue Reading Texas State Sen. Jos Rodrguez, an El Paso Democrat, announced Friday that he would not seek re-election to the upper chamber in 2020. Now, a delegation of three of the four remaining El Paso area Texas state representatives are endorsing and encouraging State Rep. Csar Blanco to run for his seat. In an email statement
Continue Reading The tragic shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart may have been six weeks ago, but one family from Mexico remembers it like it was yesterday. “We are very sad,” said Oliva Rodriguez in Spanish. “Because our lives changed forever.” She told ABC-7 that she and her husband, Mario de Alba, were shot on that Saturday.
Continue Reading The Great Khalid Foundation has presented a $500,000 check to the El Paso Community Foundation to help victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting at El Paso Cielo Vista Walmart store. The half-million dollar donation is the proceeds from Khalid’s sold-out “A Night for Suncity” benefit concert that was held on Sept. 1 at the
Continue Reading Texas State Sen. Jos Rodrguez, an El Paso Democrat, announced Friday that he would not seek re-election to the upper chamber in 2020. Rodrguez made the announcement during a noon-hour news conference at his district office in El Paso. Rodriguez had already informed El Paso colleagues of his decision in a text late Thursday night.
Continue Reading El Paso police said a man was stabbed and seriously wounded early Saturday morning on the city’s northeast side. It happened around 12:30 a.m. in the 5700 block of Waycross. Officers said a man in his 30’s was taken to the hospital in serious condition. There was no immediate word from police of any arrests
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Here are the scores for week two of the Borderland Blitz: 9/5 and 9/6 Parkland 24 at Austin 21 — FINAL El Paso 14 at Ysleta 56 — FINAL Pebble Hills 42 at Midland High 43 — FINAL Americas 35 at Midland Christian 28 — FINAL Canutillo 53 at Bel Air 30 — FINAL Hanks
Continue Reading A Houston police officer was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot with his own gun in a struggle with a suspect who along with three others stole two vehicles and attempted to kill a priest, who begged on his knees to be spared, in a crime spree that played out as Democratic presidential
Continue Reading Members of the One Fund El Paso Task Force provided an update at a news conference Friday on draft protocols for delivering donated funds to victims, survivors and immediate family members of the Aug. 3 mass shooting. The chair of the task force, former El Paso County Judge Ruben Vogt, said they’ve been working with
Continue Reading After back-to-back road tilts to start the year, football is back inside Aggie Memorial Stadium. New Mexico State (0-2) plays host to San Diego State (2-0) at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the first home game of the season. The Aztecs have won seven straight in the series. New Mexico State has had a brutal
Continue ReadingStructural issues going on at Alicia R. Chacon International School in east El Paso has closed two classrooms in the past year after cracks appeared in the walls. Now the 24-year-old school is starting to see another crack show up. Concerned parents made their voices heard at the Ysleta Independent School District board meeting last
Continue Reading Amber Berry, a twelve-year-old girl from El Paso, has battled cancer for the last three years, but this week, she celebrated a milestone in her cancer journey. ABC-7 started following her battle with cancer last year when she worked to raise awareness about childhood cancer. Her message – never ever give up. She celebrated by
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The El Paso Chamber presents the annual Women in Business Conference, sponsored by Wells Fargo, on Friday, September 27 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Centennial Club on East Fort Bliss. The theme this year is “Empowering Women, Shaping the Future.” Panel sessions this year include “Real Talk with El Paso’s Rockstars”, “Emerging
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Four people were injured Friday afternoon when a train struck a car at a railroad crossing in Clint, authorities told ABC-7. It happened about 2 p.m. in the 12200 block of Alameda Avenue. The four hurt in the crash were taken to area hospitals, but sheriff’s deputies didn’t immediately know the severity of their injuries.
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School authorities in San Antonio have launched an investigation after a student found what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan flyer in a bathroom earlier this week. The student found the flyer wedged between a soap dispenser and the wall in a bathroom at East Central High School in San Antonio, Texas. He sent
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The El Paso Fire Department said a vehicle rolled over on Interstate 10 westbound at Lee Trevino on Friday afternoon. A spokesman told ABC-7 that one person treated on the scene for minor injuries. There was no immediate word on what caused the car to flip over. Authorities had recommended avoiding the area due to
Continue ReadingA Republican Texas state representative on Friday defended himself against criticism for tweeting that he had an assault weapon ready for Democratic president candidate Beto O’Rourke. The tweet by state Rep. Briscoe Cain came after O’Rourke pledged Thursday night during the Democratic debate that “hell yes, we’re gonna take your AR-15, your AK-47” when asked
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Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Friday defended his support for a mandatory gun buyback program of assault-style weapons, saying he believes it’s an issue that resonates with voters, including some conservatives. During the presidential debate Thursday night, O’Rourke said that, if elected president, he would issue a mandatory buyback program for assault-style rifles, saying,
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An El Paso County grand jury Thursday indicted the alleged Walmart mass shooter on a charge of capital murder. Patrick Crusius, 21, would face either the death penalty or life in prison without parole if convicted of the Aug. 3 massacre that left 22 people dead. But District Attorney Jaime Esparza reiterated Thursday that he
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A car and semi-truck collided along State Road 26 near Hatch on Thursday afternoon, killing an Arizona couple and shutting down the highway at milepost 44 for over five hours. The head-on collision happened around 2:15 p.m. about two miles outside of Hatch; New Mexico State Police said the car crossed the center line for
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El Paso police said Friday that the victim of a “suspicious death” whose body was found along Transmountain Road was in the U.S. illegally, and they were still trying to find the man’s relatives. The body of Arnulfo Apodaca Gonzalez, who is believed to be in his late 50s or early 60s, was discovered Monday
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