EL PASO, Texas — El Paso artist Tino Ortega began the ’915’ balloon mural the week before the one-year mark of the Aug. 3 anniversary. “It’s about keeping hope,” he said. “Being elevated in a time that is down where it can keep you down and rising above it.” A little after 6 a.m. on Tuesday
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Major League Baseball’s “Field of Dreams” game, which was to be played on August 13 in Dyersville, Iowa, has been postponed until 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a source familiar with the planning. The game was scheduled to take place at the site where the iconic 1989 baseball movie was filmed. The
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been exactly one year since Al Hernandez lost his sister and her husband in El Paso’s greatest tragedy. “We have questioned ourselves many, many times: ‘Why us?'” Hernandez explained to ABC-7. “That’s how our community feels. That this is our 9/11. We were attacked.” On that horrific Saturday morning, his
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EL PASO, TEXAS — One of the greatest tributes to El Paso and the rest of the Borderland dimmed 23 times at 9 p.m. Monday in memory of those who lost their lives in one of the largest mass shootings the U.S. has witnessed. The El Paso Chamber of Commerce, who is the caretaker of
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With a newborn in her arms, Molly Grantham was finally home from the hospital, happy to see her two other children showering their new brother with love. But little did they know that those hugs and kisses would lead to the entire family fighting a potentially deadly virus. Grantham, an anchor for CNN affiliate WBTV
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Temps will heat up to around record levels for Tuesday as we hit 103. The record is 103 that was set in 2010. A good amount of sunshine will be available to enjoy with only a 10% of an isolated thunderstorm. Temps will hang out around 100 the rest of the week with a 10-20%
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EL PASO, Texas — Healing through music and art. That’s the idea behind a new music and art traveling installation that currently sits outside of the El Paso Botanical Gardens in El Paso’s Upper Valley. Local artist Laura Turon and musician Mick Heron teamed up to create ‘Tribute 23’ – an interactive installation that commemorates
Continue Reading Another Houston firefighter has died due to complications from Covid-19. The Houston Fire Department announced on Monday that Gerado “Jerry” Pacheco, a firefighter paramedic, passed away after battling the virus. He was 50. “The Houston Fire Department is saddened to report Firefighter Paramedic Gerado ‘Jerry’ Pacheco, 50, died this morning, August 3, 2020, after battling
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EL PASO, Texas — Bishop Mark Seitz and the Catholic Diocese of El Paso held a Mass of Remembrance and Healing to mark the one year anniversary of the Aug. 3 tragedy. Bishop Seitz celebrated Mass with members of families of the fallen and victims of the tragedy on Monday evening. The Mass was held
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EL PASO, Texas — Kneeling on the sidewalk, pants covered in chalk, the Brown family wrote words of encouragement for the residents at the Bartlett Assisted Living Center Monday afternoon. “We’re spreading kindness and making a difference,” said Amalie Brown, the oldest of the four kids. Amalie and her three siblings, Ethan, Adele and Evan,
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As nations around the world grapple with how to safely reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic — or whether to reopen at all — two new studies turn a spotlight on strategies that could be key in bringing children back to the classroom: scaled-up testing for cases, effective tracing of the contacts of those who
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Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT ) — One month into Omaha’s new curbside recycle schedule, some people are already getting frustrated. A couple of the city’s popular drop-off sites are overflowing with cardboard and cans. I came here to recycle, but because of the overflow and large materials laying on
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EL PASO, Texas — Local artist Diego Martinez is hoping his 23 random art drops across El Paso will inspire hope, happiness and bring the city together as it marks the first anniversary of the Aug. 3 tragedy. “I knew people were going to wake up with mixed emotions I felt like if I could
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Chicago police officials announced Monday they have a suspect in custody in the murder of 9-year-old Janari Andre Ricks, who was fatally shot July 31 while playing with friends outside his house. Chicago Police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said that the suspect, who has not yet been named, drove up to the house, snuck
Continue Reading The family of an Indiana student who learned of a positive Covid-19 test on the first day of school sent the child to classes knowing the result of the test was pending, the school superintendent said Monday. As students return to the campus just outside Indianapolis, some teachers are anxious, Superintendent Harold Olin of Greenfield-Central
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas —As El Pasoans marked the one-year anniversary of the Walmart shooting Monday, attorney Yvonne Rosales was one of hundreds of thousands of border residents reflecting on the tragedy afflicted on this city that claimed the lives of 23 people. But after the candlelight vigils dim, Rosales will be right back at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, IA (WQAD) — A worker at Nahant Marsh has found a rarity: a bee listed on the endangered species list. “I came across one photo, and I thought, ‘Oh my god, I think this is the rusty patched bumblebee,’” says Amy Loving, the director of education at
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AL (WALA ) — Laboratory testing suggests seeds sent from China to people throughout the United States are harmless, according to Alabama’s top agriculture official. People in roughly half of the states have been reporting getting packages with the seeds over the past week or so. Alabama jumped
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Doña Ana County was responsible for the only new death coronavirus death reported by New Mexico health officials on Monday and nearly a quarter of the state’s additional virus cases. The victim who died, identified as a man in his 60s with underlying health conditions, was Doña Ana County’s 24th
Continue Reading Black bears will not be voting in the upcoming election, but that’s not stopping one bear from unknowingly showing a little support for the incumbent president. Help Asheville Bears (HAB), an organization in North Carolina, has put out a $5,000 reward to find the person or people responsible for putting a “Trump 2020” sticker on
Continue Reading Two teenagers in Florida have died from Covid-19 complications, according to data posted by the Florida Department of Health. The teens were between the ages of 14 and 17, the department said. This brings the total number of minors who have died in relation to the virus in Florida to seven. The others were a 9-year-old girl
Continue Reading The federal judge whose son was killed and whose husband was shot at their New Jersey home last month revealed her son’s final moments in her first public comments about the shooting. In a video posted to YouTube, US District Court judge Esther Salas said the shooting came just after her son Daniel Anderl celebrated
Continue Reading Ashley Newman had her dream job in Georgia’s largest school district. She taught gifted fifth graders in the same school district where she grew up and wanted to give back. Last week, she resigned after being denied the option to work from home, while all students will begin learning virtually later this month. Newman and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST FORK, AR (KFSM ) — The West Fork Police Department (WFPD) is asking for the community’s help in finding a man who has been breaking into cars near homes and businesses since July 30. WFPD describes the suspect as a young, white, slender male. The suspect has
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EL PASO, Texas– Everyone who lived through the darkest day in El Paso’s history will for ever have a story to tell about August 3rd. It’s likely everyone who witnessed it whether at the scene or at home watching the news will remember where they were when they heard about the tragedy. One man has
Continue Reading As if the world today isn’t strange enough, researchers have discovered a new population of cicadas that are being brutally infected by a parasitic fungus that controls their mind and forces them to infect other insects. These insects, dubbed “zombie cicadas,” are under the influence of Massospora, a psychedelic fungus which contains chemicals such as
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EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Dee Margo was out of town when the Aug. 3, 2019 tragedy unfolded. He made it a point to get back to El Paso, and has since made it his mission to make sure that tragedy doesn’t define the city. ABC-7 sat down with the mayor to look back on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORWIGSBURG, PA (WNEP ) — A home in Orwigsburg partially collapsed over the weekend, and now an emergency demolition is underway. Part of the second floor of this home along Liberty Street in Orwigsburg collapsed Sunday morning as Tanesha Hoffman was in bed in the adjoining property, her
Continue Reading An Illinois lawmaker and community leaders are calling for the immediate removal of history books and suspension of history lessons in their school districts because they say current materials and lesson plans “lead to white privilege and a racist society.” State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford joined a group of Evanston leaders Sunday to ask the
Continue Reading Seven St. Louis Cardinals players and six team staffers have tested positive for Covid-19 in the past week, Major League Baseball announced Monday. As a result of the positive tests, the Cardinals’ four-game series against the Detroit Tigers, set for Tuesday to Thursday, has been postponed. The Cardinals have been in quarantine since last Thursday
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