EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso author is printing her third book based on her life in a war-torn Germany and her story of becoming a U.S. citizen. Every day for almost 70 years, 91-year-old Wally Mayer Cech writes her letters. She filled dozens of notebooks, self-publishing two books with her letters over 50
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso great-grandmother didn’t let the pandemic stop her centennial birthday party. “She woke up this morning and said, ‘Did I make it?'” her son, Grant explained with a chuckle. “‘Yeah, you made it.'” Cleola L. Berry turned 100 this weekend, with her family members and friends packing the streets
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EL PASO, Texas — About 4,880 El Paso Electric customers were without power late Saturday morning in far east El Paso and Horizon. The electrical outage was reported around 10:30 am. and utility crews worked quickly at a substation to restore service to residents and businesses around noon. El Paso Electric spokesman Javier Camacho said
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EL PASO, Texas — For a third day in a row, El Paso is reporting another triple-digit spike in new coronavirus cases. The El Paso Department of Public Health said there were 105 additional infections on Saturday, no no new deaths and a small decrease in hospitalizations. The Covid-19 death toll in El Paso still stands at 58.
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VADO, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police said Saturday that they were looking for the driver of a pickup truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a motorcyclist earlier this week in Dona Ana County. That fatal collision happened around 2 p.m. Thursday at 10581 Alturas Street in Vado. Authorities identified the
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorist died in a single-vehicle crash over the weekend at a busy intersection in west El Paso moments after speeding away from the scene of another crash she was involved in, police said Monday. The deadly crash happened around 11 a.m. Saturday at Doniphan and Country Club drives. The woman
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CUIDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The death toll from the coronavirus rose by two on Sunday for a total of 80 in Juarez, health officials said. Meantime, the total number of Juarez virus cases reached 399, with 24 additional cases from the previous day. Officials this past week disclosed that 20 doctors and 17 nurses were among those
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SOCORRO, Texas — The Socorro Police Department were searching for a missing elderly woman and put out a public call for help in locating her on Saturday. Martha Gandara Arrieta, 88, suffers from dementia. Arrieta was last seen Friday wearing a red jacket, black pants and brown sandals, walking along North Loop, between the streets
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Health Secretariat announced Sunday that Juarez’s coronavirus case count has increased to 207, with 52 total deaths. That marked an increase of seven more deaths and three new cases from the prior day. In the state of Chihuahua, there are 313 confirmed coronavirus cases with 16 more deaths –
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UPDATE (MAY 2): An honor ceremony was held Saturday for an El Paso Fire Department firefighter who passed away following a training exercise on April 21. The ceremony was led from the Martin Funeral Home to the Funeraria Del Angel Evergreen East Funeral Home & Cemetery by law enforcement officers and firefighters from these agencies:
Continue Reading CUIDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The official coronavirus count from Chihuahua state health leaders for Juárez grew to 119 cases on Sunday, with 29 deaths reported. That was an increase of four deaths from the prior day and 16 additional cases. Across the state of Chihuahua, total confirmed cases were 165, with 36 deaths. Of these
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MIDLAND, Texas — A man who allegedly stabbed four people, including two children, at a Midland Sam’s Club was charged with attempted capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, officials said Sunday. Jose Gomez, 19, was arrested following the stabbings that happened around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. As of Sunday afternoon, no bond had
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Independent School District announced details on Saturday for free breakfast and lunch that will be served for any child on March 23 through 27. This came after EPISD announced their schools will be closed for a ‘declared week of emergency preparedness’ after spring break concludes. The district said
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EL PASO, Texas — Cirque du Soleil announced Friday morning that all remaining performances of ‘OVO’ from March 13 to 15 at the UTEP Don Haskins Center are canceled. This follows the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control recommendations for social distancing preventive measures. All tickets will be refunded at the original point
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LAS CRUCES, NM — New Mexico State University football quarterback Josh Adkins announced his departure from the team on Twitter Friday morning. Adkins played two seasons with the Aggies, which ended the season 2-10. He referred to Proverbs 16:9, which says, “In their hearts, humans plan their course but the Lord establishes their steps”, in
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EL PASO, Texas — Firefighters battled a house fire in an east El Paso neighborhood on Saturday afternoon, but no injuries were reported. That fire occurred in the 3300 block of Cornwall Road shortly before 4 p.m. Fire crews said they safely evacuated one resident from inside the burning home. No other information was immediately
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man who fled from police on Saturday morning died after being Tasered by authorities, according to state police. At about 2:30 a.m., a Las Cruces police officer pulled over a blue GMC pickup with expired insurance on 3 Crosses Avenue, near North Alameda, according to state police.
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EL PASO, Texas — The University Medical Center of El Paso asked Friday for the public’s help to identify a mystery man hospitalized there. The hospital said it is trying to determine where the man is from and got in contact with his family. UMC asks anyone recognizing the man in the photo to contact
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was injured in a crash at Interstate 10 and Mesa just before noon Sunday. Police briefly closed off I-10 westbound due to the accident. It appears the motorcycle that crashed was riding in a group of motorcyclists along the interstate. Other motorcyclists could be seen parked along the shoulder
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EL PASO, Texas — A man who crashed his car and then began walking along Transmountain Road was struck and killed early Sunday morning, authorities said. Police on Monday identified the victim as 35-year-old Benjamin Hardin of El Paso. His death happened at Transmountain near Resler around 4 a.m. Sunday. When the crash happened Sunday,
Continue ReadingEl Paso, Texas– Near perfect weather for today and tomorrow. We will be running a few degrees above average with temps topping off near 70. Tracking plenty of sunshine for across the Borderland. Our next cold front arrives late Tuesday bringing us cooler temperatures for the end of next week as well a slight chance
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces soldier was among two U.S. Army soldiers killed in combat in Afghanistan over the weekend, the U.S. Department of Defense said Sunday. Sgt. 1st Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28, of Las Cruces and Sgt. 1st Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, of San Antonio, Texas, died Saturday from
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EL PASO, Texas — Police closed off Zaragoza and Pellicano in east El Paso after a man was found lying on the ground Sunday just after 6:30 a.m. The man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police have not said how the man got his injuries, but they did block off the area
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SOCORRO, Texas — A Socorro man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at homes and cars in the community, police said. Ricardo Velasquez, 20, was arrested Friday on a charge of deadly conduct discharge of a firearm. He was jailed on a $50,000 bond. Socorro police said the arrest stems from numerous “shots fired” calls
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in El Paso made five separate drug seizures in a single-day, setting a new record, officials said Friday. CBP officers seized nearly 223 pounds of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana at two El Paso ports of entry on Thursday night. In addition to the drug caches,
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EL PASO, Texas — Jennifer Parker, 48, danced and slid into her graduation at The Hospitals of Providence Outpatient Therapy program Friday morning. “When I was going through therapy, the most important thing is there was just an inner battle of beating my best,” she said after recovering from eight separate surgeries due to a
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police and Fire responded to a 4-vehicle accident in northeast El Paso. This happened around 11 a.m. Tuesday on Dyer Street and Deer Avenue. According to police, three people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Dyer was closed and traffic was being rerouted east on Deer. No
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit arrested a man for firing a weapon in Central El Paso. This happened at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning at 100 Glory Road. Officers were patrolling the area when they heard a single gunshot. They arrested Alfred Lawernce Gay Jr., 21, for firing a handgun inside
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EL PASO, Texas — Loop 375 is back open in both directions after a two-vehicle accident near Pellicano, according to TXDOT. “Crews are done earlier than expected!” the agency tweeted. “All lanes are open now! The accident happened at about 11 a.m. In a tweet, El Paso police said one of the vehicles crashed into
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HATCH, New Mexico — Crews with Doña Ana County Fire and Emergency Services said a fire late Saturday evening destroyed the building housing Hatch Chile Sales. Owner Peter Atencio said Hatch Chile Sales had been in operation since 1986 at the location at 265 W. Hall Street. The fire broke out about 7:10 p.m. Saturday,
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