EL PASO, Texas — Meet El Paso’s New Year’s baby: It’s a boy! The Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus delivered the first baby of 2022 at 12:02 a.m. Saturday. A hospital spokesman said Kaleth Lopez weighed in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces and 19.25 inches long at birth. The proud parents were mother Jasmin Arras
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UPDATE, Jan. 1: FORT HANCOCK, Texas — State troopers on Saturday said an 18-wheeler traveling at an unsafe speed along a rainy Interstate 10 in Hudspeth County was responsible for triggering a crash with a recreational vehicle that killed an El Paso man and left 10 others hospitalized. The semi-truck driver lost control on the
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A three-year-old boy and his stepfather were shot and killed Thursday night in their Juárez home. The boy’s mother was also wounded in the attack, according to ABC-7’s newsgathering partner Canal 44. Canal 44 reported Friday that a 20-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were arrested by Juarez police on murder
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EL PASO, Texas — A child was rushed to a hospital after being pulled from a canal in downtown El Paso by firefighters on Friday morning. The water rescue occurred around 11:15 a.m. in the area of Santa Fe Street and Calleros Court. The rescued child was rushed to a local hospital in serious condition, according
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EL PASO, Texas — A 21-year-old woman was struck by a car and seriously injured in the Lower Valley Thursday night by a hit-and-run driver, El Paso police said. It happened just after 8 p.m. at Betel Drive and Kernal Circle, where traffic investigators were summoned. Police blocked off the area with yellow crime scene
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PRESIDIO COUNTY, Texas — Several people were injured when a small plane being used to smuggle migrants crashed north of the Presidio International Airport on Thursday afternoon, Presidio County Sheriff’s deputies said. That crash happened just before 4 p.m. Investigators said the excess weight of the smuggled passengers – a half-dozen people in a four-seat
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UPDATE: CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A blast widely heard and felt across portions of El Paso’s eastside and Lower Valley on Thursday afternoon was apparently caused by an explosion at a construction and excavation site in neighboring Mexico. The Juarez news outlet El Diario reported the blast took place on a hill along Camino Real
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police said a 16-year-old was shot and killed and two others were hurt in central El Paso early Thursday morning. Police said the gunfire took place just before 12:30 a.m. at 4116 Duranzo Avenue, which is near Lincoln Park. Police did not specify whether the 16-year-old shooting victim was
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EL PASO, Texas — A victim was stabbed and wounded late Wednesday night in a central El Paso alleyway. The alley where the attack happened is located in the 3400 block of La Luz Avenue; it occurred around 9:15 p.m. The wounded person was taken to a local hospital, but first-responders said the injuries weren’t
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EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s decision to shorten the recommended Covid-19 isolation and quarantine period from 10 days to five is drawing pushback from El Paso’s City-County Health Authority, who said Tuesday evening that the Borderland should continue to follow the CDC’s previous 10-day isolation and quarantine guidelines. Dr. Hector
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UPDATE: Police confirmed one victim from a shooting that occurred Tuesday afternoon outside the Circle K store in in the 5000 block of East Paisano Drive. Authorities didn’t provide any information on the injured victim’s condition nor did they indicate the circumstances surrounding the shooting. However, EPPD’s Gang Unit was heading up the investigation – a
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UPDATE, Dec. 29: Police announced the arrest Wednesday of a 39-year-old northeast El Paso man for allegedly firing shots at a neighbor’s home the day prior, although fortunately authorities said the neighbor wasn’t injured in the gunfire. 39-year-old John Michael Connelly was being held in the downtown jail on $58,000 bond on aggravated assault with
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EL PASO, Texas – The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said Monday that the infusion center in El Paso – as well as those in Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio – have exhausted their supply of sotrovimab, the monoclonal antibody that’s effective against the Covid-19 Omicron variant. Due to a national shortage, the
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UPDATE #2: As of 1:30 p.m., El Paso police indicated that Gateway East has reopened to traffic. UPDATE: As of 12:15 p.m., El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said I-10 had reopened, but Gateway East would remain closed for two more hours. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas — A deadly rollover crash along Gateway East near
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EL PASO, Texas — There were 63 El Paso Covid-19 deaths reported for the past week, the El Paso Department of Public Health announced Monday, marking a huge increase in coronavirus fatalities – although officials indicated some of the deaths, while confirmed last week, actually happened weeks ago. Officials said 62 of the 63 victims
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UPDATE #3, Dec. 27: The Sun Bowl Association confirmed to ABC-7 on Monday evening that Washington State (7-5) will now be playing Central Michigan (8-4) in the Sun Bowl. The announcement comes after an agreement was reached to release CMU from the Arizona Bowl after Boise State dropped out due to Covid cases among its
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UPDATE, Dec. 30: El Paso police on Thursday said they had arrested the car driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash with a motorcyclist on Christmas Day in east El Paso along George Dieter at Rex Baxter. 64-year-old Carmen Ofelia De Los Santos of El Paso was jailed on a charge of accident involving death.
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police were looking into the death of a baby on Christmas Day. A Crime Scene Unit was deployed Saturday to a residence in the 600 block of South Yarborough and a police spokesperson confirmed there was an ongoing investigation. Police said a cause of death hadn’t yet been determined
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EL PASO, Texas — A pair of Christmas Eve traffic crashes in El Paso left one person dead and two others seriously injured. A single-vehicle rollover at Gateway East and Burgundy on Friday night was responsible for the death of a Horizon City man, police confirmed. Investigators said the SUV veered off the road, struck
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UPDATE, Dec. 29: A daughter accused of stabbing her mother on Christmas Eve and then leading police on a chase along Interstate 10 in an SUV she stole from mom has been ordered held in the El Paso County jail on $285,000 bond. Judge Jon Joseph set the bond amount for 35-year-old Crystal Lynn Guillen
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EL PASO, Texas — High winds brought down a large tree onto a parked car in a northeast El Paso neighborhood on Friday afternoon, but there were no reports of injuries. It happened in the 5700 block of Miami Court, which is near Hondo Pass and Railroad drives. Police were at the site around 6
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HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — Hudspeth County Sheriff’s deputies were in the process Friday of recovering a body found by a rancher in a very remote area about 40 miles southeast of Sierra Blanca near the Mexico border. Sheriff Arvin West told ABC-7 the body was discovered along part of Eagle Mountain, close to the river.
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DALLAS, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2018 with the San Francisco 49ers’ 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night. Dallas (10-4) currently sits as the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs and still has a shot at the No. 1 seed. The Cowboys
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EL PASO, Texas — As the University of Miami football team continues to deal with Covid-19 protocols, the team will now arrive in El Paso the day before the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl to play in the game. Washington State remains set to arrive Dec. 26 for the Dec. 31 matchup. The Sun Bowl Association issued a press
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EL PASO, Texas — Defending champ UTEP fell to Bradley 73-66 on Wednesday night in the championship game of the Sun Bowl Invitational. Bradley rallied to overcome a 14-point second-half deficit to win the tourney title in a game that saw six ties and seven lead changes – with big scoring runs from both teams. “We had
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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – A vacuum-sealed white powdery brick of cocaine and fentanyl, wrapped in gift-wrapping paper as a Christmas gift, was seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents from a car at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint on Interstate 10. Authorities announced the drug seizure on Wednesday, saying three U.S. citizens were arrested by agents and
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DALLAS, Texas — Traditionally known as “America’s Team” for nearly 50 years, the Dallas Cowboys are now seeking to become “Mexico’s Team, Too.” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is speaking out about what he views as the importance of expanding the team’s brand into Mexico, adding that the Cowboys would be willing to give up some
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UPDATE, Dec. 23: UTEP’s star wide receiver Jacob Cowing said Thursday that he had received eight offers after announcing earlier this week that he was entering the transfer portal, surprising Miner fans who were expecting him to return for next season. Of those eight offers, seven were from “Power 5” conference schools. The Chandler, Arizona
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EL PASO, Texas – A known gang member was arrested by SWAT officers for allegedly attacking and stabbing a woman in a dispute over money, El Paso police said Tuesday. Alfredo Ortiz, 27, of northeast El Paso, was being held on $50,000 bond in the downtown jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a
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UPDATE #2: A Las Cruces man has been charged with second-degree arson in connection to an apartment fire Tuesday morning. Police arrested 73-year-old Byron Anthony Hicks. Hicks is being held at the Doña Ana County Detention Center. One person had to be rescued from the burning apartment. Officials estimate the damage at $20,000 dollars. Although
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