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‘Secure’ status lifted at Santa Teresa Middle School

September 5, 2024 10:13 AM Emma Hoggard, Brianna Perez

Update: During a news conference this morning, the Gadsden ISD superintendent explained that after an extensive search, reports that a student may…

Motorcyclist was speeding when he lost control and died on Transmountain, El Paso police say

August 31, 2024 8:18 PM Jason McNabb, Tyaun Marshburn

Update (September 4, 2024): Police just identified the dead motorcyclist as 22-year-old Tyler Jonathan Reardon. Special Traffic Investigators are…

El Paso woman arrested for allegedly causing fatal crash

September 4, 2024 1:14 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police just arrested 26-year-old Elizabeth Olivia Chagra- Nichols in connection with a deadly April crash. The…

Woman’s skull fractured, El Paso man arrested

August 22, 2024 1:47 PM KVIA ABC-7

Update (September 4, 2024): El Paso Police arrested Payne and charged him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon before booking him into the El…

Large fire destroys house in south-central El Paso

September 4, 2024 6:09 AM Jennifer Mendoza, Isabella Martinez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A vacant house in south-central El Paso has been destroyed after an early morning fire. El Paso Fire Department said it…

Two people extricated from rollover in Tornillo

September 3, 2024 9:40 AM KVIA ABC-7

TORNILLO, Texas (KVIA) — Emergency crews extracted two people from a car after a crash on I-10 West near mile marker 58 in Tornillo last night. An…

19-year-old Juarez resident arrested for human smuggling in Northwest El Paso

September 2, 2024 12:15 PM Kerry Mannix

Update: Texas DPS confirms a human smuggling arrest was made in connection with the crash. “The driver was identified as Ruben Palma, age 19 out of…

Serious crash on I-10 East at Kansas injures one person

August 30, 2024 4:22 PM KVIA ABC-7

Update: Special Traffic Investigators are looking into the crash. Emergency crews are diverting all traffic away from the highway. Update: One person…

Woman dies trying to stop stranger’s car from rolling across Pellicano

August 29, 2024 9:42 PM Carter Diggs

Update: El Paso Police just identified the pedestrian as 42-year-old Gloria Anthony. Police say she died at the hospital. The driver of the car…

Dog found with chain collar cutting into its neck, El Paso man arrested

August 30, 2024 11:31 AM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested 27-year-old Devan Gallegos and charged him with one felony count of cruelty to an animal. Police…

21 Chuco Tango gang members indicted in major roundup across El Paso

August 29, 2024 8:09 AM Jennifer Mendoza, Brianna Perez, Isabella Martinez

Update: In a news conference Thursday, U.S. Attorney General for the Western District of Texas Jaime Esparza, said 21 people with connections to the…

Boxes of matcha powder fall out of overturned semi, blocking all lanes of I-10 West at Porfirio Diaz

August 27, 2024 4:04 PM Emma Hoggard

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A semi is on its side, blocking traffic completely on the westbound lanes of I-10 near the Porfirio Diaz exit. The crash…

Semi-truck overturns, blocking traffic on I-10 East at Horizon ramp

August 27, 2024 5:01 PM Emma Hoggard

HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — For the fourth time today, a semi-truck has overturned in El Paso County. This fourth overturn happened on the ramp…

Man shows up to El Paso hospital with gunshot wound

August 27, 2024 2:47 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say a man arrived at an area hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound at 1:11 PM today. Police say…

Major crash on I-10 West near Horizon

August 27, 2024 2:27 PM KVIA ABC-7, Kerry Mannix

Update: The scene of the crash is now clear. HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson says a car crash on I-10…

Detectives investigating death in Northeast El Paso

August 27, 2024 10:02 AM Paul Schulz

Update: “The incident on railroad is consistent with a suicide,” an EPPD spokesperson explained Tuesday afternoon. “The investigation continues… no…

Body found in canal in El Paso’s Lower Valley

August 26, 2024 10:19 PM Carter Diggs

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Overturned semi-trailer cleared on I-10 east and westbound

August 27, 2024 6:27 AM Jennifer Mendoza, Isabella Martinez

Update: The scene is now clear. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An overturned semi-trailer is blocking east and westbound lanes on I-10 in Central El Paso.…

Socorro Police respond to crash, all lanes open

August 25, 2024 1:15 PM Yvonne Suarez, Tyaun Marshburn

UPDATE: First responders and police have cleared the crash at Passmore and Alameda. All lanes are now open. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The City of…

Alleged jewelry thief caught at Cielo Vista Mall

August 23, 2024 4:51 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies working off-duty jobs as security guards at Cielo Vista Mall stopped 40-year-old Adan…

Cause of East El Paso apartment fire still under investigation

August 19, 2024 2:19 AM Isabel Garcia, Isabella Martinez

Update (August 23, 2024): A spokesperson for the El Paso Fire Department says the American Red Cross is still helping the 20 displaced residents. The…

Man found with pipe bomb parts near Las Cruces church sentenced to 52 months

June 1, 2023 1:21 PM Rosemary Garcia

Update (August 23, 2024): A court sentenced Wallace to 52 months in prison following his conviction for possessing a pipe bomb and ammunition. “Upon…

Two-car crash at North Desert and Transmountain

August 22, 2024 2:34 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A crash involving two cars caused major traffic backup for some time in West El Paso today. The crash happened at Desert…

Student verbally threatens Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy

August 22, 2024 4:38 PM KVIA ABC-7, Tony Gutierrez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Paso Del Norte Fine Arts Academy received a verbal threat from a student. Officials at the school found “no evidence of a…

Commercial building burns in Sunland Park

August 22, 2024 4:28 PM KVIA ABC-7

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Sunland Park Fire Department crew helped put out a fire at a commercial building on the 2400 block of Airport…

El Paso man sentenced to 2.5 years for murder

April 25, 2021 4:22 AM KVIA ABC-7

UPDATE, August 22, 2024: Court records show that Ramirez was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. UPDATE, August 21, 2024: Court records show…