Originally Published: 06 JUL 23 13:22 ET By Michelle Krupa and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Texas man reported missing eight years ago as a teen actually returned home a day later and has been there all along with his mother, who deceived police by giving fake names and insisting he was gone in
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HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) — Two Borderland residents are dead after Texas Department of Public Safety officials say they crashed while driving along I-10 East. The crash happened 19 miles west of Sierra Blanca in Hudspeth County on July 5, 2023 just before 3 a.m. Investigators say 60-year-old Fort Hancock resident Miguel Angel Soto was
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Stacker investigated which counties in Texas have the most bridges in dire need of repair using data from the Federal Highway Administration.
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By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune July 4, 2023 “Ken Paxton will not testify at impeachment trial, defense attorney says” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up for The Brief, The
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(CNN) — A shooting that erupted just before midnight Monday in Fort Worth, Texas, left at least three dead and eight others wounded, police said. Ten of the victims are adults and one a minor, according to a news release from the Fort Worth Police Department’s homicide unit. Officers discovered multiple people shot in a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Law enforcement agencies in El Paso County are preparing for the 4th of July holiday. In previous years, officials have seen anywhere between 5,000 to 10,000 people in the Red Sands area in Far East El Paso on Fourth of July night. This year officials estimate between 15,000 to 18,000
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(CNN) — A Houston man who went missing as a teen more than eight years ago has been found safe, the Texas Center for the Missing said. Rudolph “Rudy” Farias IV had been missing since March 6, 2015, according to a missing persons flyer. Someone called 911 after finding him unresponsive outside a church, with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Students quickly weighed in following the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. In a 6-3 vote, SCOTUS struck down the program that would forgive student loan debt for over 43 million Americans. The program would have canceled $10,000 in student debt for those who made less
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, and no one is more passionate about spreading that message than Miss Texas America, Averie Bishop. “I didn’t see anyone who looked like me, so I didn’t think I could be,” Bishop told ABC-7. “I didn’t think I was pretty enough, tall enough,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — NBA basketball star George Hill of the Indiana Pacers paid a visit to the pediatric patients at Providence Children’s Hospital in El Paso Thursday. The visit is part of the Arron Jones All The Way Foundation’s celebrity softball game festivities. “Something that means a lot to me is to give
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A car goes makes a hole in the wall of a parking structure in Downtown El Paso, Thursday night. It happened at the intersection of Stanton St. and Franklin Ave. According to police, the call came in before 11:30 p.m. One person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Exactly two months after the death of a slain El Paso man, his family is still anxiously searching for answers. Back on April 29th, El Paso Police officers were called out to a Northeast neighborhood after a vehicle crashed into a front yard. The driver, 27-year-old Daniel Antonio Mergil, had
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By Francisco Uranga and Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune June 16, 2023 “As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullified” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide
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By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune June 28, 2023 “Inmates are dying in stifling Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as a cause of death” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans can expect stores like Kate Spade New York, Psycho Bunny, Keg & Brew, Vineyard Vines, Cole Haan, and Box Lunch to open at the Outlet Shoppes at El Paso soon. Psycho Bunny and Keg & Brew outlets are set to open in late summer of 2023. Vineyard Vines,
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SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — A 16-year-old boy was shot at a party in San Elizario early Tuesday morning, according to the El Paso Sheriff’s Office. It happened at the 12300 block of Campo Bello Dr. that’s half a mile south of Alameda Ave. The call came in at 2:30 a.m. originally as an aggravated
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By Patrick Svitek and Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 26, 2023 “At Texas-Mexico border, Ron DeSantis unveils immigration platform with Trump in mind” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Sign up
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(CNN) — Three San Antonio police officers were charged with murder on Friday, less than 24 hours after they fatally shot a woman during a police call, their chief announced. Officer Eleazar Alejandro, 28; Sgt. Alfred Flores, 45; and Officer Nathaniel Villalobos, 27, are suspended from the force without pay as the investigation continues. All were
Continue Reading (CNN) — A ground worker who was “ingested” into a plane’s engine at San Antonio International Airport Friday died by suicide, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office. The cause of death is listed as blunt and sharp force injuries. The manner of death is listed as suicide, an office assistant for the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Get ready to watch Miss El Paso America compete to be crowned Miss Texas America this weekend. You can watch the statewide competition this Saturday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on ABC-7. The winner of the state competition will be crowned Miss Texas America and will go on to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — New York Congressman George Santos is visiting El Paso on Monday. According to a statement from the House of Representatives, the Congressman is set to address the ongoing border crisis. It will take place at the Hyatt Place Hotel located at 6030 Gateway East, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. He
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoans gathered Friday evening to pay tribute to the Uber driver who police say was shot by his passenger. 52-year-old Daniel J. Piedra Garcia died Wednesday after he was taken off life support. Investigators said 48-year-old Phoebe Copas of Kentucky was riding in the Uber on her way to
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Who’s the brainiest inventor in your state? ClickUp used data from the Patent and Trademark Office to find the top patent earner in Texas.
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By James Barragan, The Texas Tribune — Suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton will answer to 16 of 20 articles of impeachment at a trial to begin Sept. 5, the Texas Senate said Wednesday night after spending more than 20 hours drafting the trial rules in private. Paxton’s wife, Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, can attend, but
Continue Reading (CNN) — The wife of embattled Attorney General Ken Paxton said Monday she will “carry out (her) duties” as a state senator and not recuse herself ahead of her husband’s upcoming impeachment trial. Angela Paxton, who represents a Dallas-area district, said Texas law compels each member of the Senate to attend the impeachment proceedings on Tuesday when the
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton said Monday she will “carry out my duties” ahead of the historic impeachment trial of her husband, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, but did not outright say whether or not she will recuse herself on a vote to remove him from office. Breaking weeks of public
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new CDC report found roughly one in five U.S. adults has been diagnosed with depression at some point in their life. The report was released Thursday, revealing that depression levels vary dramatically by state. The figures were collected in 2020. The estimated population of the u-s this year is over 334,000,000,
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(CNN) — More than 50 million people across a large swath of the US are under a severe weather threat Friday, one day after storms cut a deadly path across Texas and Florida. Three people were killed in Perryton, Texas, when a ruinous tornado slammed the town Thursday, the fire chief told CNN. The storm also sent up to 100 people
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)– Ten members of a transnational human smuggling organization are facing charges after they allegedly smuggled and transported migrants into the United States. Six of them are in custody. They were apprehended throughout the country. Officials said it was a Guatemalan-based smuggling organization that is now being referred to as the
Continue Reading (CNN) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday barring transgender college athletes in the state from competing in sports that align with their gender identity – expanding a 2021 law that banned transgender students in K-12 Texas school districts and some charter schools from doing the same. Abbott framed Senate Bill 15, titled the “Save Women’s Sports Act,”
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