Flu season can lead to higher risk of accidental medication overdose in kids
EL PASO, Texas — Flu season is in full swing, and that means using more medicine to fight back against getting sick. However, the practice, if done…
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Troubled Las Cruces daycare investigated by ABC-7 has license suspended, sanctions imposed by state officials
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A daycare owner in Las Cruces confirmed late Wednesday that the license for one of the locations she owns has been…
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Tornillo High School teacher arrested, accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to boys
TORNILLO, Texas — A teacher at Tornillo High School has been arrested on accusations of having “improper relationships with students,” sheriff’s…
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Woman who fell into west El Paso canal rescued by firefighters, border agents
EL PASO, Texas — A woman who reportedly fell into a canal situated off the Rio Grande in west El Paso was rescued Wednesday night by firefighters…
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Prospect of city buying El Paso Electric dwindles; focus now on protecting workers, ratepayers in private sale
EL PASO, Texas — The possibility of the city buying El Paso Electric Co. seemed to be dwindling on Wednesday, with officials saying they were…
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Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launches 12th test flight of space tourism rocket near Van Horn
VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin, the stealthy company founded by Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, just launched another test flight…
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Lower bond denied for concert date accused of killing missing El Paso mom
EL PASO, Texas — A judge on Wednesday denied a bond reduction request for a man accused of killing an El Paso mother who went missing after the…
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New helicopter ambulance makes its inaugural El Paso flight
EL PASO, Texas — The Borderland now has a new tool to get those facing a medical emergency to the hospital as quick as possible. Native Air 40 is a…
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‘Snazzy On Call:’ El Paso woman creates in-home salon business after losing her mother to Alzheimer’s
EL PASO, Texas– Gina Silverman-Smith is the mother of a 20-year-old special needs child and was the caretaker of her late mother when she was…
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Phone scammers target Las Cruces, threaten drug ‘cartel’ violence if you don’t deliver money
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Some Las Cruces businesses and residents are receiving threats from phone callers apparently posing as drug “cartel”…
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Las Cruces driver faces felony charge in hit & run that killed man crossing the street
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Police on Wednesday leveled a felony charge against a 34-year-old driver for a hit-and-run accident that killed a man…
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Las Cruces man convicted in vicious beating of girlfriend that caused miscarriage
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces jury on Wednesday found Timothy Trejo-Vigil guilty of attempted murder and other charges after 4 1/2 hours of…
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Packers’ key to Super Bowl run: ‘Get the ball to (former UTEP standout) Aaron Jones’
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — The Green Bay Packers had a four-week stretch earlier this season where Matt LaFleur’s offense couldn’t miss. But that…
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Texas naval air station locked down after threats made; suspect arrested
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Naval Air Station Corpus Christi was placed on lockdown for about an hour Wednesday morning after someone reported hearing…
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Diocese of Las Cruces celebrates the 109th Tortugas Pilgrimage
TORTUGAS, New Mexico — Dozens of members of the Diocese of Las Cruces and the La Corporacion de Los Indigenes de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe are…
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Massive gun battle erupts in New Jersey: 6 dead, including police officer
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gun battle Tuesday that filled the…
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Suspected car thief facing multiple charges after SWAT standoff at Las Cruces apartment complex
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A suspected car thief was in custody facing multiple charges following a standoff with police SWAT officers at a Las Cruces…
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El Paso federal judge blocks use of billions of dollars in Pentagon funds to build Trump’s border wall
EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge in El Paso has blocked the Trump administration from using billions of dollars in Pentagon funds for the…
Continue Reading ‘He enjoyed cutting me:’ Las Cruces woman testifies against ex-boyfriend in gruesome case with lost unborn child
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces jury will soon decide the face of a man accused of beating, punching and biting his pregnant ex-girlfriend,…
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San Antonio donates lighted Christmas tree at El Paso airport to honor shooting victims
A one-of-a-kind lighted Christmas tree made its way from San Anonio to El Paso Tuesday…
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Ex-Fort Bliss solider killed when car hydroplanes, crashes into light pole in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — A former Fort Bliss soldier was killed when his car hydroplaned on a wet road and crashed into a light pole in northeast El Paso…
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1 dead, 2 injured after SUV slams into semi-truck on I-10 at Loop 375
EL PASO, Texas — One man was killed and two others were hurt when an SUV slammed into a semi-truck along Interstate 10 west at the Loop 375 north…
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11 Chinese migrants found hiding inside furniture and appliances at San Diego border checkpoint
SAN DIEGO, California — Several Chinese migrants trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico were hiding in a washer, a dresser and other furniture,…
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Bomb squad briefly examines suspicious package on El Paso’s east side
EL PASO, Texas — A police bomb squad was called out Tuesday evening to examine a suspicious package on El Paso’s east side. The object was…
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Ladders used by migrants to scale U.S.-Mexico border wall near Tornillo
TORNILLO, Texas — An active scene at the border when Mexican National Guard forces and federal police cleared what they believe was a high-traffic…
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Mexico’s former public safety secretary arrested in Texas, charged in drug trafficking conspiracy
DALLAS, Texas — Mexico’s former public security secretary has been arrested in the United States and charged in a drug trafficking…
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56-year-old El Paso man struck, killed by car on I-10 east at Yarbrough
EL PASO, Texas — A pedestrian was struck by a car and killed along Interstate 10 eastbound at Yarbrough on Monday night. Police on Wednesday…
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U.S. House unveils 2 articles of impeachment against Trump: Abuse of power, obstruction of Congress
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Democratic leadership on Tuesday unveiled two articles of impeachment against President…
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2 dead in northeast El Paso shooting that police say was murder-suicide are identified
UPDATE Dec. 10: Police identified the murder victim as 24 -year old Monica Marie Carazo Vergel of El Paso and said she died at the hospital. The…
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Giants guard, UTEP alum Will Hernandez wears ‘El Paso Strong’ cleats on MNF; Eagles rally past Giants 23-17
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — UTEP alum and New York Giants’ starting left guard Will Hernandez wore special ‘El Paso Strong’ cleats to benefit…
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