Police: Teen Breaks Into Apartment Complex, Assaults 2 Residents
EL PASO — Police officials say an Central El Paso teenager allegedly broke into an apartment complex and assaulted two residents shortly before…
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Texas Cities Can Add Sales Tax To Utility Bills
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A new state law gives dozens of Texas cities the option of an additional sales tax on residential gas and electric…
Continue Reading Man Arrested After Evading Sheriff’s Deputy
El Paso, Texas – The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man on drug charges after he led them on a chase. Luis Victor Leos,…
Continue Reading Eleven Arrested During Westside Warrant Round-Up
EL PASO — Police officials say eleven people were arrested during an eight hour felony warrant round-up on Friday. The operation kicked off at…
Continue Reading 45 Firefighters Battle Third Blaze At Warehouse
EL PASO, TX — Fire investigators are looking into a blaze at a South-Central warehouse that collapsed the second floor of the structure. 18…
Continue Reading Standoff Forces Neighbors Out Of Homes
EL PASO – Police have blocked off several neighborhoods in Central El Paso after a man barricaded himself inside his home on the 2600 block of…
Continue Reading New Chicharrones Importation Rules Go Into Effect This Week
El Paso, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers will begin enforcing new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirements on…
Continue Reading 2 Lower Valley Colonias To Get Water
By ABC-7 Reporter Darren Hunt El Paso, Texas – A more than two-decade long struggle by two Lower Valley subdivisions to get water is finally…
Continue Reading Which Foods Can Be Taxed Confuses Some
By ABC-7 Reporter Veronique Masterson El Paso,Texas – As you walk into your local grocery store, you hear familiar sounds. The beep as food is…
Continue Reading Increase In Suicide Rate Of Vets
By Kimberly Hefling /Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – The government says the suicide rate has gone up among 18- to 29-year-old men…
Continue Reading Bank Robbed In West El Paso
El Paso, Texas – El Paso Police and the FBI are searching for a man who robbed the First Federal Bank at 7015 N. Mesa this morning. The same…
Continue Reading El Paso Escapee Caught In Albuquerque
Early this morning, Albuquerque police arrested Veronica Magallanes, a woman wanted for not reporting to a halfway house. She was arrested based on…
Continue Reading Police To Get Semi-Automatic Rifles
By Veronique Masterson El Paso,Texas -The El Paso Police Department is getting more fire power, in the form of semi-automatic weapons. The department…
Continue Reading Vacant Buildings Pose Fire Danger
By ABC-7 Reporter Celina Avila El Paso, Texas – A warehouse fire Monday morning is believed to be arson, according to Fire Dept. officials. The…
Continue Reading US, Mexican Officials: Tijuana Drug Lord Captured
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) – Officials from the U.S. and Mexico say authorities have arrested reputed Tijuana drug kingpin Teodoro “el…
Continue Reading Decision On Textbook Content Coming Soon
By ABC-7 Reporter Celina Avila El Paso, Texas -This week, the State Board of Educationis meeting in Austin to decide who and what will be included in…
Continue Reading Record Year For Foreclosures
By ADRIAN SAINZ AP Real Estate WriterMIAMI January 14, 2010 (AP) A record 2.8 million households were threatened with foreclosure last year, and that…
Continue Reading US Husband Saves Wife Trapped In Haiti Rubble
NEW YORK (AP) – A young American aid worker – trapped for about 10 hours under the rubble of her mission house that was destroyed in…
Continue Reading Law Enforcement Flood Horizon City To Reduce Crime In Area
By ABC-7 Reporter Celina Avila El Paso, Texas -Last week, several law enforcement agencies joined Horizon City Police for “Operation…
Continue Reading Closer Look At EPISD Tax Increase Proposal
By ABC-7 Reporter Daniel Marin El Paso, Texas – When class is over at Burges High School in East El Paso, some students line up for ice cream…
Continue Reading EP Family Still In Dream 1 Year After ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’
By ABC-7 Reporter Veronique Masterson El Paso,Texas – Nearly one year ago a neighborhood in the lower valley was invaded by construction and…
Continue Reading Obama Says US Stands With Haiti, Pledges $100M Aid
By Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said Thursday that “one of the largest relief…
Continue Reading 2 Arrested After False Kidnapping Report
EL PASO — Police arrested two Northeast residents after a strange turn of events that allegedly involved a fake kidnapping report. Lorraine…
Continue Reading Willie Nelson Tour Bus Searched At Border Patrol Check Point
El Paso, Texas – Not long after Willie Nelson’s El Paso concert last week, a Nelson tour bus was stopped at the U.S. Immigration and…
Continue Reading Mullen: 9,000 To 10,000 Troops In Haiti By Monday
By Robert Burns and Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) – Up to 10,000 U.S. troops will be off Haiti’s shores by…
Continue Reading EP Grammy Winner Makes Film Directorial Debut
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, guitaristforthe Grammy-award-winning Mars Volta, is set to make his directorial debutwith his feature film, ‘The…
Continue Reading Obama Pledges Full Support To Haitian President
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama promised Haitian President Rene Preval long-term help rebuilding his country in a phone call Friday…
Continue Reading Western Refining Names New CEO; Foster To Continue As Executive Chairman
El Paso, Texas – Western Refining, Inc. today announced that Jeff Stevens, currently President and Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed…
Continue Reading Arson Suspected In Vacant Duplex Fire Downtown
EL PASO — Investigators with the El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) suspect arson in a fire that destroyed a vacant duplex in Downtown El Paso. The…
Continue Reading Teens Point Toy Gun At Traffic, Arrested On Drug Charges
EL PASO — Police say two teenagers that were allegedly pointing a toy gun at traffic were arrested on drug charges. Jesus Mata, 17, of the 3700…
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