Monday 8th February, 2010
Code Enforcement Cracking Down On Prohibited Sales
KFOXEl Paso's Code Compliance Division is cracking down violations associated with prohibited sales.Those include selling merchandise in vacant lots without a vendor license.Violations are punishable by a...
Man shot in mouth, at least 2 people stabbed in separate incidents
El Paso TimesEL PASO - Police this morning were investigating two separate cases of violence. In one, a man was shot in the mouth. In the other, at least two people were stabbed. In the first case, officers we...
Lower Valley City Project Coping With Theft
KFOXEL PASO, Texas -- A new roundabout and median being installed in the Lower Valley seems to be the target of thieves.The project includes new landscaping on Knights Street near Riverside High School, b...
Gang Expert Testifies In Romero Trial
KFOXThe state has rested its case against Michael Romero, who is one of four men accused in the beating death of 19-year-old Valentin Ray Rodriguez.Before the prosecution rested, they put a gang expert on...
El Paso County Projected To Face $11.5 Million Deficit
KFOXEl Paso County Commissioners asked each and every department to make massive cuts to their budgets, adding up to 5 percent across the board.The county auditor said the county will be $11.5 million in ...
Saints' victory inspires Rangers manager
Texas RangersEvery time Rangers manager Ron Washington answered the phone throughout the Super Bowl on Sunday night, he would greet the caller with two simple words: "Who Dat!" "We pulled it off," Washington said...
Sheriff's officials identify victims involved in East Side wreck
El Paso TimesThree UTEP basketball players earned Conference USA honors this week, UTEP athletics officials announced Monday. UTEP junior forward Derrick Caracter was selected Rookie of the Week. Caracter scored 2...
NM Emissions Bill In Limbo
KFOXA House panel has tabled legislation that would lay the groundwork for New Mexico's participation in a future cap-and-trade program. More than two dozen people pleaded with lawmakers last week not to ...
House Panel Tables NM Depredation Bill
KFOXA proposal that would have reformed New Mexico's depredation law has been doomed by a House panel. The legislation would have made it illegal for farmers, ranchers and other landowners to kill big gam...
Rangers brace for AL West lefties
Texas RangersARLINGTON -- The Rangers hit .257 against left-handed pitchers in 2009, the fourth lowest batting average in the American League. They had a .318 on-base percentage against left-handers, the third low...
UTEP men's basketball team gets 33 votes in AP poll
El Paso TimesThe UTEP men's basketball team received 33 votes in the Associated Press college basketball poll released Monday morning.The Miners are in first place in Conference USA after their win Saturday agains...
Manhunt Monday: Canuto Gang Member Sought
KFOXEl Paso sheriff's deputies need help to find this week's Manhunt Monday fugitive.Eric Isaac Dominguez, 20, he's wanted for hitting someone in the head with a rock and a tire iron, said deputies.The as...
Central Stabbing Leaves 4 Injured
KFOXEL PASO, Texas -- Early Monday morning four people were stabbed inside of a home in central El Paso.It happened shortly after 2 a.m. on the 2600 block of Nations Avenue.Police said two women went to a...
Texas Tribune: El Paso school 'persistently lowest achieving'
El Paso TimesAUSTIN -- More than 150 schools are "persistently lowest achieving," a federal definition tied to $390 million in grant money available to Texas. Some of those schools are in El Paso. They include, P...
Man Shot In Mouth Overnight
KFOXA man shot in the mouth is recovering at a local hospital from serious injuries.The shooting happened on the 4000 block of Lincoln Avenue near Dyer Street, but the victim was found several blocks away...
Cockfighting ban moves Chaparral to progress
El Paso TimesCHAPARRAL, N.M. -- Rene Antillon divides life in this growing desert community by before and after New Mexico banned cockfighting in 2007.A literal shrine to the bloodsport inside his El Bayo restaura...
Chapo cell: Teens part of Sinaloa drug cartel effort to smuggle, kill
El Paso Times< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } For about $40 a week, teenagers and young men watched roads in the Valley of Juárez looking out for police, the Mexican army or unfamiliar vehicles from a rival dr...
Controversial UTEP professor Steve Best risks much in fight for animal rights
El Paso TimesUniversity of Texas at El Paso philosophy professor and activist Steve Best discusses his controversial 30-year career and his work with animal rights organizations throughout the world.
Bowling alley massacre that rocked Las Cruces 20 years ago remains a mystery
El Paso TimesSite of Las Cruces Bowl, 1201 E. Amador Ave., on Saturday morning, Feb. 10, 1990, where seven people, including four children, were shot multiple times at close range. Four died and the case remains u...
Times Q&A: Barbee moving Miners 'in right direction,' says UTEP's Bob Stull
El Paso Times< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } EL PASO -- UTEP basketball is back, fans say. Back to fighting for first place, back to regular appearances on national television and back to selling out regular s...
Manhunt Monday: Suspect in alleged gang beating sought
El Paso TimesDominguez (Photo Courtesy El Paso County Sheriff's Office) EL PASO -- A suspected Canutillo gang member accused of beating a man is the target of this week's Manhunt Monday by the El Paso County Sheri...
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