News Stories for February 2006
Stories for Tuesday, February 28
Mardi Gras Troubles
Janice Carpio, KFOX News at Nine "Sometimes the noise levels become somewhat higher that what they're use to living in that area," says Detective Elizabeth Molina. She says that there will be 15 extra bike officers patrolling the area around the festivities. An additional 10 will be elsewhere to deal ...
Debit Cards Compromised In Las Cruces
Thousands of Dona Ana County residents are getting new debit cards after their personal identification numbers were stolen after transactions at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department is investigating the cases. So far Deputy Natalie Williams says investigators are looking into 10 separate fraud cases, but ...
Community Concerned Over Re-Zoning Request
Jobe Materials bought 34 acres of land behind a small ranching neighborhood a few months ago, and now residents there are afraid their community could be in for an unpleasant change.Jerry Little has called the small community in North East El Paso near the Edge of Texas, "home" for 35 ...
EPA Warns Las Cruces About Uranium
The federal government says the water in Las Cruces has too much uranium in it. City workers sent out 26,000 fliers to Las Crucens last week notifying them that the levels exceeds Environmental Protection Agency standards. Five of the city's 30 wells contain higher concentrations of uranium than the EPA ...
Weather Record Broken In Borderland
If you were outside Tuesday, you felt it. It was a very warm day, in fact a weather record was broke in the borderland. It was 83 degrees in El Paso. Folks were out-and-about and by the looks of it they didn't seem to mind the unseasonably warm temperatures. Maybe ...
Train Derails In Downtown El Paso
Firefighters and hazardous material crews responded in force following a train derailment Tuesday morning in Downtown El Paso. Shortly after 9 a.m., three rail cars from a Union Pacific train left the tracks in the Downtown rail yard. Firefighters say whenever there's a derailment like this, they bring a full ...
Inmate Escapes From La Tuna
Authorities nationwide look for an inmate that escaped from the La Tuna Prison in El Paso County. Shawn Lundy was declared missing from the federal prison camp Monday. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weights 208 pounds. Lundy has brown hair and brown eyes. He is serving out ...
Sen. Cornyn Addresses Border Security
Border security is on the agenda on Capitol Hill this week. Tuesday, U.S U.S. John Cornyn met with leaders from El Paso in his Washington, D.C., office. The president of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce, Fort Bliss officials and representatives from the city are in D.C. Bolstering border security ...
Controversial School Construction Almost Complete
Aoy Elementary school is in the heart of El Segundo Barrio, and it's a historical landmark in south El Paso. It opened at the turn of the 20th century providing education to primarily spanish-speaking children. Today, the school is only months away from demolition as the new campus is almost ...
kfoxtv.com Slideshows
These are the top local slideshows on kfoxtv.com. View them again or get updated on what you missed. KFOX Anchors and Reporters Elizabeth O'Hara - Past and Present Elizabeth O'Hara Portrait Gallery Noreen Jaramillo - Past And Present Noreen Jaramillo Portrait Gallery Through the Years: KFOX Severe Weather Team Behind ...
Nine-Hour Standoff Ends With Grocery Store Crash
An intense standoff situation in the Truth or Consequences area ended early Tuesday morning, after more than nine hours. New Mexico State Police said a 41-year-old man was disgruntled over a court case, and holed up inside Martin's Motors in Williamsburg. A SWAT team waited outside the building from about ...
Motorcycle Driver Not Charged In Pedestrian Accident
A motorcycle hit a homeless man Monday night, but El Paso police said it's not the driver's fault. It happened in the 9400 block of Dyer shortly before 9:40 p.m. near the Peter Piper Pizza's Northeast location. The homeless man was rushed to the hospital code three, the highest priority, ...
Stories for Monday, February 27
Dona Ana Sheriff Pushes Border Security
The Dona Ana sheriff is preparing to testify before a Washington, D.C., subcommittee hearing about problems regarding border security. Sheriff Todd Garrison is scheduled to go before the panel Thursday. Garrison is in Washington for the first time, and joins about a dozen others including sheriffs from the Texas Border ...
Mother Arrested For Alleged Unpaid Child Support
El Paso County Sheriff's deputies arrested a woman, for alleged unpaid child support. Irma Beatrice Marin had been on the Texas Attorney General's list of Top 10 Child Support Evaders in the state until her arrest last Friday. The Attorney General's office said Marin has failed to pay more than ...
Smokey's Murder Trial Begins
Attorneys presented opening statements in El Paso's latest murder trial Monday. Ricardo Avendano, 25, is charged with murder in the shooting death of 22- year-old Claudia Mojarro at Smokey's Pit Stop on North Lee Trevino, in August of 2004. Avendano's attorney argues the shooting was accidental, while prosecutors say he ...
Gov. Perry Pushes Border Funding
Gov. Rick Perry (R) Texas, is supporting border sheriff's efforts to tap into about $100 million in federal border security money. As kfoxtv.com was first to report, the Governor's initiative is "Operation Rio Grande" will allow the state to coordinate efforts to detect, track and deter criminal activity along the ...
City Reports Changes For Elephants
Janice Carpio, KFOX News at Nine "In the wild, you don't see elephants rocking back and forth, standing in place swaying, no you don't see that," says Marilie Sage, co-founder of Concerned Citizens for El Paso. As KFOX reported, concerned citizens for Juno and Savannah say this is the reason ...
KFOX Returns to Washington to Get Answers
Will Congress toughen border security or are your Politicians just dishing out what you want to hear?After KFOX exclusively documented the dispute between Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D) El Paso, and Local Sheriff's during hearings in early February, KFOX goes back to Washington as the Sheriff's make an other push for ...
1,000 New Jobs Come To El Paso
Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced Monday that Automatic Data Processing, Inc., more commonly known as ADP, will open a new facility in El Paso. "These are good jobs that offer a salary range above the regional average ...offer comprehensive packages" said the governor. ADP is an internationally respected company that ...
Locals Not Confident About Government Border Action
by Elizabeth O'Hara The focus is on Congress this week as Border Security is again the hot topic. But from a border-area store owner to the El Paso's former FBI chief, it's clear that there are questions about what will ultimately be accomplished. For thirty years, Tornillo has been home ...
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