News Stories for April 2006
Stories for Sunday, April 30
Boy Drowns In Las Cruces Apartment Pool
Las Cruces police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the drowning of a five-year-old boy. Witness told KFOX a child noticed the boy's body inside a jacuzzi at an apartment complex at Sonoma Ranch. That's when residents jumped in and tried to revive the boy until paramedics arrived. "I was ...
Missing Man Allegedly Spotted
Police are still searching for a mentally-challenged man one week after he disappeared from a camp near Cloudcroft An employee of the Gospel Rescue Mission says Joel Guye was at a dining room last Thursday-- more than 100 miles from where he disappeared. The worker says it wasn't until Guye's ...
Family Of Ten Stranded In Mountains
A family of ten is safe after being rescued from the Wyler Tramway Saturday night. According to emergency officials the tram became stuck up in the Franklin Mountains when the family was riding it. Within two hours, rescue crews were able to reach the family and walk them down to ...
Child Hit Head-On By Car
A young El Paso boy is recovering after being hit by a car. According to emergency dispatchers the child was riding his bike near the intersection of Rosewood and Pershing just after 5:00 Sunday evening when he was hit. He was rushed to Thomason Hospital with life threatening injuries.
Fire At An Abandoned Home
It takes almost 100 fire fighters to take control of a blaze at an abandoned building. Fire officials, don't have a cause yet, but they say the origin is the basement of the home on the corner of Mountain and Partello. At first, smoke billowed from the windows and the ...
Stories for Saturday, April 29
New Payment Device Could Help Those With Bad Credit Get A Car
A new device called the on-time system is an electronic starter that is used to turn credit challenged prospects into paying customers. The on-time payment system is a little black box that is installed below a steering wheel that can be seen inside the car. Each time a customer needs ...
LULAC Takes Stand On Boycott
As tensions continue to mount surrounding immigration reform one local organization is calling on local consumers to get involved. Saturday the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, announced their support of this Monday's National Day of Action. As KFOX reported, activists are asking all Mexican Americans to boycott ...
Two NMSU Firefighters Fired
Two Las Cruces firefighters are without a job after allegedly impersonating a police officer. NMSU officials say they have fired two of their student firefighters after learning about an incident earlier this month when the two men posed as campus police, followed a couple and claimed to be police officers ...
Fire Rips Through Shed
Charred debri is all that's left after a fire in East El Paso. Firefighters responded to the 1400 block of Pedro Figari just before 2:30 Saturday afternoon to find a shed on fire. Crews say the fire inside the small shed was so intense that they could see black smoke ...
New Information: Teen Found Unconscious
New details surface in the mysterious death of a young girl. As KFOX first reported Friday, a young girl was found unconscious on the side of the road early Friday morning. Two passerbys spotted her and she was taken to the hospital where she later died. Saturday investigators announced that ...
Stories for Friday, April 28
Armed Robbery Suspects Caught
Two suspects wanted for aggravated robberies this past weekend are caught by police, and KFOX was there when one of the arrests happened. Arthur Stewart, 41, surrendered on his knees to the drawn guns of El Paso police detectives. A KFOX camera was there when police made the arrest at ...
Convictions In Baby Brianna Case Overturned
The state Court of Appeals has overturned the convictions of three family members sentenced to prison for the death of a 5-month-old Las Cruces girl. The appeals court has also ordered separate trials for the child's father, Andy Walters; mother, Stephanie Lopez; and uncle, Steven Lopez. The court found that ...
Outlet Mall Set To Open In El Paso
A major announcement for El Paso's economy was revealed Friday. In just a few months, a desert area in Northwest El Paso will be transformed into a 385,000-square-foot factory outlet mall. The new shopping mecca is expected to create 800 new jobs for the area, not to mention another 300 ...
Spanish Anthem Creating Controversy
You may not think of the national anthem as controversial, but a new rendition is rocking not only the airwaves, but the public's opinion. The Spanish language recording of America's national anthem debuted on radio stations nationwide Friday evening. Creators claim it was recorded to inspire patriotism among the Latino ...
Teenage Girl Found Unconscious
There are still not a lot of answers from the El Paso County Sheriff's Office surrounding the death of a teenage girl. Sheriff's deputies said the woman who is believed to be between 15 and 18 years old was found by passersby on the side of the road on Texas ...
Former Coach's Probation In Jeopardy
A judge has two weeks to decide whether to revoke the probation of a former local basketball coach accused of violating his probation on child molestation charges. Testimony ended Friday in the probation hearing of Oscar Zubia. He's accused of multiple probation violations, including spending time with an underage boy. ...
Teenage Girl Found Dead
There are still not a lot of answers from the El Paso County Sheriff's office surrounding the death of a teenage girl. Sheriff's deputies say the woman who is believed to be between 15 and 18 years old was found by a passerby on the side of the road on ...
Shelter Sees Increase In Dogs Banned From Fort Bliss
The number of big dogs dropped off at animal shelters around El Paso has gone up. Meanwhile, the number of adopters has been reduced. More pit bulls have been ending up in animal shelters. Part of it has to do with more troops moving into the area, and the stricter ...
Parenting: What Makes Boys, Girls, Different?
Some parents do not allow toy guns in the home, but that does not stop boys from making them out of sticks. And even though your daughter is too young to wear makeup, that does not mean she stops pretending to be a princess, primping in front of her mirror. ...
El Paso Police Search For Armed Robber
El Paso police are searching for leads into an overnight armed robbery.The Diamond Shamrock, located in the 200 block of Americas, was robbed at about 1 a.m. Friday.Police said a person wearing a hooded sweatshirt threatened the clerk with a knife then fled with an undisclosed amount of money.Anyone with ...
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