News Stories for May 2007
Stories for Wednesday, May 30
Police Shoot And Kill Man In Mall Parking Lot
Police continue to look into a deadly shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall Tuesday night. Investigators were on the scene well into the morning hours diagramming and taking photographs of two separate scenes. One scene where a police man was dragged under a van and another where one man was ...
Stories for Tuesday, May 29
Homes Go Up In Flames
Firefighters have determined the fire that destroyed two homes on Giles Street was an accident.Investigators said the fire started by two young children playing with a lighter.Neighbor Russell Smith said, "It hadn't been two minutes before I was going up the street and there were flames 20 - 30 feet ...
Prescription Medicine For STDs Now Easier To Obtain In New Mexico
New Mexico residents who have sexually transmitted diseases can now receive medication from their doctors to take to their sexual partners. The initiative, known as expedited partner treatment, allows doctors to treat their patients' partners even if the other person does not physically go to the doctor's office. "Ideally we ...
Suspected Thief Shot To Death By Police Officer
El Paso Police said an alleged auto thief is dead after he was discovered trying to break into a car parked at the Cielo Vista Mall.Officers said the incident happened shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday, when they noticed some people trying to break into a car.An officer attempted to arrest ...
Body Found By Rio Grande Identified
El Paso City Council Tuesday rejected a request from Alamo Fireworks to allow the company to sell and store fireworks out of a warehouse that lies within 5,000 feet of the El Paso city limits.That distance is not allowed under the current ordinance, and the fire department opposed making any ...
Auto Dealer Denied Expansion
A zoning battle between an El Paso car dealership and nearby residents ended Tuesday.As KFOX has reported, Casa Ford wanted to expand into an adjacent 150-foot-wide electrical easement to use half of that land as a parking area.In order to do that, the dealership asked members of El Paso City ...
Alamo Fireworks Storage Request Denied
El Paso City Council Tuesday rejected a request from Alamo Fireworks to allow the company to sell and store fireworks out of a warehouse that lies within 5,000 feet of the El Paso city limits.That distance is not allowed under the current ordinance, and the fire department opposed making any ...
Construction To Begin On Lee Trevino
Less than two weeks ago the intersection of Lee Trevino and James Watt flooded. Those who use the intersection said it is an inconvenience, but so will the construction to fix the problem that starts on Wednesday. "It's going to stink...I live right here close by, and I have to ...
Man's Body Identified
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office identifies the man who's body was found near the banks of the Rio Grande by a woman walking her dog.He is 40 year old David Hernandez of El Paso.The woman says she found Hernandez's body along the river in Canutillo Sunday evening.Deputies say they ...
Boeing Workers Excited About Shuttle Launch
KFOX has been following the anticipated launch of El Paso astronaut Danny Olivas. The launch is scheduled for Friday, June 8. The world will be watching the blast off closely, and so will workers at El Paso's Boeing facility. Lourdes Sanchez is one of the Boeing engineers who helped design ...
Only On KFOX: SWAT Team Called To Apartment Complex
Police and paramedics were on standby for hours overnight outside a Central El Paso apartment complex after a concerned wife called regarding her husband.Police first responded to the Brook Hollow apartment complex just after 2:00 a.m. on reports of a suicidal subject. The suspect's wife allegedly called police to help ...
Stories for Monday, May 28
New Mexicans Make Smarter Choices To Cope With Rising Gas Prices
Gas prices are reaching record highs in New Mexico. The price of fuel for regular unleaded gasoline in Las Cruces is about $3.30 a gallon. Despite the high cost, people still hit the road to celebrate Memorial Day. "I thought we might have a little bit of a drop in ...
Medical School Will Get Funded
After years of near misses, it looks like the proposed El Paso/Texas Tech Medical School will finally get funding.The Texas House and Senate approved a $153 billion budget early Monday morning which included the needed $48 million for the four year medical school.As we reported in a TeamFox special assignment ...
County Guard Accused Of Smuggling
A Luna County Detention Center Guard is accused of smuggling marijuana, a cell phone and a lighter to a prisoner.Jeremiah LaFuente, 23, is charged with three counts of bringing contraband into a place of confinement, and three counts of conspiracy to bring contraband into a place of confinement.Investigators said he ...
Marine Injured Before He Starts Duty
An East El Paso man with aspirations to be a Marine had the opportunity taken away from him when he was seriously hurt at his going away party. Angel Flores, 20, had been a gymnast, and he was teaching gymnastics at his high school. But for the last week, Flores ...
Uproar Over National Cemetery
Thousands of visitors to the Fort Bliss National Cemetery on Memorial Day were unhappy with the grounds, since it lacked flags, grass and many of the tombstones had damage. "Unfortunately, the contractor -- due to nature and the effects of weather -- fell a little bit behind with the scheduling, ...
Zoo Changes On The Way
It looks like your typical construction project -- backhoes, piping and steel rods. But the multi million dollar project at the El Paso Zoo is anything but typical. Many zoo-goers KFOX spoke to Monday are still in the dark with what the construction was for. "I didn't, but when we ...
Motorcyclist Loses Control
An unidentified man has to be rushed to the hospital after slamming his Harley Davidson motorcycle head-on into a brick wall.Police and paramedics say the driver lost control near the intersection of Montwood and Monoco just after 1:00 a.m. Monday.The impact of the crash was enough to total the Harley ...
Stories for Sunday, May 27
Family Poisoned By Gas From Faulty Water Heater
An East El Paso family is lucky to be alive after being treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Rescue crews quickly arrived at their home on the 10,000 block of Cuatro Vistas and determined the water heater was releasing dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide. Investigators said the heater had been previously ...
Five Arrested, One Hospitalized In Stabbing
El Paso police arrested five people after a fight sent one person to the hospital with stab wounds. It happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the 8700 block of Norton in Northeast El Paso. Police investigators said the incident was gang related. Police also said the victims wounds were not ...
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