News Stories for April 2011
Stories for Friday, April 29
HUD Announces Grants For Homeless In New Mexico
Six programs for the homeless in New Mexico will share more than $1.95 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The grants announced Thursday were for local projects that have never received HUD homeless funds in the past. They will fund housing and support services ...
Man Formally Charged In 3 Las Cruces-Area Killings
A Dona Ana County grand jury has formally charged a man in the deaths of three people. Authorities arrested 48-year-old Gino Ferri April 8 for allegedly hiding hundreds of stuffed lions, tigers, bears and other animals in five storage sheds. The investigation led to Ferri's arrest April 20 in the ...
El Paso Police Arrest Alleged Officer Impersonator
A man was arrested overnight Friday, after El Paso police said he was caught impersonating a police officer.According to police scanners, the man was driving in El Paso's Lower Valley pretending to be an officer.Police said a state trooper followed the man until police were able to catch up to ...
Guns May No Longer Be Concealed
The Texas House Committee has passed a bill that would change the way guns are carried in public.The bill known as the "open carry" law would allow only license holders to carry their weapons in plain view. It however, does not change where they can carry them and the rules ...
Stories for Thursday, April 28
El Paso Finally Gets Its Own Music Festival
Twenty-nine bands, local food vendors and more will fill several blocks in downtown El Paso from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.Neon Desert is the first event of its kind in the Borderland. Three El Paso natives organized the event, which they started doing back in 2009."We've got groups coming ...
Recent Borderland Drought Could Cost You
Local irrigation experts said this is the worst drought the Borderland has seen in 20 years and there is no end in sight."This is one of the worst we've seen in a long time," said Bert Cortez, a manager at the El Paso Field Division Office of the Bureau of ...
Wanted Woman Arrested; Socorro Residents Not Satisfied
El Paso police arrested Donna Flores on Tuesday after being wanted since October 2010 for allegedly defrauding an El Paso business out of $5,000, according to her affidavit.But some Socorro residents said Flores is guilty of much more.KFOX-14 caught up with Flores at her home in east El Paso, but ...
Las Cruces Teacher Awarded Prestigious Title
A Las Cruces teacher garners a top honor from President Obama.Michelle Estrada, a science teacher from Las Cruces Public Schools district was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.The award is issued annually to outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers from across the country.She'll receive a ...
El Paso Volunteers Help Tornado Disaster Victims
Severe weather overnight left six Southern states in turmoil.This massive storms, killing at least 234 people, could end up being most devastating tornado outbreak in the nation's history.KFOX 14 spoke with a local Red Cross volunteer who’s on her way to ground zero. Margie Day is a retired nurse. Day ...
Obama Assembles All-Star Cast To Talk Immigration
President Barack Obama is turning to a Hollywood cast of Latino celebrities and activists for help jump-starting his stalled immigration policy. The White House said the president was meeting Thursday with a group including actresses Eva Longoria, America Ferrera and Rosario Dawson "to discuss the importance of fixing the broken ...
NMSU Starts Website For Garden Questions
New Mexico State University has launched a website to help with gardening questions in the state. The Las Cruces-based university says much of the information already is available as printed publications through county Extension agents and on the website for NMSU's College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. But officials ...
Man Wearing Tutu On Top Of Moving SUV Backs Up I-10
Drivers commuting on Interstate 10 West toward Bassett Place Mall were shocked by a dancing traffic hazard.Just after 8 a.m Thursday, viewers called KFOX14 about a man they saw dancing on top of a moving SUV on I-10 traveling westbound between Airway and Geronimo.Tx-DOT cameras showed a traffic backup in ...
3 Congressmen Say 1 Border Drone Insufficient
Three congressmen say one unmanned aircraft based in Corpus Christi is insufficient to patrol the 1,200-mile border between Texas and Mexico. U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul and Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, made the comments after meeting with state and federal officials at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. According ...
Increased Security At Holloman AFB
Increased security is in place at Holloman Air Force Base in Southern New Mexico. Base commanders have instituted tighter security measures in conjunction with a base-wide exercise. The Air Force said the heightened security measures apply to all members of Holloman and include Department of Defense, military and civilian personnel, ...
Report: Mexican Children Vulnerable At Border
A new report said a law designed to protect Mexican children who cross the US border alone is not being executed well, so the children remain vulnerable to drug cartels, gangs and other dangers. The Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act of 2008 is designed to address concerns about Mexican ...
El Paso Man Drowns At Elephant Butte Lake
Authorities said the body of a Texas man who drowned while swimming at Elephant Butte Lake State Park has been recovered. New Mexico park officials said preliminary reports indicate the 26-year-old El Paso man jumped into the water from the dock near Marina Del Sur for a swim Saturday. The ...
Stories for Wednesday, April 27
Customs, Border Protection Officers Make Large Drug Bust
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stationed at the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection at the Stanton International bridge seized more than 62 pounds of marijuana Tuesday.The bust was made at around 1 p.m. in hidden compartments of a 2002 Mercedes Benz C240.A drug-sniffing dog found the drugs ...
State Department Broadens Warnings For Tourist
The U.S. State Department is advising citizens to avoid even more areas in Mexico. The travel warning supersedes the warning it published Sept. 10, 2010. The warning includes areas in eleven Mexican states like Acapulco.Local travel agents said that business is hurting because of the violence across the border. "So ...
Police: Woman Busted With $2 Million In Heroin
Police in a Chicago suburb said they arrested an El Paso woman who was in possession of $2 million worth of heroin on Monday.Claudia Chagoya, 41, was busted in Illinois by police when she didn't turn on a traffic signal, according to Kane County sheriff's officials.Kane County sheriff's officials said ...
Las Cruces Man Fires Gun At Park
Las Cruces police arrested a man Wednesday morning when he opened fire on a park, police said.The shooting happened around 4 a.m. when police were called to the apartment of 28-year-old Emmanuel Talamantes.They said Talamantes was drinking before and randomly firing two rounds from a rifle toward Young Park.Talamantes has ...
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