Local Stories for September 2012
Stories for Saturday, September 29
Update: Northeast El Paso stabbing still under investigation
El Paso police said they are still investigating a stabbing that happened in Northeast El Paso Saturday. Police on Saturday told KFOX14 a man was stabbed at the 4300 block of Fred Wilson. The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No arrests have been made.
Update: Motorcyclist in deadly weekend crash ID'd
Police on Monday identified the driver of a red Yamaha motorcycle who was killed when he was struck by a Mercury SUV that was leaving Bassett Place. Thomas Adam Wade, 22, died at the scene. A 62-year-old woman from northeast El Paso who police said was driving the SUV was ...
Stories for Friday, September 28
Anthony mayor arrested for allegedly tampering with government record
Texas Rangers officials confirm they arrested Anthony Mayor Art Franco for alleged tampering with a government record, a felony charge. A city employee, Oscar Torres, was also arrested at the same time on the same charge. Renee Railey with the El Paso District Attorney's Office told KFOX-14 on Saturday that the charge ...
Broken concrete plant causes delay for drivers.
A broken concrete plant forced TxDOT to close the westbound lanes of Transmountain for several more hours. The closure happened overnight Friday as crews worked on the Transmountain widening project. The lanes were scheduled to open at 6 a.m., but were not able to reopen the street around 8 a.m. ...
Police arrest man after crashing near UTEP
El Paso police arrested a man for alleged drunken driving after crashing his car on top of boulders near the UTEP campus. It happened on the Interstate 10 off-ramp and University exit. Officers said the driver missed his turn, kept going and landed on top of the boulders. No one ...
Better technology could bring mechanic shortage
As if it wasn't already expensive, it could get even more costly to repair your car in the next few years. "The newer vehicles are harder to work on," said Carlos Martinez, a student at EPCC, "before the old cars were easier to work on. They didn't have as much ...
Stories for Thursday, September 27
Hit-and-run accident sends woman to the hospital
A hit-and-run accident sent a woman to the hospital Thursday morning, when her car was struck from behind. It happened on the northbound lanes of U.S. 54 about a mile north of McCombs around 3 a.m. Police said the woman somehow lost control and got stuck between a guardrail, when ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 25
El Pasoans: Lack of jobs could affect the way they vote this year
El Paso's largest job fair starts Tuesday, and as the presidential election nears, some say it could affect the way they vote. More than 8,000 people are expected to attend this year's job fair, according to Workforce Solutions of Rio Grande, the agency behind the job fair, partly because El ...
Stories for Monday, September 24
Two men wounded, one critically, after drive-by shooting
Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that wounded two men, one of them critically, on Hermosillo and Giles, Sunday. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. in front of a home. The two men were standing outside when they were hit in the face. One of the men was hit in ...
Stories for Sunday, September 23
Baseball makes business world see the Sun City in new light
The announcement of a Triple A baseball stadium in downtown El Paso moves the Sun City into a different league in the business world. Experts say businesses are taking a closer look into the opportunity to move businesses to El Paso. REDCo is a private, non-profit, Regional Economic Development Corporation ...
Stories for Saturday, September 22
Update: Spectator shot while watching NMSU-UNM game OK
A woman who was sitting in the stands during the NMSU-UNM football game on Saturday night was released from the hospital. According to NMSU police she was released from the hospital. The woman was struck in the thigh by a bullet, said NMSU police. According to police, the shot came ...
Stories for Thursday, September 20
Clean up begins after water main floods several homes
Several people are cleaning up their homes thanks to a water main break on Val Verde just south of Paisano. The water main broke in the middle of the street around 12:30 a.m. Thursday, causing gallons of water to gush out from the surface of the street. There was so ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 19
El Paso Chamber of Commerce looking at other cities for downtown revitalization
The El Paso Chamber of Commerce recently took a trip up to Oklahoma City to see if building a ballpark was able to help that city. The Chamber then sent a letter to El Paso city leaders describing what they witnessed and expressing interest in the proposed downtown ballpark project. ...
Stories for Tuesday, September 18
El Paso police arrest 2 Fort Bliss soldiers in robbery, high-speed chase
El Paso Police have arrested two Fort Bliss soldiers involved in a high-speed chase that ended on Moonlight and Gateway North in Northeast El Paso, police said. It happened around 10 p.m. Monday, when police chased a black, 2007 Chevy Impala believed the vehicle was used in an aggravated robbery. ...
Stories for Monday, September 17
Residents: Cleaner operating buses step in the right direction
Thanks to a federal grant, Sun Metro will be receiving $1.2 million for 14 new lift buses. Lift buses are specialized buses that help people with disabilities get where they need to go a lot faster, according to a press release by Sun Metro. The new grant money will replace ...
Local Target chain store tells kid "no can do" after child tries paying with quarters
We all did it as kids: saving every nickel, dime, and dollar we were given, all to save for a special toy. But for one local boy, that experience didn't go as planned. Corey Hayward, a kindergartner, saved his allowance to buy a toy dinosaur, saving nearly $30 in the ...
Stories for Saturday, September 15
Mountainstar Sports Group revises agreement, drops non-compete clause
Despite last-minute compromises from the group trying to bring a triple-A baseball team to El Paso, one city representative said she was set on taking the issue to voters. "Why can't we wait another month, and 6 weeks or so, the voters have a say in whether they want the baseball team or ...
4-year-old mauled by dog; mom talks exclusively to KFOX 14
Maria Tovar is the mother of 4-year-old Jaylynn Sapien who was reportedly mauled by her father's Blue Heeler Friday morning. She tells KFOX 14 exclusively what she understands happened to her daughter. "He was getting ready to go on a camping trip," Tovar said. Tovar said Jaylynn's father had told ...
Stories for Friday, September 14
Medicaid patients have a solution to transportation problem after KFOX14 story
Some Medicaid patients have a solution to transportation problems after a KFOX14 story. Two weeks ago, Briana Fuentes' parents came to KFOX14. They were worried their daughter would not be able to continue therapy at Omega Rehab Services after the clinic was forced to stop free transportation for patients. Medicaid recently cracked down on health care providers and said the clinic could not transport ...
Stories for Thursday, September 13
Village of Vinton without budget; KFOX14 confronts councilwoman
The Village of Vinton is still without a budget tonight after council members could not come to an agreement. It was a quick meeting by Vinton standards, less than an hour, and council was unable to come to a resolution on the budget that must be finalized by the end ...
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