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Finalist for CISD superintendent position named in EPISD audit
Canutillo Independent School District and Weaver Report CANUTILLO, Texas — A finalist up for the position of superintendent at Canutillo Independent School District was mentioned in the recent Weaver audit for El Paso Independent School District. Dr. James Steinhauser is currently the assistant superintendent for research and evaluation at EPISD. ...
Las Cruces Public Schools launches anonymous hotline for bullying, drugs
Las Cruces Public Schools plans a new program to enable students to provide school officials with anonymous reports on bullying, drugs, potential suicides and other troubles. Our media partners, the Las Cruces Sun-News, report that the program will enable middle and high school students to use text messages, photos, video ...
Retirement benefits increase for NM volunteer firefighters
Retirement benefits will increase for New Mexico's volunteer firefighters under legislation that has been signed into law by Gov. Susana Martinez. The measure, which takes effect in July, will boost retirement benefits to $250 a month -- up from $200 currently -- for volunteer firefighters who are at least age ...
NM creates statewide Silver Alert
Gov. Susana Martinez has signed legislation into law to create a statewide Silver Alert program to help locate missing people with dementia and other conditions. The law takes effect in July. The program will notify law enforcement agencies, the news media and others when a person 50 years or older ...
Manhunt Monday: Man accused of trying to run over another man
A 21-year-old man is wanted for allegedly trying to run over another man at a Horizon City gas station. He is at the center of this week's Manhunt Monday. Ricardo Nuñez is wanted on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Horizon City police said, in late March an unidentified man was leaving a gas station in ...
EPISD's controversial audit to be released Monday
The controversial El Paso Independent School District forensic audit, which is expected to detail which educators may have been a part of a districtwide test-cheating scheme, will be released Monday. The $800,000 audit by Weaver and Tidwell LLP, will be posted on the district's website by Monday afternoon, interim Superintendent ...
Truck burglar leaves phone behind, makes for easy arrest
Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 19-year-old Vado man after he allegedly broke into a truck to retrieve a folding pocketknife and a BB gun to protect himself from what he told deputies was a “pack of wild dogs.” Julio Barrera said he was on his way home around ...
Drag racer talks careers in racing
Antron Brown, driver of the Don Schumacher Racing-owned Matco Tools dragster, will visit with students at Western Technical College on April 2. The 2012 NHRA Top Fuel champion will speak about education and career choices before hitting the track for the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals on April 5-7 in Las Vegas. ...
Organ man charged with injuring girlfriend, false imprisonment
An Organ, NM man is accused of the battery and false imprisonment of his live-in girlfriend. William Twichell, 27, was also charged with five outstanding warrants. Dona Ana County Sheriff's deputies were called to the 15000 block of Furnace Street in Organ just before 5 a.m. on Saturday. Deputies said Twichell forcibly ...
Police: Four men wanted on family violence assaults
Crime Stoppers of El Paso is asking for help in finding four men wanted on outstanding warrants for family violence assaults. They are: Sergio Vasquez , 39, who is charged with violating a protective order and assault/family violence; Marco Meraz, 37, who is charged with assault/family violence, Eric Juarez, 28, who is charged ...
LCPD warns of sobriety checkpoints planned for April
The Las Cruces Police Department will conduct at least two sobriety checkpoints and four saturation patrols within city limits during the month of April. They are intended to reduce and eliminate the number of drivers who are intoxicated. Additional enforcement activities may include underage and party patrols. LCPD encourages those who plan on ...
Reward increases for alleged sex offender
The reward for an accused child sex offender was increased Monday by the Texas Department of Public Safety in hopes it will garner more attention from the public. The reward for Juan Jose Villa, 36, a Texas 10 "Most Wanted Sex Offender" has increased to $15,000 for information leading to his ...
Casting Hub attorneys respond to KFOX's story
Update: Casting Hub attorneys sent KFOX14 a letter Friday afternoon requesting a web story containing parent allegations of being duped be pulled from the internet. Chicago-based attorney Marshall L. Blankenship argues the statements regarding Casting Hub are, "false and defamatory." The letter reads, in part, "Casting Hub ... does not ...
Beto O'Rourke sworn in as rep. in Washington D.C.
El Paso's newly elected representative for the 16th Congressional District, Robert "Beto" O'Rourke, was officially sworn in Thursday morning in Washington, D.C. O'Rourke is one of 82 freshmen House lawmakers and 12 new Senators who took office. The 113th Congress is considered more diverse than others before it. It will ...
Central El Paso park offers free books to patrons
El Paso park patrons now have a first-of-its-kind offering: free books. The Little Free Library is now a part of Newman Park in Central El Paso. Without any instruction or notice, people have already begun leaving books in the brightly-painted book boxes lining the park and following the simple guide: "Take ...
The Strelz is willing to call a UTEP basketball game
The UTEP Miners will open their season opener Friday night against Oral Roberts University in style - 80s style. The team will wear 1980′s throwback jerseys, fans will enjoy $8 tickets and there will be a halftime tribute to former Miner Mike Richmond. But some local sports announcers say something - or rather - ...
Townsend Allala's next move post baseball stadium
The El Paso attorney, who has been an outspoken opponent to the downtown El Paso baseball stadium, has plans to remain politically active. But she's not running for political office. "I've been asked every election cycle for 20 years to run," Stephanie Townsend Allala said. "And every year I say no. ...
KFOX14 reporter arrested after allegedly becoming aggressive with flight crew member
A KFOX14 reporter was arrested at the El Paso International Airport Tuesday evening after allegedly becoming belligerent with a flight crew member. An American Airlines flight attendant believed Ric Dupont was intoxicated and posed a danger to himself. Dupont denies the allegation. Dupont was returning from a vacation to Boston ...
Editorial: KFOX14 response to Juana Muniz feedback
It is very rare that the staff of a television newsroom gets surprised these days. It is, after all, our job to take a front-row seat for some of the sadder and sometimes seedier sides of life. The death this week of Juana Muniz, however, did catch us by surprise ...
Police investigate off-duty officer's crash with Rep. Dee Margo
The El Paso Police Department has launched an internal investigation into its own officers after an off-duty police officer was involved in a minor traffic crash with State Rep. Donald "Dee" Margo. In a news release, police officials said Margo (R-El Paso) and Alberto Machorro, an off-duty officer, were involved ...
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