A 25-year-old El Paso man died after being taken to a hospital after a shooting in a far East Side neighborhood, police officials said. Efrain Martinez was found with a gunshot wound when police responded to a call of a shooting at 5:17 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at a house in the 1900 block of […]
Prominent El Paso federal magistrate judge Leon Schydlower is one step closer to confirmation as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas after fielding questions about border issues before the Senate judiciary committee. Schydlower and U.S. Department of Justice Senior Attorney Advisor Ernesto Gonzalez, who also was nominated to fill vacant federal […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — For nearly two decades, the nonprofit education advocacy group Children at Risk has ranked Texas public schools to help parents, educators and community members understand how their local schools are doing and promote a dialogue about education. Ysleta ISD earns top honors in West Texas rankings of schools Here is […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 291 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and marijuana in just over a week at El Paso area ports of entry, authorities said. Officers seized the drugs at various ports of entry throughout the West Texas and Southern New Mexico area between Sunday, Jan. 14 through Wednesday, Jan. 24, […]
Teenagers in a vehicle who had allegedly pointed a gun were detained during a large police mobilization Friday afternoon in far East El Paso, police said. The gun incident occurred about 4:45 p.m. in the area of the Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant in the 1800 block of North Zaragoza Road near Montwood Drive, police […]
Editor’s note: We have chosen a mugshot of the suspect as the primary image, as law enforcement believes he may have contacted additional victims. An El Paso-area man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman after posing as a cosmetic surgeon in a Facebook lure, police officials said. Tito Villareal, 43, is accused of […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso’s week is off to a rainy start! Monday’s got some breezy vibes and a 30% chance of morning rain. We’re looking at temperatures bouncing between 60 and 47 degrees. Tuesday cranks up the rain chances to 60%, keeping us wet all day, and temps drop down to 44 […]
El Paso police detectives are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital early Sunday in the far East Side, officials said. Police said that the shooting occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 21, in the 12600 block of Azulejos Street, which is in the Paseos Del Sol area near Pellicano Drive […]
The El Paso District Attorney’s Office is currently in a “dangerous” state as the office deals with understaffing and the aftermath of the resignation of the previously elected district attorney, candidates vying for the seat said during a debate. Nancy Casas, James Montoya and Alma Trejo — the three Democrats running for the El Paso […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Diocese of El Paso will host a March of Life and Mass on Saturday, Jan. 20. The rally and march start at 11 a.m. at the diocese’s Pastoral Center, 499 St. Matthews. The event will come full circle and end with a Mass at 3 p.m. at the Pastoral […]
A “contentious” court hearing is expected as the state’s death penalty case against the El Paso Walmart mass shooter continues to move at a slow pace nearly four and a half years since a racially-motived shooting left 23 people dead and dozens more injured. El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks and gunman Patrick Crusius’ attorneys […]
An El Paso man pleaded guilty in a federal cyberstalking case after sending thousands of threatening messages to an ex-girlfriend and her family, including menacing to commit mass shootings, court documents stated. Rashad Marquise Ray, 24, continued sending hundreds of harassing messages from phony social media accounts even after FBI agents had warned him twice […]