ABC-7 Listens: Reaction to crackdown on school threats
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Students at a Georgia high school will eventually return to class in the wake of a shooting in which a student shot and…
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Assistant DA sues County of El Paso over wrongful termination by “colossal disaster” DA Rosales
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An assistant district attorney is suing the County of El Paso for wrongful termination. ABC-7 obtained a copy of the federal…
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Mom of murder victim to attend killer’s execution
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Desiree Wheatley would have been celebrating her 53rd birthday on Monday, Sept. 2. Instead, Wheatley’s mother is coming to…
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El Paso’s “Desert Serial Killer” to be executed
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man who’s been on death row for over thirty years has a new execution date. David Leonard Wood, who had been…
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ABC-7 Listens: Breaking down County, UMC bond initiatives
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Election Day is on Tuesday, Nov. 5. And while much of the focus has been on the presidential race, there are many local…
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City manager hiring feels “rushed,” says selection committee member
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — City of El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser is set to hold a news conference Thursday to address the city manager selection process.…
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5 Years Later: Election outcome could change lead prosecutor in Aug. 3 shooting trial
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the Borderland nears the fifth anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in El Paso’s history, we are nowhere near the…
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ABC-7 Listens: What is the “Grey Trash Bin Fee”
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — How closely do you scrutinize your utility bills? One fee caught the attention of one ABC-7 viewer, who wrote to the…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 23: Justice Delayed – El Paso Girl Waits 8 Years to Face Accused Rapist
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso girl has tried to move past the sexual assault she endured when she was only 5 years old. The girl is now 17,…
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ABC-7 Listens: El Paso Electric’s Smart Meter installation
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso electric crews are flocking across the city, exchanging existing meters with a “smart meter.” El Paso Electric said…
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Sierra Title and escrow officer in McAllen face federal charges in alleged home-buying fraud
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal records obtained by ABC-7 show a Sierra Title office in McAllen, along with an escrow officer, are accused…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 22: “Perpetually Tortured:” Family Vows Vigilance; Killers Plead Guilty
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On May 17, 2024, three murder suspects who all had once each faced a capital murder charge formally accepted their sentences…
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Murder of Tyler Croke: Victim’s family vows vigilance as killers plead guilty
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In 2017, 23-year-old Tyler Croke was ambushed in a friend’s East El Paso apartment, and was stabbed repeatedly. On May 17,…
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ABC-7 Listens: How to get KVIA news in Southern NM
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In light of the wildfires in Ruidoso, helping Southern New Mexico residents stay informed is more important than ever. While…
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Video screening of Oct. 7 attack in Israel held in Downtown El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — About two dozen people were invited to attend a private screening of the videos taken during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas…
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ABC-Listens: Campaign sign removal post-election
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Political candidates in El Paso are looking ahead to the November general election, now that the May primary runoff is over.…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 21: Who Killed Kimberly? Daughter Seeks Answers
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Kimberly Esparza was walking home with her husband after watching a football game at a bar Sunday night when she was hit by…
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ABC-7 Listens: The Walmart Shooting Trial
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — August 3, 2024 marks five years since the shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart. As we approach that milestone as a community,…
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Man’s bond now allows him to live in Sunland Park while awaiting murder retrial in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has confirmed a man awaiting a retrial after his murder conviction was overturned is allowed to live outside the state…
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El Paso man pleads guilty to 2016 murder
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After nearly eight years of waiting, the family of a man found dead in the desert of Northeast El Paso has some resolution.…
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“Light at the end of the tunnel:” El Paso teen remembers Make-A-Wish experience
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Joshua Aldaz recalled the moments leading up to his brain tumor diagnosis as a scary time for him and his family. “I fainted…
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A man convicted of a 1991 El Paso murder is still on death row. The judge says he’ll decide on an execution date in the coming weeks.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Will an El Paso man who has been on death row for more than 30 years soon fulfill his sentence? That was the question today…
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Murder victim’s friend “nervous” accused killer is out of prison, back in El Paso on bond
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 obtained the bond conditions Leonel Hernandez must abide by if he wants to remain free while awaiting a retrial for…
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ABC-7 Listens: Trump campaign still owes City of El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — (Originally broadcast on April 7, 2024) The campaign for president is ramping up ahead of the November election, and one…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 1 Update: El Paso man who had murder conviction overturned released on PR bond
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has confirmed that an El Paso man who had his 2019 murder conviction overturned by a state appellate court is no…
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El Paso Locomotive aims to cultivate local talent
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Locomotive FC is composed of players from around the country and different parts of the globe. The director of…
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Woman acquitted of murder ‘overwhelmed’ by verdict, attorney says
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One of the defense attorneys for a woman acquitted of murder in the death of her U.S. Army Captain boyfriend opens up about…
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Borderland Crimes Podcast 20: Keeping a Killer Incarcerated
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jennifer Ann Crecente, 18, was a high school senior and preparing to graduate with honors. On Feb. 15, 2006, she was shot to…
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Family of man named in LCPD officer death grieves, asks for forgiveness
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The family of the man Las Cruces police say stabbed an officer, killing him, are extending condolences to that officer’s…
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Appellate court upholds ruling to overturn El Paso man’s murder conviction
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man who successfully argued an appeal to overturn his 2019 murder conviction is now officially awaiting a date…
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