Lesley Engle

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Texas Attorney General's Office on Friday sent a letter to Canutillo Independent School District's director of communications demanding he comply with the state's Public Information Act. This, after failure to respond to open records requests –and even the attorney general’s own investigators, according to the letter.  “Due to the district’s pattern

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- With less than two weeks until polls open in the General Election, Mayoral Candidate Brian Kennedy sent out an election mailer saying his opponent's company, Management and Engineering Technologies International, Inc. (METI), was found liable for the firing an El Paso man because he is Mexican.The mailer was sent out

EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA) -- The new year is here, and that means several laws passed during the 2023 legislative session will take effect in Texas on Wednesday. ABC-7 compiled a list of some of the new laws that take effect New Year's Day. Vehicle inspection reports no longer required Non-commercial vehicles won't need a full

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso City Council wants to develop a training that sets parameters for elected officials on how they use their staffers during election season. On Tuesday, council members took up an item in executive session that involved an investigation involving a former elected official. City spokeswoman Laura Cruz-Acosta declined to say

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) --Court records show the City of El Paso's Chief Military Officer for the Division of Veteran and Military Affairs was charged with DWI. According to court records obtained by ABC-7, Paul Albright faces a charge of driving while intoxicated after he was pulled over on February 24.  According to the city's website,

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Late last year, the principal of Franklin High School received anonymous claims of hazing within the varsity football team. But was it just horseplay - or sexual assault? An ABC-7 Xtra investigation uncovers documents from a months-long review by school and district officials of the allegations. Dozens of players were

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- An ABC-7 investigation shows longtime Franklin High School head football coach Daren Walker was reassigned while being investigated for slapping a player on the back of the head at a fundraising meeting, according to newly obtained records.   The outcome of the investigation prompted Franklin High School Principal Amanda Bowser to

Coach responds to reprimand: “The incidents that were reported I could not even imagine.”  EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says a report by an Austin law firm hired by El Paso ISD to investigate hazing allegations in Franklin High School’s football program can be withheld from the public under the state's

Coach responds to reprimand: “The incidents that were reported I could not even imagine.”  EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says a report by an Austin law firm hired by El Paso ISD to investigate hazing allegations in Franklin High School’s football program can be withheld from the public under the state's

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A family court judge has removed herself from a child custody case involving well-known government watchdog and University of Texas at El Paso associate professor Max Grossman, according to court records obtained by ABC-7. The records show 383rd District Court Judge Lyda Ness Garcia filed paperwork Monday morning voluntarily recusing herself