Stephanie Valle

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- (UPDATE 12/03/24) A Kentucky woman accused of murdering her Uber driver in 2023 was not in the courtroom for a hearing on Tuesday, which left the judge frustrated with her defense counsel. Judge Maria Salas-Mendoza told the attorneys for Phoebe Copas she could not give them the benefit of the

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Janet Balderrama, 25, was critically wounded in a crash caused by a drunk driver, according to El Paso police. She died on July 15, 2013, leaving behind two children. The woman accused of intoxication manslaughter, Desiree Skaf, 21, eventually accepted a plea deal to serve 7 years in a state prison.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- ABC-7 has confirmed a former El Paso representative at the city and state level has filed a lawsuit against the City of El Paso over what he's called an "unlawful tax." Former state rep. Joe Pickett told ABC-7 he learned about a second franchise fee on the El Paso Water

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- If you waited to cast your ballot on Election Day Nov. 5, the countdown is on. And El Paso County wants to make sure everyone of all abilities who wants to vote, can. A viewer reached out to ABC-7 to let us know they were really impressed with an accommodation they witnessed

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A statewide organization has released data showing how critical a problem domestic violence is in the state of Texas. According to the Texas Council on Family Violence, in 2023, 205 Texans were killed by their intimate partner. Four of those murder victims were El Pasoans. This is according to the TCFV's report titled

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- During his visit to El Paso today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott granted ABC-7 an exclusive one-on-one interview. ABC-7's Stephanie Valle sat down with Abbott to discuss the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang, as well as the gang's members' alleged activity in El Paso. Watch the interview in full above. The

Update (September 12, 2024): The deadline for the tenants to leave the Gateway Hotel has passed and all people are now supposed to be out of the condemned building. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- ABC-7 continues to try to find out why the City of El Paso did not stop operations at the Gateway Hotel

That's just one bombshell in the County Attorney's lawsuit against the Gateway Hotel on S. Stanton St., west of the El Paso County Courthouse.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Desiree Wheatley would have been celebrating her 53rd birthday on Monday, Sept. 2. Instead, Wheatley's mother is coming to terms knowing her daughter has been dead for more-than double the number of years she was alive. "This has been 37 years in the making. So, try holding your breath for 37

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 start of the state trial for the man who claimed responsibility for the massacre in a federal court last year. The lack of a definitive trial date for Patrick