El Paso County News

El Paso County Attorney Jose Rodriguez is vying for a seat in the Texas Senate that will be left vacant by Senator Eliot Shapleigh.

We're all supposed to have our vehicles registered so the state can collect taxes.

Western Refinery has accomplished what every property owner in El Paso dreams of -- getting money back from the taxing entities.

The City of El Paso Department of Public Health said Wednesday that it has exhausted its supply of 2009 H1N1 Flu vaccine doses.

A San Elizario man killed last month was a convicted "coyote" who was the leader of a local immigrant-smuggling ring, federal documents revealed.

Andress High School band director Josh Coleman died of natural causes according to preliminary autopsy results, the El Paso County medical examiner said on Sunday.

El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles released a statement Monday regarding the arrest of a clerk in his office.

State District Judge Manuel Barraza faces four counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud and lying to a federal agent.

Police arrested a man early this morning after he allegedly discharged a gun at the Industry Night Club on the East Side.

A clerk with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office is in police custody. El Paso Police arrested David Hererra, 25, Friday night for prostitution, possession of marijuana and for traffic tickets.

Criminals have helped save El Paso County taxpayers thousands of dollars. A Justice of the Peace awarded more than 2,800 gallons of gas to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

A federal judge in El Paso has thrown out bribery charges against a lawyer and a district clerk in a public corruption investigation.

Juan Carlos Ocasio, network manager with El Paso County, received the BizTech 2009 Tech Rock Star award from co-chairs Barbara Walker and Peter Cooper on Tuesday during the 11th annual BizTech Executive Luncheon at the El Paso Community College's Adminis trative Services Building.

Nine of the 10 seats on the county government's new ethics commission have been filled, and the defense attorney leading the panel said there could be many changes to the county's ethics code.

A woman who deputies said was smoking marijuana at a Black Crowes concert was arrested after she allegedly kicked a deputy in the groin.

Police on Wednesday arrested a man who allegedly shot and wounded a 13-year-old boy on Monday, and officers continued to search for four other suspects, said a police complaint affidavit obtained by the El Paso Times.

It's deja vu all over again as El Paso Mental Health and Mental Retardation goes to El Paso County Commissioners Court on Monday pleading for desperately needed funding.

Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health Austin Regional Campus found the obesity prevention efforts in the El Paso region were the most effective in Texas in decreasing the prevalence of childhood obesity.

Back on Sept. 1, it became illegal in the state of texas to talk or text on your cell phone while driving through a school zone, but right now, it is still legal in all of El Paso County.

El Paso County sheriff's deputies need your help in looking for this week's Manhunt Monday.