Vado News

A second south county parent in just four months has been charged with child abuse resulting in death.

A Vado mother is under arrest and charged wtih child abuse resulting in the death of her 1-month-old son.

The following indictments were returned by a 3rd Judicial District Court grand jury on June 11: Steven Estrada, 19, 157 Swannack, Vado, is charged with intentional child abuse resulting in great bodily harm on May 29.

Two parents of infants in Dona Ana County are being investigated in separate incidents of child abuse.

Some locals sarcastically joke that the stretch of dairy farms along Interstate 10 south of Las Cruces should be re-named "Buenos Aires" . It's a reference to a less than aromatic sector of I-10 in southern New Mexico, not a reflection on the capital of Argentina.

Arson is the suspected cause of a fire that burned a house in Vado early Friday morning.

A Vado father was arraigned Tuesday in magistrate court after being charged with abusing his 3-week-old son on Friday.

Top Story Headlines EPPD: Eastside murder related to Juarez Drug Cartel Car catches fire at downtown El Paso parking garage A Ford Expedition SUV caught fire on the top floor of a parking garage Wednesday in Downtown El Paso, according to dispatchers from the El Paso Fire Department.

A 19-year old Vado man stands charged with intentional child abuse of his three-week-old son.

State water experts say the snow pack in New Mexico melted very quickly this year, in some cases a month earlier than last year.

The last New Mexico water supply forecast of the season holds no surprises and few changes.

Top Story Headlines Las Cruces woman diagnosed with rare cancer asking for help A Las Cruces woman with a rare form of cancer is fighting for her life, and she's asking for your help.

A 25-year-old Vado woman charged with child abuse fought for visitation rights against the children's father in District Court here last week as the woman's jury trial is scheduled to begin later this month.

Seven Dona Ana County students are set to put their world knowledge to the test Friday during the 2009 New Mexico Geographic Bee at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

The Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department is investigating the alleged sexual assaults of two teenage girls, and is looking for two men who may have been involved.

State officials say average snowpack in the mountains of northern New Mexico and Colorado mean the state's reservoir levels will likely be good for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July.

A Vado man was arrested on charges of stalking and battering the mother of his children last week.

A Vado man faces felony charges after allegedly shoving a victim to the ground in a convenience store parking lot and driving off with two children.

It's a fair bet that Ralph Waldo Emerson wouldn't think much of our "Uncrustable" frozen peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, nor our McDonald's Shamrock Shakes or bacon-flavored mayonnaise.

A rollover wreck sends six people to the hospital Thursday morning. An SUV was heading westbound on Interstate 10 between Anthony, N.M., and Vado.