El Paso County News

Constables are elected peace officers who serve as the enforcement arm of justice of the peace courts.

El Paso voters were turning out to the polls this morning in a constant flow at Mesita Elementary School located in the 3300 block of N. Stanton.

Ramon "Spooky" Renteria appeared to have committed suicide on Saturday inside his cell at the El Paso County Jail, according to U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte.

A reputed Barrio Azteca gang member on trial in U.S. District Court on racketeering charges was found dead in his jail cell during the weekend, an El Paso County sheriff spokeswoman confirmed.

Crime Stoppers of El Paso is seeking a Santa Teresa, N.M., man in this week's Manhunt Monday most-wanted fugitive.

El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar said two Emergency Service District commissioners may be removed because of corruption.

There are plenty of good reasons to visit one of the 20 museums that make up the area's Border Museum Association.

Early-voting turnout in El Paso County's Democratic primary jumped by 47 percent over 2010 levels, driven by thousands of new voters drawn by the 16th Congressional District contest and other local races.

El Paso County elections officials said the number of early voters is up by thousands, compared to two years ago.

Stories about the El Paso Courthouse building have been circulating for a long time.A In April of 1920 a mother of ten children refused to enter the basement of the courthouse.A She feared it was haunted.

A fugitive nicknamed "Menace" and featured on this week's Manhunt Monday walked into the El Paso County jail late Thursday morning and surrendered, sheriff officials said.

Socorro police on Wednesdsay arrested a man in a white 2001 Ford Excursion SUV with Nevada license plates that had failed to make a complete stop at Celedon and Buford streets.

School boards of both districts approved the increases on Tuesday, and other school districts in El Paso County will consider pay increases in June.

The synthetic drug previously known as Spice or K-2 was made illegal in 2011. Experts told KFOX14 News that drug makers simply modified some of the chemicals to make a new, legal drug that goes by many different names.

Health and safety experts in El Paso and Juarez took special action Tuesday to prevent heat-related problems, especially among children and the elderly.

Aliviane Inc., an El Paso nonprofit that is under federal investigation, paid a suspended UTEP professor $344,000 in 2010, bringing his total compensation over 10 years to $1.2 million, according to documents obtained by the El Paso Times.

El Paso County does not mess around... at least not when it comes to deadbeat jurors like Fernando Valdez.

An El Paso Fire Department captain has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a relative at an East Side bar on Friday.

Sheriff's negotiators deliver a portable telephone to a man who was refusing to leave his apartment Monday at 311 Virginia.

El Paso County Retirement Plan, Colorado Springs, Colo., hired Santa Barbara Asset Management and Tortoise Capital Advisors to each manage $13 million, confirmed Howard Miller, executive director of the $261 million retirement system.