The El Paso County Commissioners Court will approved a settlement agreement over a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by assistant district attorney John Briggs today.

Properties along Yandell Drive at Downtown would be demolished to make way for the Texas Department of Transportation’s proposed widening of Interstate 10. That’s according to the agency’s preferred plan for a $1.3 billion dollar highway project.

The mother of a man who died after being handcuffed and held face down on the ground is calling on witnesses to come forward. It happened in July when police were called to Interstate 10.

El Paso police arrested two people for allegedly keeping 25 dogs on their property without adequate access to food or medical care. According to court records, at least one of the dogs has died.

The El Paso District Attorney’s office says a grand jury will review police conduct during a high profile arrest that ended with the death of a man. An immigration judge has terminated deportation proceedings for Catalina Xochitl Santiago, a DACA recipient in federal custody.

A man in his 80s is hospitalized with a severe form of Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus, according to the city of El Paso’s Department of Public Health. About 3,000 soldiers from Fort Bliss are back from a nine-month deployment to Europe.

The El Paso City Council voted unanimously in favor of an agreement that encourages shared information and planned development between El Paso and Sunland Park.

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas is allowing the District Attorney’s Office to reindict a man who faced capital murder charges. As KTEP’s Aaron Montes reports, the case was dismissed by a district court judge in 2021, that was when Yvonne Rosales was District Attorney.

The Texas Department of Transportation will share results of a draft environmental impact statement and design updates on the planned widening of Interstate 10 at Downtown two weeks from now.

In this week in review, KTEP’s Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes share details about a criminal court case where Victor Bernard Dennis Jr. pleaded guilty to charges of theft of property, forgery and to defraud in July.