Month: June 2026

Mia Tricarico

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This July, El Paso Community College proudly presents William Shakespeare’s “Taming of The Shrew.” Instead of purchasing a ticket, EPCC asks attendees to bring one non-perishable food item.

The show will premiere on Friday, July 10, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., and will run through July 19, 2026. Showtimes are on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. 

Inspired by the rich history of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, EPCC said this adaptation brings a bold fiery twist of romance, rivalry and larger-than-life personalities to the Southwest stage in a fresh take on the classic “Taming of the Shrew.”

Director Ted Karber, Jr. said, “Almost all of the cast are EPCC students, and they are really doing a great job. It is so exciting to see them find the rhythms and actions of the play and make them their own as they maneuver the play.”

To help support EPCC’s food pantry — Tejano Mercado. Admission price is one non-perishable food item.

The showing will take place at the Transmountain Campus Forum Theatre, located at 9570 Gateway Blvd. North.

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Gabrielle Lopez

UPDATE (June 23, 2026) — ABC-7 obtained arrest affidavits detailing a stabbing at a Vista market store. Documents allege 20-year-old Isaiah Jonathan Cardenas is responsible for stabbing and injuring a man.

According to documents, Cardenas allegedly punched, kicked and stabbed a man inside a Vista Market store in Far East El Paso. It happened June 20 at 8:49 p.m., documents said.

Video recorded at the store showed him allegedly stabbing the victim multiple times in the back and stomach area, according to documents. The video also showed Cardenas allegedly going leaving in a dark SUV.

The victim’s injuries weren’t life threatening, documents said.

Later, at 10:45 p.m., the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fight at a home on Sun Beam Drive, which is about a 10 minute drive north of the Vista Market.

According to a separate arrest affidavit, during a cookout at a nearby house, Cardenas and an unnamed “involved other” talked about how they just fought someone.

Marisela Zamora dropped off her nephew at a home on Sun Beam Drive after the cookout. She alleged Cardenas and the involved other then assaulted her nephew, documents said.

Zamora tried to separate them and started recording the incident with her phone, documents said. She was able to separate her nephew and left the area with him while recording.

She said either Cardenas or the involved other took her phone, documents said. After she left, she said she wanted her phone back. Documents said Cardenas allegedly threw the phone into a fire. A deputy later found the phone, which was destroyed.

Deputies could not find Cardenas or the involved area because they left the area, documents said.

At the home, deputies saw a dark SUV similar to the one seen at the grocery store at the time of the stabbing, documents said. The SUV was registered under Cardenas’ mother, documents said.

Deputies met with his mother, Janet Garcia, who also owned the Sunbeam Drive property, according to documents. While searching the property, deputies found white shoes matching what Cardenas allegedly wore in the video seen at the store.

Deputies noted the shoes also had possible blood, documents said.

Deputies compared Cardenas’ mugshot and video from Vista Market. Documents said both showed a distinctive back tattoo led officials to believe he stabbed the man.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Monday, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrested three people following a stabbing investigation at a Far East El Paso grocery store. The suspects were arrested after a brief standoff at an apartment in West El Paso.

Saturday, deputies went to the Vista Market grocery store off Montana Avenue in Far East El Paso at 8:51 p.m. Deputies learned four people left the area before law enforcement showed up, EPCSO said.

The preliminary investigation revealed two men allegedly assaulted two people. During the alleged assault, one of the suspects stabbed both victims and caused serious injuries, EPCSO said.

EPCSO’s Special Operations Unit then launched an investigation to find the suspects and victims. The sheriff’s office said the victims were at a local hospital getting treatment.

Deputies found a suspect vehicle behind a mobile home at the 15500 block of Sun Beam Drive, which is in the Homestead Meadows North area, EPCSO said. A search warrant was obtained and investigators found evidence in the vehicle.

Sunday, deputies found two people involved in the alleged assault, EPCSO said.

Law enforcement arrested 20-year-old Isaiah Jonathan Cardenas, EPCSO said. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, assault causing bodily injury and criminal mischief. His bond totaled $267,500.

They also arrested 22-year-old Felipe De Jesus Cardenas, who was charged with assault causing bodily injury and a $15,000 bond.

Isaiah Cardenas (left) and Felipe Cardenas (right)(Courtesy: EPCSO)

Further investigation led deputies to an apartment at the Retreat at Mesa Hills, EPCSO said. Both suspects were there, and Isaiah Cardenas went into the apartment.

EPCSO said he, his brother, sister and mother barricaded themselves into the apartment.

Investigators got a search warrant for the apartment, and EPCSO’s Crisis Negotiations Team and SWAT went to help with the operation.

After a brief standoff, the family surrendered.

A third person, 24-year-old Zaithed Janet Cardenas was charged with hindering apprehension of a wanted person with a $3,000 bond, EPCSO said.

Zaithed Janet Cardenas(Courtesy: EPCSO)

All three arrested booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility.

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Six Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty appeared on the Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List, TTHEP said Monday. The ranking recognizes research impact from across 22 scientific fields.

The named scientists’ fields focus on diabetes, heart disease and cancer, TTHEP said. Such conditions disproportionately affect the Borderplex area, according to the school. Focusing on these fields can help improve and extend the quality of life for the community, TTHEP said.

Here are the recognized scientists, according to TTHEP:

Deborah Joy Clegg is the university’s vice president for research and a professor of internal medicine. TTHEP said she spent 30 years researching how metabolism findings from studies of men often don’t apply to women.

Her research contributed to a federal mandate requiring sex to be included as a biological variable in National Institutes of Health-funded studies, TTHEP said. She moved to El Paso to apply the same framework to Hispanic women in the Borderplex.

Biff F. Palmer is a professor of internal medicine and medical education. His study on obesity is his most-cited work, according to TTHEP. In 2025, he earned the American Society of Nephrology’s premier award, the Robert G. Narins Award. Nephrology studies the kidneys.

Debabrata Mukherjee is the chair of internal medicine and chief of cardiovascular medicine, TTHEP said. He published more than 500 studies with focuses on generic therapies with results comparable to expensive branded medications, the school said.

Attilio Orazi, chair of pathology, worked with the World Health Organization to develop blood cancer classification systems used in clinical practice around the world, TTHEP said.

Subodh Kumar got a grant to study Alzheimer’s disease in Hispanic patients. He said that population is underrepresented in research and early diagnosis in the community “remains essentially incomplete.”

The sixth recognized scientist is the late Richard W. McCallum, who founded and built the university’s internal medicine department, TTHEP said. His research focused on gastroenterology, which look sat the digestive system and its disorders.

McCallum would become one of the most published figures in his field, TTHEP said. He had more than 600 journal articles, 150 book chapters and 18 textbooks.

His work helped 4,000 people a a year with procedural options for severe gastroparesis, TTHEP said. Gastroparesis happens when the stomach muscles don’t move food as they should for digestion, according to the Mayo Clinic. Sometimes it’s linked to diabetes.

Later this fall, the university’s will mentor the first biomedical doctoral students in Far West Texas, TTHEP said. The Francis Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences has five students concentrating in diabetes, cancer, infectious diseases and neurological conditions.

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