Melting plastic appears to be the source of toxic fumes that caused the death of a 41-year-old woman who was found in her apartment last week. Penny Padilla, who resided at 1130 La Fonda Dr. , was found dead in her apartment on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 3. Las Cruces police and fire investigato...

However, there were still plenty of optimistic Irish fans in the El Paso-Juarez-Las Cruces area who figured their team would have a pretty good shot in the national title game.