{"id":101037,"date":"2025-12-26T02:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T02:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/101037\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T02:56:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T02:56:09","slug":"kdbcs-top-10-most-viewed-stories-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/101037\/","title":{"rendered":"KDBC&#8217;s top 10 most viewed stories of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Looking forward to 2026, we&#8217;re looking back on the Top 10 stories from 2025.<\/p>\n<p>These are the stories that had the most views on our website in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the title of a story to read it!<\/p>\n<p>KDBC top stories of 2025<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/newsletter-daily\/fugitive-on-the-run-for-over-a-decade-arrested-in-juarez-handed-to-us-authorities-el-paso-texas-tx-drugs-cocaine-methamphetamine-south-dakota-minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fugitive on the run for over a decade arrested in Juarez, handed to U.S. authorities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wanted man, Mario S.B. , was arrested near the El Barreal neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez and handed over to U.S. authorities at the Lerdo-Stanton international bridge in Downtown El Paso. Credit:{ }La Fiscal\u00eda de Operaciones Estrat\u00e9gicas en la Zona Norte\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1e870b90-1b37-451f-825f-439c5fff757b-20943d43458f49d2abd9e31d7eb9f451.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wanted man, Mario S.B. , was arrested near the El Barreal neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez and handed over to U.S. authorities at the Lerdo-Stanton international bridge in Downtown El Paso. Credit:{ }La Fiscal\u00eda de Operaciones Estrat\u00e9gicas en la Zona Norte<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/newsletter-daily\/texas-expands-medical-marijuana-access-under-new-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas expands medical marijuana access under new law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"{p}Cannabis grown on site at the King City Gardens site in Forest Park is harvested, tested, packaged and shipped directly to dispensary customers. (Corrie Schaffeld | CBC){\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/296f633a-a0cf-46f8-bc36-7a4e62a83ea9-kingcitygardens5_750xx179810100191.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cannabis grown on site at the King City Gardens site in Forest Park is harvested, tested, packaged and shipped directly to dispensary customers. (Corrie Schaffeld | CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/nation-world\/funeral-home-maggots-body-viewing-lawsuit-sue-sued-suing-car-crash-died-deceased-grotesque-freak-show-visitation-family-employee-employees-worker-workers-scene-attorney-emotional-distress-trauma-traumatic-decompose-decomposing-flies-bugs-bugs-maggot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mother sues funeral home after son &#8216;consumed by clumps of maggots&#8217; at viewing, per lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A mother filed a lawsuit against a funeral home after her family attended a viewing only to see her son &quot;covered with and consumed by clumps of maggots.&quot; (Google Earth)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/5956bfe7-2a8d-442d-87fd-1cc34505597b-htyhththt.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A mother filed a lawsuit against a funeral home after her family attended a viewing only to see her son &#8220;covered with and consumed by clumps of maggots.&#8221; (Google Earth)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/immigration\/mexican-man-charged-with-running-juarez-stash-house-smuggling-migrants-over-us-border-el-paso-texas-tx-chihuahua-chih\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mexican man accused of smuggling migrants over the border to El Paso with makeshift ladder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (Photo by Scott Eisen\/Getty Images)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/a017b71d-583e-4047-bec2-ac7fb83a3496-GettyImages1009082640.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (Photo by Scott Eisen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/newsletter-daily\/el-paso-doctor-defends-herself-against-allegations-of-negligence-in-fetal-deaths\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso OB-GYN defends herself against allegations of negligence in fetal deaths<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"El Paso OBGYN Yolanda Lagunas{ }\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ca4b6cf6-7925-4eef-88ff-2cdad6297f62-Dr.YolandaLagunasPIC.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>El Paso OBGYN Yolanda Lagunas{ }<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/newsletter-daily\/el-paso-isd-school-officer-arrested-charged-with-public-duty-interference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso ISD officer arrested, charged with interference; fifth arrest in nine months<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Christopher Duran EPISD offiicer arrested.{ }{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bd299a77-4d91-4997-b2ef-eed442418179-IMG_2155.jpeg\"\/>Christopher Duran EPISD offiicer arrested.{ }<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/entertainment\/la-rapper-lefty-gunplay-arrested-in-el-paso-charged-with-drug-possession-texas-tx-los-angeles-california-franklin-scott-holladay-friendz-sports-bar-chuco-brunch-power-102-radio-patti-diaz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LA rapper Lefty Gunplay arrested in El Paso, charged with drug possession<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"LA rapper Franklin Scott Holladay, aka Lefty Gunplay. Credit: EPPD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fb9824c4-2ad2-4662-bdc2-8aaa8f1f868e-Untitleddesign21.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LA rapper Franklin Scott Holladay, aka Lefty Gunplay. Credit: EPPD<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/newsletter-daily\/20-year-old-woman-arrested-for-deadly-august-motorcycle-crash-in-east-el-paso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">20-year-old woman arrested in connection to deadly August motorcycle crash in East El Paso<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"20-year-old Marissa Arlene Dominguez.{ } (credit: EPPD)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/808b103f-beb5-446e-9a19-b1ca3ec3f8d5-Image1.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>20-year-old Marissa Arlene Dominguez.{ } (credit: EPPD)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/nation-world\/us-china-tensions-escalate-beyond-trade-war-tariffs-military-ports-rare-earth-minerals-alliances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">US-China tensions escalate beyond trade war<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/34442dd5-f7aa-40a3-a101-d0214372e359-AP25261858425190.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FILE &#8211; President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with China&#8217;s President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh, File)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/newsletter-daily\/federal-government-targets-cash-transactions-over-200-in-border-areas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Federal government targets cash transactions over $200 in border areas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BHDN_PO-121FR_FILE_ TREASURY EXTEND_2f845177-acc0-43ea-aca4-a5476eb6830e.mp4.00_00_23_26.Still001.jpg\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9ac1ea52-ab6a-4b11-b65e-455823b2e6c8-BHDN_PO121FR_FILE_TREASURYEXTEND_2f845177acc043eaaca4a5476eb683.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>BHDN_PO-121FR_FILE_ TREASURY EXTEND_2f845177-acc0-43ea-aca4-a5476eb6830e.mp4.00_00_23_26.Still001.jpg<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up <\/a>to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Looking forward to 2026, we&#8217;re looking back on the Top 10 stories from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-101037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}