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Editor's note: Some content in this report is sexually explicit and may not be appropriate for some readers. A Clovis occupational therapist is facing additional charges alleging sex crimes against children. Jared Cordum, 29, was initially arrested in July and charged with one count of criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13, multiple counts of criminal solicitation to commit criminal sexual contact of a minor and practicing medicine without a license. He is now...
Eastern New Mexico University has fired its strength and conditioning coach and banned him from the campus, the coach told The News on Monday. Cory Bell was arrested following a Nov. 1 altercation in the ENMU football field house. Court records show Bell pushed a graduate assistant coach to the ground, causing him to strike his head against a wall. Bell was arrested the same day as the incident and charged with battery, a third-degree felony. Bell said he was notified of his dismissal from ENMU in a document delivered the...
On this date … 1940: A man known “from the Pecos River to the Texas line as a character of the old days of the West,” died in a Clovis hospital at age 75. The Clovis News-Journal reported that Frank H. “Doctor” Childs died from injuries suffered when he was “slugged and robbed” in El Paso a few days earlier. Childs, who homesteaded near Melrose in 1908, was easily recognized throughout the region because he was always “well dressed ... with a cane slung over his arm,” CN-J reported. 1946: Movies playing in local theaters in...
TEXICO – To say Texico barely broke a sweat on Saturday would probably have to be classified as a huge understatement. The Wolverines, defending Class 2A state champions and the top seed this year, ran nine plays in the first quarter – all in Navajo Prep territory – and scored five times en route to a 52-0 win over the Eagles in a quarterfinal round matchup ending at halftime on the 50-point rule. Next up for Texico (10-0) is a trip to fifth-seeded Eunice (9-3), a remat...
It’s been two weeks since Election Day, and we’ve heard what pundits think cost Vice President Kamala Harris the election. Their hit list of topics included the uneven economy, high inflation, the Israeli-Hamas conflict, rising crime, extreme and excessive wokeness, and out-of-control borders. Yet, there is another reason that hasn’t been discussed nearly as much in most quarters – the intersection of race and gender. Harris would have been the first woman of any race and the...
When Amazon billionaire and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos decided not to allow his newspaper to endorse Kamala Harris for president, a quarter million readers canceled their subscriptions. Now this esteemed newspaper is suffering from a credibility crisis that may never recover under Bezos’ compromised ownership. Something similar happened to Fox News back in 2020, when the network essentially called the election for Joe Biden while their most loyal viewers were drinking in Donald Trump’s Kool-Aid and denying the rea...
Christine Gallegos will always remember Marcos Ramirez as a big jokester and a great guy. He was a role model, too, she said, the kind of man who stood up for those who didn’t have a voice. “He had a bit of a rough start,” said Gallegos, a family friend who knew Ramirez since he was in junior high. “His mom was a teen mom, so they kind of grew up together.” After high school, Ramirez joined the Army as a paratrooper and then returned to his hometown of Clovis to take care...
Four juvenile males – age 15 to 16 -- were charged Thursday morning with murder after a gun deal "went bad" in the Hilltop Shopping Center parking lot on West 21st Street in Clovis. Court records allege Marcos Ramirez, 26, met the boys with a gun he had for sale late Wednesday afternoon. One of the boys then shot Ramirez who died soon after at Plains Regional Medical Center, police allege. A man who was with the victim told police he saw one of the boys fire a gun into the bac... Full story
Eastern New Mexico University rodeo coach Albert Flinn has been placed on administrative leave following criminal allegations of embezzlement and animal cruelty filed against him in Roosevelt County Magistrate Court. An affidavit for issuance of criminal summons was filed Nov. 4 in the court, charging Flinn, 83, with two counts of embezzlement (under $20,000) and one count of cruelty to animals. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Flinn had turned himself into the court. T...
On this date … 1946: A man had been arrested on allegations he made “improper advances” toward a young girl in a Clovis movie theater. Police were called to the theater after the girl’s father threatened to beat up the suspect. When police arrived, the suspect ran from the theater. Police captured him a few blocks away. “A local physician said that the man was either intoxicated or under the influence of dope, but that he was probably temporarily insane,” the Clovis News-Journal reported. 1961: Portales consumers were cuttin...
MULESHOE – Farwell football coach Darren Kelley said he tried to put together a challenging pre-district schedule to help the Steers get ready for the postseason. It appeared to do that on Friday night. Senior quarterback Jonathan Armstrong ran for two touchdowns and threw for one and Farwell built a 22-point, first-half lead en route to a 41-20 victory over Sudan in a Class 2A Division II bi-district matchup. The Steers (5-6) advanced to a 7 p.m. (CST) area round clash on F...
The period immediately after a presidential election is a glorious moment for institutional media of all types. This instant in time allows them to race ahead with a multitude of what purports to be news, but is in actuality political posturing and news releases from those seeking appointments to positions in a new administration. If, for instance, I would like to be secretary of defense, one of my trusted associates will contact his friend who is a reporter for the current...
One person was shot to death and two others were taken to the Clovis hospital with gunshot wounds early Wednesday evening. Clovis police said a vehicle crash near the scene was related to the shootings. Police said all the gunshot victims are believed to have been involved in the incident. Police were looking for at least one other person who may also have been involved. The violence began sometime before 4:45 p.m. when police received a report of a shooting in the 2200 block... Full story
AUSTIN, Texas - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is one of three senators seeking to become Senate majority leader next year, when Republicans take majority control of the Senate. Here are five things to know about Cornyn. He's a former justice and attorney general Cornyn was elected to the Texas Supreme Court in 1990 and served as a justice for seven years before becoming the first Republican elected as Texas attorney general since Reconstruction when he edged out Democrat Jim...
It's been a rough season for Eastern New Mexico University's football team. It only got rougher on Saturday afternoon at Steve Loy Stadium. Texas-Permian Basin dominated from start to finish, piling up 575 total yards en route to a 64-14 Lone Star Conference trouncing of the Greyhounds. UTPB (6-4, 5-3 LSC) posted its second-highest yardage output this season and went over 500 yards of total offense for the eighth time in coach Kris McCullough's two campaigns at the helm. "I'm...
For some people, Nov. 5, 2024, was one of the greatest days in American history. Others may well remember it as a day that will live in political infamy. Regardless, the 2024 presidential election is over, and Donald Trump has been reelected as the 47th president of the United States. And if people are honest with themselves, they would probably admit that Tuesday’s results shocked but did not totally surprise them. Throughout various periods in our nation’s history, charismat...
This column is to the progressives out there who, once again, saw their hopes for a better world thwarted by the election of Donald Trump. All is not lost. Trump could still self-destruct, especially if he actually does what he promised to do. His affinity for tariffs is a good example. More than likely, they will raise prices and undercut American jobs, and that surely won’t sit well even with his MAGA base. And his mass deportation promises will undercut our economy by taking away workers doing jobs that “true” Ameri...
No one can predict what the next four years will bring under the administration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump. But in New Mexico, members of the state’s all-Democratic congressional delegation are bracing for a rough ride. The state, which voted for Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s high-stakes presidential race, relies heavily on federal funding, and Trump has called for cuts to federal agencies. Democrats have other concerns, including Trump’s plans for mass deportations, which officials say...
On this date … 1952: Three Roosevelt County businesses had been hit by burglars, but the only significant loss was $40 from a Portales farm supply store’s cash drawer, soft drink and candy dispensers. An Elida service station reported two old automobile batteries were missing, but new batteries were left behind. The service station was also missing a gallon of milk. A Roosevelt County Sheriff’s deputy said it wasn’t clear if the three burglaries were related. 1952: Authorities were investigating the poisoning of 16 head of...
On this date … 1966: Clovis police investigator Cliff Wirtjes had earned the highest score in the annual policeman’s shooting competition. Wirtjes scored 663 out of a possible 800 to take the top-gun trophy for the second year in a row. 1969: The Clovis Junior Women’s Club had announced its annual home tour. Five Clovis homes were scheduled to be decorated for the holidays and open for public viewing. The homes were located at • 701 E. 21st • 1744 Baronne Court • 1617 Courtland Circle • 2824 Axtell • 1921 Enloe Drive. Ti...
Thousands voted red. Thousands voted blue. Thousands didn’t vote at all. Only two-thirds of New Mexico voters cast a ballot in the 2024 election. Of the 1,382,761 registered voters in the state, about 920,000 — or 66% — voted, unofficial election results from the New Mexico Secretary of State’s office show. In Curry County, just 53% of registered voters participated. In Roosevelt County, the number was 58%. Two-thirds of voters voting isn’t too far off from New Mexico’s typical turnout during a presidential election, a...
It's been a bit of a dream season for Roswell High's volleyball team, which has won 22 consecutive matches since being swept at Los Lunas in the season opener. In Thursday night's regular-season finale, the Lady Coyotes struggled at times but still posted a fairly comfortable 25-18, 25-12, 22-25, 25-21 victory over Clovis High at Rock Staubus Gymnasium, completing a perfect run through District 4-5A (6-0). Roswell High now awaits the release of the 5A state tourney bracket by...
Chaparral, which squeezed into the 12-team Class 4A playoffs as the No. 12 seed, completely flipped the script against Portales High on Friday night at Steve Loy Stadium. After losing to the Rams 44-19 in the District 4-4A and regular-season finale a week earlier, the Lobos made the cross-state trip again, this time scoring on their first two possessions and making it stand up for a 10-0 victory. With the win, Chaparral (4-7) advances to a 6 p.m. quarterfinal game on Friday...
Today is the 249th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Happy birthday to Marines and their extended families everywhere. In the early 1960s, I matriculated at several Marine Corps bases, both stateside and overseas, while living in open squad bays. Before there were dorms, and rooms for enlisted Marines, there were squad bays that consisted of bunks, foot lockers and wall lockers. In these luxurious environs, we were not exposed to misinformation and disinformation....
A Clovis woman accused of killing a man she said was a stalker was found not guilty of murder Friday by a Clovis jury. Alexandra Romero told police she shot Javier Jimenez in August 2023 after she found him trespassing on her property. She said Jimenez had left her death threats on her phone and “she was in fear of her and her children’s safety” when she shot him. Authorities initially charged her with voluntary manslaughter, then upgraded the charge to murder after prose... Full story
