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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a Nashville elementary school Monday morning that also left the shooter dead. The attacker, identified only as a 28-year-old Nashville woman, was killed on the scene at The Covenant School by responding police officers. “There are no other gunshot victims,” Nashville police officer Don Aaron said at an afternoon press conference. A responding police officer cut his hand on glass at the scene, Aar...
Former President Donald Trump on Friday warned of "death and destruction" if he is indicted for allegedly paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels. Raising the rhetorical heat, Trump suggested that his supporters will respond with fury if he is criminally charged in the case as early as next week when a grand jury reconvenes to deliberate. "Potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country," Trump wrote on his social media site. Tr...
BASEBALL Prep linescore Tuesday Clovis 8, Portales 5 Clovis 004 103 0 – 8 9 0 Portales 101 210 0 – 5 11 1 Jayden Johnson, Koby Rivera (6) and Jackson Garcia; Zane Mayberry, Kaiden Gutierrez (4), Travin Price (6) and Noah Swift. W – Jameson. L – Mayberry. Sv- Rivera. Top hitters – Clovis: Eli Rodriguez 2-3, 2B, RBI, 2 runs, BB; Javi Jimenez 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs, 2 runs; Rivera 1-2, 2 runs, 2 BBs; Jashias Jimenez 1-3, 2-run 2B. Portales: Andru Ontiveros 2-4; Elijas Tellez 2-4, RBI, 2 runs; Swift 3-4, 2B; Price 2-3, SF; Mayberry...
PORTALES – The wind was definitely blowing out for Wednesday's Lone Star Conference doubleheader at Greyhound Softball Field. That wasn't good news for the home side. West Texas A&M, ranked No. 20 in NCAA Division II, pummeled eight home runs to notch 13-3 and 13-5 victories and complete a three-game series sweep of Eastern New Mexico University. Emilee Boyer, a 6-foot-1 freshman from South Dakota, was the primary culprit. She launched solo shots in her first three at-bats i...
ODESSA, Texas – Freshman left fielder Jonatan Clough delivered a go-ahead, two-run single in the seventh inning, and Eastern New Mexico University’s baseball team held on for a 4-3 victory over Texas-Permian Basin on Friday in the opener of a four-game Lone Star Conference series. Sophomore right-hander Adrian Rubio (3-2) earned the win with seven solid innings, and junior righty Javier Luna got the final six outs to notch his second save of the campaign. The teams were slated for a pair of seven-inning games on Saturday bef...
In sports and gambling, there is a (mistaken) belief that a player who is performing better than normal will continue to play well. We humans sometimes fail to appreciate statistical independence - i.e. two events are independent when the occurrence of one doesn't change the probability of the other. There have been several scientific experiments to document the "hot-hand" fallacy in basketball. A player could make several shots in a row, but their shooting percentage will...
Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Pollard signed the franchise tag on Thursday, guaranteeing him $10.1 million in 2023. The Cowboys and Pollard have until July 17 to negotiate a long-term deal or he will have to play the season on the tag. The Cowboys placed the tag on Pollard just days before releasing two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott. Pollard is coming off a career-year in 2022. He amassed 1,007 rushing yards and 371 receiving yards with 12 combined touchdowns, while...
DETROIT - Detroit always had been represented at the Super Bowl - by one man. Jerry Green, a legendary sportswriter in Michigan, first at The Associated Press and later at The Detroit News, who was the only reporter to cover each of the first 56 Super Bowls, died on Thursday night, according to his daughter, Jenny Klein. He was 94. In February 2020, Green officially became the last reporter to see all of the Super Bowls, having outlasted Jerry Izenberg, a retired sports...
MORIARTY – Portales High’s baseball team advanced to Saturday’s fifth-place game in an eight-team tournament at Moriarty, beating Gallup 8-2 on Friday. The Rams (4-3) were slated to face Pojoaque (6-4) in Saturday’s final round. The Elks rallied to edge Santa Fe Capital 7-6 in their Friday contest. PHS junior right-hander Kaiden Gutierrez went the distance against the Bengals, allowing just two hits and one earned run with one walk and seven strikeouts. “It was a great performance by Kaiden on the bump,” Rams coach Ruben...
ROSWELL – Capitan pushed over a run in the ninth inning and the Tigers held on for a 7-6 victory over Texico on Friday in the consolation semifinals of New Mexico Military's Colt Classic. The Wolverines (2-3) were slated to face Tularosa in Saturday's seventh-place matchup. Texico put together a five-run third for a 5-3 lead, then scored in the fifth to tie it and neither side tallied again until the ninth. Junior Logan Ritter went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored f...
HOBBS – Portales High’s track teams posted 14 first-place finishes and eight state qualifying marks in a triangular meet hosted by Hobbs on Friday. No team scores were kept in the competition, which also included Lovington. For the boys, senior Michael Riess posted wins in the 800 (2 minutes, 0.08 seconds) and 1,600 (4:36.14), qualifying for Class 4A state competition in both. Meantime, junior Manny Chavez had a solid all-around day, winning javelin competition at 155 feet while placing second in the 110 hurdles (18.17) and...
DEXTER – Portales High’s softball team reached the championship of Dexter’s eight-team weekend tournament. After dispatching Clovis High 8-3 in Thursday’s quarterfinals, the Lady Rams came back with a 10-6 win over Loving in Friday’s semifinals. PHS (5-4) was slated to face Dexter (4-3), a 16-1 winner on Friday over Eunice, in Saturday’s title matchup. Senior Abby Marquez allowed just four hits and three earned runs against the Lady Falcons, striking out 10 and working around seven walks. Meantime, sophomore Angel Ornel...
PORTALES – Clovis High baseball coach Richard Cruce wasn't surprised his team's game at Portales on Tuesday night went down to the wire. The Wildcats scored three times in the top of the sixth to break a tie en route to an 8-5 victory at Ram Field. "I kind of expected it," Cruce said. "They usually play us tough. "There were a lot of good plays made (on both sides). They turned a couple of double plays on us." Brothers Javi and Jashias Jimenez combined to do the decisive d...
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Three local athletes helped Angelo State’s track teams finish second and third in the recent Lone Star Conference indoor track championships on Feb. 18-19 at Lubbock. Clovis’ Camryn Barros and Portales’ Kylyie Paden placed second and third, respectively, in women’s pole vault. Barros, a sophomore at Angelo, cleared 11 feet, 8 inches in the event while Paden, a freshman, followed at 11-4 ¼. Meantime, CHS grad and ASU sophomore Pacer Hill was fifth in men’s pole vault, clearing 15 feet. Paden also cleared...
Monday *Stitch Addicts stitch group – 6:30 p.m., Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday *Blood drive — 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Bloodmobile, ENMRSH, Inc., 2700 E. Seventh St., Clovis. All March blood donors are automatically entered for a drawing for “groceries for a year” - one of two $10,000 prepaid gift cards. Register online at www.bloodhero.com. Advance appointments strongly recommended; all donors must arrive wearing masks. Information: 877-258-4825 *Afterschool S.T.R.E...
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw tests of weapons designed to deliver nuclear strikes against the U.S. and its allies, including one his regime billed as a new underwater drone that can create a "radioactive tsunami." The tests from Tuesday through Thursday also included cruise missiles that were affixed with mock nuclear warheads, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday. The underwater drone cruised for nearly 60 hours off its east...
Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Uranus are parading across the western sky this week. But the best time to see this conjunction is Tuesday. Stake out a post with a clear view of the western horizon — clear of tall buildings and trees. Seeing all planets may pose a problem, especially with Mercury and Jupiter. Also, find a good pair of binoculars to help spot the planets. “Once you have found a proper viewing site, and with binoculars in hand, wait until approximately 20 to 25 minutes after the sun has set” writes Joe Rao,...
Curry Residents Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St. Clovis Monday: Beef enchiladas, pinto beans, chips and salsa, sopapilla with honey. Tuesday: Sloppy Joe on a bun, fried potatoes, baked beans, pudding. Wednesday: Pinto beans with ham, fried potatoes, cornbread, cake. Thursday: Meat lasagna, Italian vegetables, garlic bread, cake. Friday: Green chile cheese enchiladas, Spanish rice, pinto peans, tapioca pudding. Baxter-Curren Activity Center 908 Hickory, Clovis 575-762-3631 Monday: 8:30 a.m. Exercise, 10 a.m. Line dance...
Clovis Monday: Breakfast: Mini pancake bites. Lunch: Chicken smackers, scalloped potatoes, steamed mixed veggies, chilled fresh fruit, whole wheat roll or (grades 6-12) pizza or spicy chicken or corn dog and fries. Tuesday: Breakfast: Breakfast round. Lunch: Sloppy Joe on a bun, tater tots, seasoned corn, chilled peaches, raisels or (grades 6-12) pulled pork or hamburger or burrito and fries. Wednesday: Breakfast: Breakfast taco. Lunch: Ravioli, garden salad, celery sticks and ranch, chilled peaches, whole wheat roll or (grad...
The books listed below are now available for checkout at the Clovis-Carver Public Library. The library is open to the public, but patrons can still visit the online catalog at cloviscarverpl.booksys.net/opac/ccpl or call 575-769-7840 to request a specific item for curbside pickup. “Love Redesigned” by Jenny Proctor. Going home to my twin brother’s house in Charleston with my tail between my legs is the last thing I want to do. Living in New York City is anything but free. And facing down my ex, Alex? My ex who just happe...
I normally write this column on Thursday night and this Thursday was the 16th anniversary of the tornado that ripped across Roosevelt County and then took a swath out of Clovis. That day I was on a day off from my then full-time job as managing editor at the Portales News-Tribune and in the check-out line at Walmart when the cell phone rang. It was the boss editor from the Clovis office who was on his way back from a conference in Albuquerque, relaying to me that there had...
Reydecel Coss is the director of campus life at Eastern New Mexico University, but since 2009, his freshman year at ENMU, he has also been a student. He currently holds four degrees-two bachelor's degrees and two master's – from ENMU, and he's working on another at ENMU, a master of Business Administration degree. Using counseling experience, fluency in Spanish and his experience as the first in his family to enroll in college, Coss presides over a wide range of student activi...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tristan Begg was an anthropology student at UC Santa Cruz and a Beethoven fanatic when he volunteered as a docent at San Jose State University’s Beethoven center in the summer of 2009. He would pull out the drawer holding a lock of hair and tell visitors, “This is real” and that it once was on the head of the greatest composer who ever lived, the one whose music changed Begg’s life when he heard the first notes of Moonlight Sonata on Christmas morning at age 17. “It was instantaneous. I was astounded....
