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A Cannon Air Force Base airman shot in the head early Thursday has died, a cousin said. Marcus Jimenez, 23, who grew up in Olton, Texas, suffered a gunshot wound to the head following Fourth of July festivities and died Monday evening in a Lubbock hospital, said Drew McCay. Family members and friends posted hundreds of condolences on family Facebook pages Monday night and Tuesday, though Clovis police on Tuesday night declined to confirm the airman had passed. Cannon officials did not respond to questions on Tuesday.... Full story
CLOVIS - Cutting a custom cross-section of Clovis from the base to the chamber and down to the cheese plant, Gov. Susana Martinez on Tuesday made clear her intention to stay busy in the final months of her time in office. The tour started at Cannon Air Force Base with the signing of an executive order cutting away some of the red tape behind occupational license requirements in the state, and ended with the governor literally cutting a ribbon on the expansion of Southwest... Full story
CLOVIS - Jaye Crockett and Teya Morris have a few things in common. They both graduated from Clovis High School after stellar basketball careers. They each chose Texas colleges at which to continue those careers. And they've both been at Yucca Middle School this week to teach kids ages 6 through 17 either the fundamentals of basketball or ways to improve their already-evolving skills. Tuesday was Day 2 of 3 for Crockett's Jaye Rock Athletics fifth annual basketball camp at...
CLOVIS - In a LeBron-weary world of max contracts, free agent departures and trade demands, there are highly-skilled players who don't get much national attention, but are living pretty cool lives just the same. Jaye Crockett is a perfect example. Texas Tech-schooled - both in the classroom and on the Division I hardwood - but spurned by the 2014 NBA draft, Crockett took his talents across the ocean and has had a nice pro career, bringing him to places that neither LeBron nor...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Monday: Clovis • Tavares Bynum, 40, aggravated battery against a household member (no great bodily harm) • Isabella Medina-Villa, 22, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Jamond McClendon, 34, possession of a controlled substance (felony - narcotic drug), possession of drug paraphernalia, concealing identity • Francisco Lujan, 34, bribe of a witness (bribes) (false testimony) • Antonio Sena, 32, aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer • Jacob Esquibel, 23, failure...
On this date ... 1963: Fighting words were exchanged at the Mabry Drive Lounge in Clovis. And then somebody was hit over the head with a chair. The fight then went outside, police said, and ended with two men jailed and one hospitalized. A Bovina man and another from Ohio were arrested and charged with "assault with intent to maim," the Clovis News-Journal reported. Police said they were involved in the fight, then left the scene in a car and traveled east at speeds in excess...
ALBUQUERQUE — A Clovis man pleaded guilty Tuesday in Albuquerque federal court to two counts of distributing child pornography and one count of receiving child pornography, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Spencer Lovato, 26, was arrested by the FBI on child pornography charges in April 2017 after Lovato was identified as the subscriber of accounts used to distribute and receive child pornography on an online messaging platform. Lovato was charged with sending and receiving videos on his p...
PORTALES — School board members in Portales on Tuesday approved a $2.7 million remodel project at Brown Elementary School. Superintendent Johnnie Cain said the state will provide about $1.66 million with the rest coming from a recent school bond approved by voters. Board members approved the measure 4-0. Cain said the project is expected to begin in January and officials hope to be finished by March 2020. Board members also on Tuesday approved $265,000 for paving at James Elementary School....
TUCUMCARI — A four-month search for a new president has ended as Mesalands Community College selected John D. Groesbeck to lead the institution. He began work on Monday. His salary has not been released. “This is a great opportunity and it’s an honor to be here,” Groesbeck said in a news release. “I really enjoy this part of New Mexico. This region is one of the most spectacular, beautiful places within the state.” The Board of Trustees offered Groesbeck the contract to be the next president of Mesalands following a...
Today • Planning and Zoning Commission — 3 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Thursday • Senior Services Committee — 3 p.m. at City Hall, Clovis. Information: 575-769-7828 Tuesday • Curry County Commission — 9 a.m. in commission chambers at county administrative building. Information: 575763-6016 July 19 • Clovis City Commission — 5:15 p.m. at north annex of Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7828 • ENMWUA — 1 p.m. at Texico Fire Station, 120 N. Turner Ave. Information: 575-935-4262 The me...
Today • Tiny Tots storytime — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Rock-n-Rollers — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Theme: Summer fun. Information: 575-356-3940 • Stitch Addicts — 6:30 p.m. come and go group at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 Thursday • Preschool storytime — 10 a.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library. Information: 575-769-7840 • Rockstars — 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public Library. Guest: Lubbock Science Spectrum. Information: 575-356-3940 Friday...
Gun rights, like all natural human rights, are a foundation of a functional society. And every right comes with an equally important responsibility. You must handle and use your gun so that you don’t harm anyone who doesn’t deserve to be harmed. Gun safety is more than important; it is essential. Contrary to what some people insist, gun accidents do happen. Once a tiny sliver of wood flaked off the inside of a black powder gun I was using and lodged in a bad spot. As soon as...
A year ago, the state Office of the Medical Investigator issued an apology for waiting five months to notify family members that their loved one had died. “The OMI system failed,” the agency acknowledged at the time. Sadly, that wasn’t an isolated incident, as evidenced by the case of a man who had been dead for 10 months before his parents were given the news. “They have a process that I think is badly broken,” Roger Hartman, the deceased man’s father, told the Albuquerque Journal. But it doesn’t have to be. While OMI tri...
