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  • Crickets' drummer dead at 82

    The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 23, 2022

    Jerry Ivan Allison loved making music in Clovis. “We just had an unbelievable time,” he said in a 2015 interview with Clovis News Journal reporter Brittney Cannon. “We met a lot of nice people in Clovis. It changed all of our lives … We just had a great time; it was a dream come true.” Allison, the last living member of Buddy Holly’s original band, The Crickets, died Monday. He was 82. Allison was the band’s drummer and one of Holly’s best friends. His death was announced on the Buddy Holly Facebook page: “JI was a music...

  • Sycamore St. homicide suspect captured in North Carolina

    The Staff of The News|Updated Aug 23, 2022

    Tuesday at around 5:00 a.m., U.S. Marshals located Jimmy Whitlock in Raleigh, North Carolina. Whitlock is being held in North Carolina and is awaiting extradition back to New Mexico according to a Facebook posting by Clovis police department lieutenant Trevor Thron. Whitlock is a suspect in the Aug. 14 shooting death of Jessie Villanes-Lerma, 16, at an apartment on Sycamore Street in Clovis. There is an unconfirmed report that Whitlock called local police in Raleigh saying who he was and he was wanted in Clovis. The second...

  • Meetings calendar - Aug. 21

    Updated Aug 20, 2022

    Tuesday *Curry County Commission – 9 a.m., Commission Chambers, Curry County Administration Complex, 417 Gidding St., Clovis. Information: 575-763-6016 *Clovis Municipal Schools board — 5:30 p.m., Board Room, CMS administration building, 1009 Main St., Clovis. Information: 575-769-4300 *Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees – 5:30 p.m., board room, Business Office Building, RGH, 42121 US-70, Portales. Information: 575-359-1800 Wednesday *Portales City Council - 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, Memorial Building, 200 E. 7t...

  • Events calendar - Aug. 21

    Updated Aug 20, 2022

    Today *Dance and potluck – 1-4 p.m., La Casa Senior Center, 1120 Cameo St., Clovis. $5 per person. Information: 575-762-8110 Monday *Roosevelt County Fair entry day – 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Roosevelt County Fairgrounds, 705 E. Lime St., Portales. Information including online fair book available at: http://rooseveltcountyfair.com/ or call 575-714-3090 *Movie Night— 6 p.m., Ingram Room, Clovis-Carver Public Library, 701 N. Main, Clovis. “All Is Lost” (2013, PG-13, 1 hour, 46 minutes). Information: 575-763-9687 Tuesday *Roosevel...