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CLOVIS — A man accused in a Friday night shooting death in Clovis was apprehended Saturday evening in Amarillo, police said. Steven Hogues, 34, of Albuquerque, is facing an open count of murder and felony possession of a firearm in the death of William Romero, 28, of Clovis. Hogues on Monday morning was in the Randall County Detention Center on charges of failure to identify fugitive intent and a health and safety violation. Records also show he was being held for another law enforcement agency. Court records released M...
CLOVIS — It seemed fitting Friday night that high school basketball season is on its way. Because the 6A football semifinal game between third-seeded Cleveland and second-seeded Clovis at Leon Williams Stadium ended in a high school basketball score, 56-43 Cleveland. It was back-and-forth all night, like basketball teams pushing the tempo, scoring end to end. But ultimately, the Storm had one last offensive surge in the fourth quarter and were able to end Clovis High’s sea...
The man wanted in connection with Friday's homicide in Clovis has been arrested in Amarillo, according to Clovis police. Steven Hogues, 34, charged with murder after William Romero, 28, was found shot to death Friday night, was in the custody of the Randall County Sheriff's Office at 3:21 a.m. Sunday, Clovis police reported on their Facebook page. We will have more information as it becomes available....
EUNICE — Senior quarterback Mason Caperton and the Cardinals dominated in all facets of the game Saturday, chalking up a third straight state championship with a commanding 56-27 win over Texico. Caperton and several other Cardinal seniors with title-game experience wrapped up their high school careers in impressive fashion, with a balanced running and passing attack, a stingy defense and several big plays including a 95-yard touchdown pass at the end, padding the 3,100-yard plus passing season for Caperton. Caperton had f...
LOVINGTON — Different field. Bigger stakes. Same result. Wromiah Gbassagee ran for three touchdowns, and the Portales defense forced turnovers all day as the Rams dominated Lovington 26-7 in the Class 4A semifinal round on the blue turf of Brian Urlacher Field. The Rams (11-1) never trailed in picking up their eighth-straight win, and will head to Bloomfield for a 1 p.m. Saturday Class 4A title matchup. The Bobcats rallied in the closing minutes to top upset-minded Grants 48-4...
RICHARDSON, Texas — Senior fullback Paul Terry and senior placekicker Tyler Vargas were named to the All-Lone Star Conference first-team offense in football in awards announced on Friday by the league office. They headed a list of 18 ENMU players chosen to All-LSC selections. Terry, from Amarillo, finished off a record-breaking year with four touchdowns and 97 yards rushing in the Greyhounds’ season-ending 35-27 victory at Western Oregon. That gave him 1,778 yards rushing for...
PORTALES — Whether crouching, down on one knee, demonstrating a play, or calling his players into a circle, Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball head coach Tres Segler was animated during Thursday afternoon’s practice at Greyhound Arena. There was plenty of reason for Segler to be animated. It’s the early days of basketball season, time for anyone involved with any team to be excited. As of Thursday, Segler’s Greyhounds were less than a week removed from a highly-competitive ga...
CLOVIS — The Clovis girls basketball team was already facing the challenge of trying to rebound from a 10-win season. The offseason, though, may have made that challenge even tougher. Gone are the players who would have been the Lady Wildcats’ top two returning scorers — Mikyla Harkley to Italy and Madison Tolbert to Virginia. So, Clovis head coach Jeff Reed will have to fashion a competitive lineup the way any coach has to when players either graduate or move away. And Reed thinks he might have the pieces to do so. After...
XANYON — Delaney Nix scored 15 points, and West Texas A&M dealt Eastern New Mexico its first loss on both the Lone Star Conference season and the still-young regular season, 61-44 at the First United Bank Center. Braylyn Dollar added 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting for the host Lady Buffs (3-2, 1-0 LSC), who started Saturday off with a 7-2 run and never trailed. The visiting Greyhounds were held to 29.2% shooting on the day, including a 5-of-18 effort from beyond the arc. Sophomore guard Zamorye Cox hit three of those treys a...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A pair of Eastern New Mexico soccer players received spots on the Division II Sports Information Directors South Central Regional teams. Junior Robbie Jenkinson and sophomore Desiree Morgas were selected to the men’s second team and the women’s second team, respectively. The South Central region includes the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Lone Star Conference. Jenkinson started all 18 games in his first season with the Greyhounds, anchoring a defense that had the fourth-lowest goals again...
MELROSE — Who needs a district basketball championship? At least last year, Melrose’s boys didn’t need no stinkin’ district championship. Despite finishing third in District 6-1A, the Buffaloes got hot at the right time and captured their second consecutive Class 1A state crown, topping district rival Fort Sumner 54-50 in the championship game at The Pit in Albuquerque. The Buffs (25-7, 4-4 district) won the last three of five matchups last season against the Foxes. With state titles in each of his first two years at the sch...
PORTALES — Roosevelt General Hospital Board of Trustees member Paul Benoit was reappointed to his position by the board Tuesday after no one signed up to be on the ballot during the general election, including Benoit. “I was reading a newspaper article a few days after the signups and thought ‘Huh, I thought I was supposed to go sign up,’” Benoit said. “It could have been before the signups, but they had a listing. There was supposed to have been some paperwork filed and we didn’t know as a hospital.” Several smaller electio...
CLOVIS — Disappointed, but not discouraged. That’s how members of the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority said they felt Thursday, regarding a decision two days before by the Curry County Commission to exit the authority. Members talked briefly during the Thursday meeting at the Sitterly Professional Center, where the authority maintains its office. With Curry County, Melrose and Grady recently signaling they wish to exit the authority, Chairman David Lansford said the next step is to ensure a smooth transition by ame...
CLOVIS — A Clovis man on probation for possessing child pornography in 2017 has been ordered to prison after repeating the offense, according to a news release from the district attorney. Thomas Golden, 30, was on probation when the Department of Homeland Security contacted the Curry County Sheriff’s office in August “with information that Golden was downloading and sending child pornography,” the news release said. Prosecutors said Golden admitted to the allegation. Judge Matt Chandler ordered Golden serve the remaind...
PORTALES — A 48-year-old Portales man on Tuesday was found guilty by a Roosevelt County jury of trafficking methamphetamine, possession of heroin and receiving stolen property, all felonies. A news release from District Attorney Andrea Reeb said Ruben Lozano could face up to 33 years in prison at sentencing. Lozano was arrested June 6, 2018, after officials seized over $6,000 worth of methamphetamine, heroin, drug paraphernalia and a stolen firearm, according to the news release....
CLOVIS — A Clovis man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to extreme cruelty to animals. District Attorney Andrea Reeb said John Davis, 64, received an 18-month suspended sentence and was ordered to pay restitution to a veterinarian, plus $1,000 to an animal rescue group. Davis was also ordered not to possess any animals. According to a news release from Reeb: • In January, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office obtained a search warrant for Davis’ property and found there were dead and decaying puppies and dogs, including a greyhou...
Booked The following were booked into local jails through Friday Clovis • Ruben Renova, 24, aggravated battery, attempt to commit a felony, to wit: selling or giving alcoholic beverages to a minor, negligent use of a deadly weapon • Delia Lugo, 40, failure to comply with specific requirements • Jasmine Lugo, 26, failure to appear at time and place stated in citation, failure to pay fines • Michael Sena, 37, driving while license suspended or revoked • Latoya Gutierrez, 33, failure to appear on a felony charge, failure t...
