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Missing person report issued for senior citizen CLOVIS - State police is requesting public assistance Friday in locating a missing senior citizen last seen in Clovis. Lorenzo Rendon, 70, is an Hispanic male, five feet three inches tall and 120 pounds with short gray hair and green eyes, according to a press release. He is "driving a gray 2014 Nissan Versa with turquoise New Mexico centennial license plate MYR-774" and was last seen Dec. 26 in Clovis. New Mexico State Police...
TEXICO — The Texico High Wolverines will go for a tournament sweep tonight in the Citizens Bank Tournament, with both teams comfortably winning their semifinal matches Friday. Texico's girls cruised past Santa Rosa 63-21, while the boys improved to 10-0 on the season with a 55-43 win over Newcomb. Tonight's girls title matchup will be the Texico girls (8-3) facing Robertson, the top-ranked team in 4A, in a 5:45 p.m. matchup. The Cardinals defeated Eunice 25-23. The Texico b...
LITTLEFIELD, Texas — For the first time in school history, the Portales High boys basketball team will play for a Wildcat Classic title. The Rams knocked off the Levelland Lobos (4-3) on Friday afternoon, 66-52, to advance to the Wildcat Classic championship game. "It means a lot, (especially) compared to where we were a week ago," Rams coach Rickie McBroom said. "(My players) are doing an excellent job of what we want them to do." The Rams led 19-7 after the first quarter, b...
CLOVIS — If there were words to explain why the Clovis girls basketball team is not advancing to tonight's Plateau Holiday Classic final, "clank," "clunk" and "doink" would likely suffice. Too often those words seemed accurate ways to describe what was happening to Clovis' shot attempts — especially from the foul line — in Friday night's semifinal against Farmington at Rock Staubus Gymnasium. Going 12-of-63 from the girls (10-of-51 in the paint) and 14-of-31 from the line...
10 brought numerous changes to Curry County and the Board of Commissioners was not immune. The commission was down to just four members for over two months after District 4 Commissioner Ben Smith announced his resignation effective Oct. 7 at the Sept. 19 commission meeting. Smith said he accepted a position in the dairy industry in Nebraska. “My hope is that the governor will appoint an individual with an agriculture and rural background that will continue to move the county forward, listening to the needs and wants of the...
On this date ... 1987: The Portales Rams basketball team defeated the Clovis Wildcats, 52-50, to win the championship of the Holiday Classic hosted by Clovis. The game came down to a nail-biting long final second after Portales' Collin Hilliard sank a shot with only three seconds left to break the 50-50 tie. The clock was stopped with only one second left as Portales called a timeout, followed by a Clovis timeout, followed by another Portales timeout. The Wildcats' Tyrone...
CLOVIS — Winning basketball games is paramount. But how you win can be almost as significant. Clovis’ boys basketball team had been blowing teams off the court during the four-game win streak it carried into Friday night’s Griego and Sons Classic semifinal against Rio Grande. This time, though, the Wildcats had to win a different way — by surviving a close one, which they did 55-53. Clovis staved off a furious Rio Grande rally that had shaved a 55-45 difference down to just...
CLOVIS — The Curry County Commission will officially be back at five commissioners Tuesday afternoon, when Seth Martin will be sworn in for District Four. The public ceremony for Martin will be 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Curry County Commission Chambers at 417 Gidding St. “It’s going to be a new experience for me but I’m excited to take on the challenge,” Martin said. Martin, a lifelong Clovis resident, is a sorghum and wheat farmer and runs Martin Enterprise, a local family-owned small business in the city. His appointme...
CLOVIS — Ups, downs. Highs, lows. Hoops, hits, kicks and touchdown passes. Just another year for Curry County athletics. Perhaps the biggest news for Clovis sports in 2017 was the passing of the head-coaching torch from Eric Roanhaus — who had guided Wildcat football since 1978 — to Cal Fullerton — who had been one of Roanhaus’ quarterbacks and assistant coaches during his 39-year coaching run. Ruth Chavez, a legend for her successful 29-year coaching career with Portales, took the reins at Clovis and had the Lady Wildcats...
Men Eastern New Mexico (4-8) at Lubbock Christian (4-8) 1 p.m., Rip Griffin Center On the air: KSEL Country 105.9 FM Last time out: The Chaps lost to Angelo State on Dec. 19, 83-77. The Greyhounds lost at home to Regis, 68-61, also on Dec. 19. Last meeting: Lubbock Christian beat Eastern at Greyhound Arena, 73-67, back on Dec. 13, 2016. Notes: The two programs meet for the second year in a row, as the Greyhounds will try to avenge last year’s home loss to the Chaps. In that game, the Chaps outscored the Hounds in the s...
Booked The following were booked into local jails Thursday through Friday: Clovis • Aaron Garcia, 32, possession of a firearm or destructive device by a felon, operating vehicle without required headlamps, driving while license suspended or revoked • Eric Childers, 28, out of state fugitive • Shaun Acy, 29, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Leroy Romero, 25, probation violation • Benny Torres, 34, assault against a household member • Oracio Ornelas, 36, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Vernon Devenport, 50, p...
President Donald Trump took aim at the U.S. Postal Service Friday, admonishing the service for its financial losses and for failing to charge more. “Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE!” Trump posted on Twitter. It is unclear why the president chose Friday to lash out at the postal service. The agency last reported its...
