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PROGRESS -- A Muleshoe student and bus driver were injured Monday afternoon when a tractor trailer rig collided with the rear of the parked bus near Progress on U.S. 84. Muleshoe schools Superintendent R.L. Richards said the student and bus driver were taken by ambulance from the scene. He declined to speculate on the extent of their injuries. Richards said the bus had stopped to let a student off to go home. That student was not injured. Richards said one additional student on the bus did not suffer injury. The truck driver...
CLOVIS - Police early Sunday arrested a man suspected of being involved with a kidnapping and shooting. Carlos Sanchez-Trillo, 31, was taken into custody without incident following a traffic stop about 3:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of East Howard Street, according to a Clovis police Facebook post. Police said they were looking for Sanchez-Trillo after a 20-year-old male approached a city of Clovis employee Friday morning at the city landfill. James Faulkner had an apparent gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to...
From a young boy to his last day, friends and family said, Stanley Hardwick was a good man. From the time he was growing up on his family's ranch in eastern New Mexico, Hardwick, who died Aug. 14, was known as humble, kind, hardworking, and considerate. "His family had the movie theaters for one thing; they were fairly well-off people but you couldn't get that from him," Ted Hartley, Stanley's childhood and lifelong friend, said. "The hard truth is in today's world, and I...
Booked The following were booked into local jails (Tuesday-Friday): Clovis • Jaime Sanchez, 25, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Mikel Nelson, 18, probation violation • Brenton Williamson, 32, child abuse - negligently cause • Rachel Cox, 30, child abuse - negligently cause • Melanie Kloberdanz, 39, aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug • Jolana Griego, 55, harassment, criminal damage to property, failure to appear on misdemeanor charge • Amanda Davalos, 34, failure to pa...
CLOVIS — In a special meeting Tuesday afternoon, Curry County Commissioners heard work is progressing slowly on addressing “forever chemical” contamination at and around Cannon Air Force Base first disclosed two years ago. The commission heard a presentation from Todd Ringler of Rep. Ben Ray Lujan’s office. There was no action associated with the update that took place in the virtual meeting that spanned about 90 minutes. Ringler gave a quick rundown of the last two years of work, which began in August 2018 when the Departmen...
Monday • Virtual tour of ENMU’s Blackwater Draw Museum — 2-3 p.m., ENMU Reads Facebook page. Video presentation hosted by Dr. Brendon Asher, assistant professor of anthropology and director of Blackwater Draw, ENMU Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology. Information: http://www.facebook.com/ENMUReads/ Tuesday • Virtual Afterschool S.T.E.A.M. (Science, technology, engineering, arts, math) — 4:30 p.m., Portales Public Library Facebook page. Open to kindergarten-sixth grade. Materials available in advance for picku...
Meetings are subject to change due to coronavirus concerns Monday • Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority special meeting — 3 p.m., ENMWUA Offices, Sitterly Professional Center, 801 Pile Street, Clovis. Public invited to attend via phone because of public health seating restrictions. Conference call-in number is 857-799-9602. Information: 575-935-4262 • Portales Municipal Schools board — 6 p.m., Board Room, L.C. Cozzens Administrative Offices, 501 S. Abilene, Portales. Livestream available at: https://livestream.com/acco...
On this date ... 1970: Clovis' first jail escape in five years had ended without injury. Officials said a 17-year-old prisoner overpowered a 62-year-old jailer. "I tried to use a little tear gas gun I had, but he struck my hand and knocked it away," Jailer Bill Burch told the Clovis News-Journal. Larry Smart had been arrested Sept. 11 on a car-theft warrant out of Texas. The next afternoon, he asked Burch - who was filling in for the regular jailer - to bring him some...
What do you get with a man who loves to live life and doesn't know how to sit still? You get Dr. Maurice Waters - a well-traveled man with an instrument-rated pilot's license, a two-time champion of a major golf tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada, and an avid quail hunter. The longtime Clovis dentist died on Aug. 1 at age 97. Waters' youngest son, Jack Waters, said from the time he was in sixth grade all the way through college, he and his dad and his older brother, Mark, would...
Curry Resident Senior Meals Association 901 W. 13th St., Clovis 575-762-9405 All meals served with 2% milk Monday: Sloppy joe on a bun, tater tots, mixed veggies, pineapple upside down, cake Tuesday: Swiss steak, scalloped potatoes, broccoli & cauliflower, dinner roll w/margarine, tapioca pudding Wednesday: Chicken strips, loaded mashed potatoes, cream gravy, seasoned green beans, biscuit w/margarine, pears Thursday: Beef lasagna, green beans, garlic toast, sugar cookie Friday: Roast pork w/gravy, baked sweet potatoes,...
