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One of the suspects accused of a high-speed police chase through Tucumcari and an attempted shooting of officers in May accepted a plea deal that will put him behind bars in New Mexico for more than five years. Scott Sherbondy, 37, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Sept. 25 agreed in district court to plead guilty to resisting, evading or obstructing an officer during an arrest, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault upon a peace officer with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit aggravated...
A few weeks before Halloween, a paranormal investigation team from Amarillo will come Saturday night to the Tucumcari Historical Museum to see whether it's haunted and help a cause at the same time. Museum director Paula Neese doesn't need much persuasion about that possibility. She said she and visitors at the museum have heard or seen strange happenings in various spots of the 1903 building that once was Central School. The investigation by Buried Secrets Paranormal also will serve as a...
The Mesalands rodeo team has vastly improved this season. Trouble is, the teams in the entire region have improved greatly, as well. That's why the team title is up for grabs at the 12th annual Mesalands Community College Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Rodeo that begins Friday at the Quay County Fairgrounds rodeo arena. Saturday night is the championship round. Rodeo performances begin at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, with a slack performance at 9 a.m. Saturday. Nightly admission will be $5...
The village of San Jon learned Wednesday it will receive a $750,000 federal grant to build a second fire station north of Interstate 40. Village Treasurer Toni Stoner said during a phone interview Monday the village found about the Community Development Block Grant during a New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration hearing. The village had submitted a CDBG application last year that was rejected, she said, then revamped and resubmitted this year. Stoner said a second fire station had been a high-priority item on the village’s wish lis...
Tucumcari schools Wednesday — Breakfast: Egg and cheese muffinwich, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Walking beef tacos, ham and cheese wrap, Spanish brown rice, pinto beans, shredded lettuce, fresh tomatoes, fruit, milk. Thursday — Breakfast: Sausage breakfast pizza, Trix cereal bar, fruit, juice, milk; Lunch: Cheese pizza, garden salad, baby carrots, fruit, milk. Monday — Breakfast: Blueberry muffin with string cheese, cereal choice with cinnamon goldfish graham cracker, fruit, juice, milk;...
• Friday-Saturday — 12th annual Mesalands Community College Grand Canyon Region Intercollegiate Fall Rodeo. The first day of the rodeo begins at 6 p.m. Friday. Slack performances will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, with the championship performances later that day at 6 p.m. Quay County Fairgrounds, Tucumcari. • Saturday — Fossil Day Festival. The Mesalands Community College’s Dinosaur Museum and Natural Sciences Laboratory will offer free admission from noon to 5 p.m. Participate in paleontology demonstrations and dig for dinosaur fossils....
A Tucumcari man was booked into the county jail after being accused of four felonies, including sexual assault and aggravated assault. Lamar Eugene French, 31, was booked Sept. 27 into the Quay County Detention Center after being arrested on a warrant. According to online court records, French was charged with second-degree criminal sexual penetration that resulted in a personal injury, aggravated battery that caused or likely would case great bodily harm, tampering with evidence and false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offense....
Apropos of nothing, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson decided recently to not-so-boldly wade into the three-year-old controversy surrounding NFL players who kneel during the national anthem. While questions about pregame protests and players calling attention to inequality and police brutality were front and center during the 2016 and 2017 seasons, the on-field issue has faded over time, with far fewer players taking a knee this year. Either Parson didn’t get the memo, or the governor has just plain run out of ideas as he casts about for inspiration i...
New York Times columnist David Brooks, a thinking conservative, wrote what I consider a brilliant piece that sympathetically explains the loyalty of President Donald Trump’s base. Brooks, who is as critical of Trump as any “never-Trump” conservative, explains Trump loyalty without condescension by imagining a debate between an anti-Trump “Urban Guy” and “Flyover Man” from the nation’s interior. (It could have been two women, and maybe someone should imagine that conversation, too.) As Urban Guy ticks off Trump’s outrages and outbursts, Flyover...
Please help me get the importance of this infamous Trump-Zelensky phone call. The Democrats and their soulmates in the liberal media are seriously getting ready to impeach the president — again — because President Trump asked Ukrainian President Zelensky for a couple of favors? Apparently, given the hysteria, it’s the first time in U.S. history that our president has asked the leader of a foreign country to do a favor for him that might help him politically at home. President Trump asked — “pressed” is the loaded word the New York Times and i...
These calls were made to the Tucumcari-Quay Regional Emergency Communications Center from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6: Monday • 6:04 a.m.: Shots fired in the 1500 or 1600 block of South Fourth Street, Tucumcari. • 9:57 a.m.: Vandalism in 800 block of West Tucumcari Boulevard, Tucumcari. • 11:03 a.m.: Fight with no weapon in 1100 block of South Seventh Street, Tucumcari. • 11:57 a.m.: Assault in 200 block of West High Street, Tucumcari. • 12:13 p.m.: Theft in 1600 block of South Fifth Street, Tucumcari. • 12:48 p.m.: Assault at McGee Avenue and Rock Is...
These individuals were booked into the Quay County Detention Center from Oct. 3 to Oct. 4: • Michael Lucero, 48, Tucumcari, probation violation. • Pablo Mares, 34, Tucumcari, contempt of court. These individuals were released from the Quay County Detention Center from Oct. 3 to Oct. 4: • Curtis Linn Proby, 60, Albuquerque, time served. • Devion Mills, 27, Tucumcari, to probation....
Six turnovers in the first half and a depleted varsity roster spelled doom for the Tucumcari football team during a 55-0 loss Friday night at Texico that was shortened by the mercy rule. For the Rattlers (1-6), running back and linebacker Robbie Hartmann and tight end-linebacker Julian Vargas were sidelined with severe ankle injuries, and receiver and safety Ryan Birch was out with a non-football knee injury. On top of that, starting quarterback, safety and kicker Jesus Ramos quit the team...
The Tucumcari volleyball team dropped a 15-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-27 road match Thursday at Fort Sumner, snapping the Lady Rattlers' win streak at seven. Tucumcari fell to 9-6 overall. Jasmine Jones led the Lady Rattlers with nine kills, and teammate Felicity Lopez added seven kills. Reece Goldstone made 26 assists. "We started out a little sluggish," Tucumcari coach Dana Benavidez said. "We played better in the third and fourth sets but fell short in the fourth. Even though we lost, this will pre...
SAN JON - James Gonzales' third rushing touchdown with 1:33 left sealed a 39-33 victory for Carrizozo over San Jon/Grady in a six-man football game Friday afternoon that saw three lead changes and two ties. Gonzales ended the game with 108 yards on 14 carries. The win for the visiting Grizzlies (3-4) snapped a three-game losing streak. Carrizozo coach Jesse Samora said his team's resilience was the difference. "It's been a while since we'd won a game, so I was really proud of the boys for coming...
Manny Hernandez and Erin Encinias continued to be the top runners for the Tucumcari boys and girls cross-country teams Thursday at a wet Hobbs Invitational meet. Tucumcari coach Gary Hittson said it was “very entertaining watching the runners go through the mud puddles; they had a great time. The muddy conditions certainly were not hazardous.” Hittson did not get the final placings of his individual runners and teams, as those hadn’t been compiled before they departed for home. Hernandez finished the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 53 seconds to l...
Here’s my hot take for the day, which I will defend below: One of the best ways to serve the kingdom of God is to start a business. Offer goods or services that people will willingly part with their money to receive. Turn a profit. Glorify God. We’ve been taught to think in terms of overtly religious service as the best, highest, or only way to serve the kingdom. That’s all great stuff, of course, but Christians in the West used to understand that any honorable service to the wider commu...
25: The newspaper published several photographs of workers building a new culvert under a section of Interstate 40 west of Tucumcari. The work was expected to take about 18 months. • A Tucumcari resident reported the Richard East family lives across South Sixth Street from the Melvin West family. “This just goes to prove that East is East and West is West,” the newspaper observed. • The Odeon Theatre in Tucumcari was screening a new western, “The Good Guys and the Bad Guys,” starring Robert Mitchum and George Kennedy. The film was shot in...