Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around 9 p.m. Aug. 26 an officer responded to a crash in the 1200 block of Mabry Drive. When the officer arrived, he found a man lying on the ground in front of his vehicle, which had crashed into the side of […]
Times piece insulting to Muslims
August 26, 2010
Tibor Machan Do I search for hypocrisies among my adversaries? Only when it is too obvious to miss. And what if anything is wrong with hypocrisy? So what if you are a liar but make a big deal about condemning lying in your neighbor? Why is that a problem? In this era when major political […]
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12-31 Police blotter
December 30, 2009
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: About 5 p.m. Dec. 20 an officer responded to a residence in the 900 block of Jones for a report of a vicious dog. The resident said he shot his dog because it attacked him. The 61-year-old said he got up from […]
Police blotter — Aug. 26
August 25, 2009
CNJ staff Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around 11 a.m. Aug. 15 an officer responded to the 200 block of 11th Street for a found handgun. A man said he was there visiting a friend and saw a handgun lying on the ground next to his vehicle. […]
Sept. 11, 2008 Police Blotter
September 10, 2008
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: About 1 a.m. Sept. 2 an officer responded to a residence in the 1000 block of Calhoun for an attempted suicide report. A crying woman told the officer her boyfriend shot himself with a BB gun. She said they had gotten in […]
Aug. 15, 2008 Police Blotter
August 14, 2008
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: About 6 p.m. Sunday an officer responded to a report of 200 Manana Boulevard for a report of a subject down. The officer found a man who smelled of alcohol lying on the ground. It took the officer about 10 minutes to […]
Clovis couple bringing crucifix back to life
March 15, 2008
Freedom New Mexico: Dianna Hernandez Gene Lovato his wife, Inez, found a crucifix that could be hundreds of years old, according to one expert. The Clovis couple plans to have it restored and put it on exhibit at area churches. By Gabriel Monte: CNJ staff writer Gene Lovato was flooded with a mix of emotions […]
Charging Libby, who didn’t leak identity, off target
March 7, 2007
By Freedom Newspapers Nobody but daily attendees knows everything the jury does in the I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby case, so we are reluctant to criticize the seven women and four men who found him guilty on four of five counts related to obstruction of justice and lying to investigators and a grand jury. The more […]
The Worst Lies May Be the Ones We Tell Ourselves
November 14, 2006
By Curtis Shelburne: CNJ Religion Columnist Among the worst lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Author Keith Miller was right on target when he wrote, “Honesty may not be the doorway into the kingdom of Heaven, but it is the latchstring to every door in the house.” Lots of doors slam shut without it. […]
No one has right to impose will on others
February 28, 2005
by Thomas Sowell: CNJ columnist While the media have been focusing on the flap at Harvard growing out of its president’s statement about the reasons for the under-representation of women in the sciences, a much worse and more revealing scandal has unfolded at the University of Seattle. That’s where a student mob prevented a military […]
Although guilty, Martha Stewart still a scapegoat
March 9, 2004
Freedom Newsapers Pardon us if we don’t buy into the “somebody-rich-and-famous-is-going-to-jail-tra-la” schadenfreude or the pious claptrap about how this verdict sends a message that nobody is above the law. It’s not so much that the Martha Stewart conviction was a travesty — given the information the jury had to work with, one can understand the […]
Liars always get caught, often by themselves
February 21, 2004
Judy Brandon Once I stole a Hershey candy bar at the drug store. The cover up left me in an entangled snare of deceit. On that day, we were at the Katz Drug Store in Kansas City. Following my mother to the pharmacy area, I spotted the Hershey on the candy aisle. I justified in […]
Cues crucial in Clovis Community College play
July 23, 2003
By Helena Rodriguez Pulling off a wildly funny Neil Simon play where rumors fly and doors constantly open and shut is not about location, said actress Trenity J. Hill, it’s about timing. Cues are relative in Clovis Community Colleges’ upcoming play, “Rumors,” which another cast member, Chris Journey, describes not so much as a “whodunit,” […]
Martha Stewart prosecutors on a witch hunt
June 13, 2003
It’s not hard to view the federal prosecution of Martha Stewart, the multimillionaire home-decorating diva, as a witch hunt. The charges are devoid of the main crime she is supposed to have committed: insider trading. Surely, the 41-page indictment would have included such charges had there been anything to prosecute. Instead, the Securities and Exchange […]
