Las Cruces News

LAS CRUCES >> A former Las Cruces Police Department detective pleaded guilty Thursday to molesting a young girl between 2004 and 2009, the second case involving child sex crimes that he has admitted to since April.

A puppy gets close to the camera while have a social with a family on Thursday at the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley.

Aaron Scott has been the farm manager at the New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center at Clovis for 10 years.

New Mexico State Film Office Director Nick Maniatis said he is looking into a proposal that would give game and app developers a tax break similar to that offered TV and film producers.

Officials struggling to fund a recently restructured state-wide program that helps hospitals pay for care provided to the uninsured say there is significant confusion over the changes and plenty of blame to go around.

Shari V. Hill - Sun-News file photo New Mexico State University Housing Director Julie Weber shows a two-bedroom, one-bathroom home in the student family housing area of campus last year.

The casting call for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "The Secret Garden" will take place at 10 a.m. Monday at the Rio Grande Theatre, 211 N. Main St. There are roles for students entering first grade through 12th grade.

Good Samaritan >> There are truly good Samaritans in town. On July 3, I left my purse in a Walmart shopping cart.

Congratulations to the Las Cruces Yankees 10U baseball team for winning the 2014 State Championship tournament in Rio Rancho on June 15. The Yankees returned to Las Cruces and also won the city league championship on June 24. The team will travel to Santa Fe on Friday to compete in the regional tournament in hopes to continue a successful season ... (more)

Water rushes in an arroyo on Wednesday at the corner of Highway 28 and Avenida del Panteon near Lorenzo Guerra's farm.

LAS CRUCES >> A Las Cruces baby girl is dead and her mother has been charged after she allegedly used blankets to muffle the infant's cries.

Starring in the Starlight Children's Theatre production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Patience," are, from left, John Paul Andersen, May Harrington and Jacob Darmata.

Combination plate No. 3 offers a little bit of everything: a folded taco, flauta, chile relleno, chile con carne, rolled enchilada and beans and rice.

LAS CRUCES >> A couple of adults suspected of shoplifting at Kmart were also charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor because the woman's young daughter accompanied them.

LAS CRUCES >> A Las Cruces man has been arrested on charges of shoplifting and trying to elude officers inside a Walmart store.

LAS CRUCES >> El Paseo Road near Las Cruces High will be closed from 5 a.m. Friday through noon Saturday while crews install a walkway connecting the school with new construction across the street.

LAS CRUCES >> A Mescalero man was sentenced in Las Cruces federal court Wednesday to more than four years in prison for a sexual abuse conviction.

LAS CRUCES >> Deputies arrested a La Mesa man Tuesday after he allegedly chased his brother and nephew with a knife and threatened to kill them.

LAS CRUCES >> Though the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority might have made progress over the last decade toward resolving a long-standing feud between Dona Ana County and the city of Sunland Park over new development in the southernmost end of the county, the utility provider is now involved in a smaller-scale dispute with county officials.

The Las Cruces Fire Department battled an attic fire Tuesday evening at a duplex on the 2300 block of Dr. King Way.