Life & times in Southern New Mexico

NMSU’s “pretend” school shooting

Told you so, as I illustrated last April after having envisioned such an incident by reading NMSU’s student newspaper, The Round Up.
Today, New Mexico State University actually staged a school shooting, in an effort to educate staff and students on how to recognize a psychotic killer roaming hallways with semi-automatic firearms and to be sure [...]

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The menageries of Las Cruces

Why don’t they just set up hot dog stands, cotton candy machines, a creepy clown, and ticket booths at their front doors and go into business? Today I present Cruces-style zoological gardens.
Pitbulls seized: Dozens of dogs, cats found at mobile home
By Jose L. Medina/Sun-News reporter
Article Launched: 09/17/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT
LAS CRUCES — Officers were at [...]

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New guns fire “stinging ant” bullets

‘Ant bite’ turns out to be gunshot wound
Sun-News report
Article Launched: 08/11/2008 03:18:25 PM MDT
LAS CRUCES – What was thought to be an “ant bite” turned out to be a gunshot wound, according to sheriff’s investigators.
Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of two gunshot sounds near the 450 block of Marquez Street, in Anthony, [...]

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