Santa Rosa News

As I prepped to leave a motel in Clarksville, western Arkansas, I wondered what day three of my trip west had in store for me.

Lloyd L. Jayroe, 75, of Sterling, passed away April 17, 2012, in Sterling. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, April 23, 2012, at Chaney-Reager Funeral Home.

We've learned new information about the man who police say is a possible suspect connected to the two bodies found on the Pajarito Mesa in a burned SUV on Tuesday.

USDA Rural Development State Director Terry Brunner announced the agency is currently taking applications to construct essential community buildings and to purchase needed equipment such as fire trucks and police cars.

Across eastern New Mexico there is a good chance that thunderstorms will develop this afternoon, and along a line from Raton down through Santa Rosa, down through Roswell and Carlsbad and all points east, storms could become severe with large hail, damaging wind gustsa and even an isolated tornado.