ALBUQUERQUE — Markell Quashan Sweargin, 19, of Lubbock, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Las Cruces to transporting a person for the purpose of engaging in prostitution. Sweargin was arrested in Hobbs in June 2017, on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting a person in interstate commerce for the purpose of forcing the person to engage in a commercial …

Hobbs Schools celebrated homecoming events on Friday, including a parade on Broadway.

For four decades a Hobbs family has been flipping and selling hamburgers in the Downtown Mini Mall and they credit their success to their customers. Kenny and Peggy Smith, the founders of Casey’s, and their daughter Paula Manis, the current owner of Casey’s, are celebrating their restaurant’s 40th anniversary. Casey’s is located at 209 W. Broadway. Kenny said he and …

Local Elementary and middle school students and their teachers can get a free breakfast this morning at McDonald’s. The four restaurants in Hobbs and Lovington are part of a state-wide effort to provide a free, nutritional breakfast to any student who wants one. Any student from Kindergarten to eighth grade and their teachers can visit a local New Mexico-based McDonald’s from …

Over 60 students explored a Native Air Medivac after landing in the parking lot at St. Helena’s School Thursday afternoon.

While the main concern from Hurricane Harvey those who can walk and talk, one entity in Lea County is committed to helping those who have fur, hooves, paws and claws and mostly want to be petted. A small caravan of Lea County residents who care about what happens to animals displaced, lost or abandoned is forming to take supplies 12 …

Hurricane Harvey donations are still being accepted in the Wal-Mart parking lot near McDonald’s. New Mexico Junior College has volunteered to transport donations to Texas.

Mrs. Chesser’s sixth grade class at Lovington Sixth Grade Academy are collecting sock donations to give to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. To make a donation, drop off socks at Mrs. Chesser’s class at the Lovington Sixth Grade Academy. For more on this story read Thursday’s Hobbs News-Sun.

Hobbs police officer Jimmy Grimes will miss work today, but not because he wants to. Hurricane Harvey stranded him on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico waiting for the Port of Galveston to re-open. Among some 20,000 passengers on four cruise ships in the Gulf of Mexico when the hurricane hit, Grimes said his ship, the Carnival Breeze, …

Nancy and Josue Palacios house 25 Texas evacuees in their home in Hobbs. The evacuees are from the Houston-area who were able to leave their homes before Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast Friday. For more on this story read Tuesday’s Hobbs News-Sun.