Hobbs Library Family of the Year At 11 months of age, Asaph Gomez doesn’t know what being a member of the Hobbs Public Library’s family of the year is all about. He does know he likes the cog toy with which he plays every week when his older sisters visit the library. Asaph’s sisters, Hadassah, 4, Havah, 3, and Hannah, …

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The teenager suspected of killing two people and injuring four others in a public library had been searching for “inner peace” shortly before the shooting, the youth’s pastor said. Nathaniel Jouett, 16, started attending Living Word Church of God three months ago and appeared to be turning his life around after having contemplated suicide several months …

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — A shooting inside a public library that killed two people and wounded four has deeply shaken an eastern New Mexico community. The gunman surrendered after the shooting Monday and was taken into custody without incident after police entered the Clovis-Carver Public Library, authorities and elected officials with the city of Clovis said during a news conference. …