The Officer Involved Incident Task Force is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 24, 2026, during an ongoing narcotics investigation. Metro Narcotics Agents had been conducting surveillance on a subject as part of that investigation. The subject was located i...

Las Cruces police have arrested a middle school teacher and coach suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student. Wyatt Cornelius, 43, is charged with one third-degree felony count of criminal sexual contact of a minor, and fourth-degree felony counts of child solicitation by an electronic...

At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously to remove the name 'Cesar Chavez' from the elementary school named for him at 5250 North Holman Road. Last month, The New York Times reported on sexual misconduct allegations against Chavez, triggering national refl...