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New MexicoGALLUPFuneral services held for slain New Mexico nun
A slain Catholic nun who lived and worked on the Navajo Indian reservation was remembered Saturday for her passion for the poor at funeral services.A tearful, standing-room only crowd attended a funeral Mass for 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz at Gallup's Sacred Heart Cathedral. Bartz was laid to rest later Saturday just across the state line in St. Michaels, Ariz., on a rocky hillside overlooking the reservation where she lived for the last decade.
ALBUQUERQUETeen charged with killing nun in NM
A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items.Federal authorities accused Reehahlio Carroll, 18, of Navajo of "unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought" in the death of 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz, who served at St. Berard Catholic Church in Navajo.
SANTA FENM cabinet official resigns after DWI arrest
A top official in Gov. Bill Richardson's cabinet has resigned over a drunken driving arrest just days after she was appointed to a spot in President Barack Obama's administration.Secretary of Aging and Long-Term Services Cindy Padilla submitted her resignation on Oct. 26. The governor's chief of staff requested the resignation because the administration has a zero tolerance policy for drunken driving, according to a Richardson spokeswoman.
ALBUQUERQUETeen charged with killing nun in Navajo, NM
A teenager was charged Friday with killing a nun after allegedly breaking into her trailer home on the Navajo Indian reservation in search of cash or valuable items.Federal authorities accused Reehahlio Carroll of Navajo of "unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought" in the death of 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz, who served at St. Berard Catholic Church.
ALBUQUERQUEFBI: Teen's arrest linked to death of NM nun
A 19-year-old man has been charged under Navajo law with unauthorized use of a vehicle after being arrested in connection with the slaying of a nun in Navajo earlier this week.Navajo Nation court records identify the man as Reehahlio Carroll. He was being held in a Window Rock, Ariz., jail Friday after being arrested a day earlier in Navajo.
CARLSBADNM city prepares for salt cavern collapse
The bright yellow signs on U.S. 285 are the first indication that things aren't right in Carlsbad."US 285 south subject to sinkhole 1,000 feet ahead," motorists are warned.
ALBUQUERQUENM boy tells 911 operator he shot father in anger
"Just get a doctor over here!" the desperate 10-year-old boy begs a 911 operator. "Please hurry up. It looks like he's dying."A recording of a six-minute 911 call obtained Thursday by the Associated Press details the moments that Aug. 27 night after the boy allegedly shot his father in the head with a shotgun.
ALBUQUERQUEFBI refuses to talk about arrest in NM nun slaying
A Catholic church spokesman says an arrest in connection with the slaying of a nun on the Navajo reservation should help people sleep better. But federal authorities remain tightlipped on its significance.The FBI said agents arrested one person in the reservation community of Navajo after Thursday as part of their probe into the killing of 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz. Her body was discovered after she didn't show up for Sunday Mass.
ALBUQUERQUEFBI: Arrest made in slaying of New Mexico nun
Federal agents descended on a small community on the Navajo Indian reservation early Thursday to make an arrest in the slaying of a nun whose body was found in her home on church property.The FBI said it arrested one person in Navajo in the death of 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz, but declined to provide other details. The nun's body was discovered after she didn't show up as scheduled for Sunday Mass in a neighboring community.
NAVAJOFBI says arrest made in slaying of New Mexico nun
The FBI says it has made an arrest in the slaying of a nun who worked on a New Mexico Indian reservation.The announcement Thursday morning came days after the body of 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz was found in her home in the northwestern New Mexico town of Navajo. Her church sent someone to look for her when she failed to show up as scheduled for Sunday Mass in the neighboring community of Sawmill.
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