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POLICE SAY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN A PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN SLOW GOING FOR DRIVERS ON PARTS OF I-40 EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE. JEFF MAHER HAS BEEN OUTSIDE BRAVING THE ELEMENTS MOST OF THE DAY. HE'S LIVE IN MORIARTY WITH THE LATEST. 'snow plow driving by '' ...................... ...... at my house.' FROM EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE..... TO THE WEST. EARLIER TODAY, STATE POLICE DIVERTED DRIVERS OFF I-40 BECAUSE OF BAD ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE GALLUP AREA. TONIGHT THEY'RE JUST ASKING EVERYONE ALONG THE INTESTATE TO TAKE IT SLOW. GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE ALONG I-40 NEAR SKY CITY WITH A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. '...Play in it a little bit'SNOW, RAIN, AND ICE...IT CAN ALL BE ICE...IT CAN ALL BE FOUND ALONG US 550 FROM CUBA UP NORTH TO FARMINGTON. PEOPLE IN CUBA SAY IT STARTED SNOWING EARLY THIS MORNING. BUT BY THIS AFTERNOON IT WAS JUST ON AND OFF FLURRIES. 'the roads are pretty muddy snowy.''no problem driving just a little wet roads that's about it.' CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT ALL DAY IN THE CUBA AREA PLOWING THE ROADS BUT STATE POLICE ARE DISCOURAGING TRAVEL ON 550 FROM BERNALILLO UP TO FARMINGTON. ALONG I-25 NEAR SANTA FE, CREWS ARE PREPARING FOR WHAT COULD BE A BUSY NIGHT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON, HEAVY 'FOG' SETTLED AROUND STRETCHES OF INTERSTATE-25 NEAR LAS VEGAS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN FIVE-FEET. IN LAS VEGAS, PEOPLE SAW A STEADY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ALL DAY. ALTHOUGH NONE OF IT STUCK TO THE ROADS, STATE POLICE SAY DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE STILL TRICKY--AND WILL GET DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS IN JUST A FEW HOURS. ' With the temperatures dropping, we have the potential for freezing black-ice. Be careful on the overpasses and underpassesgoing under bridgesthey tend to ice-up faster.'========== =============== POLICE ARE WARNING EVERYONE TO SLOW DOWN AND TO BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE SHUT- DOWNS OF I-25 IF CONDITIONS WORSEN. RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ALL DAY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. IN CARLSBAD PEOPLE WOKE UP TO A WET MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MINOR STREET FLOODING IN THE AREA. AN OIL WORKER IN THE AREA SAYS THE WEATHER MAKES HIS WORK MORE DIFFICULT. THE WEATHER ALSO CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WORKERS IN ARTESIA. A CREW CONSTRUCTING A SIDEWALK WASN'T ABLE TO LAY CEMENT BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN. IF YOU'RE HEADING OUT TONIGHT, YOU CAN GET THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BY CALLING THE STATE'S HOTLINE AT 1-800- 432-4269 WE ALSO HAVE CONDITIONS POSTED ONLINE AT KOB-DOT-COM. AND STAY WITH US THROUGHOUT THE HAVE CONDITIONS POSTED ONLINE AT KOB-DOT-COM. AND STAY WITH US THROUGHOUT THE EVENING FOR THE VERY LATEST ON THE STORM. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LARRY WILL BE BACK IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES WITH HIS FULL FORECAST. NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO... SHE SLAMMED INTO A SANTA FE MEDICAL CLINIC ... KILLING THREE PEOPLE AND INJURING SIX OTHERS. THIS AFTERNOON RACHEL RUIZ STOOD BEFORE A JUDGE TO FIND OUT HOW LONG SHE'LL SPEND BEHIND BARS. JEREMY JOJOLA WAS IN THE COURTROOM HE'S LIVE IN SANTA FE WITH THE JUDGE'S DECISION. TODAY A JUDGE IMPOSED THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS, BUT SUSPENDED HALF THE SENTENCE, MEANING RACHEL RUIZ WILL SERVE UP TO THREE YEARS FOR KILLING THREE PEOPLE. AFTER THE SENTENCE WAS READ, RUIZ WAS PLACED IN CUFFS... BEFORE THAT, AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN COURT ... THE RELATIVES OF THE THREE PEOPLE KILLED IN THAT CRASH TEARFULLY SPOKE BEFORE THE JUDGE, URGING HIM TO IMPOSE THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE. BUT ONE OF THE VICTIMS RELATIVES DID SAY RUIZ IS A VICTIM TOO BECAUSE SHE HAD A SEIZURE DURING THE CRASH. PROSECUTORS SAY RUIZ NEGLECTED TO TAKE SEIZURE MEDICATION, AND FAILED TO REPORT HER CONDITION TO THE M-V-D, AS REQUIRED BY LAW--MEANING SHE'S CRIMINALLY LIABLE. A PSYCHOLOGIST TOLD THE JUDGE TODAY THAT RUIZ HAS DELLUSIONAL THOUGHTS OF ALWAYS BEING A VICTIM BECAUSE OF HER LOW IQ--EQUIVLANT TO A FOURTH GRADER... AND THAT'S WHY RUIZ HAS LONGED BELIEVED SHE WAS CURSED THROUGH WITCHRAFT BEFORE THE CRASH. RUIZ DID APOLOGIZE FOR THE FIRST TIME JUST BEFORE SHE WAS ARRESTED. 'I didn't mean to do what happen...i've I had to live with a nightmare.''Lockhart:....... murdered my newphew and sister.''valdez: seving three years isn't an easy thing to do.'SINCE THE CRASH TWO YEARS AGO....SIX PEOPLE STILL REMAIN PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY DAMAGED, ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. RUIZ WILL SPEND THE NEXT THREE YEARS AT THE WOMEN'S PRISON IN GRANTS. A 12-YEAR-OLD HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IS CHARGED WITH MAKING THREATS AGAINST THE SCHOOL. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY FOUND FOUR THREATENING VOICE MAILS WHEN THE SOUTH VALLEY SCHOOL OPENED THIS MORNING. THE SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN. DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER RECOGNIZED THE STUDENT'S VOICE ... AND THAT WHEN THE 6TH GRADER WAS CALLED IN FOR QUESTIONING, SHE CONFESSED. THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED AT ABOUT 10AM. AN EMOTIONAL DAY AT ST. PIUS HIGH SCHOOL AS HUNDREDS GATHERED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO A STUDENT KILLED AFTER A CAR CRASH. THE SCHOOL'S GYM WAS PACKED WITH STUDENTS, FACULTY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THIS MORNING'S MEMORIAL MASS FOR 17-YEAR-OLD CAMERON RINGER. RINGER DIED YESTERDAY FROM INJURIES HE SUFFERED DURING A CRASH FRIDAY NIGHT. 'with tearful eyes we watched you and watched you pass away. Although we loved you dearly, we could not make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, put to rest. It broke our hearts to prove to us he always takes the best.'17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT JEREMY HENSLEY WAS ALSO INJURED IN THE CRASH. POLICE SAY THE TWO WERE DRIVING ON TRAMWAY NEAR SPAIN, WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER TURNED IN FRONT OF THEM INVESTIGATORS TELL US TODAY THEY ARE WAITING FOR AUTOPSY RESULTS BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO CHARGE THAT DRIVER. A TRIP TO WALMART LANDS AN ALBUQUERQUE BABYSITTER IN JAIL. POLICE SAY 22- YEAR-OLD ELECTRA RAMIREZ TOOK THE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL SHE WAS BABYSITTING TO THE WAL-MART AT EUBANK AND I-40 TO SHOPLIFT YESTERDAY. STORE GUARDS SAY THEY SAW THE TWO TAKE CLOTHES AND LEAVE THE STORE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THEM. RAMIREZ IS CHARGED WITH CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. A FORMER ARTESIA HIGH SCHOOL STAR QUARTERBACK WAS IN COURT TODAY, FACING CHARGES FOR THE DEATH OF HIS BABY GIRL. 23-YEAR-OLD ROBERT FLORES, NOW A STUDENT AT NMSU, IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. LAS CRUCES POLICE SAY FLORES TOLD THEM HE PUT HIS FOUR MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN A LAUNDRY BASKET LAST WEEK WHILE HE WENT OUT TO BUY BEER. HE TOLD THEM WHEN HE CAME HOME, HE BEGAN WATCHING A MOVIE. WHEN HE LATER CHECKED ON THE GIRL, SHE WAS DEAD. EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR HAS LEARNED... THE CITY IS DOING SOMETHING TO GO AFTER PEOPLE WHO DON'T PAY THEIR RED LIGHT CAMERA FINES. WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT IT, TONIGHT AT TEN. BUT FIRST AT SIX ... GOING BEYOND 'YOU DRINK YOU DRIVE YOU LOSE', THE NEW MESSAGE OFFICIALS HAVE FOR DRUNK DRIVERS THEY HOPE WILL FINALLY SINK IN. AND IS YOUR KITCHEN TOO SMALL FOR ALL THAT HOLIDAY COOKING? WE'LL SHOW YOU WHOSE YOU CAN BORROW. THOUSANDS OF