Stories from Thursday, July 22, 2010

The Mountain Home Royals picked up five wins in six games last week as they closed out their regular season American Legion baseball schedule. Centennial 15, Royals 10 Royals 19, Centennial 12 In a pair of scores that looked more like football tallies, the Royals salvaged a split with the Centennial Cannons Tuesday night at home, losing the first game, 15-10, but battled from behind in the nightcap to win 19-12...

Mayor Tom Rist, city planner Bonnie Harper and Dr. John Goodrich from the local Rotary Club pose in front of an M-1 Abrams tank on display near Hot Creek Road on Monday. Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard donated the as part of a permanent display along Highway 20 in honor of service members that have served in the Persian Gulf since Operation Desert Storm in 1991...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A 25-year-old Florida man indicted in April on charges of kidnapping and raping an Idaho woman at the Walmart in Mountain Home in June 2003 has been brought to Idaho to face the charges. Douglas J. Steinemer of Deltona, Fla., joined his father, Hans Holsopple, in the Ada County jail on Thursday. Both are charged with kidnapping a former Elmore County woman from the parking lot of the Mountain Home Walmart and later raping her several times in a semi-truck...

The Russian-built fighter never stood a chance. Kylee Brooks already had the jet locked into the crosshairs of her own fighter, which at 15 miles continued to rapidly approach the target. Still safely out of sight from her quarry, she squeezed the small, red button that dropped a missile stored inside the internal weapons bay. ...

Dear editor: Come on now, Kelly. I'd never run around with nuclear missiles. For one thing, I don't have a suitable trailer hitch for the truck! No, "Mike" is not the LEAST bit ecstatic on a 5-4 decision. Any Supreme Court decision on a Constitutional issue should be 9-0. ...

July 7 • 00:18 Vehicle Stop• 01:53 Suspicious, MH• 02:02 Tow Sticker, Bannock• 02:11 Assist, N6E• 06:50 Traffic, I-84 EB MM81• 07:13 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 67• 08:45 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM118• 09:43 Theft, Marlette• 09:53 Stolen Vehicle, MH• 11:04 Warrant, MH• 12:03 Animal, Hwy 20• 12:27 Brush Fire, Hamilton Rd• 14:59 Citizen Assist, Hamilton• 15:42 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd• 16:35 Motorist Assist, Hwy 20• 16:51 Traffic, I-84 EB MM90• 17:25 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM129• 18:50 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30• 19:13 Civil Matter, W23N• 21:31 Vehicle Stop, Airbase Rd• 21:55 Vehicle Stop• 22:49 Vehicle Stop, Airbase Rd• 23:29 Vehicle Stop, 1st/Kansas. ...

July 14 • 01:14 Vehicle Stop, Beaman/Lott Rd• 01:30 Failure to Yield, N4W• 02:36 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd• 04:00 Fire, Other• 06:39 Vehicle Stop, Beaman• 08:00 Animal, Hill Rd• 09:04 Vehicle Stop, Canyon Crk• 10:11 Subject Stop, Simco Rd• 11:00 Hazard, Hwy 30/Aguirre Rd• 11:15 K9, MH• 11:26 Reckless, I-84 WB MM130• 11:56 Fraud, Madison, Glenns Ferry• 12:02 Probable Subject, Sunset Strip• 13:21 Collision Unknown, I-84 EB MM81• 13:50 Traffic, I-84 WB MM118• 14:32 Drug, E 2nd St• 14:59 Suspicious Circumstance, Hwy 167/Simco Rd• 15:14 Family Fight, Summerwind Dr• 15:15 Drug, E 2nd St• 16:20 Civil, Bradford• 16:47 Animal, Nashua• 17:25 K9, MH• 17:56 Brush Fire, Pine/Featherville• 18:48 Traffic, I-84 WB MM130• 20:05 Warrant, E 4th/Logan• 21:07 Shots Heard, Kelly Flats• 21:36 Hazard, I-84 WB MM71 1/2• 22:31 Vehicle Stop, Hammett Hill/Old Hwy 30. ...

The former branch manager at Wells Fargo bank in Mountain Home pled guilty Tuesday in U.S. Federal District Court to charges of embezzling $25,114 from accounts of three Wells Fargo customers.