Stories from Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Mountain Home Tigers closed out their regular season schedule by taking their conference series from Emmett before they opened District play with a win at Kuna. The Tigers got a great pitching effort from Jared Day last Thursday at Mountain Home during Senior Night. He also helped himself out at the plate with two hits and drove in two runs in a 4-0 win...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers bounced back from their loss to Bishop Kelly early in the week with wins over Middleton and Emmett to close out their regular season softball schedule. Bishop Kelly 13, Mountain Home 1 (Five innings) They say softball is sometimes a game of inches. This was the case April 30 when the Lady Tigers took on the Lady Knights at Bishop Kelly...

A modern, stone-age family meets the family of the future this week as Mountain Home High School's Encore Company presents its final production of the year. "The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones" takes the stage at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10, in the high school gym with additional curtain calls Friday and Saturday evenings...

Jesse Pugh, a junior at Mountain Home High School, quickly veers off course as he tries to walk a straight line while wearing a pair of "beer goggles" during a health fair at the school May 2. Hosted by the Health Occupation Students of America club at the high school, the vision-impaired test was one of four events held that day that focused on student issues like smoking, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases...

A Mountain Home man pled guilty in U.S. District Court on Monday to child pornography charges. Joseph E. Ebenhoeh, 27, faces more than 17 years in prison without the possibility of parole during his sentencing hearing, scheduled for July 18 at the federal courthouse in Boise...

Members of the Elmore County Hispanic Organization's dance team step to the beat as they showcase their moves during a Cinco de Mayo celebration Saturday afternoon in Mountain Home. Held at Stardust Plaza, the fiesta was the first time the county organization had hosted Cinco de Mayo here since 2007...