Stories from Monday, January 16, 2017

Tandyn Riley, Raymond Sheets, David DeVore and Dallas Gentry in Lisa Stover-Russell's first grade classroom at East Elementary School work on a language arts assignment as classes resumed Jan. 4 following a two-hour delay attributed to a winter snow storm. ...

Devin Mackley attaches a police badge to the uniform worn by her husband, Officer Philip Mackley, as he was sworn in as Mountain Home's newest police officer during a ceremony on Dec. 29. Originally from Oregon, the couple attended college in Rexburg before he accepted a job with the city police department here...

Josiah Gliddon stirs of a batch of homemade chili as he prepares to serve pedestrians as they passed by a booth set up in the parking lot of the former Paul's Market on Friday. Unable to work after being sidelined due to a chronic medical condition, Gliddon set up the free chili and corn bread feed as a way to help others in the Mountain Home community, with a focus on those who struggle to make ends meet. ...

Pedro "Pete" Perez, 99, of Mountain Home, passed away on Jan. 12, 2017, at St. Luke's Elmore. A Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at Our Lady of Good Counsel, and burial with military honors will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...

Angelica Orozco Hurtado passed away on Jan. 13, 2017, at St. Luke's Elmore at the age of 52. Services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, with a viewing from 10 a.m. until the 1 p.m. funeral service, all at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Burial will follow at Mountain View Cemetery in Mountain Home...