Stories from Friday, May 16, 2008

When Mountain Home Junior High hosted a special assembly recently on the physics of ballistics, the guest speakers for the event were Chief Warrant Officer 4 Steve Swenson and CW2 Kevin Stokes from the Army National Guard at Gowen Field. On exhibit for the presentation was an AH 64 Apache helicopter, that landed on the school ground...

G. Rustyn Casiano is running on the Democratic ticket for state senator from District 22 "because I got mad," she said. "This is supposed to be about fiscal responsibility," she said, but she's not seeing it from the Idaho Legislature. "There's a lot of people on minimum wage with no health benefits, and they're seeing gas prices, power bills and their taxes going up...

Officers representing law enforcement agencies from across Idaho gathered Friday morning May 16, at 10:00 am for the Idaho Peace Officers Memorial on the grounds of the Idaho State Police Headquarters (700 S. Stratford, Meridian). The annual event remembers those officers killed in the line of duty. Special recognition was given to Lee S. Newbill of the Moscow Police Department, killed May 19, 2007. He is the 64th officer whose name has been added to the memorial wall...

The Mountain Home High School Lady Tigers beat Lakeland in the 8th inning with a 1-0 win. Their next game is Friday night against Kuna at 5pm. If they win this one, they will go to the Championship on Saturday.