Stories from Thursday, May 28, 2009

Ruby Elizabeth Sanders Landon was named Mother of the Year at Elmore Medical Center's annual Mother's Day Tea on May 8. Each year the Long Term Care Unit (LTCU) staff votes for the resident to be chosen as Mother of the Year. Landon was presented with the award surrounded by her granddaughters, great-granddaughters and friends...

Bernadine V. Kitts, 76 of Mountain Home, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at a local care center. Per her request, no formal services will be held. Inurnment will be held in Weston, West Virginia at a later date. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...

A 12-year-old girl was transported to Elmore Medical Center after she was struck by a car on Main Street early Thursday afternoon. The girl's condition has not been released. According the Mountain Home Police, the girl was in the crosswalk at Main and Jackson streets, and had just passed the center lane on Main Street when she was struck by the mirror of a mini-van as it passed her...