Stories from Friday, June 5, 2009

West Elementary will hold a school yard sale on Saturday June 6, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The school is cleaning storage from its portable buildings. Items available for sale will include school equipment, books, learning toys, games, a refrigerator, electronics, and other items...

The sudden storm that ripped through Mountain Home just before 4 p.m. Friday has caused significant flooding throughout the city. The underpass has two to three feet of water in it and drivers moving through the downtown area are up to their hubcaps in water, which is threatening to enter the ground-floor areas of many businesses...

After a four-day trial, a federal jury sitting in Boise today convicted Lorrie Elmer Mecham, 69, of Mountain Home, of one count of receiving sexually explicit images of minors, and three counts of possessing sexually explicit images of minors, the U.S. Attorney's Office has announced...

A former Mountain Home resident, Matthew W. Wilson, 19, of Miller, Mo., was among three members of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, from Ft. Drum, N.Y., who died when an improvised explosive device (roadside bomb) blew up near their Humvee in Nerkh, Afghanistan, on Monday, June 1...

The wreckage of a Cessna 182 airplane, missing on a flight from Boise since Wednesday afternoon, was discovered in a rugged wilderness area north of Atlanta at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.

Thelma L. Wilson passed away peacefully in her sleep, May 26, 2009, at her home with her son nearby. At her request they will be no services. Her cremation is under the direction of The Cremation society of Idaho.