Stories from Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Triple-murder suspect Jorge Alberto Lopez-Orozco has been returned from Mexico to Elmore County to face trial. Lopez-Orozco is a former FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive who has been charged in the 2002 murder of his girlfriend and her two children, whose bodies were discovered in a burned out vehicle near the Snake River in Elmore County...

Family, friends and community leaders paused last week to honor six Mountain Home women for their lifelong commitment to promoting sportsmanship, teamwork and athletic talent in others. The 11th Annual Women's History Banquet on Saturday highlighted these "women of strength" and their perseverance against overwhelming odds to achieve greatness...

Tickets are still available for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet, which will be held at the Elk's Lodgethis Saturday. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the prime rib dinner set to begin at about 6:30 p.m., followed by the live auction, general raffle and silent auction beginning at approximately 8 p.m...

Six months of intensified combat training came to an end Monday morning as hundreds of airmen from Mountain Home Air Force Base boarded a plane heading for the Middle East. The team of aircraft maintenance specialists, crew chiefs and support personnel representing the 389th Fighter Squadron were part of the more than 400 base personnel flying into the region as part of a regularly scheduled deployment...

Mountain Home officials formally filed a protest with the state over proposals to build a pair of planned communities on the western edge of Elmore County. The protest involves the Mayfield Springs and Mayfield Townsite projects, which seek to convert more than 5,700 acres of agricultural land into a major community that would accommodate nearly 50,000 additional people...

The Hacker Middle School sixth grade choir will travel to Boise on Thursday morning to perform in a nationwide music observance. Choirs from across Idaho started performing in the newly renovated rotunda at the state capitol earlier this week as part of the national Music In Our Schools Month observance...

Dear editor: This morning around 11:15 a.m., while driving down American Legion, I saw a large number of young students out with protest signs against Mr. Luna. I was struck wondering why these students were not in school and who put them up to this?...

Dear editor: Hello, I'm a 6th grader from Hacker Middle School. Our school is having an aluminum can drive for the Ronald McDonald House in Boise. The Ronald McDonald House is a place where families of sick children who are in the hospital can stay. It costs $10, but they need more funds...

Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lewis of Mountain Home have announced the engagement of their daughter, Krystal Colleen Lewis, to Sebastian Schiesier, son of Birgit and Peter Drescher, of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Lewis, a 2000 graduate of Mountain Home High School and a 2005 graduate of Lewis-Clark State College, is currently employed with the U.S. Army as a DoD civilian working at the Edelweiss Lodge and Resort in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany...

March 2 • 05:36 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 30• 07:34 Vehicle Stop, E17N• 11:21 Traffic, I-84 WB MM107• 11:58 Vandalism, Bluegrass Cir• 13:02 Suicide Threat• 13:12 Suicide Threat• 13:25 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd• 13:27 Vandalism, MH• 14:14 VIN Inspection, S3E• 16:20 Traffic, Overland• 16:22 Vehicle Stop, Hwy 20 MM126• 16:54 Vehicle Stop, Airbase Rd• 17:04 Vehicle Stop, MH• 17:06 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd• 18:28 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd• 19:32 Paper Service, Beaman• 19:46 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM78• 20:04 Paper Service, Beaman• 22:22 Medical, Ash Ave. ...

Robert and Linda Wickham, formerly of Mountain Home, and Sandy Hess of Lowell, Ohio, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Triche Sterling, to Jacqueline Carpenter, daughter of Bobby and Denise Brooks of Mountain Home and Bruce Carpenter of Rapid City, S.D...

Mary Jane Balliet McCrorey Voorhees was born on Feb. 24, 1929, in Elk Grove, Calif. She passed away Feb. 6, 2011, in Mountain Home, Idaho. A celebration of her life will be held at her brother's home, on March 19. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home,...