Stories from Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Mountain Home Tigers got their bats going last week and swept a their conference games against the Emmett Huskies, winning 12-10 at Emmett and 21-20 at home. Mountain Home 12, Emmett 10 In Thursday's game at Emmett, the Huskies scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to wipe out a 7-5 Mountain Home lead, but the Tigers answered with five of their own in the top of the seventh to go up 12-10...

The Columbia Lady Wildcats handed Mountain Home its first conference loss of the young softball season, as they pounded the Lady Tigers 13-4 Thursday at Columbia. Columbia only outhit the Lady Tigers 14-9, but took advantage of a few errors and timely hitting for the win...

A booth will be set up in Richard Aguirre Park on April 16 from 9 a.m. to noon in an effort to collect registered voter's signatures for a petition to recall Superintendent of Public Education Tom Luna. "Even if you've signed a petition before, this is 'the one' to sign and will be counted," recall organizers said...

The Elmore County Board of Commissioners plan to hold a series of hearings next month to gather public input regarding plans to build a large-scale community west of Mountain Home. Hearings on the Mayfield Townsite Planned Community begin at 6 p.m. May 3, 10 and 12 at the county courthouse...

District Judge Richard Greenwood ruled a mistrial in a case involving a former staff member at a juvenile corrections center in Mountain Home. Stephanie L. Hoagland originally faced two counts of sexual contact with a prisoner during a trial that ended here Friday morning...

In the spirit of friendly competition, the Mountain Home High School cross country team will host a donkey basketball game next Tuesday evening at Hacker Middle School. The contest pits local community members and representatives from the high school's senior class against junior students and others from the Mountain Home community...

The Idaho Horse Council is offering three scholarships to students who have or are graduating from an Idaho High School. Applications are available at the Idaho Horse Council office at 16114 Idaho Center Blvd. #5, Nampa, Idaho 83687 (phone 208-465-5477 or fax 208-465-5480)...