Stories from Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Finishing its second full year at its new campus, Richard McKenna Charter High School will celebrate the graduation of 12 students during a ceremony Saturday morning. The commencement begins at 10 a.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 950 North 7th East Street...

A handful of private organizations and county residents voiced their support or opposition regarding plans to build a large-scale community in western Elmore County. Testimony collected during a pair of hearings last week addressed whether to approve the Mayfield Townsite Planned Community -- a 5,375 acre development that would add another 37,000 people to the county...

Mountain Home police arrested three teens in connection with an arson case Wednesday evening. Firefighters responded to an emergency call involving fires deliberately set in two porta potties at Legacy Park around 7:30 p.m. As he drove to the scene, firefighter Chris Corbus spotted two of the teens riding their bikes on North Haskett Street near the park...

Police arrested a teenager in Mountain Home on Sunday in connection with a robbery in Garden City that ended with the shooting of a convenience store clerk. Brandon J. Peaslee, 19, of Boise, was one of two men wanted for actively participating in the robbery of the Jackson's Chevron Convenience Store on Chinden Boulevard around 1:10 a.m. Saturday...

The weather was perfect. Bright blue skies and a brisk wind helped hundreds of area residents launch kites into the skies at Legacy Park Saturday. From tiny triangular kites towed by tots to huge wind-driven animal replicas with a dozen feet of streamers attached, it wasn't unusual to see 40-50 kites at a time in the air...

Dear editor: Last Thursday, I attended a hearing on a proposed development near the site of the old Regina store, (they are calling it Mayfield?). Mayfield is up the road five or six miles. Just up the road, there is an area they are calling, "Danskin area." Now I know where the Danskin Mountain is and it's nowhere near this area. ...

A noted fiction author will sign copies of her books during an evening of chocolate and wine Friday evening at the Phoenix Storybook Company. The event featuring Bethany Maines runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the local bookstore at 2390 American Legion Boulevard...

Press release: Contact: Janet Nesbitt or Candy Farley Phone Numbers: Janet -- 587-4508 Candy Farley - 587-4537 SADDLE-UP FOR ST. JUDE TRAIL RIDE/HIKE Mountain Home, Idaho, May 30, 2011 Help save lives by riding, hiking or sponsoring a rider in the Saddle-Up for St Jude Trail Ride/Hike to benefit St Jude Children's Research Hospital. (No horse? You are welcome to join in to hike the trail.)...