Stories from Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Mountain Home Tigers swept their conference baseball series with Caldwell last week, winning on the road before returning home to face the Cougars. Tigers 8, Cougars 2 A five-run third inning for Mountain Home gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead as they went on to win, 8-2, last Wednesday at Caldwell...

With their last two games postponed by wet weather, the Mountain Home Lady Tigers softball team finally got a chance to play last Tuesday. However, the affects of not playing showed as the team dropped a conference game to Bishop Kelly before the Lady Tigers bounced back with wins over Preston and Jerome...

In a meeting April 27, the Western Elmore County Recreation District selected eight local youth sports groups to receive thousands of dollars in grants through a program aimed at helping these types of non-profit groups. Marking its third anniversary, the district's Let's Play grant program offered $15,000 in total funding...

Five months after budget cuts threatened to close its doors, the Mountain Home Youth Center continues to regain its reputation as the go-to place for local teens and youngsters. "The word is that we're back in business," said Cameron Hale, one of many volunteers leading the center's ongoing renovation efforts...

A pilot from Mountain Home Air Force Base was killed Wednesday morning after his aircraft crashed about 15 miles from a U.S. base in southwest Asia. The F-15E Strike Eagle pilot was among 300 members from the base deployed to the region in support of Operation Enduring Freedom...