Stories from Thursday, April 12, 2012

Local residents have until 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, to submit their state and federal tax returns to the Mountain Home Post Office to meet this year's filing deadlines. The post office will accept tax returns from those opting to mail their returns throughout the day to ensure the envelopes receive an April 17 postmark...

Members of Boy Scout Troop 57 render honors after they finished planting the last of 25 flags along a stretch of Irwin Street in Mountain Home early Friday morning. Braving the icy wind, the Scouts volunteered to plant the flags along the street in the Faith Crossing Subdivision in honor of Capt. ...

The Mountain Home Tigers went 1-2 last week in conference baseball, beating Nampa in a makeup game before losing two to Skyview. Tigers 12, Nampa 4 The Mountain Home Tigers came away from Nampa last Tuesday with a 12-4 win over the Bulldogs to complete a game started on March 16. The earlier contest was suspended in the third inning due to rain with Mountain Home up, 7-4...

The Lady Tigers faced three of the tops teams in the conference on the road last week with Mountain Home coming away with three losses. Skyview 13, Mountain Home 1 (Five innings) The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped a 1-13 conference softball game to the Lady Hawks at Skyview on April 2...

In a change of tradition, representatives with the Elmore County Fair and Rodeo will hold its annual rodeo queen pageant May 26. The event will begin at 10 a.m. that day at the county fairgrounds in Glenns Ferry. This year marks the first time since the pageant's return in 2010 that the competition will run separate from one hosted by the Daniel Dopps Memorial Rodeo organization...

Philip W. Gridley passed away April 10, 2012. He was born March 11, 1926, the son of Albert L. and Caroline Durfee Gridley. The family moved from Hagerman to Mountain Home in 1935. They were the owner-operators of the City Meat Market on Main Street in Mountain Home. Phil attended schools in Hagerman and Mountain Home...

BOISE (AP) -- A second man convicted in the 2003 kidnapping and rape of an Idaho woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison April 10, 2012. Douglas J. Steinemer, 28, of Deltona, Fla., was sentenced by 4th District Judge Timothy Hansen, who called the offense "every person's nightmare."...

April 4 • 02:30 Traffic, I-84 WB MM135• 05:27 Motorist Assist, I-84 Exit 95• 07:29 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 07:49 Vehicle Stop, S18E/Hamilton Rd• 08:09 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd/N8E• 08:24 Motorist Assist, Airbase Rd• 08:40 Motorist Assist, I-84 EB MM92.2• 09:26 K9 Training• 09:27 K9 Training• 09:32 Motorist Assist, I-84 Exit 95• 09:43 Animal, Old Hwy 30• 09:51 Vehicle Stop, American Legion Blvd/N18E• 11:31 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM93• 11:37 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM102• 12:02 Assist, N Hidden Pine Rd• 12:24 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM93• 12:29 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM98• 12:31 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM108.5• 12:36 Vehicle Stop, Ditto Crk• 13:01 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM88• 13:06 Littering, SW Contrail Ave• 13:08 VEhicle Stop, I-84 WB MM105• 13:15 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM103• 13:29 Fraud, Glenns Ferry• 13:36 Stalking, Glenns Ferry• 13:47 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM107• 13:51 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM87• 14:01 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM107• 14:31 Vehicle Stop, Glenns Ferry• 14:37 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM90• 14:37 Vehicle Stop, I-84 EB MM103• 15:09 Vehicle Stop, I-84 WB MM82.5• 16:57 Animal, Hwy 51• 18:31 Juvenile Probation, Glenns Ferry• 21:25 Assist, Hwy 78 split• 21:30 Animal, Tillli/Ditto Crk• 21:51 Traffic, I-84 WB MM113• 23:02 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB MM93• 23:06 Motorist Assist, I-84 WB MM104. ...

MEN WALKING IN WOMEN'S SHOES IN NAMPA The Northwest Nazarene Student Nurses Association invites Male participants to walk a mile wearing high heels for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event in support of survivors of domestic violence. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Nampa Family Justice Center. Limited...