Stories from Wednesday, August 8, 2012

The roar of motorcycle engines drowned out the music playing in the park as the riders revved up the motors of their choppers. On the other side of the park, drivers fired up their collection of rebuilt and heavily modified classic cars to illustrate their vehicles had just as much life -- and as much thunder -- as their two-wheel counterparts...

Merle and Joyce Young of Mountain Home celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 5. The couple were married in Hunter, Okla., in 1962. The couple have two children, Cheryl Anderson of Anchorage, Alaska, and Michael Young of Mountain Home. They also have five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

Rick and Rose Axtell of Mountain Home have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Angelina Axtell, of Meridian, to Matthew Schofield, son of George Schofield of Philadelphia, Pa., and Bill and Janet Cunningham of Middleton...

Freshmen orientation will be held at Mountain Home High School Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event will begin in the high school gym. All freshmen are being encouraged to attend. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

A Mountain Home man convicted in 2010 for his role in a fatal car accident will spend at least seven years in prison for violating the conditions of his probation. During a hearing in district court on Monday, Michael Martin received two consecutive sentences on two felony counts of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries or fatality. ...

A last-minute decision changed the location of the Mountain Home High School football team's breakfast and football scrimmage. Saturday's pancake feed will start at 9 a.m. at Legacy Park with the Black and Orange scrimmage following at 10:30 a.m. The event comes just days before the Mountain Home Tigers travel to Columbia High School for a jamboree Aug. 17 before they play their first game of the season Aug. 24 at Tiger Field against the Jerome Tigers...

A series of storm cells sweeping through Elmore County Wednesday triggered lightning-caused fires all across the county. The storms lacked any significant rain but carried high winds with them that allowed even small fires to grow quickly as BLM and area firefighters rushed from one scene to the next...