Stories from Thursday, November 22, 2012

Linebacker Jerad Contrell has been named to the East All-Star team for the 2012 El Korah Shrine 17th Annual All-Star Football Game. The game will be held Friday at Rocky Mountain High School in Meridian. The 11-man game begins at 2 p.m. The eight-man all-star football game begins at 11 a.m...

It was a successful week for the Talkin' Tigers. The Mountain Home High School speech and debate team took top honors at the Skyview Tournament last weekend and finished third last week at the Rocky Mountain High School Speech and Debate Tournament...

The annual Fireman's Ball will be held Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Elk's Lodge, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The Jeff Palmer Band will provide music for the informal-dress event, which helps raise money for the local volunteer fire department's burnout fund, aid to injured firemen fund and several scholarships they give to local students each year...

Looking to encourage more people to shop in Mountain Home during the holiday season, a business development team here will launch an effort that offers new incentives for those that spend their dollars locally. Scheduled to start Dec. 1, the "Shop Local for the Holidays" campaign represents the latest incentive unveiled by the local DIG-IT group -- an all-volunteer team affiliated with the city's economic development department...