Stories from Friday, March 1, 2013

Ben Ceccarelli, 17, the Mountain Home High School Tiger quarterback this year, has signed a letter of intent to play football for the College of Idaho. The son of Chuck and Laurie Ceccarelli, he is one of the first five recruits for the Coyote football team, which is being reconstituted this year after a 40-year absence on the playing field...

A luau-themed event heralded the official start of a yearly event in Elmore County aimed at raising money for cancer awareness and treatment. The Elmore County Relay for Life kickoff rally, held Feb. 20 at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Glenns Ferry, served as a gathering place for people and teams to sign up for the upcoming event...

Virginia Medley, 68, of Mountain Home, passed away Friday morning on Feb. 22, 2013, surrounded by family. Services will be held at 3 p.m., on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at the Riverside Hotel, located at 2900 Chinden Blvd., in Boise. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

A Mountain Home restaurant is one of several businesses across the state that have reported being the target of a utility billing scam. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden Friday warned Idaho businesses and consumers to be wary of telephone calls demanding immediate payment of utility bills...

Michael R. Knoblock, 65, of Mountain Home, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013, at Aaron Brooke Assisted Living center in Mountain Home. At his request, no services will be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel...