Stories from Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Two-block stretches of American Legion Boulevard and North 10th East Street were reopened late Wednesday morning following a response to a suspicious package in Carl Miller Park. Authorities closed the roads after they received a report at approximately 8:30 a.m. regarding the suspicious item discovered in the city park.

A man convicted of murdering a woman and two of her children in Elmore County more than 10 years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison following his sentencing in Fourth District Court on Monday to three consecutive life terms. Jorge Lopez-Orozco received the maximum punishment in connection with the 2002 slaying of Rebecca Ramirez and her two children, Miguel, and Ricardo.

Chelsea Bacon and Trevor Wessman were united in marriage during a ceremony March 1 at the Oquirrh Mountain Latter-day Saints Temple in Salt Lake City. The bride is a graduate of Mountain Home High School and currently attending Weber State University in Ogden Utah. Her family includes her parents, William and Sandra Bacon of Mountain Home, and grandfather Fred J. Bacon Jr. of Salt Lake City...

Bryan and Anita Straw will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary March 16 in Jackpot, Nev. Their children, Chealsey and Corey, wished them "many more anniversaries in the years ahead."

M.D. and Lawanda Hinton will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary during a party on March 23. The couple was married in the First Baptist Church of Rusk, Texas, on March 20, 1953. Their children include Sharon Hamilton and husband Jim of Alamogordo, N.M.; Cindy Hinton of Houston, Texas; Daryl Hinton of Boise; and the late Andrea Oakland. ...

Ken and Brandi Hissong of Mountain Home have announced the birth of a daughter, Donna Rose Hissong, on Jan. 29, 2013, at Elmore Medical Center. At birth, Donna weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21 inches long. Grandparents are Tom and Anna Hisson of Mountain Home and Brad and Brenda Rhoads of Mountain Home...

Twenty-one years of hard work paid off Saturday night when the Mountain Home Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation blew past its million dollar mark for fundraising. The event, held at the Elk's Lodge, raised approximately $100,000 in gross donations, netting about $70,000, well past the $10,000 needed for the local chapter to pass the million dollar mark for funds raised to benefit wildlife habitat preservation. "Now we're working on the second million," Banquet Chairman Jeff Day said...

Glenns Ferry Mayor JoAnne Lanham easily turned back a recall effort during Tuesday night's special voting. Lanham received 206 votes to retain her as mayor while 137 votes were cast to recall her. One vote cast was not marked. All results are unofficial until they have been canvassed later this week...

William "Bill" Franklin Monroe, 77, of Mountain Home, Idaho, passed away on March 8, 2013, at the VA in Boise, Idaho. He was born on Nov. 9, 1935, in Walkerville, Mich., to George and Thelma Monroe. He later moved to Muskegon, Mich., where he was raised and graduated...

Gary Wayne Kellum, 60, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2013, at a hospital in Boise, Idaho. Gary was born on Nov. 11, 1952, to E. Wayne and Margaret Kellum, in Friendswood, Texas, the sixth of six sons. He was raised in Friendswood where he attended elementary and high school. Gary was active in athletics, and especially excelled in football...