Stories from Thursday, March 28, 2013

The Mountain Home Tigers split their conference games last week, getting blanked at Middleton but shutting out Columbia at home. Middleton 10, Mountain Home 0 (6 innings) Middleton broke open a close game with six runs in the sixth inning to down the Tigers 10-0 last Tuesday at Middleton in SIC 4A Conference baseball...

A Mountain Home man accused of breaking into a local supermarket and setting fires inside the building is due to appear in district court next week. During his court appearance March 20, James D. Greenfield waived his right to a preliminary hearing regarding the felony charges...

Said Pedraza, right, receives a progress report on his daughter, Citlally, from her seventh grade language arts teacher, Len Jackson, during a parent-teacher conference Thursday afternoon. Schools across the district paused to meet with the parents of local students to provide a status report on each child's progress as the third quarter of the school year came to a close...

Joe Withers, 62, of Mountain Home, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at a Mountain Home care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.