Stories from Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Many of them sang songs. A few others broke out the hip hop beat. A couple more demonstrated other skills. On Thursday evening, this group of performers took the stage at Mountain Home High School to showcase their abilities during this year's student talent show...

A Mountain Home man whose son was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for possessing child pornography pled guilty to similar charges in U.S. District Court on Thursday. Michael J. Ebenhoeh, 53, pled guilty to possessing and accessing child pornography with intent to view sexually explicit images of minors during his hearing at the courthouse in Boise...

It wasn't clear what the dump truck was hauling off the site as it rolled by, but it was a sign of progress. It had taken nearly three months to reach this point, but Jim and Billy Wolfe knew there was a lot more work ahead. Since they started back in January, they've been creating a new industry in Mountain Home that could make the community a competitor on a national level...

Members from the 389th Fighter Squadron and 389th Aircraft Maintenance Unit deployed Tuesday to Southwest Asia to conduct combat operations. Mountain Home's Gunfighters from the "Thunderbolt" squadron will support F-15E overseas contingency missions designed to deliver combat air power for joint operations and to meet ground commander requirements...

Dear editor: The root of the word "educate" is from the Latin, ducere, meaning to draw or lead. The prefix "e" means "out of." The teacher draws out of the student his potential, versus indoctrination where the teacher "puts in." What we see today in public schools is indoctrination: State-favored theories taught as facts that promote a false narrative used to advance Marxism. ...