Stories from Friday, May 24, 2013

Tessa Pachner and Emma Wenger picked up a girls' doubles win at state, but were eliminated in three matches in the girls' doubles 4A State Tennis Tournament at Capital High School. The number one girls' doubles team from Mountain Home had qualified for the state tourney with its sixth-place finish at the District III 4A Tournament. The two seniors opened against the team of Taylor and Taylor from Wood River and lost 2-6, 4-6...

The family's well-worn scrapbook tells just part of the story. Its pages include a myriad of photos and newspaper clippings they had collected over the years regarding their daughter, Alexandra Tatum. But it's the gold, silver and bronze medals that the teen has earned over the past six years that tell the rest of her story. Each time someone turns the pages of the scrapbook, her collection of medals clank together. They clearly highlight her growing list of accomplishments...

Two students from Hacker Middle School earned a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become city leaders for a day. Last Wednesday, Preston Nowak was selected as the Mountain Home's honorary police chief while Juana Gomez-Solis became the city's honorary fire chief...