Stories from Wednesday, November 6, 2013

The annual invasion has already begun... If given the opportunity, they'll get around locked doors and sealed windows to get inside. And once they've gotten in, they won't want to leave -- at least not willingly. It's a yearly occurrence that Mir Seyedbagheri knows all too well. ...

Dear editor: Well, is it still "just because he's black," or will it take financial chaos and the walking out of more good physicians to figure out that this president doesn't know what he's doing and never HAS? If the mainstream GOP moderates had any sense at all, they'd take their fingerprints off this fiasco completely and just let Obamacare crash and burn on its own, which it is going to do. There comes a time when even Democrats realize they're being lied to. And they don't like it...

A California man remains in custody in connection with a series of drive-by shootings that included one in Elmore County on Oct. 30. Lajai J. Pridgette, 28, remains in custody at the Gooding County Jail after he reportedly fired a weapon at two vehicles on the interstate...

With the threat of rain showers looming overhead, a motley collection of ghastly ghouls, sinister spectres, vile villains and legendary heroes gathered last Thursday for an evening of good-spirited fun. All of them packed into Hacker Middle School during this year's Safe Halloween Carnival -- a community event hosted by the city parks and recreation department...

George V. Withers, 83, of Hammett, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, at a Boise hospital. He passed in the company of his beloved wife, Mary, his children and his best friends. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...

Richard Urquidi won re-election to his city council seat and Geoff Schroeder was returned to the council while incumbent Alain Isaac went down to defeat in Tuesday's city council elections in Mountain Home. In light voting, Urquidi received 539 votes in the preliminary results reported, while Schroeder earned 476 and Isaac received 344 votes. The top two vote-getters in the at-large election were elected...

Camilla Joanne Bruce, 61, of Grand View, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at a Mountain Home hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home.