Stories from Thursday, December 12, 2013

The Mountain Home Tigers boys basketball team showed improvement, but still were unable to break into the win column last week, dropping games to Vallivue and Skyview. Vallivue 83, Mountain Home 65 The Tigers built up a nine-point first-half lead, but were unable to hang on to it as a hot-shooting Vallivue Falcon team exploded for 28 points in the fourth quarter to down the Tigers 83-65 last Tuesday night in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium in Mountain Home...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped a couple conference road games last week, losing at Skyview and Nampa. Skyview 65, Mountain Home 46 A 13-2 run by Skyview over a nearly eight-minute span helped the Lady Hawks push out to an insurmountable lead on their way to a 65-46 win over Mountain Home last Wednesday night at Skyview...

A former Wal-Mart employee accused of stealing money from the local retailer is due in court next week to face possible felony charges. Alice C. Schneider, 55, is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the local department store over a 14-month period...

The tiny voice erupted from the small ball of coat, hat and muffler that began bouncing up and down on a corner in downtown Mountain Home. "Look, mommy, it's Santa Claus! Look, mommy, look!" The little tyke was almost breathless with joy as he caught the first official appearance of Santa Claus in Mountain Home during Friday's annual Parade of Lights, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce...