Stories from Thursday, May 15, 2014

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers dropped games to Bishop Kelly and Middleton last week to be eliminated from the District III 4A Softball Tournament. Bishop Kelly 13, Mountain Home 3 (5 innings) The Mountain Home Lady Tigers opened the District III 4A Softball Tournament at Bishop Kelly last Monday against the second-seeded Lady Knights...

The Mountain Home track team will send four girls and seven boys to this week's 4A State Track & Field Championships at Dona Larson Park in Boise. Mountain Home will send four girls in four events in the 4A girls competition as a result of their efforts at the district meet at Kuna last Thursday and Friday...

Three students from Hacker Middle School earned once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to become city leaders for a day. During an award ceremony May 5, Miya Ingram was selected as the Mountain Home's honorary police chief while Kaydan Winnings became the city's honorary fire chief...

Batten down the hatches. The women of the Red Hat Society are coming to Mountain Home. The organization of women over 50, whose goal is basically "just to have fun," will hold a regional convention in Mountain Home May 16-18. Just under 200 members from chapters representing seven western states have signed up to attend already, said Pat Eagley, one of the organizers of the event, which will be based on the theme "Hollywood in Mountain Home."...

Anna Jane Braithwaite, 89, of Mountain Home, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014, in the comfort of her home. Per her wishes, there will be no services, however, there will be celebration of her life on June, 7, 2014, at 4 p.m. at her home. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mountain Home...