Stories from Friday, May 8, 2015

Mountain Home police have identified persons of interest in connection with a series of vandalism cases involving residential mailboxes on the city's north side. The individuals reportedly damaged or destroyed more than 50 mailboxes over a 12-day period with the first incidents reported around April 14...

Troop 92 from Boise earned top honors in an overall competition among Boy Scouts during the 68th Annual Camp Wilson Camporee, which wrapped up on Sunday. Troops representing communities across southern Idaho gathered at the Boy Scout jamboree site between Pine and Featherville to participate in this year's camp...

The Mountain Home Tigers head into the District III 4A baseball tournament on a 12-game losing skid after ending the regular season with losses to Middleton and Kuna. Middleton 5, Mountain Home 2 Mountain Home had the winning run on base in the bottom of the seventh when they scored two runs but could score no more as they lost to the Middleton Vikings in another close game, 5-2, April 28 in Mountain Home...

The struggles continued for the Mountain Home Lady Tigers softball team last week as they closed out their regular season conference softball schedule with losses to Middleton and Kuna. Middleton 12, Mountain Home 1 (Five innings) Defensive miscues by Mountain Home led to eight unearned runs April 28 as they fell to the Lady Vikings from Middleton, 12-1, in five innings at Memmelaar Field in Mountain Home...

William Frank Page, age 83 of Mountain Home, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2015, at the Boise VA Medical Center. Graveside inurnment with military honors will be conducted at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 18, 2015, at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Cremation is under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel.