Stories from Wednesday, June 29, 2016

"Help me! Please! Somebody help me!" The young woman continued to scream for help as she crawled across the ground. Around her, several others were sprawled out on the lawn, lying motionless. Just a few moments earlier, local police and sheriff's deputies had stormed the nearby building in search of the suspect. It took just a few moments before the shooter was taken down...

Dear editor, I would like to state that I agree strongly with Joyce Allgood regarding a swimming pool (Mountain Home News letter to the editor, June 22). In the early 1990s, I went door to door and to the senior center with petitions asking each person what facility would serve everyone the best. I received an unanimous response requesting a swimming pool...

Beverly Shattuck passed away at home unexpectedly on Friday, June 24, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 A.M., on Saturday, July 2, 2016, at Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mtn Home. Beverly was born in Sunnyside, Washington on October 4, 1945. She lived in Bickleton, Washington until she was a Senior in high school. She transferred to Caldwell High School in Caldwell, Idaho where she graduated in 1963. She went to the Sacred Heart School of Nursing in Spokane, Washington...

Evelyn J. Maybon, 86 years of age, passed peacefully into eternal life on June 25, 2016, with her children by her side. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 2, 2016, at the American Legion Hall in Bruneau. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Elaine Donna Maness, age 69, of Mountain Home, beloved wife of Gene, passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2016, at Vibra Hospital, in Meridian. Per her request no formal services will be held. Cremation was under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...

Due to the increasing fire danger conditions in Mountain Home and surrounding communities, a county-wide burn ban took effect July 1. The county commissioners officially signed the order that morning, which affects all residents living in Mountain Home, the Mountain Home Rural Fire District as well as the rural fire agencies in Glenns Ferry and King Hill.