Stories from Wednesday, February 8, 2017

A Mountain Home man remains in custody at the Elmore County Jail following his arrest last week on charges of rape. Michael E. McCarroll, 26, was initially charged with a single felony count of rape in which the victim was under the age of 16 and later amended to a felony count of lewd conduct with a child under 16...

Dear editor, The following is a note to the Mountain Home community. Since starting our Capital Campaign in 2016 to raise $265,000 for our "Save the Kitchen" project, you have helped us raise $46,300. Now we need your help. We have a chance to obtain a $150,000 grant from the Department of Commerce for our kitchen project if we can raise another $60,000 to $70,0000 by March 1...

Mountain Home's Black History Committee will reflect on a century of Black life, history and culture during a banquet Feb. 17. Celebrating its 28th anniversary in Mountain Home, the semi-formal event begins at 6:30 p.m. that evening at the Mountain Home Elks Lodge, 325 South 3rd West St., with dinner set to follow at 7:15 p.m...

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for northeastern Elmore County until 10:45 a.m. Friday due to anticipated rain and above-freezing temperatures that are expected to rapidly melt the snow pack across the area. Flooding was reported in the Tipanuk area with rain expected to turn to snow in elevations above 7,000 feet in the mountains across the northern half of the county, said Elmore County Undersheriff Greg Berry...

Recognizing her contributions at school, a senior at Mountain Home High School recently received recognition through a program aimed at recognizing students for these achievements. Elisabeth Stevens was selected as the school's student of the month, which seeks to create a culture of learning and stresses the values of academic success, civic involvement as well as personal character and values, according to school officials...