Stories from Wednesday, April 12, 2017

A collection of student musicians, singers and actors will take the stage this evening as Mountain Home High School presents this year's talent show. Twenty students will showcase their talents during the event, which begins at 6 p.m. this evening in Lloyd Schiller Gymnasium...

Brad Stokes is known in some circles as the "bug guy." Not only can he quickly identify the name of a specific insect or spider, he can trace these organisms down to their specific species and subspecies. It's a calling he never expected to explore during his time at the College of Idaho in Moscow. He admits that it happened quite by accident...

It's estimated that approximately 683,000 children in the United States are the victims of abuse and neglect. While 75 percent of these cases involve actual neglect, the US Department of Health and Human Services reported that the remaining 25 percent of cases deal with physical and sexual abuse...

Brad Stokes is known in some circles as the "bug guy." Not only can he quickly identify the name of a specific insect or spider, he can trace these organisms down to their specific species and subspecies. It's a calling he never expected to explore during his time at the College of Idaho in Moscow. He admits that it happened quite by accident...

Tina Lynn Prior, 60, of Yankton, S.D., and formerly of Mountain Home, Idaho, and El Cajon, Calif., passed away peacefully in her sleep Sunday, April 9, 2017 at her residence. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Chapel, Yankton, S.D., with Rev. Rick Slattery officiating...

Arvel Emmert Shipley, 87, went to his heavenly home on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Arvel was born May 13, 1929, in Loyston, Tenn., to Dewey and Barbara Shipley. The third of 12 children, he grew up in Tennessee until he joined the U.S. Air Force in 1948...