Stories from Friday, January 26, 2018

A case lasting over a year is coming to a close. Jesus Gastelum was charged in November 2016 with five counts of sexual exploitation of a child by willfully possessing or accessing sexually exploitative material. His sentencing was held Jan. 22, 2018. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

Heartstrings were tugged at the City Council meeting on Jan. 22, during which a public hearing was held on the proposed land swap between the City of Mountain Home and Rimco, Inc. A notice of the public hearing was published in all three of the previous editions of the Mountain Home News this year, which detailed the properties in question, including the value of the city-owned property...

After getting off to an energetic start, the last County Commissioners meeting of January became rather mundane, spending a large majority of the time continuing the complete overhaul of employee policies.For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

For the second consecutive year, Dante Haeberle won the local American Legion Speech Contest at American Legion Post 101. For the full story, pick up a copy of the Mountain Home News or click on this link to subscribe to the newspaper's online edition...

Charles “Chuck” Liercke passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Chuck was born Jan. 31, 1934, in Chicago, Illinois. He was one of four children born to Ray and Ruth Liercke. As a young child Chuck moved with his family to Southern California, where Chuck grew up riding motorcycles, farming and learning to fly airplanes...

Joseph Rudolph Szalay, 89, of Mountain Home, passed away at St. Lukes Elmore Hospital, on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. Arrangements are under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.