Stories from Thursday, November 1, 2012

The Middleton Vikings scored 21 points in the second quarter to go up 35-0 at halftime on their way to a 55-8 win over the Mountain Home Tigers Friday night at Tiger Field in Mountain Home. Mountain Home received the ball to start the game and enjoyed early success offensively, moving the ball from their own 30 down to the Middleton 30 before a penalty pushed them back and forced a punt...

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers started basketball practice this past Monday as they prepare for their season opener at home on Nov. 9 against Timberline. The Lady Tigers will be trying to improve upon last year's 8-15 season, which saw them lose the third-place game at district to Bishop Kelly...

From left, Stefanie Kazyaka and her daughter, Zara, meet with junior English teacher Heather Cherry during parent-teacher conferences Thursday evening at Mountain Home High School. Parents across Mountain Home met with teachers for a progress report on their children just days after the district marked the end of the first semester of the school year...

A local business is helping head up the local program of a regional effort spanning four states and 15 other local businesses to help reduce hunger in the Mountain Home area. The Alliance Title and Escrow Corporation office here is one of dozens of branches located across the western United States participating in the "Closing the Hunger Gap" effort...

Members of the Mountain Home community get a quick look at the contents of a storage unit at the Mountain Home Senior Center prior to an auction Saturday afternoon. People were given a total of five minutes to look inside each of two garage units at the center before bidding started that day. ...

The U.S. Secret Service launched an investigation last week regarding counterfeit money that was circulating around Mountain Home. According to initial information from the Mountain Home Police Department, the incidents involve low-quality $20 bills that were used to make purchases at a handful of local businesses...