Stories from Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Mountain Home Lady Tigers open their 2013-14 girls basketball season Saturday night at home against Mountain View. Back for his seventh season as head coach of the Lady Tigers is Brent Keener. "We had right around 30 girls try out, and we fielded three teams and we tried to keep as many as possible. We've got nine on varsity, nine on JV and I believe eight on the sophomore team" he said...

A Boise man charged with causing a crash in 2011 that killed a former Mountain Home resident has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tyrell Prather, 28, was convicted on a single count of vehicular manslaughter during a hearing Nov. 4 at the Elmore County Courthouse...

A Mountain Home man accused of raping a Treasure Valley woman in September is due back in court Dec. 2 to face the felony charge. D'Angelo A. Sewell, 21, was bound over to district court last Thursday following a preliminary hearing at the Elmore County Courthouse...

The Mountain Home Arts Council will present storyteller Daniel Bishop on Friday, Nov. 22, beginning at 7 p.m. at Mountain Home Church of the Nazarene. Tickets are $12 adult, $10 senior and $5 student. Tickets are are available at the at the door or in advance at Lucky Perk...

Martha Vesey Pierce Parks passed away Sept. 26, 2013, after a brief battle with cancer. She was laid to rest Oct. 7 in Zena, Ore., alongside her loving husband, Wayne Randle Parks. She was born on March 10, 1949. Martha graduated from Mountain Home High in 1967 and attended the Idaho State University School of Business...