Stories from Friday, February 10, 2017

Schools in the Mountain Home School District will hold parent-teacher conferences Feb. 16. District schools will remain in session but dismiss at 11:30 a.m. with the exception of Bennett Mountain High School, which will dismiss at 1:30 p.m. with no classes scheduled for Feb. 17...

The parish priest for the Catholic churches in Mountain Home and Glenns Ferry entered a plea of not guilty to charges of sexual assault during his arraignment in district court on Monday. Father Victor Jagerstatter is scheduled to stand trial in April after he was accused of sexually assaulting an airman from Mountain Home Air Force Base last July...

A Mountain Home man was found not guilty of wrongdoing in the accidental death of his infant son as a result of a crash on the interstate more than 18 months ago. Justin Fitzpatrick was charged with vehicular manslaughter in connection with the July 24, 2015, collision that happened around 6:30 p.m. that afternoon near milepost 75 east of the Simco Road exit...

A partnership between the Mountain Home School District and Department of Defense Education Activity led to a $1.5 million grant aimed at reducing disciplinary incidents among students in local area schools. Spanning a five-year period, the program also focuses on social-emotional skills by providing teachers with professional development training through a program known as Social and Emotional Learning Skills...

Thomas Wesley Hill, 69, beloved husband, father and grandfather, passed away while battling cancer on Feb. 7, 2017, at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home. Tom was born Nov. 7, 1947, to Norman C. Hill and Gretchen (Grotz) Hill in Ottumwa, Iowa. After graduating from high school in 1966, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force...

The Elmore County board of commissioners signed a resolution on Friday declaring a state of emergency across the county. The declaration includes areas in the vicinity of Mountain Home, Oasis, Tipanuk, Prairie, Pine, Featherville and Atlanta along with Alkali, Rosevear, Hot Creek, Sailor Creek, Slick Ranch, Sugar Bowl, Murphy Springs, Black Mesa, Pine-Featherville Road, Blacks Creek, the South Fork of the Boise River and Beaman Road...

Sandra Lee Beebe, 72, of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. A memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church. A graveside inurnment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home...