Stories from Wednesday, July 31, 2019

The city of Mountain Home saw a long term project come to final fruition with the opening of South 18th after a ribbon cutting Monday morning July 29. This section of 18th Street has been closed for many months during construction. The project involved the past and current administrations having a vision of the 18th street project, "where the past and the present came together to finish this project that starting in 2009, yes I did say 2009", said Mayor Rich Sykes...

Many of you may have noticed community events being put on with an emphasis on living a sober life. These events are being put on by Drug Court participants who are required to complete a community service project in the third phase of the program as a way of giving back to their community...

Angela L. Wood of Kentucky is crossing the United States from East to West and back where she will be traveling though the lower states, in a horse drawn wagon with her dog to bring awareness to Childhood hunger. Her route will bring her through Mountain Home sometime August 1st between 1pm and 4pm...

by Brenda M. Fincher Tuesday, July 30th, brought a sense of closure to the family and friends of Paula Ferbrache after two years of uncertainty in the court process. Mrs. Ferbrache was reported missing on Aug 25, 2017, and was found in the trunk of her abandoned car with a total of eight stab wounds, in a field behind her home on August 26, 2017, after not returning home from work...

Daniel A. Kern Sr., age 91, of Mountain Home passed away at his home on July 21, 2019. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Cremation is under the care of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel. Daniel was born on March 16, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois to Albert and Florence (Stromski) Kern. After high school, Daniel graduated from Lane Technical School in Chicago and eventually worked for the UPS as a delivery man and as a route man for a diaper service...