Stories from Thursday, March 20, 2008

by Michael Nowotny Mountain Home News Last Thursday, the Mountain Home Public Library welcomed two fourth-grade classes from Mountain Home Base Primary to view the new Lincoln Bicentennial exhibit, get a guided tour of the library and to be a part of the "Ye Olde Library Abraham Lincoln Scavenger Hunt."...

Former Mountain Home police officer Glenn A. Parsons, 25, was arrested by investigators from the state Attorney General's office Thursday and charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor under 16 years of age and one count of sexual battery of a minor child 16 or 17 years of age.

Dave Pursell, 63, has announced his intention to challenge incumbent Arlie Shaw in the May 27 Republican primary election for the District 1 County Commissioner's seat. "I want to bring some fresh ideas and innovative solutions to issues facing the county," he said...