Stories from Monday, June 20, 2011

Peggy Louise Gardner Pearce was born May 29, 1927, to Louise Bates Ziegler and Howard Eugene Gardner in Pocatello, Idaho. She died June 18, 2011, at the age of 84, as a result to complications of surgery in a local hospital. She attended Pocatello schools, graduating from Pocatello High School and earning a bachelor's degree in education from Idaho State University...

The Mountain Home Police Department is looking for someone who may be impersonating a police officer. The department received a report from a female stating that on the evening of June 1 she was stopped on American Legion Boulevard by what she believed was a police car driven by a male individual. The vehicle was described as a dark-colored, late-model Dodge Charger with a spotlight and having white stripes on the vehicle. The vehicle also had red and blue lights flashing from the inside...