Stories from Thursday, December 15, 2016

In the early 1990s, the gang problem in Mountain Home continued to get worse. At one point, the violence had escalated into the city's first drive-by shooting. It was something that Tom Berry wanted to eliminate from this city once and for all. As Mountain Home's new police chief, he had a vision to create a safe community through an effort known as community policing...

A Mountain Home family was displaced from their home on the city's north side after a fire swept through the residence Saturday morning. The fire at 3949 Lariat Lane was reported around 10 a.m. that day with the 2 1/2 story structure fully involved by the time firefighters arrived on scene, said city fire chief Mark Moore...