Mountain Home News

Former Cotter School District treasurer Brenda J. Adair pleaded guilty Thursday in Baxter County Circuit Court to stealing more than $5,000 from the district.

The city of Mountain Home expects a general fund carryover of $475,418 at the end of the year, Treasurer Deborah Cotter told the city council as it held its quarterly budget meeting Thursday.

A residential burglary was reported at a home on McClure Lane overnight Sunday. Mountain Home Police Officer Lawrence Caruso said a $300 laptop computer, a silver Gateway 600 YG2, and a $50 docking station were taken from the living room of the Larry G. Gilbert residence at 927 McClure Lane.

The city of Mountain Home is seeking data from volunteer organizations in Mountain Home for the city's nomination in the 2009 Arkansas Volunteer Community of the Year Awards.

A two-vehicle accident Friday morning at 9:31 at the northern intersection of Baxter County Road 25 and CR 27 injured the drivers of both vehicles involved.

The Ozark Independence Day TEA Party is set for 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Bomber Stadium, 500 Bomber Blvd., on the Mountain Home High School campus, Richard Caster and Chris Tuthill, organizers of the event, announced Wednesday.

Mountain Home artist and writer Deborah Lively has published a new book, 'HaTeya Sam,' a story in words and photographs of a rescue dog she adopted.

Mountain Home City Council adopted an ordinance last night creating a new position called administrative clerk.

Christopher L. Maclin of Mountain Home saw his bid for parole denied by the state Parole Board this week.

Effective immediately, the board of directors of the Humane Society of North Central Arkansas has adopted a new '99.9 percent no kill' policy, announced Barbara Chambers, board president, announced Wednesday.

L.C. Sammons Youth Center will be closed Friday and Saturday. It will be open for normal operating hours 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday for youth 12 to 17.

Mountain Home police arrested and charged Jeff D. Singleton, 48, with felony possession of a controlled substance, Ritalin, a schedule II narcotic, Friday night.

District Court for the city of Mountain Home was held June 16, 2009, before Judge Van Gearhart.

Authorities say a small plane taking off from a private airstrip at a popular trout fishing site crashed this morning, killing the pilot and two teenagers and injuring two others.

When Jack Clayton stripped the plaster from the walls of his natural-foods store, he found a doorway to the past.

A small plane taking off from a private airstrip at a popular trout fishing site crashed Friday morning, killing three people and injuring two others, authorities said.

Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery notified the public Wednesday that Shane Michael Mullin, 26, a level 3 sex offender who was just released from the Arkansas Department of Corrections, is residing in Mountain Home.

The Hemmings Challenge Vintage Car Rally is to make a lunchtime stop in Mountain Home as part of a rally this week centered in Springfield, Mo.

Matthew L. Yoder, 25, of Mountain Home was arrested by Mountain Home police Friday and charged with manufacture of marijuana, a Class C felony, and possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor.

A approximateloy 7:03 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 911 received a call of a possible drowning at a residence on Panther Heights Road, off state Highway 101, according to a Baxter County Sheriff's Office report.