Dog Bites Young Boy
(CHUBBUCK) – A five-year-old Chubbuck boy is recovering after he was attacked by a dog Wednesday. Authorities responded to the scene on Mingo Lane at around 5 p.m. after receiving reports that the victim had been bitten by the dog. The boy was taken to a medical clinic for treatment of minor [...]
Fort Hall Man Admits to Assault, Eluding Police
(BLACKFOOT) – A Fort Hall man has pleaded guilty to felony charges of aggravated assault and eluding police. 30-year-old Jeremy Robert Andrus made a plea agreement with prosecutors in Bingham County Tuesday. As part of the agreement, a second-degree kidnapping charge and a weapons enhancement charge were dropped. Andrus was arrested [...]
New Missionary Age Announcement Could Impact BYU-Idaho Enrollment
(REXBURG) – Record enrollment at BYU-Idaho could be reduced by a change in LDS missionary age-requirements. On Saturday, church officials reduced the minimum age for potential male missionaries from 19 to 18, while females can now serve at 19 rather than waiting until they’re 21. Administrators say they’ve received hundreds of [...]
Former MoTab Director Will Be Featured at Choral Festival
(POCATELLO) – Former Mormon Tabernacle Choir Director Craig Jessop will serve at this year’s Choral Invitational Festival at Idaho State University. Jessop, who currently serves as the dean of the Caine College of Arts at Utah State, is known and respected worldwide as a conductor, teacher, and clinician. Jessop will direct [...]
Funeral Held For Shelley Man Killed in Rollover
(SHELLEY) – Funeral services were held Saturday for a Shelley man who died in a rollover last week near Firth. 34-year-old Timothy LeRoy Hancock was travelling along Wolverine Road when he drifted off the road, overcorrected, hit a culvert and rolled. Haycock was pronounced dead at the scene. A U.S. Navy [...]
Fire Burns on Fort Hall Reservation
(BANCROFT) – A fire burning on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation east of Chesterfield Reservoir has burned more than 40 acres as of Monday night. Emergency responders from Fort Hall, the BLM, and Caribou County were on scene to keep the blaze contained, though the fire was growing in size as [...]
Man’s Body Found in Irrigation Ditch
(TWIN FALLS) – A the body of a southern Idaho man was found Sunday after he crashed his car into an irrigation canal. The victim’s parents say their son, 22-year-old Ty Vincent Seamons of Hansen, hadn’t been heard from since Wednesday. Deputies discovered Seamons’ car on Saturday and began a search [...]
Voters to Decide on New Bingham County Library
(SHELLEY) – Voters in Shelley and Firth will decide the future of the North Bingham County Library District next month. Library officials say that they no longer have the space to keep up with the growing population. They’d like to move to the old BMC West building on North State Street, [...]
Man Charged After Assaulting Officer
(POCATELLO) – A Pocatello man is in custody after pulling two knives on police officers Saturday morning. Authorities responded to a report of a domestic disturbance on the 1200 block of Kinghorn when 21-year-old Alexis Langi Perez approached two officers while wielding a pair of knives. Perez later dropped the weapons [...]
Blackfoot City Councilman Dies
(BLACKFOOT) – Blackfoot city councilman John “Butch” Hulse has died. Hulse passed away Friday at the V.A. Hospital in Salt Lake City while awaiting a lung transplant. The 65-year-old had been serving on the council since January after winning a runoff election last December. Hulse had been a well-recognized face in [...]
Racist Music Fest Goes on Without Incident
(BOISE) – A controversial music festival highlighting white supremacist music was held without incident in Canyon County Saturday. Authorities say members of Hammerskin Nation held their 25th anniversary celebration on private property north of Melba. Police had initially feared that violence at similar rallies would erupt again. A member of the Hammerskins, [...]
Distracted Teen Crashes Into Garage
(POCATELLO) – A distracted teenager caused quite a stir in a Pocatello neighborhood Monday morning. Police say a 16-year-old boy was reaching down to pick up his cell phone when he crashed into the wall of a garage on the 1800 block of Fairway Drive. The driver, whose name has not been [...]
Family Thanks Rescuers Following Plane Crash
(BOISE) – A California family that survived a plane crash in the Owyhee Mountains earlier this year returned to Idaho Saturday to thank their rescuers. Brian, Jayann and Heather Brown of Wilton, California honored members of Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue and the Idaho National Guard at a thank-you luncheon. The [...]
Idaho Falls Teacher Nominated for Presidential Award
(IDAHO FALLS) – An Idaho Falls teacher is one of Gem State educators competing for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. Local News 8 reports that science teacher Zoe Jorgensen of A.H. Bush Magnet School hopes to earn the nation’s top award for K-12 math and science teachers. Winners receive [...]
U.S. Attorney Sets Record for Fines, Restitution
(POCATELLO) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Idaho has set an annual record for collecting more than $84 million in fines and restitution, among other penalties. U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson of Pocatello says the amount is 10 times more than her office’s annual budget. Most of the funds raked in [...]
Oven Fire Ignites Pocatello Home
(POCATELLO) – Emergency crews responded to a kitchen fire at a home on Samuel Street in South Pocatello Friday afternoon. Investigators say something in the broiler of an oven caught on fire at a residence in the Flamingo Mobile Home Court. Crews were able to put out the flames with [...]
Six Injured in Crash Near Palisades
(BONNEVILLE COUNTY) – Six people were hospitalized following an accident along U.S. Hwy. 26 east of Palisades Reservoir Saturday night. Idaho State Police say 79-year-old Else Cody of Blackfoot was traveling west when she drifted off the roadway, overcorrected and crashed into an embankment. Cody and her passengers were all taken [...]
Idaho Falls Clinic Receives Recalled Drug
(IDAHO FALLS) – An Idaho Falls medical clinic recently received a shipment of epidural steroids linked to a nationwide meningitis outbreak. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare says Pain Specialists of Idaho on Sunnyside may have infected patients who receive the drug for back pain. The clinic is working with [...]
Four Rescued From Henry’s Lake
(ISLAND PARK) – Four people had to be rescued during a squall on Henry’s Lake Friday night. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says and Idaho Falls man and three kids were on the water in an aluminum jet boat when strong winds and choppy waves pushed their boat into the cliffs [...]
Crash Temporarily Closes I-15
(HAMER) – A rollover near Hamer closed I-15 for about 45 minutes Sunday night. Idaho State Police say 55-year-old Craig Coates of Saratoga Springs, Utah drove off the road and overcorrected, causing his pickup to roll several times. He was transported to EIRMC with undisclosed injuries. An investigation [...]