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Deputies Search For Robbery Suspect In Burley
The Cassia County sheriff’s office is on the look out for a man who robbed a Burley convince store. The robbery happened Wednesday evening at around ten fifty at the Unit 54 store in Burley. The suspect displayed a pistol, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash...
“The Week” With Steve Crump 7/29/11
During his weekly visit on ”Top Story with Kelly Klaas and Jill Skeem”, Steve and Kelly will discuss the proposal to raise raise taxes in Twin Falls, reporting missing kids in Idaho, and a new Magic Valley Bridge?
Steve Crump is the Times-News Opinion editor...
Former Eastern Idaho Man Convicted Of Sex Crimes Released From Prison
A former Boy Scout camp counselor who acknowledged abusing dozens of youngsters in the 1990s is out of prison and living in Utah. The Idaho Falls Post-Register reported Wednesday that Brad Stowell was released June 13. Department of Correction spokeswoman Teresa Jones says Stowell must abide by both states' parole guidelines...
Twin Falls Hostage Suspect Faces First Degree Murder Charge
The man accused of causing a hostage situation in Twin Falls earlier this month now faces a first degree murder charge as well. The Times-News reports that Clark Cleveland was charged with murder and 11 other felony charges following a grand jury indictment...
American Thinker This Week 7/28/11
American Thinker senior editor Larrey Anderson will discuss "a Spending solution", how to explain the budget crisis to a 19 year old, and give us his take on the Norway shooter.
Larrey D. Anderson studied comparative religion and philosophy at Harvard and Penn State and studied law and philosophy at the Catholic University of America...
Eastern Idaho Man Catches Record Breaking Trout
It was a fight…man-against-fish. Pocatello angler Mark Adams won and caught himself one heck of a fish story. The rainbow trout Adams pulled from the depths of American Falls Reservoir weighed in at 34.74 pounds, according to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, breaking an old state record by nearly 15 pounds...
Twin Falls Standoff Suspect Due In Court
A preliminary hearing has been set for a man charged in connection with the recent standoff and shooting at a Twin Falls hotel. The Times-News reports that Clark Cleveland is scheduled to appear in Twin Falls County's 5th District Magistrate Court Friday...
Some Idaho Post Offices “On The Chopping Block”
Almost two dozen Idaho post offices could close as part of a u.s. postal service restructuring plant. The U.S. Postal Service is about to shrink, and several Idaho offices may be on its hit list. The Postal Service, which has been losing billions of dollars as more people use e-mail and the Internet to communicate, said Tuesday that it will conduct studies of about 3,700 retail offices "to d
Earthquake Shakes Eastern Idaho
A minor earthquake struck southeastern Idaho near the Utah border earlier this week. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations says the magnitude 3.6 quake occurred around 9:40 p.m. Monday. It was centered in the Bear River Range, four miles north of the Utah-Idaho border and 11 miles west of Saint Charles...
5-Year-Old Rupert Boy Drowns In Snake River
Cassia County officials say a 5-year-old Rupert boy has drowned in the Snake River at Burley. The sheriff's office tells The Times-News that Jose Angel Salinas was playing on the boat docks at the Burley Golf Course Marina when he slipped into the water Sunday afternoon, unnoticed by his parents...
Twin Falls GOP This week 7/26/11
This week Steve Millington with the Twin Falls Republicans will talk about the two "new" Debt-ceiling plans, Idaho Senator Mike Crapo's involvement in the "gang of six", and Tom Luna for Governor?
Idaho Olympian Jaret Peterson Arrested For DUI In Hailey
Idaho's News Channel 7 reports reports that Jeret "Speedy" Peterson was arrested Friday. He refused a blood-alcohol test and was booked into Blaine County Jail. Peterson, who won the silver medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the aerial freestyle, was dismissed from the 2006 Turin Olympics after a drunken brawl outside an Italian bar...
Commission To Decide Wolf Hunt Season In Idaho.
This is a big week for wolf hunters in Idaho. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will consider hunting and trapping seasons during its meeting in Salmon. Government biologists declared the gray wolf recovered from near-extermination in the Northern Rockies a decade ago...
Streaker Makes Appearance During Sun Valley Ice Show
The director of the Sun Valley Ice Show says spectator jaws dropped when a man wearing only his flip flops crashed the grand finale last weekend. Director Scott Irvine says the weekly show was interrupted after an unexpected and unclothed participant took to the ice...
Ketchum Men Sentenced For Immigration Marriage Scheme
The U.S. Attorney's Office says two men from Ketchum have been sentenced to five years of probation each for taking part in a marriage fraud scheme. U.S. Attorney Wendy Olson says the men were sentenced in Boise's U.S. District Court on Wednesday...
Twin Falls Man Arrested For DUI Twice In One Week
A Twin Falls man now faces two separate misdemeanor DUI charges after being arrested twice this week for driving under the influence. The Times News reports that 60 year old William Maupin was arrested shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday on the 1000 block of Blue Lakes Boulevard North...
American Thinker This Week 7/21/11
American Thinker senior editor Larrey Anderson will give us his take on Idaho Senator Mike Crapo and his "gang of six" working to help the debt ceiling fiasco. who owns the deficit?, and spend it like Bush?
Larrey D. Anderson studied comparative religion and philosophy at Harvard and Penn State and studied law and philosophy at the Catholic University of America...
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Ex-boyfreind of Convicted Killer Sentenced On Drug Charges In Blaine County.
The former boyfriend of convicted killer Sarah Johnson has been sentenced to ten years in prison on drug charges. Bruno Santos was sentenced Monday in Blaine County District Court to 10 years in prison for delivery of cocaine in April 2010...
Single Vehicle Rollover Kills Rupert Man
A Rupert man is dead after a one vehicle rollover Tuesday near Oakley. 51-year-old Michael Dennis James Wolff died at the scene of the accident died at the scene at 1250 S. Idaho Highway 27. The accident occurred at around 8:30 Tuesday morning...
Authorities Release Names Of Those Killed in Eastern Idaho Plane Crash
Authorities have released the names of the three people killed in plane crash Monday evening near the Grace Airport. Norman Gunderson, his 16-year-old son Isaac, and Casey Crane were all killed when their private aircraft crashed. Norman and his son were both from Menan and Crane was from Grace...