Tuesday 6/27/17

Just before midnight Friday, Twin Falls police were called to the 500 block of Highland Avenue for a baby not breathing.  They found a 10 month old baby girl unresponsive who had been left unattended inside a parked vehicle for several hours during the afternoon and evening. 

One person died yesterday afternoon following a car vs. motorcycle crash between Shoshone and Richfield along U.S. Highway 26.  Idaho State Police say both lanes were blocked for several hours.  The accident was reported at about 12:30.  Police say Judy K. Childs a 54 year old Shoshone resident, was stopped in the eastbound lane of travel in a 2000 Jeep waiting for traffic to clear so she could make a left and turn into a driveway.  Steven K. Jones,  66 of Jerome was also eastbound behind Childs on a 2011 Harley Davidson Motorcycle.  Jones did not slow for Childs vehicle and struck it.

A Friday afternoon multi vehicle crash near Pocatello involved a Cassia county school district bus that was transporting 30 members of the Burley Boys basketball team.  The bus crash occurred on Interstate 15 in a construction zone north of Pocatello.  There were no injuries reported in the crash.

The Ada County coroner's office has identified the body of a man found dead in a canal over the weekend. Ada County Coroner Dotti Owens said Monday that 31-year-old Jared Tate Maupin was found dead in an irrigation ditch Sunday.

Police in southwestern Idaho say a girl escaped serious injuries after she was run over by a parade float in the Meridian Dairy Days Friday.  Police say the girl fell as she was leaning over the side of the float to look for a sticker her friend had dropped.

A federal judge has sentenced a man who performed guard duty at last year's occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon. Geoff Stanek must spend 6 months in home detention and another 2 years on probation. Stanek pleaded guilty to conspiracy months before the 2016 trial in which occupation leader Ammon Bundy and 6 others were found not guilty.

Jerome County is looking to generate additional money by renting out space for Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. Under a proposed contract with Jerome County Sheriff's Department, ICE would pay about $75 per day for each bed they lease from the county's jail.

A jailhouse phone call transcript shows that a man suspected in a string of bank robberies and of shooting at a police officer asked his mother to clear his Montana home of guns after his arrest. The transcript was submitted to a judge by federal officials seeking a search warrant for the Roundup, Montana, home. Authorities found numerous homemade explosives inside the home on Saturday.

Today:  Sunny. High near 85F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph.

Tonight:  Clear skies. Low 58F. Winds SSW at 10 to 20 mph.

Tomorrow:  Except for a few afternoon clouds, mainly sunny. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 83F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph.

THURSDAY: Sunny
HIGH: 83 (Mountains: 77)

FRIDAY: Sunny
HIGH: 88 (Mountains: 81)

SATURDAY: Mostly Sunny
HIGH: 94 (Mountains: 83)

SUNDAY: Sunny
HIGH: 93 (Mountains: 85)

MONDAY: Sunny
HIGH: 95 (Mountains: 84)

 

 

June 27th: On this day

1913
Born on this day in Marshall, Arkansas was Elton Britt, country music guitarist and singer-songwriter. He recorded over 60 albums for RCA and other labels in more than a 30-year span, and is best known for such hit songs as "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)," "Detour," "Chime Bells," "Maybe I'll Cry Over You," "Pinto Pal," and the million-selling wartime hit "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere". Britt died on June 22, 1972.

1959
Born on this day in Nashville, Tennessee, was Lorrie Morgan, country music singer, (the daughter of George Morgan, the country music singer who charted several hit singles between 1949 and his death in 1975). Lorrie scored the 1989 single, "Trainwreck of Emotion," and since then, has charted more than 25 singles on the Billboard Hot Country hits including three #1 hits: "Five Minutes," "What Part of No" and "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." Morgan has been married to three different country singers: Keith Whitley, Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw.

1962
Hank Snow recorded "I've Been Everywhere" at RCA Studio B in Nashville. The song which was written by Australian country singer Geoff Mack in 1959, was also made popular by Lucky Starr in 1962 and has been covered by Lynn Anderson, Asleep at the Wheel and Johnny Cash.

1974
Born on this day in Dallas, Texas, was Christian Kane, actor and singer and songwriter and lead singer of the country-southern rock band Kane. He is known for his roles in the television shows Angel, Leverage and Into the West, and the movies Just Married and Secondhand Lions.

1977
Waylon Jennings was at #1 on the country chart with "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)". Released at the height of outlaw country movement, from his hit album Ol' Waylon, the song was written by Chips Moman and Bobby Emmons.

1992
Billy Ray Cyrus was at #1 on the US Country music chart with his breakthrough hit "Achy Breaky Heart". Written by Don Von Tress it was originally titled "Don't Tell My Heart" and recorded by The Marcy Brothers in 1991, its name was later changed to "Achy Breaky Heart" In the US it became a crossover hit on pop and country radio, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, becoming the first Country single to be certified Platinum since Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's "Islands in the Stream" in 1983.

1994
"Common Thread: Songs Of The Eagles" went triple-platinum. The tribute album to the American rock band The Eagles features:Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Travis Tritt, Little Texas, John Anderson, Tanya Tucker, Suzy Bogguss, Vince Gill, Billy Dean, Diamond Rio, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn and Lorrie Morgan.

 

Twin Falls "Finally Home!® Homebuyer Education classes get underway again today at the College Of Southern Idaho.  The class can help you navigate the home-buying process, find the right lender, avoid costly mistakes, get a better interest rate, and may even help you qualify for down payment assistance. To date, nearly 65,000 Idahoans have benefited from attendance. Finally Home! is a program of Idaho Housing and Finance Association.   Preregistration is required at www.finallyhomeidaho.com.  The classes are today and tomorrow and Wednesday from 6 'til 8:30 in Room 276 of the Taylor Building on the campus of the College Of Southern Idaho.

The Gooding Community Theater presents Peter Pan this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Tickets are five bucks at the door with all proceeds going toward future performances.  The shows begin at 7p each night and will be held ad the Gooding High School.

The Freedom Fest Fourth of July celebration is this weekend in Jerome!  Festivities will start at 2 p.m. Saturday at North Park. The celebration, presented by Community Spirit Committee, will feature music and live entertainment, children’s activities, vendors, food, and a beer garden. The fireworks display will follow at dusk Saturday night at Jerome High School, 104 Tiger Drive.

It’s Sagebrush Days this weekend in Buhl.  Sagebrush Days features a tractor pull at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Buhl Rodeo Grounds, admission is free; and a community church service and a performance by Magic Valley Jubilee, 6:30 p.m. at Eastman Park in Buhl; bring lawn chairs. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.  Festivities continue on Monday with the annual Trout Festival downtown.  The Trout dinner starts at 4 p.m., with music by Copperhead at 7 p.m. Local vendors and a beer and wine garden will be set up and available.  Hit up  Buhlchamber.org for more info.

MOVIES TONIGHT

MAGIC VALLEY CINEMA 13 (MAGIC VALLEY MALL):  TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, ALL EYEZ ON ME, CARS 3, ROUGH NIGHT, THE MUMMY, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, WONDER WOMAN, PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 & GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

CENTURY STADIUM 5:  TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, CARS 3, THE MUMMY, WONDER WOMAN, ROUGH NIGHT

BURLEY THEATER:  BOSS BABY (Burley Theater showings are Friday through Tuesday ONLY)

MAGIC LANTERN THEATERS:  TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight, CARS 3, WONDER WOMAN, MEAGAN LEAVEY, PARIS CAN WAIT and ROUGH NIGHT.

For showtimes and advance tickets, visit the Broc On The Morning page at Hot100Now.com.

***Magic Lantern Theaters – http://www.mlcinemas.com

***Magic Valley Cinema 13 - https://cinemawest.com/location?house_id=7482

***Century Stadium & Burley Theater – http://www.centurycinema5.com

 

HOLLYWOOD

And now, a not-always-reliable tabloid squashes some not-so-reliable rumors for us ONCE AND FOR ALL!  Brad Pitt is not dating Sienna Miller or Elle Macpherson, contrary to recent reports.  This, according to Us weekly.  The tabloid says Pitt, who as the whole world knows split from wife Angelina Jolie in September 2016, attended the Glastonbury Festival over the weekend and was spotted at the event on Saturday night with Miller.  The so-called "source" says “Brad was there with Bradley Cooper. Sienna is also good friends with Bradley Cooper. They were all hanging out as friends and there’s nothing going on there.”  Whoever these sources may be, they claim that Pitt has been focusing on himself and his kids since his nasty split from Jolie last year.

 

Kim Kardashian is getting Mom-Shamed for sharing a picture of Saint West in a FRONT facing car-seat. California mandates rear-facing car seats for kids until they’re at least 2 years of age, and on Saturday, she shared a photo of her son, who's just 18 months old, where he is clearly sitting forward-facing.  I remember this lesson when my wife and I first had to learn the ins and outs of carseatism - and it is, as a matter of fact, a pretty big deal.  The stats show that children up to 23 months old are 75 percent less likely to die or sustain serious injury in a rear-facing car car seat than a forward-facing one.  So YEAH, shame on you, Kim Kardashian!

 

Beyoncé and JAY-Z reportedly took their newborn twins home from the hospital late last week, according to TMZ. The newborns’ first home? A luxurious more home than you-or-I-could-ever-even-imagine $400,000-per-month Malibu rental.  But it wasn't just the twins Beyoncé took home this past week: The multi-Grammy-winning singer dominated the BET Awards on Sunday night, winning five of the seven categories she was nominated for, including best female R&B/pop artist and album of the year (for Lemonade).

State lawmakers are taking the rare step of calling together a summertime joint meeting of the House and Senate education committees to bring their colleagues up to speed on state compliance efforts.  The meeting, scheduled for 10 am tomorrow at the statehouse will discuss the plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.

As Idaho School Officials pour over the state’s S.A.T. scores, they are discovering they were basically unchanged from last year.  Locally, the Twin Falls average score fell by 55 points while Harrison Junior-Senior High School in Heyburn had one of the lowest scores in the state.

The Twin Falls City Council will review a plan for a new business park subdivision at tonight’s meeting.  The land is at the northwest corner of Washington Street North and Cheney Drive West.

Environmental groups are planning to give President Donald Trump's Interior Department secretary an unexpected homecoming when he returns to his Montana hometown tomorrow.  Ryan Zinke is scheduled to address the Western Governors Association's annual conference.

The vice president of the State Board of Education has scheduled a meeting to review and critique Idaho’s plan to comply with a federal education law in response to complaints from prominent education groups that say they were excluded from the process.  Debbie Critchfield will meet at 10 am this morning at the State Board’s Boise office.

An Idaho city notorious for dangerous consumer fireworks displays has decided to ban fireworks this year. The city of Crouch, located 50 miles northeast of Boise receives thousands of visitors each year during Fourth of July looking to take part in the risky fun. Garden Valley Chamber of Commerce President Diane Caughlin said that visitors cause more damage to the city than good.

 Washington County Commissioners have passed an Emergency Declaration ahead of the August 21 solar eclipse. The county near the Oregon border is expected to get tens of thousands of visitors eager to witness the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse seen in the U.S. in nearly a century. A county disaster services spokesman says the commissioners passed the declaration so they could ask the state for assistance in case more resources are need.

June 26th: On this day

1973
Born on this day in Pocahontas, Illinois, was country singer, songwriter, Gretchen Wilson who made her debut in 2004 with the Grammy Award-winning single "Redneck Woman," a #1 hit on the Billboard country charts. She has since charted 13 singles on the charts, of which five have reached Top Ten and has now sold over 6 million records worldwide.

1976
Marty Robbins was at #1 on the country charts with "El Paso City", his fifteenth #1. Robbins wrote "El Paso City" while flying over El Paso, in - he reported - the same amount of time it takes to sing, four minutes and 14 seconds. It was only the second time that ever happened to him; the first time was when he composed the original El Paso as fast as he could write it down.

1977
Elvis Presley made his last ever live stage appearance when he appeared at the Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. Presley would die less than two months later. The last two songs he performed were "Hurt" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Before the show Elvis was presented with a plaque commemorating the 2 billionth record to come out of RCA’s pressing plant.

1987
Randy Travis was at #1 on the country singles chart "Forever and Ever, Amen." The song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, won a Grammy for Best Country & Western Song and an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year.

1992
Promoting his latest album, The Hard Way Clint Black launched The Hard Way Tour which ran for 11 months.

2000
Brad Paisley released "We Danced", the fourth and final single from his debut album, Who Needs Pictures. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks.

2013
Kenny Rogers made his African concert debut by playing to over 70,000 fans in Morocco. His performances included his hits: "Love Or Something Like It," "Lady" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town".

 

 

Twin Falls "Finally Home!® Homebuyer Education classes get underway again today at the College Of Southern Idaho.  The class can help you navigate the home-buying process, find the right lender, avoid costly mistakes, get a better interest rate, and may even help you qualify for down payment assistance. To date, nearly 65,000 Idahoans have benefited from attendance. Finally Home! is a program of Idaho Housing and Finance Association.   Preregistration is required at www.finallyhomeidaho.com.  The classes are today, tomorrow and Wednesday from 6 'til 8:30 in Room 276 of the Taylor Building on the campus of the College Of Southern Idaho.

The Gooding Community Theater presents Peter Pan this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.  Tickets are five bucks at the door with all proceeds going toward future performances.  The shows begin at 7p each night and will be held ad the Gooding High School.

The Freedom Fest Fourth of July celebration is this weekend in Jerome!  Festivities will start at 2 p.m. Saturday at North Park. The celebration, presented by Community Spirit Committee, will feature music and live entertainment, children’s activities, vendors, food, and a beer garden. The fireworks display will follow at dusk Saturday night at Jerome High School, 104 Tiger Drive.

It’s Sagebrush Days this weekend in Buhl.  Sagebrush Days features a tractor pull at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Buhl Rodeo Grounds, admission is free; and a community church service and a performance by Magic Valley Jubilee, 6:30 p.m. at Eastman Park in Buhl; bring lawn chairs. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.  Festivities continue on Monday with the annual Trout Festival downtown.  The Trout dinner starts at 4 p.m., with music by Copperhead at 7 p.m. Local vendors and a beer and wine garden will be set up and available.  Hit up  Buhlchamber.org for more info.

MOVIES TONIGHT

MAGIC VALLEY CINEMA 13 (MAGIC VALLEY MALL):  TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, ALL EYEZ ON ME, CARS 3, ROUGH NIGHT, THE MUMMY, CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, WONDER WOMAN, PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL 2 & GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2

CENTURY STADIUM 5:  TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, CARS 3, THE MUMMY, WONDER WOMAN, ROUGH NIGHT

BURLEY THEATER:  BOSS BABY (Burley Theater showings are Friday through Tuesday ONLY)

MAGIC LANTERN THEATERS:  TRANSFORMERS: The Last Knight, CARS 3, WONDER WOMAN, MEAGAN LEAVEY, PARIS CAN WAIT and ROUGH NIGHT.

For showtimes and advance tickets, visit the Broc On The Morning page at Hot100Now.com.

***Magic Lantern Theaters – http://www.mlcinemas.com

***Magic Valley Cinema 13 - https://cinemawest.com/location?house_id=7482

***Century Stadium & Burley Theater – http://www.centurycinema5.com

 

FORECAST

TODAY (MONDAY):  Sunny & 97

TONIGHT:  Clear & 64

TOMORROW (TUESDAY):  Sunny & 84

WEDNESDAY:  Sunny & 84

THURSDAY:  Partly Cloudy & 83

FRIDAY:  Sunny & 89

 

HOLLYWOOD

 

Transformers:  The Last Knight debuted at #1 at the box office over the weekend with 45 million dollars – a pretty low opening weekend compared to previous releases in the franchise but oddly enough had an ENORMOUS opening in China.  In China alone, it did 123 million dollars – keeping China on top of the countries in love with the Michael Bay action franchise.  This was actually the SOFTEST opening of any Transformers movie out in recent years.  Cars 3 and Wonder Woman tied for 2nd place with 25 million each.  In 4^th was 45 Meters Down with 7 million, and rounding out the top 5 was All Eyes On Me with just under 6 million.

Facebook anymore seems right behind Google in taking over the world, and now it looks as if they’ll try their hands at TV.  Facebook Inc. is in talks with Hollywood studios about producing scripted, TV-quality shows, with an aim of launching original programming by late summer.  Facebook is hoping to target audiences ages 13 to 34, with a focus on the 17-to-30 range. The company has already lined up "Strangers," a relationship drama, and a game show, "Last State Standing," the report said.

A juror in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial described how several people broke down in tears in the deliberation room as the jury struggled to reach a consensus.  One of the jurors described the most intense moment he could remember, saying there was about four people crying in the room. One was out in the hallway pacing, visibly upset.  After more than five days and some 52 hours of deliberation, the jury wasn't able to reach a unanimous decision, resulting in a mistrial.  As we covered last week, the judge wants to see a new trial within 120 todays... prosecutors have up to a year to re-file charges.