Cassia County News

Currently Cassia counties dispatch services handles calls from that area; Minidoka County Emergency Services, however, responds to the area.

A southern Idaho man facing seven charges related to the shooting death of a Rupert man was in court Thursday... On September 19th, Liopoldo Amezcua, 25, of Rupert died after being shot once in the head near the old raft river store in eastern Cassia County.

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The Cassia County School Board says its schools will begin testing some student athletes for nicotine in an effort to measure tobacco use.

The Cassia County Commissioners are exploring the possibility of having a federal prison built south of Malta.

Two people face charges after woman and her kids were robbed of their groceries late Monday night.

A south-central Idaho man faces charges after police say they found more than 2,000 pornographic pictures of children on his computer.

Former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig's new consulting firm, New West Strategies, has been hired by Cassia and Minidoka counties to help Cassia County land a $300 million federal prison.

Some members of the Burley City Council say they don't want to chip in for a lobbying effort by Cassia County to bring a federal prison to Malta.

Leaders in two Southern Idaho counties are working with a lobbying firm founded by former U.S. Sen.

Today in Cassia county Fifth District Court, a Rupert woman pled not guilty to multiple child sex charges.

SHELLEY Thousands of people attended the 81st annual Spud Day in Shelley this past weekend.

An autopsy for a man killed this past weekend was schedule Tuesday. 25 year old Liopoldo Amescua was found dead when Cassia County Deputies arrived on scene late Saturday night near the Raft River exit.

An southeastern Idaho man has been arraigned on a first-degree murder charge in connection to the shooting death of 25-year-old Liopoldo Amescua.

Authorities are currently investigation a homicide in the Eastern Magic Valley. According to the Cassia County Sheriffs office received a 911 call around 9:40 Saturday Night.

The Cassia County sheriff's office and the Idaho State Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found near Raft River over the weekend.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: USFWS says rare plant in Idaho, Utah, Nevada deserves protection The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday that the Goose Creek milkvetch plant found only in Cassia County, Idaho; Elko County, Nev.; and Box Elder County, Utah, deserves protection under the federal Endangered Species ...

A woman who pled guilty to take advantage of reduced charges in a plea bargain agreement, has asked a local judge to change her plea.

The last of four stages of road to be reconstructed and realigned in Cassia County will be complete this fall.

Attention, anglers: Firearms, explosives, chemicals and electric current are still forbidden fishing techniques at Sixmile Creek and Gunnel Reservoir in southern Idaho.