Jerome County News

Former Twin Falls police detective has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to obtaining prescription drugs by fraud.

When it came to voters actually approving a 30 year, almost $30 Million lease for a new Jerome county jail, the final result was 'Close, But No Cigar.' Jerome County Sheriff Doug McFall said, a oeYeah, the vote was really close.

In Kootenai County in northern Idaho, a $57 million bond and half-cent sales tax to expand the county's jail fell short of the two-thirds supermajority needed to pass.

Unlike last yeara s general elections, this yeara s local elections are looking, well slow.

A Jerome man is in critical condition this morning after a single vehicle accident on Thursday.

At around 4 Tuesday morning, the Idaho State Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian accident on westbound I 84 in Jerome County.

Voters in Jerome County will need to cast a two thirds supermajority on November 3rd, if they want to build a new jail there.

A new all purpose livestock barn is going up at the Jerome County Fairgrounds. Fair Manager Kathleen Diederich says the new building is 80 feet wide and 150 feet long; she says it's finally being built after having the money set aside for a year.

A 19-year-old Jerome man is dead and police are reminding people the dangers of driving if you are tired.

The Times-News reports that 5th District Judge John Butler ruled Tuesday that 34-year-old Traci Hadden will be tried in nearby Jerome County or Minidoka County because community bias is too great in Lincoln County.

Chances are good that there's not any gold - " silver - " or any other valuable minerals buried on this roughly 600 acre property in eastern Jerome County east of Hazelton.

Police say a Nevada man broke his ankle after his equipment malfunctioned during a BASE parachute jump from a Snake River canyon bridge in south-central Idaho.

Rescue crews were called out to Snake River Canyon at around 7:30 this evening, for reports of an injured base jumper.

Fifth District Judge Robert Elgee heard an appeal from The Friends of Minidoka against Jerome County Tuesday.

Idaho State Police report a driver died around 5 p.m. Monday after crashing into the Snake River Canyon in Jerome County.

In just over a month, property owners in Jerome County will vote on whether or not to build a new jail; jail supporters want make the best of low interest rates.

According to officials with the Idaho State Police, a Magic Valley resident died when a car drove off the north side of the Snake River Canyon Rim near Auger Falls in Jerome County Monday afternoon.

Deputies seize more than 200 marijuana plants growing in a field. Police found the plants on a 100 acre farm in Jerome County.

Jerome County sheriff's deputies say they've seized 232 marijuana plants that were growing inside a corn field, valued at more than $460,000. The sheriff's office says the field was part of a 100-acre farm and had plants ranging from 3 to 7 feet tall.

Amid the usual mix of semi-trucks and cars parked at a truck stop near Hansen off of Interstate 84, a group of aging green and red tractors from another era stood on the parking lot.