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Alejandro Maldonado is being held in the Ada County Jail on a felony charge of lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16 after Ada County Sheriff’s deputies say he sexually abused a girl over a six-year period.

New bocce ball courts in Julia Davis Park are ready for play thanks to a donation from Louis S. and Anne Marie Piccotti. Lou owns Capitol Schwinn Sports and is the founder and president of the American Italian Culture Foundation.

Idaho Power Co. customers saved 132,443,336 kilowatt-hours of electricity through company sponsored programs in 2009.

The Boise Police STEP team and other Ada County law enforcement agencies

Christine Abrams, 47, has been charged with felony grand theft.

A House panel approved a measure that would add an emergency surcharge to infractions, misdemeanors and felonies to help pay for the judicial system in Idaho.

The Corrections Corp. of America is replacing the warden and assistant warden at the Idaho Correctional Center near Boise, the state's only private prison.

Village Charter School proponents will hold an informal gathering from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Hilton Homewood Suites, 7957 W. Spectrum St.

As Idaho's campaign-filing period nears Friday's close, state Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, filed as expected for the 1st Congressional District seat held by freshman Democrat Walt Minnick.

Democrats in Washington, D.C., hope to pass health care reform soon, but Republican state leaders in Idaho are preparing to go to court to fight it.

Boise School District superintendent Stan Olson has his own challenges after he officially kicks off his race Thursday to unseat Tom Luna for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

It can be hard to deal with the emotions resulting from childhood sexual abuse. Reporter Sandra Forester writes about being molested at age 5 and finding healing decades later.

John Gout, an inmate in the state prison system, has found an unusual way to wait out the last months of his sentence.

BOISE - Idaho Power crews restored electricity to Downtown Boise by 8 a.m. Wednesday morning after a goose hit a piece of electrical equipment an hour earlier. Traffic signals on Front Street were dark.

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Parents at Washington Elementary listen to Nancy Landon, Boise School District budget and finance manager, on Wednesday as she discusses how state budget cuts will impact education — there will be less money for supplies, textbooks, technology, field trips and more. The district also has the option to cut teacher salaries and reduce the school year. Gina Bessire, who has a fifth-grader at Washington, got parents together to sign letters to lawmakers in hopes of reducing some of the proposed cuts to schools.

The Idaho Transportation Department has two overnight closures planned this week for Interstate 84 construction.

With warm weather, door-to-door solicitors and vendors are spreading out across Boise.

District water managers say the water-supply outlook is uncertain for this season because of a dwindling winter snow pack.

Boise deejay Margo Vaughn, who was in intensive care Monday at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise after a weekend car crash, has been upgraded to fair condition, according to a hospital spokeswoman.