By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer The Indians’ season ended with a 4-1 loss to Century in a 4A Fifth District Tournament elimination game Saturday in Pocatello. Preston went two-and-out in the tournament. “We played Century last week (May 1) at Halliwell Park,” said Coach Brandon Ormond. “We lost 4-1, but had some very...
The Preston Rising Stars will present their annual Spring Concert on Saturday, May 12, at 6:30 p.m., in the Preston High School Auditorium. Over 100 children, ages four through 12, will perform a variety of musical numbers to the theme of “This is Our Moment.” They are under the direction of Tina Fryar and...
By TERESA CHIPMAN PHS sports writer DAYTON – Preston fared well at the 12-school Elsie Bastian Invitational on Friday in Dayton, winning both the girls’ and boys’ team titles, even though hamstring injuries in both Brennyn Dunn and Danielle Seamons prevented them from competing full out. The boys finished with 169.5 points which...
Alexis Beckstead booksigning at The Preston Citizen bookstore on Friday, May 11 at 11:00am.
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Voters across Franklin County and other communities in southeastern Idaho will go to the polls on Tuesday to vote for several candidates in local and state races during the May primary election. Polls will open at traditional polling places from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Absentee balloting is...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor With last week’s death of a nine-week infant girl from Arimo of Pertussis, and a recent outbreak of the same illness reported in Cache County, Utah, local health officials are urging parents to make sure the families’ vaccinations are current. Maggie Mann, director of the Southeastern Idaho Public...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor DAYTON – The first-annual high school piano competition, sponsored by Larry Dahle, will take place this Saturday, May 12, at 7 p.m. in the Dahle Performing Arts Center on the high school complex in Dayton. Some 11 high schools will be represented and each will send one piano...
By RODNEY D. BOAM Citizen editor The Preston School Board began a work session last Friday, concerning the trimester system, with Superintendent Joel Wilson and Jeff Lords, the high school principal, and 13 patrons in the audience. The goal was to develop a student centered schedule by evaluating the current block system and...
By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor Miscellaneous and used building materials retrieved from a fire last August that destroyed a storage-shed complex just north of county fair buildings in Preston are currently for sale. Franklin County Fair chair Wes Harris said the Fair Board is currently taking closed bids on materials. The bids need...
