Nicole Riley
Hit-And-Run and Robbery Sunday Afternoon
A 51-year-old good Samaritan, attempting to foil a purse snatching, witnessed a hit-and-run Sunday afternoon. The suspected fled the Billings Kmart parking lot after he grabbed the purse of an 82-year-old woman, causing her to fall. Billings Police responded at about 2:40 p...
Solstice Rendezvous Coming To Billings Friday
The Montana Brewers Association is holding its annual Solstice Rendezvous on Friday in Billings, the group’s first festival in town in three years. There’s a VIP hour at 4 p.m. at the Billings Depot, followed by general admission from 5 to 9 p...
Florida Man Killed In Big Horn Country By Runaway Trailer
Montana Highway Patrol continue to investigate a fatal accident that occurred in Big Horn Country Wednesday afternoon. It’s reported by Highway Patrol that a trailer became detached from the vehicle that was pulling it on Highway 212 just before 1:30 pm around mile marker 20...
Prison Guard Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Contraband
A Montana State Prison guard pleaded guilty Wednesday to smuggling contraband to inmates, telling a judge that he sneaked marijuana and cigarettes into the Deer Lodge prison 20 times over the course of about a year. In return, associates of the inmates sent 25-year-old Martin Reap payments through the mail or by wire transfer to Walmart...
Hunt Is on for 2-Year-Old Boy Dragged by Alligator Into Lake at Disney Hotel
Authorities continue to look for a two-year-old boy who was dragged into a lagoon by an alligator at a Disney hotel in Orlando.
Billings Police Capture Truck Thieves
Two people were arrested Tuesday night after abandoning a still-moving stolen vehicle in a neighborhood near Grand Avenue. A police chase began after Billings Police received report of a disturbance believed to be related to an attempt to sell the vehicle...
Hastings Files For Bankruptcy
According to published reports, Texas-based Hastings Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Hastings has stores in Billings and six other Montana cities. The parent company, Draw Another Circle, issued a statement Monday saying that it is in a 30-day sale process, meaning all stores will operate normally while the company evaluates offers from potential buyers...
FEMA To Conduct Test Wednesday
FEMA will conduct a multi-state test tomorrow. This will be the last in a series of multi-state tests of the new “National Periodic Test” Emergency Alerting System event code. Starting at 1:20 PM, subject to a minute or two of propagation delay through EAS relay networks, broadcasters will sound the usual EAS tones followed by a message that states it is a National test of the Emergency Alert Syst
U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear Glacier Park Murder Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request to take up the case of a Kalispell woman who killed her husband by pushing him off a cliff in Glacier National Park in 2013. Jordan Linn Graham’s attorney had filed an appeal to the high court in early May, asking it to review her conviction...
Tornado Touches Down In Baker
The town of Baker is recovering today following a massive tornado that ripped through the city. Three homes were destroyed and at least 30 more were damaged by the twister which touched down on Saturday. The Red Cross is in the town helping people who were displaced from their homes...