Billings News

The Gazette reports that the manager of a Billings hotel says police are investigating after a man spent more than 4 hours working to unbolt an ATM from the floor at the hotel, and dragged the 300-pound machine out the door. Manager Gail Linnell told KULR-TV that surveillance video shows the man walking into the La Quinta Inn and Suites in Billings at about 3 p...

All 13 Billings police officers involved in a series of shootings over the past two months have been cleared to return to duty, according to Lt. Neil Lawrence. Q2 reports that the officers, who were involved in three separate incidents, have either returned to duty or will be back to work later this week...

On Tuesday, Yellowstone County Commissioners appointed a new Justice of the Peace and a new auditor. Scott Turner, the previously retired former finance director for the county was selected as auditor, according to Commissioner Denis Pitman, and Jeanne Walker, an attorney and acting ProTem for the Yellowstone County Justice Court, was appointed Justice of the Peace...

The Gazette reports that Greg Doyon, the consensus selection by the city council to be Billings’ next city administrator, has expressed contract expectations which are substantially different from those agreed upon by a Billings city council subcommittee...

The Elder Grove School District will learn the fate of its bond request today. Q2 reports that district officials are asking voters for a $14.9 million bond for expansion of their facilities. The cost to the owner of a $150,000 home would be $291 a year...

The Montana Department of Justice has announced a happy ending to a missing child case. A missing person advisory was issued for 14-year-old Kyra Turns Plenty, described by authorities as an American Indian or Alaskan Native with brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighing about 130 pounds...

Q2 reports that firefighters from Billings and Laurel responded to a grass fire at 5100 Central Ave. just east of 56 Street West on Sunday afternoon. The fire reportedly ignited haystacks nearby. Fire officials said the loss of the straw bales stored outside the residence is estimated to be around $20,000...

KTVQ.com reports that a Billings man allegedly admitted to raping his teenage daughter’s friend more than 10 times, according to court documents filed ahead of 39-year-old Erik Young’s Thursday court appearance. Young was scheduled to appear in Yellowstone County Justice Court on Thursday for the charge of sexual intercourse without consent...

The Gazette reports that one more heir has come forward to challenge Billings Catholic Schools’ effort to take over the deed to its former middle school building and sell it. David Cunningham’s attorney filed a court brief today seeking to claim his family’s one-sixth interest in the former site of St...

The Gazette reports that Wibaux County Attorney Ronald Efta has pleaded not guilty to obstructing a peace officer after Billings Police used a stun gun on him for resisting arrest at a downtown bar last week. Officers arrived at the Montana Brewing Company the night of November 27th after a report of a man causing a disturbance and refusing to leave...