Yellowstone County News

A former Billings school bus driver accused of hitting a high school student with the bus while driving drunk will be returned to Montana to face charges.

Good morning; on the Beacon today, four dancers in the Northwest Ballet School and Company will perform together this season in their last production of the Nutcracker.

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Yellowstone County should not be held responsible for the legal defense provided to a former Billings man who spent 15 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

From The K-B-L-G News Center... 51-YEAR-OLD RICKY LEE WITZ OF REED POINT IS BEING HELD IN THE YELLOWSTONE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, ACCUSED OF POINTING A RIFLE AT ANOTHER MAN OUTSIDE THE WATERHOLE SALOON IN REED POINT ON TUESDAY.

The Yellowstone County Veterans Cemetery is being pushed as a potential national cemetery to be maintained by the federal government.

Yellowstone County Commissioner Jim Reno announced last week that he will run for a third term in 2010.

Killed on Nov. 23, 1951, Pfc. Wilbur John Robinson was one of just seven Yellowstone County residents to die in the Korean War.

A 48-year-old Molt man has pleaded not guilty to murder in Stillwater County District Court in Columbus.

BILLINGS - A 58-year-old Wyoming man accused of rape and other sex crimes against children starting more than three decades ago is being held in the Yellowstone County jail in Billings.

There are numerous Veterans Day events scheduled in the Billings area today. Beginning at 10:00 this morning, a celebration is set for the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Center in Billings.

The suspect charged in the fatal shooting of a Molt man last month left a threatening message on the victim's cell phone the same day of the shooting.

A 49-year-old woman charged in June with what prosecutors said was her eighth drunken-driving offense has pleaded guilty to the felony.

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The U.S. Marshal Service joins the search for a former Billings bus driver accused of driving drunk and hitting a teenager.

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Authorities say they can't determine what caused the death of a 48-year-old Crow Agency man whose body was found near railroad tracks east of Park City in southern Montana.

Bond is set at $300,000 for a Billings man charged with attempted deliberate homicide.

Judges with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are considering whether a federal judge erred in dismissing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed against Yellowstone County by a former Billings man who spent 15 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

The identity of a Billings man killed in a car crash Monday night has been released.