Huntley Express Way robbed
Originally published in the 12/28/18 print edition of Yellowstone County News. HUNTLEY – During the early hours on Saturday, Dec. 22 the Huntley Express Way located at 210 Northern Ave. was broken into and robbed. At 4:45 am a large river rock was thrown at the front glass doors, causing a large hole in the […]
Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office moves this week
Originally published in the 8/25/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. BILLINGS — The Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office will be in a new home at the end of this week. Sheriff Mike Linder said in a press release that remodeling projects are nearly complete at the former Payne West Insurance building at 2323 2nd Ave […]
Massive canal search continues for missing girl
by Judy Killen-Originally published in the 7-15-16 Print edition of Yellowstone County News. HUNTLEY — More than 100 trained responders turned out Wednesday in Huntley for an organized search of an 11-mile section of the irrigation canal from Huntley to Ballantine, hoping to find a 12-year-old girl missing since Saturday evening. Taeva Hawkins of […]
Jury: Deputies not criminally liable in Simpson’s death
by Judy Killen-originally published in the weekly Yellowstone County News BILLINGS — Loren Simpson was driving a stolen SUV, had a near-lethal blood level of methamphetamines and a bottle of whiskey in his coat sleeve when he was shot and killed by two Yellowstone County sheriff’s deputies in January 2015. After a two-day coroner’s inquest, […]
Coroner’s inquest in Simpson case set for Feb. 2
BILLINGS — A coroner’s inquest into the shooting death of Loren Benjamin Simpson has been scheduled for Feb. 2. Two Yellowstone County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Simpson, a 28-year-old Lockwood man, as he drove a stolen SUV toward them on Buffalo Trail south of Huntley on Jan. 8. The deputies Jason Robinson and Christopher Rudolph, both […]