September 2014

Trial underway in I-90 fatal

 

Law enforcement officers who responded to a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 90 last September described a graphic scene, with shoes, clothing and flesh strewn across the road, during the first day of the trial of a truck driver who is accused of leaving after he hit an Alaska man and failing to report the accident.

 

KelliLemon, Clinton Scott engaged

Kelli Marie Lemon and Clinton William Scott have announced their engagement. 

Kelli, the daughter of Marvin and Yvonne (Oakland) Lemon, was a 2001 graduate in Livingston. She is currently employed as a barista at The Coffee Cabin in Manning, North Dakota. 

Final push in search for missing hunter

 

Sweet Grass County Search and Rescue members made a final push Saturday in the search for hunter Aaron Joseph Hedges missing in the Crazy Mountains. 

 

Livingston man charged in late-night shooting

A Livingston man is charged with attempted homicide after police say he allegedly shot another man in the head Wednesday night.

Daniel Joseph Colvin, 27, of Livingston was detained early Thursday and charged with attempted deliberate homicide, according to Park County Undersheriff Scott Hamilton. 

A complaint filed in Justice Court Thursday alleges Colvin shot Michael Aja using a .38 caliber pistol. Colvin was arraigned in Justice Court Thursday.

Steve Daines’ conservation claims are hollow

Editor:

Steve Daines pretends to be a conservationist. His record shows otherwise. Montana Conservation Voters give Daines one of the worst ratings in Congress. Hunters and anglers continue to express disappointment with Daines’ timber harvesting bill. His feeble efforts on the North Fork Watershed Protection Bill have fooled no one. It was blocked in the Senate and Daines made no attempt to dissuade the three senators who blocked it, one of whom has made contributions to Daines’ campaign.

Wake up America and elect statesmen with common sense

Editor:

Wake up America! Again I say Wake up America!! Do you think that Barack Hussein Obama could possibly be a Muslim??!!

Why do you think he is so hesitant to destroy and kill Muslim terrorists? Because they are his brothers? And why don’t you see him entering or leaving a Christian church, although he claims to be a Christian? Granted you don’t see him outwardly worshipping Allah either.

St. Mary's marks 100 years

 

It’s been 100 years since St. Mary’s Catholic School opened its doors to its first students. 

The school, which offers classes from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade,  will celebrate its centennial during its annual BASH fundraiser. 

Trial starts in I-90 fatal

The trial for a trucker accused of leaving the scene of a fatal crash on Interstate 90 last fall starts Monday. 

The trial of David Welk, 45, is scheduled to last from Monday until Wednesday in Sweet Grass County District Court, according to the clerk of court’s office.

Amanda Curtis will be an objective, thoughtful voice for Montana

Editor:

I recently had the opportunity to meet Amanda Curtis, and I am very impressed with her and her candidacy for the United States Senate. She is forthright, energetic, enthusiastic, and looks you in the eye when she speaks to you. As a fresh voice, she will not enter Congress beholden to any interests except those of the people of Montana.

Goose, gas leak cause power outages in Livingston

A goose and a gas leak caused power outages in Livingston Monday afternoon.

Livingston Fire and Rescue responded to the 700 block of Park Street after a trench dug by construction crews collapsed, rupturing a gas line. 

Construction workers immediately evacuated neighboring homes.