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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Billings police sniper has shot a runaway cow after it got loose and ran over a man several blocks away. The Billings Gazette reports the cow escaped Tuesday while being unloaded near the Public Auction Yards on Billings' South Side...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A member of the Fort Peck tribal council has been charged with DUI and obstructing a peace officer just over three months after reaching a plea agreement calling for a deferred sentence for an earlier DUI. The Billings Gazette reports 54-year-old Victor Michael Thompson was arrested on Aug...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Billings woman has been sentenced for hitting a convenience store employee with her car as she tried to drive away without paying for gas. District Judge Mary Jane Knisely on Wednesday ordered 26-year-old Ashley Helen Willett to five years in state custody, with all but six months suspended...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Billings police are investigating a shooting that has injured a 5-year-old boy. Two girls who were riding bikes in the area and a man with his dog found the boy Thursday evening near a dog park. Police Sgt. Matt Brewer says investigators are looking for a 6-year-old boy who was seen leaving the area...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Yellowstone County officials say a Billings man died after being pulled unconscious from a burning house. The coroner's office says the man died at the hospital. His name, age and cause of death were being withheld until family members could be notified...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Police in Billings say a man in his early 70s has died of injuries suffered when he was struck by a pickup while walking on a downtown sidewalk. Sgt. Jason Gartner says an 18-year-old Billings man lost control of his pickup shortly before 7 a...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 36-year-old Billings man is charged with stealing more than $24,000 from a woman in her 80s. The Billings Gazette reports David Michael Knox appeared in Justice Court Monday via video from the Yellowstone County jail...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A 22-year-old Billings man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he struck and killed a motorcyclist near Laurel earlier this month. The Billings Gazette reports Tanner Jean Reichert pleaded not guilty Monday to vehicular homicide while under the influence in the June 9 death of 40-year-old Daniel Oltrogge of Billings...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Authorities say a story offered by a hitchhiker who claimed to be the victim of a drive-by shooting in Montana unraveled when no gun could be found in the pickup of the supposed perpetrator. Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier said Monday that deputies found a pistol in a field near the scene and traced it to Ray Dolin...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Billings man faces a felony charge of driving under the influence after a Montana Highway Patrol trooper clocked his car traveling 134 mph in a 50 mph zone. The Billings Gazette reports 32-year-old Shaun Kachina Bell made an initial appearance in Justice Court Monday for the DUI, felony criminal endangerment and misdemeanor charges for speeding and driving without a licens