CRIME & SAFETY

BOZEMAN, Mont. - The public is being warned to stay clear of the Sacco Dr. area as law enforcement responds to a barricaded suspect. Sunday morning the Bozeman Police Department said they are responding to a domestic violence incident in the area, where the suspect has barricaded themselves. Numerous officers...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (TCD) -- A woman pleaded guilty Friday to killing her 12-year-old grandson by partaking in abuse and failing to seek medical care for his injuries. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports Patricia Batts entered the plea for charges of deliberate homicide, criminal child endangerment, and tampering with a witness or informant in connection with the February 2020 death of James "Alex" Hurley. She faces life in prison for the homicide charge.

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A West Yellowstone woman pleaded guilty Friday to three felony charges stemming from the killing of her 12-year-old grandson in early 2020 as part of a plea agreement. Patricia Batts pleaded guilty to charges of deliberate homicide, criminal child endangerment and tampering with a witness or informant in Gallatin County District Court for her role in the death of her grandson, James Alex Hurley. Gallatin County District...

A Belgrade man is facing felony charges after a vehicle crash south of Livingston left one man dead and seriously injured another.

After the vehicle went through the ice, it settled in one of the deepest parts of the lake. It is not an uncommon occurrence during Montana's winter months. The actual thickness and stability of the ice can be deceiving at times. And naturally, efforts are going to be made to retrieve those vehicles when warmer weather allows.

Sara Young, a survivor of home violence, fled her house together with her kids and packed a bag of necessities to hunt shelter in an previous inexperienced space that combined in with the community in Bozeman, Montana. The space, alternatively, used to be a home violence refuge, which supposed that Young used to be no longer approved to offer out the deal with to someone. While the secrecy of the refuge made Young really feel protected, her roommate, a tender mom, struggled to deal with her child with out her circle of relatives’s improve. In addition, some citizens have been not able to visit paintings as they didn’t have get admission to to transportation, whilst others felt confined inside the refuge because of strict curfews, locked home windows, and alarm programs.

Bozeman’s pride festival had some tense moments after protesters showed up, allegedly injuring one person.

Roney Soto’s brother-in-law spoke with MTN News about Soto's tragic death on Highway 191 near Gallatin Gateway.

A 27-year-old died in a motorcycle accident on U.S. Highway 191 near the Greek Creek Campground in Gallatin Canyon over the weekend. The solo rider was traveling north through Gallatin Canyon around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday evening on a Kawasaki motorcycle when the rider failed to negotiate a corner, according to a Montana Highway Patrol report.

About an hour into the Bozeman, Montana PRIDE event, as community organizations gathered at Soroptimist Park, a group of about 20 white supremacists showed up and started chanting anti-LGBT+ statements at the crowd. Many of them had their faces covered and held signs with racist and homophobic slogans. The Bozeman...

Drivers who frequently take Highway 191 say the road itself is not at fault for accidents, but rather human error.

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Firefighters do many important things for people and animals, and recently, firefighters in Bozeman rescued a flock of ducklings in need. Bozeman Fire shared that they saved 10 ducklings from a storm drain, while their mamma and a single sibling waited, quacking loudly, but patiently. “Thanks to...

GALLATIN GATEWAY, Mont. - A man died in a crash on Highway 191 near Gallatin Gateway Tuesday. The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) said in the fatality report the driver of the first vehicle was going northbound, lost control of the vehicle and began hydroplaning. The first vehicle crashed into the...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Minor injuries are reported in a semi vs. car crash on Highway 191 in the Gallatin Canyon. The crash is reported on Highway 191 at mile marker 60, south of Gallatin Gateway. Traffic is flowing through the area, but only one lane is open. Those commuting through...

A Bozeman man pleaded guilty to felony charges that stemmed from him collecting antlers “outside legal dates for areas west of the continental divide in Wyoming”. Jackson, Wyo., April 21, 2023— On October 25, 2022, a Bozeman, Montana resident, formerly of Jackson, WY, was sentenced on a felony Lacey Act charge, along with federal misdemeanor probation violations in connection with illegal collection of shed elk antlers on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Montanans are losing millions of dollars in phone and online scams, and the number of shady deals is increasing. Yellowstone Public Radio's Orlinda Worthington gives us the biggest warning from police departments right now. Quinn Ellingson is a detective with the Bozeman police department. He says they get fraud cases...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — A three-vehicle crash left one person dead and four people injured in Gallatin County on Tuesday evening. The driver of the first vehicle was northbound on Highway 191 in Gallatin Gateway when she lost control and started to hydroplane due to wet road conditions. The driver...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash between a semitruck and a passenger car on Highway 191 in the Gallatin Canyon at mile marker 60 Thursday evening. Officials say there were only minor injuries as a result of the crash. Commuters in the area...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Stellar hiking weather is on the way for Montana, with more sunny days as summer approaches. But melting snow left behind from winter is creating a slippery hazard for hikers and gatherers. NBC Montana sat down with the Gallatin County Search and Rescue commander to find...