CRIME & SAFETY

MISSOULA, Mont. - A Missing Endangered Person Advisory has been issued for a 14-year-old girl.

MISSOULA, Mont. - A Missing Endangered Person Advisory has been issued for a 14-year-old girl. Lyndsey Carlito Cote is described as being five feet, three inches tall, weighs 125 pounds and has red hair and hazel eyes. She may try to alter her appearance by dying her hair. Lyndsey was...

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On May 31, 2023, a Missoula Police Department Office was dispatched to the area of 111 W. Broadway for a robbery that had just occurred. A witness called 911 reporting that his friend had just been beaten up and punched and that his $500 mountain bicycle was stolen. The suspect was described as a tall Native American male, approximately 6', and wearing all black or dark clothing.

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - The Missoula County Attorney’s Office charged 16 new criminal complaints this week, which is six less than last week and right around the weekly average. According to County Attorney Kirsten Pabst, her office is also getting ready for a homicide trial that is set to start on Monday.

MISSOULA, Mont. - Missoula Mayor Jordan Hess announced the appointment of a new police chief Friday. Serving the Missoula Police Department for 27 years, Mike Colyer was appointed as police chief. His appointment will go through confirmation by the Missoula City Council, and his new role as police chief will...

Mika Westwolf is a name to remember and a life taken too soon. Her mother talks about Mika's life and legacy...

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On May 26, 2023, Missoula Police Department Officers were dispatched to the Poverello Center for a report of person who was stabbed. Dispatch advised the suspect was an African American male in a green hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. Law enforcement arrived and contacted the victim, John Doe, and the suspect, later identified as 31-year-old Paul Binns.

A 38-year-old motorcyclist from Lolo died on Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 93 in Ravalli County.

(UPDATE: June 1, 2023, at 2:01 p.m.) The MEPA for Robert Burt has been canceled. Robert has been located and is safe. MPD thanks you for your assistance. (First report: June 1, 2023, at 8:25 a.m.) Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On June 1, 2023, at around 12:41 a.m., a...

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On May 25, 2023, a Missoula Police Department officer met with an employee at Gary’s Auto for a report of a stolen vehicle. A 1990 Chevy extended cab belonging to a customer was stolen. On May 26, 2023, officers responded to Walmart on Mullan...

Kellen Kantrell Norman, 19, of Polson, appeared in Missoula before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto May 25 and pled not guilty to charges of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, distribution of cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of an unregistered firearm. If convicted of the most serious crime, Norman faces a mandatory minimum of five years to 40 years in prison, a $5 million fine and four years of supervised release on the drug possession crime and a mandatory minimum of five years to life in prison, consecutive to any other sentence, a $250,000 fine and five years of supervised release on the crime of possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. Norman was released pending further proceedings. The Missoula High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula police are asking the public for information after a motorcycle chase through town Monday night. Police confirm the incident started around 9:30 p.m., when an officer attempted a traffic stop for reckless driving near the intersection of Catlin Street and South Fourth Street West. We're...

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On May 25, 2023, Missoula Police Department Officers were dispatched to a series of fires that started near South 3rd Street and Russell Street. One 911 caller provided a description of the male. An officer arrived in the area and observed a person matching the description at a gas station in the 400 block of Russell Street.

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On May 24, 2023, Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to a fast-food restaurant in the 8700 block of US Highway 93 for a report of a male who was disorderly. Employees advised that the male was using profane language and yelling at employees while getting in their faces. Employees further advised that the male was intoxicated and left in a green Honda Civic. They also provided a license plate.

Missoula crime statistics have been on the rise over the last few years. It seems that ever since the pandemic hit, people stopped caring about their morality or how their actions affected others. In fact, we recently reported on some startling crime statistics here in Montana. In a recent post...

As someone who commutes on Highway 93 every day, this makes me happy. Finally, a law enforcement officer starts to educate drivers on how it is illegal to "camp" in the passing lane. "Pray for me, I drive 93" Folks, like myself, who have to commute from the Bitterroot jokingly...

Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - Missoula County Sheriff’s Office K9 Xander is in competition with working K9s from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana for up to $15,000 in grants from a group called Aftermath, a company that specializes in trauma cleaning and biohazard removal. KGVO News and other...

Paul D. Binns is charged with one count of felony assault with a weapon accused of stabbing a man at the Poverello Center last week.

CORVALLIS, Mont. — One man is dead after a crash on Highway 93 north of Woodside Cutoff near Corvallis Tuesday afternoon. Officials say the call came in around 1:17 p.m. for a collision between a motorcycle and another vehicle. Ravalli County Sheriff Steve Holton confirms a 38-year-old Missoula County...

First, let’s start with theories about Sentinel High School. Pretty much all of the theater department believe that Wayne Nance lives in our school’s basement. Wayne Nance is a 1974 serial killer who lived in Missoula. He killed at least 4 people over the years, and somehow, the drama department mentioned him living in our school’s basement. This was quickly spread through the department and has stuck around and still told since then. This conspiracy has been around for many, many years. How it started is unknown.