Western North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Williston and Dickinson http://www.kxnet.com//en-usCopyright 2010 KXNet.com1800Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518613http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518613<p> The state's Supreme Court chief justice is advocating a new ballot measure that would use alcohol tax money for prevention and treatment efforts. Mike McGrath, who used to be the state's attorney general, pitched the plan to a legislative commit</p>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518611http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518611<p> A father accused of driving drunk with his three children in the vehicle is facing a felony charge resulting from a fatal crash. Thirty-seven-year-old Jeffrey Martin of Lakeville was charged Monday with criminal vehicular homicide in the death o</p>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518287http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=518287<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/2/8/tbn_15_2010-2-8-newsmin6-4021612500000029008.jpg"/>If high school basketball has a 'Comeback Player of the Year' award...this Bishop Ryan basketball athlete would win it hands down... In fact...this young lady might just win 'Comeback Person of the Year' in general. This is Lexi Klein a sophomore fr<br clear="all"/></p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:58:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516827http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516827<p> The Missoula County Sheriff's office has confirmed that a man who committed suicide during a standoff Thursday is the same man accused of severely abusing a kitten last weekend. Capt. Greg Hintz says 63-year-old Gary Bassett of Missoula died of</p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516809http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516809<p> North Dakota state Rep. Rod Froelich says he won't run for re-election this fall. The Democrat says he may run instead for a state Senate seat as an independent. Froelich believes the House is too partisan and said Friday that he's &quot;not a very g</p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:58:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516620http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516620<p> Montana Sen. Jon Tester says he's addressing concerns about his bill to increase both logging and wilderness area in the state. A revised plan unveiled today would allow logging to continue beyond the 15 year limit in his original proposal. The bill </p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516577http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516577<p> North Dakota Democrats haven't had a candidate in the state's U.S. Senate race, and Bismarck state Sen. [[kxtopic:tracy-potter:t[Tracy Potter]:t]] says he decided he should take a shot. Potter says that he'll seek the party's endorsement to run for </p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516559http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516559<p> A University of Montana economist says alcohol-related injury crashes cost the state economy $131 million a year. Steve Seninger says adding that total to a colleague's earlier estimate of the economic cost of alcohol abuse in the state brings </p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:17:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516535http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516535<p> A University of Montana economist says alcohol-related injury crashes cost the state economy $131 million a year. Steve Seninger says adding that total to a colleague's earlier estimate of the economic cost of alcohol abuse in the state brings </p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516506http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516506<p> The executive director of North Dakota State University's Development Foundation has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. Sixty-one-year-old Jim Miller was stopped by Fargo police just after midnight Thursday. He posted $500 bail and w</p>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516351http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516351<p> Police in western New York say a fugitive all but turned himself in by posting his workplace on Facebook and MySpace. Police in Lockport passed along the information about 39-year-old Christopher Crego to U.S. marshals. He was arrested Wednesda</p>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:36:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516010http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=516010<p> An Oahu motorist accused of running over and killing a woman in the drive-through lane of a fast-food restaurant has been indicted for manslaughter. Thirty-six-year-old Albert Birmingham had been charged with the less serious offense of negligen</p>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:53:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515791http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515791<p>Eds: APNewsNow. AP Photos. By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Edwin Valero has a resume befitting one of boxing's bad boys. He's accused the U.S. government of discrimination, has a tattoo of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez across his ches</p>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:33:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515709http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515709<p> A University of Montana survey of people convicted of repeated DUIs found that tougher laws and chemical dependency treatment are the strongest deterrents to drunken driving. Timothy Conley is an associate professor of social work at UM. He l</p>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515666http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515666<p> A University of [[kxtopic:montana:t[Montana]:t]] survey of people convicted of repeated DUIs found that tougher laws and chemical dependency treatment are the strongest deterrents to drunken driving. Timothy Conley is an associate professor of s</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:48:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515217http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515217<p> Offensive lineman Jimmy Gjere (JEER'-ee) and running back Lamonte Edwards are the local headliners of the 2010 class of Minnesota Gophers' recruits. Gjere is from New Brighton and Irondale High School and Edwards is from Woodbury High School, both Tw</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:48:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515216http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515216<p> Offensive lineman Jimmy Gjere (JEER'-ee) and running back Lamonte Edwards are the local headliners of the 2010 class of Minnesota Gophers' recruits. Gjere is from New Brighton and Irondale High School and Edwards is from Woodbury High School, both Tw</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:48:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515214http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515214<p> Offensive lineman Jimmy Gjere (JEER'-ee) and running back Lamonte Edwards are the local headliners of the 2010 class of Minnesota Gophers' recruits. Gjere is from New Brighton and Irondale High School and Edwards is from Woodbury High School, both Tw</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:42:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515131http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515131<p> A Tennessee sheriff's deputy arrested on a drunken driving charge wound up in a dog house before he was taken to the big house. The Kingsport Times-News reported the details of a Tennessee Highway Patrol arrest report, which said 47-year-old Sam</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:08:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515060http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515060<p> The Minnesota Legislature opens its 2010 session on Thursday. Balancing the budget again is the top order of business, but much more will debated and voted upon before lawmakers wrap up. They must finish the session by mid-May. A preview of is</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515029http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=515029<p> North Dakota regulators have given the OK for Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health Plan to sell health insurance in the state. Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the company still needs to get its insurance products and rates approved. </p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514974http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514974<p> A jury has acquitted University of North Dakota hockey player Matt Frattin of drunken driving. Campus police pulled over the junior forward from Edmonton, Alberta, on Aug. 19. Prosecutor Jason McCarthy says Frattin passed some sobriety tests but</p>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:56:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514917http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514917<p> A jury has found University of North Dakota hockey player Matt Frattin not guilty of drunken driving. Campus police pulled over the junior forward from Edmonton, Alberta, last Aug. 19. Prosecutor Jason McCarthy said Frattin passed some sobriety </p>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514549http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514549<p> The Office of Public Instruction says that budget cuts being considered at the request of the governor could lead to higher local [[kxtopic:property-tax:t[property tax]:t]]es. The potential impact of the 5 percent budget cut plans ordered by Gov</p>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:36:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514432http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514432<p> Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Rey Maualuga (mow-uh-LOO'-guh) has pleaded guilty to [[kxtopic:drunken-driving:t[drunken driving]:t]]. He received a suspended jail sentence and apologized to the team and community. Maualuga brought a quick ending </p>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514367http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=514367<p> A 41-year-old Hamilton man has been charged with four felonies, along with drunken driving, after a pickup truck crashed into a Montana Highway Patrol vehicle that was parked on the side of the highway near Darby. Geoffrey D. Klare appeared in J</p>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513861http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513861<p> Rip Torn is expected to post $100,000 bond Monday after making an initial court appearance on burglary and firearms charges in Connecticut. The &quot;Men in Black&quot; actor is accused of breaking into a bank in his hometown of Salisbury on Friday with a</p>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:33:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513849http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513849<p> Rip Torn has made an initial court appearance on burglary and firearms charges in Connecticut. The &quot;Men in Black&quot; actor is accused of breaking into a bank in his hometown of Salisbury on Friday with a loaded revolver while intoxicated. His</p>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:57:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513710http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513710<p> Actor Elmore &quot;Rip&quot; Torn will appear before a Connecticut judge again, this time to face allegations he broke into a bank with a loaded gun while intoxicated. The 78-year-old Salisbury resident is scheduled to be arraigned on burglary and firearm</p>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:48:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513662http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513662<p> A city attorney in Missoula is requesting that all DUI trials be held before a jury in an attempt to get stiffer sentences. Jim Nugent made the request amid concerns some people accused of [[kxtopic:drunken-driving:t[drunken driving]:t]] were waiving </p>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:17:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513472http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=513472<p> A city attorney in Missoula is requesting that all DUI trials be held before a jury in an attempt to get stiffer sentences. Jim Nugent recently made the request amid concerns some people accused of drunken driving were waiving their right to a j</p>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=512949http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=512949<p> Actor Elmore &quot;Rip&quot; Torn has been charged with breaking into a Connecticut bank and carrying a loaded handgun while intoxicated. State police say the 78-year-old Salisbury resident was arrested Friday night after police found him inside the Litch</p>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511730http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511730<p> The Montana Board of Regents approved a framework that would allow for cuts of up to 5 percent in the university system. The board says it will honor Gov. Brian Schweitzer's request to start planning for such a cut, even though it has constituti</p>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511504http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511504<p> A 49-year-old Great Falls man has been charged with his ninth drunken driving offense. David H. Malsor was pulled over by police on Tuesday night. Court records say he did not immediately pull over when officers turned on their lights and sire</p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511348http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511348<p> A federal judge says North Dakota's child support enforcement program should receive a list of people who joined in a class action lawsuit over excessive traffic fines in Fargo. The ruling affects about 14,000 people who filed valid claims for </p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:38:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511341http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511341<p> Twenty candidates for Minnesota governor faced each other in a cattle-call debate in Bloomington less than a week before Tuesday's precinct caucuses. Ten Democrats, six Republicans and four Independence Party hopefuls filled two long banquet tab</p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:38:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511340http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511340<p> The race for Minnesota governor is wide open, and that fact showed as twenty candidates filled two banquet tables to field questions in a debate last night in Bloomington. Minnesota News Council Chairman Tony Carideo joked that the lineup looked like</p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511306http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511306<p> A 24-year-old East Missoula man has pleaded guilty to felony drunken driving after his car plunged down a 300-foot embankment. Brandon Darrah appeared in District Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to a fifth DUI offense, driving with a suspe</p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:57:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511120http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511120<p> Two brothers have been charged with killing their sister in 1998 and dumping her body in the woods in northwestern Minnesota. On Wednesday, 34-year-old Todd Walter Martin of Fosston and 37-year-old Troy Fredric Martin of Bagley were arraigned in</p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:57:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511117http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=511117<p> Two brothers have been charged with killing their sister in 1998 and dumping her body in the woods in northwestern Minnesota. On Wednesday, 34-year-old Todd Walter Martin of Fosston and 37-year-old Troy Fredric Martin of Bagley were arraigned in</p>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:28:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=510866http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=510866<p> A man accused of driving drunk and crashing into a police vehicle in Fargo during Monday's blizzard says he was not drunk. Twenty-six-year-old Jacob Rheault (ROLL) of West Fargo says he did not have time to react because of where the officer par</p>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=509939http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=509939<p> Authorities closed portions of Interstates 29 and 94 in North Dakota on Monday because of poor visibility and crashes. Interstate 29 was closed between Grand Forks and the Canadian border. Pembina County Sheriff Brian Erovick said three tractor</p>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=509671http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=509671<p> Fargo authorities say a man was booked for drunken driving after he ran into a police car during Monday's blizzard. Fargo Police Sgt. Jeff Skuza says the officer had just checked another vehicle in south Fargo. He was sitting in his car when the</p>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=509193http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=509193<p> Repair crews in the Dakotas have been working round-the-clock to restore power to thousands of customers who lost service during icy weather. South Dakota officials say about 10,000 customers were without power there Sunday morning. While in Nor</p>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508999http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508999<p> A 51-year-old Billings woman who was awaiting sentencing for violating the release conditions on her eighth drunken driving conviction has pleaded not guilty to yet another felony DUI charge. Anne Palmersheim entered the plea Friday. Palmersheim was </p>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508997http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508997<p> Family and friends of a 21-year-old Bozeman Marine who was killed in Afghanistan gathered at his funeral and spoke of his faith, his competitive nature and his smile. Cpl. Nicholas K. Uzenski died Jan. 11 during combat in the Helmand Province o</p>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:17:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508875http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508875<p> Police say fans of MTV's &quot;Jersey Shore&quot; deluged a New Jersey nightclub, forcing the closure of a thoroughfare and leading to the arrests of four people. Property owner Dick Grabowsky told the Newark Star-Ledger that about 2,000 people showed up </p>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508657http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508657<p> A grand jury has indicted a Sioux Falls man suspected of leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in a fatal crash. Jason Larsen-Smith faces nine charges, including second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, vehicular homicide and d</p>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:24:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508105http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=508105<p> A former Marine has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for a deadly drunken driving crash in California that occurred hours after he attended a driving safety briefing. Former Lance Cpl. Elijah Ferguson was sentenced Friday for the cr</p>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=507693http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=507693<p> The Minnesota Supreme Court says being drunk and asleep at the wheel can be enough for a drunken driving conviction, even when not driving. The state's highest court on Thursday affirmed the conviction of a Crookston man who was found sleeping i</p>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:28:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=507261http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=507261<p> David Freese's drunk driving arrest in December has not dislodged him as the top contender for the St. Louis Cardinals' third base job. But the 26-year-old Freese knows he has to grow up and earn the team's trust. During the team's Winter Warm-U</p>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:35:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=507053http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=507053<p> A man arrested after an almost 11-hour armed standoff with law officers in Sioux Falls faces charges that could bring him 65 years in prison if he is convicted. Fifty-five-year-old Thomas Webster faces aggravated assault charges after the incide</p>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505994http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505994<p> A grand jury has indicted a second man in the 2007 slaying of a Rapid City woman. Prosecutors say 23-year-old Aaron Jones played a larger role than first believed in the death of 44-year-old Tamara Magic and they have revoked their promise of immunit</p>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505992http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505992<p> A grand jury has indicted a second man in the 2007 slaying of a Rapid City woman. Prosecutors say 23-year-old Aaron Jones played a larger role than first believed in the November 2007 killing of 44-year-old Tamara Magic. He now faces a first-deg</p>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:38:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505965http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505965<p> Gov. Tim Pawlenty will ask Minnesota lawmakers to stiffen drunken driving penalties, including expanded use of ignition locks requiring proof of sobriety to start a car. The proposal announced Tuesday would give people convicted of DWI a choice:</p>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505911http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=505911<p> A South Dakota woman who prosecutors say had a blood-alcohol level almost nine times the legal driving limit has pleaded guilty to two drunken driving charges. Authorities say 45-year-old Marguerite Engle was arrested Dec. 1 when she was found p</p>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:42:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=503321http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=503321<p> A 51-year-old Butte man who was charged with his fifth and sixth DUIs 15 days apart has been given 13 months with the Department of Corrections on each conviction, with the sentences to run concurrently. Ronald D. Davis was sentenced Wednesday b</p>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502861http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502861<p> A 51-year-old Butte man who was charged with his fifth and sixth DUIs 15 days apart has been given 13 months with the Department of Corrections on each conviction, with the sentences to run concurrently. Ronald D. Davis was sentenced Wednesday b</p>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502847http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502847<p> Former NFL star Bruce Smith has pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Virginia. Smith was fined $1,000 and given a 90-day suspended sentence Thursday in a plea agreement with Virginia Beach prosecutors, who dropped charges of speeding and refusal</p>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:53:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502813http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502813<p> It was a milestone night for Dirk Nowitzki and the Los Angeles Lakers. Nowitzki became the 34th player in NBA history to reach 20,000 points. But his Dallas Mavericks lost to the Lakers, making L.A. the first team in the NBA to reach 3,000 victories.</p>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502701http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=502701<p> Former NFL star Bruce Smith is set for trial on a drunken driving charge in Virginia Beach. The trial is scheduled to begin Thursday. Smith was convicted in General District Court in July and given a 90-day suspended jail term, but he appealed t</p>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:35:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501977http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501977<p> A man convicted of driving drunk and causing a fatal crash in Ramsey County has been sentenced to 20 and a-half years in prison. A criminal complaint says Tito Fonzio Campbell was intoxicated when he drove his vehicle, with his 10-year-old son a</p>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501919http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501919<p> A Grand Forks postman has pleaded guilty to driving his mail truck while he was drunk. Richard Kuntz was given a 10-day suspended jail sentence on Tuesday and was put on unsupervised probation for a year. He paid $475 in fines and ordered to und</p>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501906http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501906<p> A 48-year-old man who was charged with driving while having a potentially fatal blood alcohol level has been sentenced to 13 months with the Department of Corrections for felony drunken driving. Timothy J. Goggins was sentenced Tuesday by Distri</p>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501888http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501888<p> A 48-year-old man who was charged with driving while having a potentially fatal blood alcohol level has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for felony drunken driving. Records said Goggins had a blood-alcohol level of 0.413 percent when he was ar</p>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501781http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501781<p> A 48-year-old man who was charged with driving while having a potentially fatal blood alcohol level has been sentenced to 13 months with the Department of Corrections for felony drunken driving. Timothy J. Goggins was sentenced Tuesday by Distri</p>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501580http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501580<p> A former Blackwater contractor charged in the shooting deaths of two Afghans has been ordered held in custody until his trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Tommy Miller ruled Tuesday that 29-year-old Chris Drotleff of Virginia Beach is a flight risk an</p>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501022http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=501022<p> The federal government is trying to teach people about the dangers of distracted driving, launching a new organization called FocusDriven. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told CBS' &quot;The Early Show&quot; that members of the organization &quot;will be t</p>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500926http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500926<p> The Montana Highway Patrol says at least eight bighorn sheep died when a motorist drove his pickup truck through a herd on a state highway. The patrol says the collision occurred late Monday morning on Montana 1 about 7 miles west of Anaconda. </p>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500614http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500614<p> The Justice Department is ordering prosecutors in 33 states to step up efforts to combat crime on Indian reservations, particularly offenses against women and children. Attorney General Eric Holder was announcing the effort after his deputy, Dav</p>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:58:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500422http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500422<p> The Colorado man who orchestrated the balloon boy hoax has turned himself in to begin a 90-day jail sentence. Richard Heene (HEE'-nee) reported to the Larimer County jail in Fort Collins this morning. He pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a pu</p>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500393http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500393<p> A statewide coalition has begun a yearlong effort to track as many drunken driving cases as possible, in an effort to develop more effective drunken driving laws. The Montana Common Sense Coalition will be doing its work on the county level, bec</p>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500241http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500241<p> Some officials in Montana say repeat drunk drivers have learned how to avoid severe penalties by refusing to blow into a breath analyzer and that the state should make that refusal a crime. The Montana County Attorneys Association says it's the bigge</p>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500235http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500235<p> A developer hopes to transform the 110-year old campus that once housed the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind into a school for the culinary arts. Blair Williams says the culinary school would offer programs such as cheese making, meat cutti</p>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:21:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500053http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=500053<p> Some officials in Montana say repeat drunk drivers have learned how to avoid severe penalties by simply refusing to blow into a breath analyzer, and the state should eliminate the problem by making that refusal a crime. Jim Smith represents the </p>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=499013http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=499013<p> The 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year include three former Minnesota Vikings: Cris Carter, Roger Craig and John Randle. The NFL's career receiving and rushing leaders, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith, lead the list. The vote will b</p>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=499007http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=499007<p> The 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year include three former Minnesota Vikings: Cris Carter, Roger Craig and John Randle. The NFL's career receiving and rushing leaders, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith, lead the list. The vote will b</p>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=499004http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=499004<p> The 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year include three former Minnesota Vikings: Cris Carter, Roger Craig and John Randle. The NFL's career receiving and rushing leaders, Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith, lead the list. The vote will b</p>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:03:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=498955http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=498955<p> Court records show Stephanie Pratt will serve three years of informal probation after pleading no contest to a lesser charge in a drunken driving case. Pratt, who appears on MTV's &quot;The Hills,&quot; pleaded no contest to a charge of exhibition of spee</p>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:08:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=498856http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=498856<p> The son of Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress has been charged with drunken driving for the second time. Twenty-four-year-old Aaron Childress was arrested early last Saturday in St. Paul. He was charged with second-degree driving under the </p>