GREAT FALLS, Mont. - Originally planned for Monday, November 20 at 3:30, the General Municipal Election Canvass meeting was put on hold as some say it would have been an
Nikki Snell was sentenced in federal court Oct. 19 to six years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, for her role in a March 2023 police pursuit and shooting in Great Falls. Snell, 38, of Harlem, pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to distribute meth and to prohibited…
Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed a case against Cascade County and Sheriff Jesse Slaughter over a 2021 suicide death of an inmate at the Adult Detention Center. The county settled with the inmate's family for $550,000. The county's insurance through Montana Association of Counties pays all but the $10,000 deductible, according to Cascade…
A change in the process for juror questionnaires and summons caused problems for the justice system in Cascade County. Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said during a Sept. 13 press conference that a high number of people were not responding to the notices, requiring his office to contact those people, slowing the process to empanel juries and…
Whisper Hawkbear appeared in court on Sept. 6 for a scheduling hearing with Judge John Parker. Parker told the attorneys that he was holding the scheduling hearing for a "case of this magnitude" to create plan to ensure the case would move forward. Hawkbear was charged in April with deliberate homicide for the death of…