Great Falls Public Schools and Great Falls Police Department officials discussed school safety and student behaviors during their annual review on Oct. 1. That weekend, GFPS officials dealt with the stabbing of a student by a non-student after the Great Falls High homecoming football game. Henderson charged in GFH homecoming stabbing; GFPS makes security changes for football games Lance Boyd,
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Nehemias Valeriano Midence, 22, was sentenced in district court to one felony count of sexual abuse of children for having a video of a local minor girl on his phone. He was charged last fall with three felony counts of sexual abuse of children and over the summer he signed a plea agreement to plead guilty to one of those
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James Dennis, 37, was sentenced in district court to 50 years, with 20 suspended, on seven felony charges related to a June 4, 2025 car theft, police pursuit and crash. Judge Elizabeth Best sentenced Dennis during an Oct. 19 hearing. In August, he pleaded guilty to seven counts after signing a plea agreement, in which he pleaded guilty to felony counts
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The Great Falls Police Department conducted an alcohol compliance check on Oct. 14. Officers checked 56 businesses that sell alcohol within the city limits to ensure liquor license holders are preventing sales to those under 21. Five failed the compliance check, for a 91 percent success rate. “We take a zero-tolerance stance on these matters, as the safety of Great
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A man and woman from Great Falls who were trafficking fentanyl together were recently sentenced to prison. Kylie Lynn Minardi, 24, who pleaded guilty in June 2026 to distributing fentanyl and conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl, was sentenced Oct. 14 to five years and two months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, according
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NorthWestern Energy has two projects the public should be aware of. NorthWestern Energy will be purging natural gas from a pipeline in the 900 block of 9th Street between 2nd Avenue North and 4th Avenue South on Oct. 14. As part of the planned work, natural gas will be safely removed from a pipeline that will no longer be in
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The county has opened bidding for the construction of the Evans Riceville Road repair. Bids are due by 3 p.m. Oct. 27, when they will be opened, and will require approval by the County Commission. The project consists of repairing a road slide, including 10 feet of excavation of poorly compacted road subgrade, reconstruction with structural fill and geogrid, surfacing
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Lloyde Ogden, Jr., a former Cascade County detention officer, was convicted on three counts after a seven-day jury trial before Judge John Parker. At 10:08 p.m. Oct. 6, the court clerk read the jury’s verdict, which found him guilty of three counts related to a June 2025 incident and not guilty on three other charges, including two related to an
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The gymnasium at Meadow Lark Elementary School was abuzz with excitement on Wednesday as some of their favorite characters paid them a special visit. The students were the live audience for “Fire Prevention’s Got Talent,” with two of their teachers stepping in for the celebrity judges. Sheriff Woody was up first with his fire prevention talents that included smoke detectors
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Ira Hayes Henderson, Jr. has been charged with felony counts of assault with a weapon and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection with the Oct. 2 stabbing after the Great Falls High homecoming game. A district court judge issued an arrest warrant and Henderson was arrested on Oct. 6 in Vaughn. Henderson was booked into the Cascade County
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