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Fire destroys Butte’s only McDonald’s

Last year, Butte lost the historic M&M Bar, which closed. (It was supposed to reopen for St. Patrick’s day, but that plan fizzled.)

It lost a more modern part of the community yesterday, when its only McDonald’s burned.

John Grant Emeigh of the Montana Standard reports:

A fire that started in the [...]

Cops & Courts catch-up – Taser tales. Wedding wrench whack. Judge juiced?

Take a day away from the office and cops and courts news breaks out. Here’s a recap of just a few of the things that happened:

In Taser news, here’s the Billings Gazette’s follow-up on an inquest that showed methamphetamine actually caused the death of a man zapped by police with a stun [...]

Headline of the week – Gravity downfall of Butte assault suspect

Props to the Associated Press for this one:

Gravity was the downfall of a man suspected of assaulting a woman in Butte.

The Montana Standard reports the 19-year-old was apparently hiding on the roof of a duplex as officers investigated a woman’s report that a man came to her door and [...]

Wearin’ o’ the cuffs – Butte St. Patrick’s Day organizer arrested on DUI

Butte’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration is legendary for its, uh, exuberance. But the organizer of this year’s parade (posing with members of the Edmonton Police Pipes and Drums) allegedly took things a little too far, according to the Montana Standard:

Mollie A. Kirk, 61, of Butte faces a possible fourth offense [...]