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Billings PD Releases 2020 Crime Report
It s super easy to complain and moan about crime in Billings and it seems like theft and violent crimes are on the rise. But what do the stats show? Is crime really exploding around the Magic City? If so, what are the police doing about it?
The Billings Police Department released their annual report today (4/9) and since I doubt most of you will read the entire 66 page PDF, let me break down the highlights (lowlights?) for you in this highly condensed article.
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The BPD serves 42 square miles of city with 154 sworn personnel and 31 civilian employees. The total 2020 budget was just over $26.1M. There are an average of 16 officers and commanders on each of the three daily shifts, spread among nine zones in Billings.
Planning a wedding is far from easy and it’s usually accompanied by money stress. Between the dress, the venue, and the entertainment, it becomes the most expensive evening of any couples’ life.
One local bride is in the midst of financial concerns as she plans her 2021 wedding, and knowing that she’s not alone, decided to start an online thread that will help her fellow brides pay for their big day.
Amber Lynch is from Warwick, Rhode Island and is currently planning her October wedding.
“We’re paying for our own wedding and we are trying to come up with extra money,” Lynch said. She knows firsthand that weddings are not cheap and came up with a plan that has some serious potential to help other brides.
During the first couple of weeks of lockdown, we d get really excited when one of our favorite artists decided to jump on Instagram Live or YouTube for a virtual concert. As the weeks dragged on? Well, the novelty wore off.
If you walk into my office here at the station, you ll see my walls lined with posters from OAR and Matt Nathanson concerts. They are hands down my two favorite artists and both embraced virtual concerts last March. For weeks, I cleared my schedule for an hour on Wednesdays and Sundays to watch. It was really cool to connect with other fans and get to be part of a real time Q&A conversation with the people who s music was playing a small part in helping us navigate the most anxiety inducing year of our lives.
There s a lot of great menu items at area fast food restaurants. From healthy to, kinda healthy to, once in a while it s ok, to HOLY WOW those calories. But there s also a lot of items people rave about, but most of us have never even tried. Some are borderline secret menu items spread through word of mouth, others are simply items many forget even exist.
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(You won t find a standard taco on this list)
I scoured the web including Reddit find fast food menu items people dig, but that aren t the most commonly ordered. Example, there s no mention of a Big Mac or Whopper here because everyone already knows about em.