Helena Montana

1. Around Montana: Stealers U-14s place third in Helena (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

The Bozeman Stealers U-14 softball team finished third in the ‘A’ bracket at the Capital City Classic in Helena last weekend.

2. Survey: Fewer Montana teens smoke; more wear seat belts (Great Falls Tribune)

HELENA (AP) — Fewer Montana high school students are smoking and more are wearing seat belts in motor vehicles, according to a spring survey of 1,800 high school students in the state.

3. UM graduates purchase Helena candy store (Missoulian)

HELENA - The Parrot Confectionery, a candy store and soda fountain in downtown Helena, has new owners. The 87-year-old store is being purchased by Brian and Kelly Ackerman, who grew up in Billings and graduated from the University of Montana. They have lived in Maryland the past three years.

4. Soldier as supporter: Helena sergeant details Guard unit's role in Iraq as U.S. forces pull out of cities (Missoulian)

HELENA - There's a pause on the phone as Sgt. Marcus McDowell talks about the Iraqi police officer who gave him his personal Koran as a token of friendship.

5. Montana school film program gets grants (The Montana Standard)

HELENA — A Montana program teaching film production to teenagers has been awarded $575,000 in grants after a retired Hollywood producer tried unsuccesfully to secure funding through the Montana Legislature.

6. Montana air guard leadership changes (The Montana Standard)

HELENA — The commander of the Montana Air National Guard's 120th Fighter Wing has accepted a position as the commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center in Washington, D.C.

7. Butte ticket wins lottery jackpot (The Montana Standard)

HELENA (AP) — Here are the results of Wednesday's Montana Lottery drawings: JACKPOTS WON: A ticket sold at the Express Lane convenience store in Butte won the $30,000 Montana Cash jackpot.

8. Smoking down, seat-belt use up among teens (The Montana Standard)

HELENA — Fewer Montana high school students are smoking, and more are wearing seat belts in vehicles, according to a survey of 1,800 high school students in the state this spring.

9. Montana ProLife Coalition proposes initiatives (ABC Montana)

HELENA - The Montana ProLife Coalition is proposing three ballot measures that would effectively ban abortion in the state. Each proposed constitutional initiative would define a person as a human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human.

10. Newspaper publisher Stanley Tichenor dies (The Montana Standard)

HELENA (AP) — Long time Montana weekly newspaper publisher Stanley Tichenor has died at the age of 72.