Former state senator sentenced in boat crash

Former State Sen. Greg Barkus listens to District Judge John McKeon speak in Flathead District Court on Thursday in Katispell, Mont. Barkus accepted a sentence that will allow him to avoid jail and eventually expunge his record for a 2009 boat crash that injured U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg and four other people. Barkus was given a four-year deferred prison sentence, $29,000 in fines and supervised probation, The Daily Inter Lake newspaper reported. AP Photo/The Daily Inter Lake, Nate Chute

Former Mont. state senator sentenced in boat crash

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana state senator acc...