Latest from Dale Killingbeck
Casper Council Reluctantly OK $400,000 To Keep Daily SkyWest Flight
Casper City Council on Tuesday reluctantly agreed to commit to up to $400,000 as the city’s contribution to keep SkyWest Airline’s daily flight to Salt Lake City after the county said it won’t pick up the full tab anymore.
Dale KillingbeckApril 10, 2024
Casper Devastated By Stabbing Death Of 14-Year-Old At Local Mall
The city of Casper has been devastated by the violent death of a 14-year-old boy, who was stabbed and killed Sunday while trying to defend his girlfriend at a local mall.
Dale KillingbeckApril 09, 2024
Report: Teen Was Protecting Girlfriend When Stabbed To Death At Casper Mall
A 14-year-old boy who was stabbed and killed at the Eastridge Mall in Casper on Sunday was reportedly protecting his girlfriend. Two underage suspects have been charged as adults.
Dale KillingbeckApril 09, 2024
Two Juveniles Arrested In Sunday Stabbing Death At Casper Mall
Two boys younger than 16 have been arrested in connection with a melee at Eastridge Mall in Casper on Sunday evening in which another juvenile was stabbed and killed.
Dale KillingbeckApril 08, 2024
Casper Fabricator Makes Supersized Tanks For Wyoming’s Big Industries
There’s nothing small time about High Country Fabrication in Casper, which makes humongous tanks for oil refining, lithium battery production, hydrogen energy, mining and other heavy industries in Wyoming and the world.
Dale KillingbeckApril 07, 2024
Casper WWII Pilot Flew B-29 Bomber With Nose Art Drawn By Walt Disney
Casper’s E.A. “Bill” Sikes flew dozens of bomber missions in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, including a B-29 nicknamed “Big Stick” that has nose art draw on it personally by Walt Disney.
Dale KillingbeckApril 07, 2024
Casper Woman Has Been Living On Borrowed Time For 25 Years With Teen’s Kidney
A horrific crash in Wisconsin 25 years ago took the life of a 16-year-old boy, who then saved and extended the life of a Casper woman with his donated kidney. How she got her borrowed time from the boy still brings tears to her eyes.
Dale KillingbeckApril 07, 2024
Wyoming History: Golden Era For Railroads Brought Status, Luxury And Money
Wyoming’s Wild West legacy has been built on larger-than-life stories that have inspired books, movies and a love affair with the Cowboy State’s outlaw reputation. But it was the railroads that really opened up Wyoming.
Dale KillingbeckApril 07, 2024
Eating Wyoming: Casper’s Little Shop Of Burgers Serves Scary-Good Grub
The hook and horror kitsch may bring in the curious but it’s the scary-good grub that keeps Casper locals and visitors coming back for double and triple features at Little Shop of Burgers, a horror film-themed diner that embraces the macabre and bizarre.
Dale KillingbeckApril 07, 2024
Eating Wyoming: Casper’s Little Shop Of Burgers Serves Scary-Good Grub
The hook and horror kitsch may bring in the curious but it’s the scary-good grub that keeps Casper locals and visitors coming back for double and triple features at Little Shop of Burgers, a horror film-themed diner that embraces the macabre and bizarre.
Dale KillingbeckApril 07, 2024
Wyoming History: The Heroic Teacher Who Died Saving Her Students From A Wildfire
Nov. 19, 1914, began as a normal day for Bertha Rhinehart, a teacher at a school 30 miles northwest of Cheyenne. Before the morning was over, the 28-year-old had saved her students from a wind-driven wildfire — but had been badly burned and died the next day.
Dale KillingbeckApril 06, 2024
Restoration Of Iconic 21-Foot Tumble Inn Cowboy On Pace To Be Finished This Year
An effort almost as tall as the iconic 21-foot-tall Tumble Inn cowboy to restore the neon giant to its former glory is progressing quickly and could be finished by the end of the year.
Dale KillingbeckApril 06, 2024
About-Face: Wyoming Land Board Now Wants Out Of Controversial Gravel Pit Leases
After hours of testimony from a more-than-packed room, the State Land Board did an about-face, voting to see if it can reverse its previous approval of leases on state-owned land for gravel mining at the base of Casper Mountain.
Dale KillingbeckApril 05, 2024
Alleged Burglars Scatter When Caught In Act By Gun-Wielding Casper Homeowner
Three Casper-area men with criminal histories were in court Tuesday on allegations they tried to steal a welder from a shed, but scattered when the homeowner — armed — caught them in the act.
Dale KillingbeckApril 03, 2024
Casper Veteran Loses Home, Daughter’s Ashes And Purple Heart In House Fire
As a war veteran, Phil Pulanco understands hard times. In Vietnam, the former Marine stepped on a booby trap. Now the retiree and his wife are trying to pick up the pieces after losing their home and everything they owned in a fire.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 30, 2024
That Time Chuck Yeager Hunted Wyoming Antelope From a Fighter Plane
When Chuck Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier, was stationed in Casper back in 1943, he wasn’t above raising some hell. That included strapping a machine gun on a fighter plane and hunting several antelope from the air. "Wyoming was great hunting," he said.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 30, 2024
Wyoming Man Forgot To Leave His Drugs At Home When Visiting Probation Officer
A 49-year-old Casper felon going to a probation and parole compliance check last week forgot to take his fentanyl, methamphetamine and illegal weapon out of his vehicle. He now faces four felony drug charges and a weapons charge.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 27, 2024
Land Board Moves Meeting to Casper, Gravel Pit Opposition Hopes To Have Say
The controversial gravel pit proposal will be a hot topic at the next State Land Board meeting. Secretary of State Chuck Gray had encouraged opponents of the gravel pit to attend the meeting. Now, Gov Gordon has reportedly moved the meeting to Casper.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 27, 2024
Former Nurse At Casper Corrections Facility Accused Of Having Sex With Inmate
A former nurse and health services administrator at the Casper Reentry Center has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a male inmate.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 26, 2024
Did You Know: Wyoming Has A Liberty Bell, And It’s Perfect Right Down To The Crack
A perfect 2,080-pound replica of the Liberty Bell has been on display in the lobby of a Mills foundry for more than 30 years — crack and all. Getting it to crack was an ordeal. They tried a sledge hammer, jackhammer, dry ice, and a heliarc torch.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 24, 2024
Lou Taubert: A Boxer Turned Cowboy And Wyoming Western Wear Legend
Casper's iconic Lou Taubert Ranch Outfitters has for three generations been the go-to spot for working cowboys and those who love the Western lifestyle. It all began when a teen boxer from Germany came to the West to be a cowboy.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 24, 2024