Latest from Dale Killingbeck
Ex-Bar Nunn Fire Chief Gets Suspended Sentence For Stealing From Charity Boot Drive
The former Bar Nunn fire chief on Wednesday received a suspended three-to-five years in prison and three years of supervised probation for stealing from the 2024 MDA Fill the Boot fund drive last year. “What I did was wrong,” he told the judge. “I apologize.”
Dale KillingbeckDecember 10, 2025
Oops! Overloaded Semi Driven By Alleged Undocumented Nicaraguan Rolls Into Patrol Car
An overloaded semi-truck with 23 violations backed into a Laramie County Sheriff’s Office patrol car Monday during a traffic stop. Sheriff Brian Kozak said the truck had faulty brakes and was driven by an undocumented Nicaraguan man, who was arrested.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 09, 2025
Cowboys Charged In Felony Animal Abuse Case For Roping, Riding, Dragging Moose
Roping and riding a terrorized cow moose and then roping and dragging it gave cowboys on a Uinta County ranch enough of a thrill to capture the event on video. Now those videos are being used to charge the trio with felony violations for cruelty to animals.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 09, 2025
Cheyenne Pair Await Arraignment For Allegedly Forcing Gallons Of Water Down Teen
A Cheyenne pair await arraignment in Laramie County District Court on charges of aggravated child abuse. They allegedly forced a 14-year-old to drink gallons of water a day, prompting him to have seizures and nearly die.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 08, 2025
What The Heck ... Are Those Contraptions That Look Like Medieval Torture Devices?
Those contraptions that can still be found in fields across Wyoming and the West look like Medieval torture devices. Turns out, the 30-foot rectangular gadgets are called beaver slides, and they have nothing to do with beavers.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 07, 2025
Residents Trash Cheyenne Homeless Center, Closing It For Holidays
Clients have trashed rooms at Cheyenne’s Journey Center for Families, a nonprofit for the homeless operated by COMEA, forcing the organization to close for the holidays. The center says it won’t reopen until sometime next year.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 04, 2025
Douglas Couple Escape Fire, But Not Their Shop And 102-Year-Old Home
A Douglas couple is trying to salvage what they can from their 1923 Craftsman bungalow home that was devastated by fire Friday morning. A shop next to the home full of the husband’s tools also burned. He’s a carpenter recently laid off for the season.
Dale KillingbeckDecember 02, 2025
Gillette Woman Fights For Her Life In Denver Burn Unit After Sunday Morning Fire
A 55-year-old Gillette woman is fighting for her life in a Denver burn unit following an early morning house fire Sunday. Friends describe Tammy Jo Schafer as a giving person who “doesn’t know a stranger.”
Dale KillingbeckDecember 01, 2025
Casper Turning Point USA Teen Founder's Story Inspires Florida Filmmaker
The story of a Casper high school senior’s effort to start a Turning Point USA Club America chapter has inspired a young Florida filmmaker. He says her turbulent story of the opposition she encountered needs to be told.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 30, 2025
Eisenhower Never Went Anywhere Without His Cheyenne-Born Personal Physician
Dr. Howard Snyder grew up in Cheyenne and became a U.S. Army surgeon during World War II. When he met Dwight Eisenhower, the general and soon-to-be president made Snyder his personal physician — and never went anywhere without him.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 30, 2025
Wyoming History: WWI Commander Took Troops To Fight In France, Never Came Home
A respected World War I Wyoming National Guard commander trained Wyoming troops to fight on the battlefields in France. But a transition from infantry to artillery proved challenging. And when the guns went silent, he never came home.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 30, 2025
Small World: Worland Cousins Meet For First Time On Cruise 5,000 Miles From Wyoming
A Wyoming couple’s European cruise on the Rhine River 5,000 miles from Worland became quite eventful when the wife learned the stranger who sat across from her at dinner was actually her cousin who was also born in Worland.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 29, 2025
Teen Accused Of Fighting With Troopers In Casper Also Tied To Summer Crime Sprees
An 18-year-old Sheridan man accused of fighting with troopers during a Casper traffic stop Saturday tried to drive off with drugs and a loaded handgun in his SUV. He also faces charges related to summer crime sprees across northeast Wyoming.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 26, 2025
Capitol Christmas Tree Has Come From Wyoming Once: A 67-Foot Spruce In 2010
The nation's Christmas tree that lights up the U.S. Capitol every year has come from Wyoming once. A 67-foot Engelmann spruce became the "People's Tree" in 2010, featuring thousands of LED lights and more than 5,000 ornaments from Wyomingites.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 26, 2025
Ex-Casper Cop Appeals Harsh Prison Sentence For 17-Hour Standoff
A former Casper police officer who fired shots during a 17-hour standoff is asking the Wyoming Supreme Court to overturn a sentence far harsher than his plea deal anticipated. He says the judge wrongly rejected the deal.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 25, 2025
The Innovative "Wood Bank" In Buffalo That Provides Free Firewood For People In Need
"The first person who showed up to Buffalo's Clear Creek Wood Bank was missing a leg,” the founder said. “He was in tears. He couldn’t believe we were going to keep his house warm. He was a veteran; he was everything we were trying to achieve.”
Dale KillingbeckNovember 23, 2025
Wyoming History: The CIA Informant Who Survived 14 Years In A Cuban Prison
Wyoming rancher Lawrence Kirby Lunt Jr. moved to Cuba, became a CIA informant, and was imprisoned for 14 years after being caught by Fidel Castro’s regime. He was freed in a 1979 prisoner swap brokered, in part, by Wyoming Gov. Ed Herschler.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 23, 2025
Casper Teen Gets 4-6 Years For Stabbing Girl With 2-Foot 'Tactical Machete’
An 18-year-old Casper woman got four to six years in prison Friday for stabbing another girl with what the prosecutor described as a 2-foot “tactical machete.” A dramatic video shown in court shows her sticking the machete into her victim, who survived.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 21, 2025
Casper Woman Accused Of Tying Nursing Home Patient’s Head To Bed Pleads Not Guilty
A 50-year-old Casper woman could get 10 years in prison if she’s convicted of tying a patient’s head to a bed with a scarf while she worked at a nursing home. Julie Ann Cross pleaded not guilty at her arraignment on Thursday.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 20, 2025
Casper Man Claims He’s ‘A Victim'; 1,083 Child Porn Photos Planted On His Phone
A 60-year-old Casper man told a judge Thursday that he’s “a victim” before he was sentenced to 12-15 years in prison for child pornography charges. He also claimed the 1,083 child porn photos found on his phone were planted there “while I was asleep."
Dale KillingbeckNovember 20, 2025
Cheyenne Man Who Shot Teen In Head During Game Of ‘Quick Draw’ Pleads Guilty
A 21-year-old Cheyenne man pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting a 16-year-old friend in the head while playing a game of “quick draw” on Mother’s Day. He also asked witnesses to lie to police about the shooting.
Dale KillingbeckNovember 18, 2025