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Hageman Blasts White House For Demanding Facebook Delete COVID Meme
Rep. Harriet Hageman slammed the White House for demanding Facebook delete a humorous meme on COVID vaccinations. She further urged judges to keep an injunction in place to keep the Biden administration from pressuring social media companies.
Clair McFarlandAugust 14, 2023
Feds Arrest Wyoming Man For Attacking Police With Flagpole During Jan 6 Riot
Federal authorities have charged and arrested Bedford resident Douglas Harrington for allegedly assaulting Capitol Police officers with a flagpole during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots. He faces up to 75 years in prison.
Leo WolfsonAugust 14, 2023
Motorcycle ‘Completely Disintegrated’ In Head-On With Truck, Killing 2
A witness to a Friday afternoon head-on collision between a pickup and motorcycle said the aftermath “was probably the worst thing I’ve ever witnessed in my entire life.” The motorcycle “completely disintegrated” and both riders were killed.
Andrew RossiAugust 14, 2023
With Attacker Still On The Loose, Wyoming Abuse Victim Tries To Find Healing
Wendy Bidstrup helped a man down on his luck in Laramie. He repaid her kindness with verbal explosions and a punch that shattered her face. And he's still on the run.
Clair McFarlandAugust 13, 2023
Hit-And-Run Kills Woman South Of Wind River Hotel & Casino
The FBI is asking the public for information about a deadly hit-and-run that killed a woman before 5 a.m. Saturday just south of the Wind River Hotel and Casino.
Clair McFarlandAugust 12, 2023
Cody Woman Convicted Of Killing Toddler Wants Another Trial
A woman convicted in April of murdering her boyfriend’s toddler daughter is asking the judge who oversaw her jury trial to acquit her for lack of evidence and give her a new trial.
Clair McFarlandAugust 11, 2023
Biden Lawyers Deny Coercion In Mafia-Like Demands To Censor Social Media
Lawyers for the Biden administration argued Thursday that government officials weren’t trying to coerce social media platforms, but a federal judge compared the messaging to menacing mafia overtones.
Clair McFarlandAugust 10, 2023
Wyoming Teacher Charged In Connection With Fifth Grader's Suicide Pleads Not Guilty
A Cheyenne teacher accused of leaving an 11-year-old boy unattended at school and contributing to his suicide pleaded not guilty to a charge of child endangerment.
Clair McFarlandAugust 10, 2023
Wyoming Student Arrested For Not Wearing Mask Sues, Says Free Speech Violated
Grace Smith, the Laramie High School student who was arrested in 2021 for refusing to wear a mask at school, is suing the Albany County School District, claiming her First Amendment right, and others, were violated.
Clair McFarlandAugust 10, 2023
Tightrope Walker Gave Pot To Kids In Riverton City Park, Witnesses Say
A Thayne, Wyoming man is accused of luring young kids at Riverton City Park on Monday by showing them how to use a tightrope and then gave them marijuana.
Clair McFarlandAugust 09, 2023
Dogs, Drones And Deputies To Make Final Search For Missing Worland Woman
Search and rescue teams from three counties will join the Washakie County Sheriff's Office for a final search Friday hoping to find Breanna Mitchell, who's been missing since July 22.
Andrew RossiAugust 09, 2023
Rock Springs Man Charged With First-Degree Murder In Stabbing Of Girlfriend's Ex
The Sweetwater County Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced a first-degree murder charge for a Rock Springs man who turned himself in after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend.
Clair McFarlandAugust 08, 2023
Wyoming Ranch Owners Believe Someone Poisoned And Killed Four Horses
State investigators and the Converse County, Wyoming, family that found four of their horses dead last week aren't saying much, but the family believes someone poisoned them.
August 08, 2023
UW Leaders Fire Back, Say Banned Church Elder Isn’t A First Amendment Hero
University of Wyoming leaders say a Laramie Church elder’s "harassment" of a transgender student voids claims that his rights were violated by a yearlong ban from Student Union.
Clair McFarlandAugust 08, 2023
Casper Man Accused Of Stabbing In-Laws Wants Second Opinion On Insanity Finding
A Casper man accused of stabbing his father-in-law to death in January, then beating and stabbing his mother-in-law nearly to death is asking for a second opinion about whether he was insane at the time of the crime.
Clair McFarlandAugust 07, 2023
Colorado Man Sues Cheyenne Hospital, Says ER Turned Him Away For Not Wearing Mask
A Colorado man is suing Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, saying the ER staff turned him away after a life-threatening car accident because he wouldn't wear a mask. He said he was having a hard time breathing but they tossed him out anyway.
Clair McFarlandAugust 07, 2023
Johnson County Trooper Nabs Mexican Immigrant Deported 11 Times
A Mexican immigrant caught speeding in Johnson County faces up to two years in federal prison if convicted of reentering the United States illegally after the government deported him 11 times in nine years.
Clair McFarlandAugust 07, 2023
Man Who Won Wyoming Hunting Rights Case Gets 10 Years For Child Porn
A Billings man known for his Supreme Court tribal hunting rights victory over Wyoming will spend at least the next 10 years in prison for possessing 850 images of “child explicit material.”
Clair McFarlandAugust 04, 2023
Man Accused Of Torturing Wife After She Helped Get Him Out Of Assault Charge
A Glendo, Wyoming, man whose wife helped him dodge an aggravated assault conviction last year now faces numerous violent criminal charges for allegedly torturing and terrorizing her throughout two years of their marriage.
Clair McFarlandAugust 04, 2023
Alleged Drunk Driver Plunges Truck Down Embankment In Yellowstone
Visitors near the East Entrance to Yellowstone may have seen more than they bargained for Thursday when an alleged drunk driver was arrested after crashing his red pickup into another truck and then plummeting down an embankment.
Andrew RossiAugust 04, 2023
Judge Won't Let Wapiti Residents Join Lawsuit To Kill Cellphone Tower
A group of Wapiti residents who don’t want a proposed 195-foot cellphone tower in their neighborhood can’t have a say in a lawsuit the company has filed against Park County to move the project forward.
Clair McFarlandAugust 03, 2023
‘You Are All Gonna Die’, Cheyenne Man Charged For Threats To Dental Clinic
A 40-year-old Cheyenne man faces up to three years in prison on suspicion of making terroristic threats when a local dental clinic charged him a $35 missed appointment fee, including posting “you are all gonna die” to the clinic’s Facebook page.
Clair McFarlandAugust 03, 2023
Gillette Inmate Hurls Poop At Jailer, Says He Wants To Get Sent Back To Prison
A 38-year-old Campbell County jail inmate faces a felony assault charge for hurling his poop and urine onto a detention officer, and said he’d keep doing it until he’s sent back to prison, court documents say.
Clair McFarlandAugust 03, 2023
Triple Murderer Who Killed Ex-Wife, Two Sons During 'Hunting' Trip To Stay In Prison
Gerald Uden, who killed his ex-wife and two adopted sons in 1980 when he convinced them to go bird hunting, says that his 2013 confession to the three murders was coerced, a claim the Wyoming Supreme Court has rejected for the second time.
Clair McFarlandAugust 02, 2023