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'Coordinated' Hacking Hits Big Horn County ATMs For More Than $50,000
Two men suspected of a "coordinated" hacking scheme, stealing more than $50,000 from at least three ATMs in Big Horn County in mid-March, await extradition from a Denver jail. The pair each face up to 70 years in prison if convicted.
Clair McFarlandMarch 31, 2025
Irish Woman Sues Dubois Dude Ranch Over Ankle Crushed By Bear-Sprayed Horse
An Irish woman is suing a Wyoming dude ranch for a vacation gone wrong that left her with a crushed ankle. Her lawsuit, filed last week, claims the injury happened when a guide mistakenly bear-sprayed her horse.
Clair McFarlandMarch 31, 2025
Police, Family Baffled By Powell Man’s Mysterious Disappearance
Home surveillance video shows Clint White leaving his house in Powell, Wyoming, just before 2 a.m. last Wednesday. Nobody’s seen him since. His mysterious disappearance has the family and police baffled.
Jen KocherMarch 31, 2025
Even In Wyoming, Experts Say Shooting At Someone Stealing Your Stuff Not A Good Idea
It’s best to know what the law says about using a gun to defend yourself, your home and possessions in Wyoming before opening fire, experts say. A Casper man may learn that after unloading at his own truck while a guy was stealing it.
Mark HeinzMarch 29, 2025
A Wyoming Sheriff Caught Infamous Cannibal Alfred Packer, Brought Him To Justice
After eating his five traveling companions in the Colorado mountains in the winter of 1874, Alfred Packer eluded capture for nearly a decade. One of the most infamous cannibals in U.S. history was caught and brought to justice by a Wyoming sheriff.
Jackie DorothyMarch 29, 2025
Wyoming Again In Spotlight With New TV Series About ‘Happy Face Killer’
A new TV series on Paramount+ will feature the story of Keith Jesperson, who admitted to murdering at least eight women across five states — including Wyoming — between 1990 and 1995.
Jen KocherMarch 29, 2025
Reservation Man Accused Of Rape Found Not Guilty In Rare Federal Acquittal
A federal trial jury Wednesday found a 23-year-old Wind River Indian Reservation man not guilty of multiple sexual abuse charges. His accuser had claimed he raped her while she was drunk. Federal trial acquittals are extremely rare.
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2025
Casper Doctor Not Giving Up Fight To Get Back On Wyoming Board Of Medicine
Casper radiologist Eric Cubin has filed an appeal to get back on the Wyoming Board of Medicine after pressure from Gov. Mark Gordon to resign last year. Cubin lobbied for legislation banning transgender surgeries and treatments on minors.
Leo WolfsonMarch 28, 2025
Wyoming Man Accused Of Machete, Hammer Attacks Nabbed In Colorado
A 25-year-old Goshen County, Wyoming man was on the run from the law, accused of swinging a machete at his sister. He was caught Wednesday in Colorado — and his sister says he wasn’t really trying to hurt her.
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2025
18-Year-Old Good Samaritan Hit, Killed While Helping Injured Driver Near Laramie
An 18-year-old WyoTech student from Montana with dreams of building muscle cars stopped to help the injured driver of a one-car rollover Sunday on Highway 130 near Laramie. While doing that, he was hit by another driver and killed.
David MadisonMarch 28, 2025
Wyoming Cell Tower Worker Hit While Air Force Members Shoot At Targets
A man working on a Verizon cell tower was shot in the thigh Thursday while three U.S. Air Force members were shooting targets on federal land outside Guernsey, Wyoming. The worker was life-flighted, then treated and released from a Cheyenne hospital.
Clair McFarlandMarch 28, 2025
Douglas Woman Accused Of Threats To Blow Up Man’s Business And Poison His Dog
Douglas police claim a local woman threatened to poison a man's dog and bomb his family business to get him to "comply with her demands." Khyrstyn Jackson now faces up multiple felonies, including blackmail.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2025
Prosecutor Fights To Keep Convicted Child Molester On Sex Offender List
A Sweetwater County prosecutor is challenging a judge’s decision to expunge a Rock Springs man’s 1997 conviction for molesting an 8-year-old girl, court documents show. The man has argued to be removed from the sex offender list.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2025
41-Year-Old Glenrock Woman Who Stalked Teens Didn't Get Jail Time: Here's Why
The families of two Glenrock teens cyberstalked and bullied by 41-year-old Marcie Smith for a year say they understand why she only got probation, but wish jail time had been offered. They hope to change the law to stop similar nightmares for others.
Clair McFarlandMarch 27, 2025
Wyoming Gun Owners Blast Supreme Court For Upholding Biden-Era ‘Ghost Gun’ Rules
Wyoming gun rights advocates are blasting a Wednesday U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Biden-era “ghost gun” rules. The regs require serial numbers and background checks for self-made firearms.
Mark HeinzMarch 26, 2025
Woman Says She Jumped From Moving Minivan Twice While Boyfried Beat Her
A woman jumped from her boyfriend's minivan twice to escape a brutal beating near Riverton, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office reports. A man accused of forcing her into the vehicle after a knife standoff with another man was charged Monday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 26, 2025
Shoshoni Woman Caught Impersonating FBI Agent Now Faces Assault Charges
A Shoshoni woman has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault, accused of pointing a shotgun at her sister and another man. She confessed to impersonating an FBI agent at an airport in another case.
Clair McFarlandMarch 26, 2025
Evansville Man Gets Up To 18 Years For Killing Man In Drug Deal Gone Bad
A 26-year-old Evansville man was sentenced to 12-18 years in prison Tuesday for the Feb. 1, 2024, killing of a 30-year-old Casper man in a drug deal gone bad. The victim’s brother testified he was “not an angel,” but “didn’t deserve to die.”
Dale KillingbeckMarch 26, 2025
Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill Among 3 Nominated For State Supreme Court
A judicial nominating commission Monday named Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill, private attorney Anna Reeves Olson and Judge Stuart Healy as three candidates for a soon-to-be-vacant state Supreme Court seat.
Clair McFarlandMarch 26, 2025
16-Year-Old Girl Accused Of Shooting Two Men Asks To Be Charged As Child
The attorney for Addisyn Rain Marie Fisher is asking a judge to send the 16-year-old's case to juvenile court. Fisher, from Rock Springs, is charged as an adult in the shooting of two men and has an arraignment hearing Thursday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 25, 2025
Casper Man Empties Handgun As His Truck Is Stolen, Then Catches Up To It
A 41-year-old Casper man is expected in court Tuesday, accused of stealing a truck. The owner of the truck emptied a handgun at it as it was driven away, then caught up to it in another car and held the alleged thief at gunpoint until police got there.
Dale KillingbeckMarch 25, 2025
Full Semitrailer Smashes Through Shed, House In Upton
A semitrailer full of bentonite smashed through the side of a storage shed and a vehicle, then halfway through a house Monday in Upton. The man living in the house was in bed when the truck “pushed his bedroom out the other wall.”
Clair McFarlandMarch 25, 2025
Carbon County Sheriff's Facebook Page Back After Hackers Used It To Sell Crypto
UPDATE: Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken reported Tuesday afternoon that, after days of working with Meta and Cowboy State Daily, his Facebook page has been restored. A hacker took it over Friday and used it to sell cryptocurrency.
Clair McFarlandMarch 25, 2025
Human Remains ID’d As Washakie County Woman Missing Since 2023
Dental records identified Breanna Mitchell on Monday as the woman whose remains were found Sunday in rural Washakie County. Mitchell disappeared nearly two years ago. Her cause of death is not known.
Jen KocherMarch 25, 2025