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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
Wyoming Tesla Owners Bristle At Destruction Campaign
Wyoming Tesla owners remain concerned about the attacks on Tesla products and properties happening nationwide. The FBI launched a task force Monday to investigate the crimes officials call “domestic terrorism.”
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2025
Freight Containers Topple Off Train North Of Rock River
Several of a Union Pacific train's shipping containers toppled Monday north of Rock River. It's unclear if train car frames derailed with them. The mayor speculated it was because of high winds which reached over 60mph during the morning.
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2025
Cody Man Found Hallucinating After Mother's Stabbing Sent To Mental Hospital
The case against a Cody man accused of stabbing his mother after claiming he had been hallucinating and that she had "little people" annoy him is on hold. A circuit court judge agreed that he should be committed to a mental hospital until deemed sane.
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2025
Glenrock Teen, Family Recall Harrowing Year Of Stalking, Impersonation
A Glenrock, Wyoming, woman got two years' probation last week after evidence surfaced she was behind a yearlong effort to stalk and impersonate a teen girl and her boyfriend. Now, the girl and her family want enhanced penalties when adults stalk minors.
Clair McFarlandMarch 24, 2025
Authorities Attempt To ID Human Skeletal Remains Found In Washakie County
The Washakie County Sheriff’s Office is investigating human remains discovered by a Wyoming Game and Fish warden Sunday. The warden had been tracking a deer collar in a remote area of the county when he came across the remains.
Jen KocherMarch 24, 2025
Swastikas Spraypainted On Tesla Chargers In Rock Springs
An escalating nationwide trend of vandalizing Tesla electric vehicle products has reached Wyoming, with a row of Rock Springs Tesla Superchargers spraypainted with swastikas either late Friday night or early Saturday morning.
Clair McFarlandMarch 22, 2025
Brief: Carbon County Sheriff's Office Facebook Page Hacked
The Carbon County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, along with the sheriff’s own Facebook page, were both hacked Friday at about noon, the sheriff reports.
Clair McFarlandMarch 22, 2025
Fort Washakie Man Who Killed Wife In Front Of Their Young Daughter Gets 30 Years
A Fort Washakie man was given 30 years in prison Friday for shooting and killing his wife in front of their 11-year-old daughter in April 2024. The judge escalated his sentence because the girl “had to witness the death of her mother with her own eyes.”
Dale KillingbeckMarch 21, 2025
Former Wheatland Music Teacher In Jail On Child Sex Charges, Could Get 400 Years
Accused of sex acts with a minor he met while he was her teacher, a former Wheatland high school and middle school band instructor is facing a maximum potential penalty of more than 400 years in prison. Evan Bradley's preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Monday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 21, 2025
Wyoming High Court Expands Right To Remain Silent, Throws Out Molestation Conviction
A striking Wyoming Supreme Court ruling defends people’s right to remain silent more vigilantly and could change how prosecutors try cases. The Thursday ruling also throws out the conviction of a Casper man accused of sexually touching young girls.
Clair McFarlandMarch 21, 2025
Tow Truck Driver Hit On I-80 By Rogue Pickup Recovering In Casper Hospital
A tow truck operator is recovering after losing a kidney and suffering other organ ruptures. A rogue pickup struck him Wednesday on the shoulder of Interstate 80 outside of Wamsutter, Wyoming.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Greenpeace Ordered To Pay $667M In Protest Damages Over Dakota Access Pipeline
Greenpeace was ordered by a judge Wednesday to pay $667 million related to a 10-month violent protest over building the Dakota Access Pipeline. Protesters camping at the North Dakota site damaged the land and created a policing and cleanup nightmare.
David MadisonMarch 20, 2025
Death Penalty Off The Table For 1 Teen Charged In Deadly Bow-And-Arrow Ambush
The death penalty is off the table for one of two Big Piney, Wyoming, teens accused of conspiring to kill a man in a bow-and-arrow ambush. But the prosecutor said Thursday he’s not ready to say if he’ll seek death for the teen accused of firing the bow.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Byron Mom In Murder-Suicide Had Depression, Anxiety Meds In System
The Byron, Wyoming, woman who fatally shot her four children then herself last month had depression and anti-anxiety medications in her system, according to a coroner’s investigation report released Thursday.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025
Report: Pickup Losing Control Leaving Green River Tunnel Started Fatal Crash
The National Transportation Safety Board on Wednesday released its preliminary report on the Green River Tunnel disaster. It says a pickup truck lost control as it exited the westbound tunnel and started the 26-vehicle, triple-fatality crash on February 14, 2025.
Clair McFarlandMarch 20, 2025