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Riverton Child Molester Claims Saying ‘Rape’ During Trial Unfairly Swayed Jury
A Riverton convicted child molester will not get a new trial, after the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Monday that prosecutors and witnesses using works like “rape” and “fellatio” didn’t unfairly inflame the jury.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 19, 2023
Rock Springs Parents Say Transfer Doesn’t Nix School Transgender Policy Lawsuit
Rock Springs parents argue that just because their high school student has transferred out of Sweetwater County School District 1 doesn’t mean their lawsuit over the district’s transgender policy is any less valid.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 18, 2023
Douglas Man Accused Of Murdering Cousin While Drinking Says He Blacked Out
A Douglas, Wyoming, man is being held on a $500,000 bond after allegedly shooting and killing his cousin while they talked and drank. He gave police contradictory statements about what happened, including that he blacked out.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 18, 2023
Fort Washakie Woman Runs Over Romantic Rival, Says ‘She Deserved It’
A 27-year-old Fort Washakie woman is facing a felony assault charge on claims she ran over a 24-year-old woman after an argument over a man. She told police the other woman “deserved it.”
Clair McFarlandSeptember 15, 2023
A Wildfire Burned Their Homes, Now 32 Wyomingites Are Suing U.S. Forest Service
The 2018 Roosevelt Fire in northwest Wyoming burned 65,000 acres and 55 homes. Now 32 people and organizations are suing the U.S. Forest Service for allowing the fire to burn after it was discovered.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 15, 2023
Distraught Jackson Man Takes Out Two Handguns And Shoots At Mother And Girlfriend
A Jackson man who came home from a counseling session distraught, fired a pair of handguns at least 16 times at his mother and girlfriend’s car, then threatened himself during more than two-hour standoff.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 15, 2023
2 Life Sentences For Arapahoe Man Who Killed Couple For Weed And Cash
Emotions ran high Thursday as the families of Rudy Perez and Jocelyn Watt, killed in 2019 by a then 16-year-old Brandon Monroe, saw him sentenced to two life terms in prison.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 14, 2023
Wyoming K-9 Deputy With Cancer Sniffs Out 40 Pounds Of Pot On His Last Call
Arie, a 6-and-a-half-year-old German shepherd K-9 deputy with the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, has cancer and only two months left to live. But he loves working and found a 40-pound pot stash on his last call Tuesday night.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 14, 2023
Wyoming Man Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Sex From Tweens
A Wyoming man accused of texting, arranging to meet up with and trying to buy sex from 12- and 14-year-old girls has pleaded guilty to one criminal charge after securing a plea agreement.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 13, 2023
Dubois Man Had Bad History With Man He Rammed With Hummer
A Dubois man who faces felony charges for allegedly ramming another man’s truck and pounding on its windows while holding a knife had a restraining order against that man, according to Wednesday court testimony.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 13, 2023
Pistol Brace Rule Not Paused For Wyoming, Says Federal Judge
Contradicting a federal court in Louisiana, a federal judge in North Dakota says an ATF pistol brace still is legal in Wyoming and 24 other states that are suing over a new ATF rule restricting the devices as short-barreled rifles.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 13, 2023
12-Year-Old Boy Ejected, Dies In Rollover Near Gillette
A 12-year-old boy died overnight Monday after a one-vehicle rollover in Campbell County, authorities say.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
Cheyenne man to try mediation with police officers he says barged into his home
A Cheyenne man suing three police officers, claiming they violated his rights by barging into his home and manhandling him and his pregnant wife, has agreed to try mediation.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
Rock Springs Restaurant Workers Escape As ‘Troubled’ Man Sprays It With Bullets
The owner of a Rock Springs restaurant described the chaotic and harrowing scene Saturday when a man who seemed “troubled” walked in, ordered, then sprayed the place with bullets. Amazingly, nobody was shot.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
Cody Prosecutors Deny Private Investigator's Claim Of Deliberate Perjury
A private investigator in Powell claims that a pair of Park County prosecutors committed perjury by calling an accused burglar in Montana a fugitive, but the prosecutors say the investigator is basing his claim on stock language in court documents.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
Rawlins Man With Dementia, 73, Was Trying To Kill Caretakers When He Shot Them
Accused of shooting his caretakers and ramming their truck and semitrailer in a shootout-turned-chase, a 73-year-old Rawlins man with dementia faces two counts of attempted second-degree murder and other felony charges.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 12, 2023
State Park Crew Fights 2-Acre Boysen Dam Wildfire With Bathroom Cleaning Supplies
Wildfire and Wyoming State Parks crews put down a 2-acre brush fire at Boysen Dam on Monday with a local maintenance crew initially fighting the wildfire with their bathroom cleaning supplies. The fire's cause is under investigation.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2023
Wyoming School District Asks Court To Dismiss Former Student’s Mask Mandate Lawsuit
Saying former Laramie High School student Grace Smith has no grounds to sue over a mask mandate that expired two years ago, the Albany County School District No. 1 Board of Education is asking a federal judge to dismiss Smith’s lawsuit.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2023
Casper Rapist Won’t Get 20 Years Off Sentence After Young Victim Takes Back Recant
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Casper man's conviction for sexually abusing a 5-year-old, noting that although the girl told police she lied about being molested, she later showed she was having a psychotic event when she recanted.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 11, 2023
State Attorney Says Pro-Choicers Shouldn’t Bring Drama To Wyoming’s Abortion Lawsuit
An attorney representing the state of Wyoming in a lawsuit challenging the state’s two new abortion bans is asking a Teton County judge to disregard a series of pro-choice expert witnesses.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 08, 2023
Massive Cache Of Drugs, Guns Found After Casper McDonald’s Turns Man In
A report from a Casper McDonald’s that a man was doing drugs in a bathroom eventually led to an arrest and seizure of a large cache of drugs, guns and money.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 08, 2023
Wyoming Points To Southern Court Siding With Pistol Braces, Awaits ATF Ruling
Wyoming and a handful of other states suing the ATF over its rule treating braced pistols like short-barreled rifles are waiting to see if a federal judge will consider a ruling out of the South, calling the new rule illegal.
Clair McFarlandSeptember 08, 2023
Laramie Church Elder Who Called Out Transgender Student Back On UW Campus
Todd Schmidt, a Laramie church elder who called out a transgender student by name on a sign, is back presenting in the University of Wyoming student union after a recent injunction lifted a ban on him being there.
Greg JohnsonSeptember 08, 2023
Casper Man Dies After Getting Hit In Intersection
Authorities on Friday said a man died in the hospital one day after being struck by a Chevy Equinox in a busy and rainy intersection in Casper just after dark
Clair McFarlandSeptember 08, 2023