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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