Cyber Wyoming is holding a security conference Wednesday, Oct. 6th through 8th.“We need to make sure we’re a little bit more critical thinkers when we’re on line, that we read and we research. The second thing is the league of women voters every year, or maybe every couple of year puts out a media bias chart. So, try to read your media, have your media sources be in the middle of that chart,” said Laura Baker, President of Cyber Wyoming Alliance.
This is the first year it’s being offered in Fremont County, and the law enforcement officers who initiated it shared how it can help keep kids safer in school.
It’s difficult and uncomfortable to imagine what you as an individual would do in an active shooter scenario, but CWC has been training people for five years to feel empowered to protect themselves and others.
Law enforcement, healthcare personnel, and college students alike, shared how this training was a benefit to them and also the people they serve and protect every day.
On February 12th the Pavillion town clerk was arrested for allegedly stealing $34,399.67 from the town. Now there is a petition calling the mayor to resign over the matter.
On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at approximately 3:25 p.m., Lander Police Officers were dispatched to the area of the 100 block of Jefferson Street for a shots fired call.
We’re learning more about the bomb threats that were found not legitimate, but were sent nationwide. Wyoming Catholic College, located in Lander, was the recipient of one of the emails.
The grizzly that was killed on the Crow Creek drainage area on the Wind River Reservation, found on September 9th, is still being investigated. PETA has now added to the reward, offering their own $5,000, increasing the total possible reward to $7,000.
On July 18, 2020 at around 5:30 am CPD Officers were dispatched to a residence in the area of 1200 Taft Ave. in reference to a Domestic Disturbance with a gun.
In a time when families are forced to stay home together, some do better than others. Some may struggle, especially in cases where there is a history of domestic violence or substance abuse.
Construction plans for an immigration detention center in Uinta County have been canceled after several groups protested against the southwestern Wyoming facility.
On Friday, March 20th, 2020 Casper Police responded to reports of a shooting. Once police arrived officers found a dead woman. One man at the scene was arrested without a fight.
During an emergency planning meeting for the Park County Commissioners, District Court Judge Bill Simpson pointed out that concerns about the spread of the coronavirus can not be understated - in fact, they are seeing the dangers in the courtroom.
The Loveland Police Department in Colorado is asking for the public’s help finding Leo Liscum. The two-year-old’s father, Jacob Liscum, told the Loveland PD the boy’s biological mother, Alexandra Gralewski, took the child while he was at a baby-sitter’s.
A former University of Wyoming musical grad student and registered sex offender, Jordan Lee McGuire, is now a contestant on the show The Voice of Holland
Court affidavit states 24 year old Jamison Kooima was abusing animals at his feed yard on Haig Road. It also states that Kooima kicked and stomped a cat to death in front of a nine year old.
The investigation revealed that Zachary Boness had attempted to have illicit communication with a student via social media. Boness is lodged in Scotts Bluff County Jail for various charges.
The jury convicted him of all four counts: first-degree murder, second-degree murder, aggravated burglary and possession of a deadly weapon with intent to cause bodily injury.
The murder trial was in its fourth day Thursday. Prosecutors allege Andrew Steplock shot his mother, Deborah Steplock, Feb. 26. She died from her wounds days later.
According to Rebekkah Ladd with CPD, on Monday, November 18th, 2019 shortly before 4:00 pm, officers responded to the 1200 block of South Conwell in Casper for a call in regards to a welfare check.
The Park County Sheriff's Office says in a statement that the body was found before 2 p.m. Saturday by a local hunter on private property south of Cody.
The teen has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting death of 16-year-old Shayna Ritthaler of Upton, Wyoming, whose body was found Oct. 7 in the basement of his home near Sturgis.
The Wyoming Department of Corrections confirmed escaped inmate Jason Green was apprehended in Mesquite, Texas. Inmate Robert Simpson remains at-large, and could potentially still be in the Mesquite and greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Officials said the Riverton Police Department officer who fatally shot a 58-year-old man who attacked the officer with a knife has been placed on paid leave while the incident is investigated.
