Articles from the November 16, 2017 edition
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Ghaifan, Jackson show impressive production
LARAMIE – Javaree Jackson was told by a teammate well after it happened. Youhanna Ghaifan didn't seem to care one way or the other. However, those two University of Wyoming interior defensive l...
Hosting Thanksgiving? Some like rehearsing the feast
Before theater professionals perform a play for an audience, they run a dress rehearsal to look for kinks that need fixing before the show opens. Traditional Thanksgiving dinner is a big production that can benefit from rehearsal, too, say some...
US stocks decline for a second straight day; oil falls
Technology companies led U.S. stocks lower Wednesday, giving the market its biggest loss since early September. Grocery stores and packaged foods and beverage companies also accounted for much of the decline. Energy stocks fell as the price of crude...
Despite 7 women's statements, Bush unlikely to be prosecuted
HOUSTON (AP) — Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched seven women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted. All but one of the cases is ineligible under state laws that...
Drive-thru-window becomes squeeze-thru for McDonald's thief
COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — A McDonald’s drive-thru window became a squeeze-thru window for a woman who apparently needed a fast food fix. A surveillance video, posted on the Twitter feed of Howard County Police in Columbia, Maryland, shows the bre...
Today In History
On this date: In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington in New York during the American Revolution. In 1885, Canadian rebel leader Louis Riel was executed for high treason. In 1917, Georges Clemenceau again became prime minister of France. In...
WPLI moves forward on land designations
WORLAND — Washakie County’s Wyoming Public Lands Initiative (WPLI) working group met on Monday and hosted representatives from Hot Springs and Big Horn counties to work further on recommendations due to the state next year. The WPLI is currently stu...
CWD found in deer hunt area near Meeteetse
CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department diagnosed chronic wasting disease (CWD) for the first time in Deer Hunt Area 118 near Meeteetse, Wyoming. The Game and Fish Wildlife Health Laboratory confirmed CWD in a buck white-tailed deer...
Continuing the auto legacy
WORLAND – When Worland Ford-Chrysler closed its doors on Feb. 15, it seemed that the legacy of 500 Big Horn Avenue being the longest-running automobile dealership in Worland had come to an end. T...
CWD found in deer hunt area near Meeteetse
CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Game and Fish Department diagnosed chronic wasting disease (CWD) for the first time in Deer Hunt Area 118 near Meeteetse, Wyoming. The Game and Fish Wildlife Health Laboratory confirmed CWD in a buck white-tailed deer...
Counterfeit bills found
WORLAND — Recently 2 counterfeit $100 bills have been found on the ground at separate locations in Worland, according to a press release from the Washakie County Sheriff’s Office and Worland Police Department. These fake bills are known as “Ch...
Carlene Marie (Vontz) Murphy
Carlene Marie (Vontz) Murphy of Powell died Nov. 12, 2017. She was 82. She was born Feb. 20, 1935 in Worland, Wy, to Freda Rachel (Clark) and Henry Joseph Vontz. Carlene was a school teacher until retiring at the age of 62. She touched many lives... Full story
Delores B. Brown
Delores B. Brown, 87, passed into the saving arms of grace on November 13, 2017 surrounded by the love of her family. Delores was born on June 1, 1930 to Ival and Feryl (Bolen) Sturdevant in Arkansas... Full story