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CHEYENNE (AP) — Fixing a looming school-funding shortfall amid a prolonged downturn in energy markets will require difficult choices but Wyoming should have a long-term plan in place by early next year, Gov. Matt Mead told state lawmakers Wednesday in his annual State of the State address. He called on legislators to continue to involve the public in discussing solutions to the projected shortfall of $360 million a year after emergency K-12 education funding runs out next year. “At a minimum, we should be planning for reductions. But there is...
CHEYENNE — More than 200 bills have been filed as the Wyoming Legislature begins its work this week on addressing the bills. Snow plow safety for cities and counties is addressed in Senate File 19, sponsored by Senator Fred Emerich of Laramie County and Representative Stan Blake of Sweetwater County would require all city and county snow plows and other vehicles used to clear snow from public streets or highways to be equipped with one or more lights “of a conspicuous color as specified by rules adopted by the department.” Washakie Count...
WORLAND – Cloud Peak Middle School students won the Challenge of the Books at the Worland Community Center Complex Wednesday morning, competing against six other area middle schools. The Challenge of the Books is a Jeopardy-like competition. Before the competition all participating middle school students read and study the same 12 books. During the competition the students as six member teams are asked questions about the books. Worland Middle School teacher Donna Hunter stated that each r...
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A teenage girl who slipped into an abandoned Illinois prison for an urban adventure ended up serving a short sentence when she accidentally locked herself inside a cell. Illinois State Police say two teenage girls entered the Joliet Correctional Center through a hole in its fence Monday. Joliet Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Stromberg says the teens were exploring the suburban Chicago prison that's been closed since 2002 when one of them locked herself inside a cell. The other girl got firefighters to the site, and t...
THERMOPOLIS - For the Hot Springs County High School boys basketball team their Big Horn Basin Shootout experience went like this; hard fought loss, frustrating loss and turnaround/revenge win. "Overall, it was a good weekend for us," said HSCHS boys basketball coach Kevin Gerber. "We had our struggles but saw things that were really good for us." The Bobcats (2-7) opened the Shootout in Greybull against the Buffs last Thursday night. They fell behind early and were able to chip away at the...
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Leoni (Schoelzel) Wilkinson, (82), of Post Falls, Idaho, passed away on January 2, 2017 at the Coeur d'Alene hospital. She was born on April 15, 1934 in Mittel-Faulbrueck , West Germany, to Herbert Schoelzel and Helene Jelsch. She was one of six children (one son and five daughters). She married John Wilkinson on September 6, 1961, in Germany. They, then move to the United States. Their final home was in Post Falls, Idaho, to where they moved in 2001. She touched the hearts of many by her... Full story
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