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WORLAND – Joseph A. Leyva, 29, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday for supplying Robert C. Kulze, 30, with a fatal dose of heroin Sept. 2, 2016. The plea agreement was struck ahead of a scheduled May 14 jury trial. Leyva set a factual basis during his change of plea hearing Thursday morning in front of District Court Judge Robert E. Skar, admitting to providing Kulze with heroin at his home on 501 Howell Ave. Later, he and two others moved Kulze’s body to his nearby residence at 504 Obie Sue Ave and staged the scene to app...
CHEYENNE –A proclamation recognizing May 5, 2018, as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day was signed by Chairman Clint Wagon of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council and Roy Brown of the Northern Arapaho Business Council. The proclamation was distributed across the State. Governor Matt Mead joins the Chairmen of the Tribes recognizing the importance of raising public awareness of this critical issue....
TEN SLEEP – Four Ten Sleep High School art students; Lee Whitlock, Holden Truman, Katon Fox and Lindsey Holiday shined this year at the WHSAA (Wyoming High School Activities Association) High School Art Symposium held at the Casper Events Center April 19-21. The State Art Symposium is an art competition where all the schools in the state compete against each other. Ten Sleep School art teacher Dustin Stephenson stated that 57 student art pieces were entered this year bringing home 25 blue ribbons. “I’m proud of all my students’ progres...
The City of Worland is in a quandary with the resignation this week of building official Nick Kruger. The quandary? To continue with the building codes and building inspections for residential property or not. I was all set after sitting through the Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission meeting to write a hard-nosed column stating that the city did indeed need to continue with the building codes and inspections. It is something I argued for in Basin as editor of the Republican Rustler....
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks made up for a shaky week with a strong finish Friday as Apple led a rally in technology companies. The tech giant hit an all-time high after Warren Buffett said he’d made another big investment. Stocks got off to a mixed start after trade talks between the U.S. and China ended with few signs of progress. The April jobs report showed that hiring continued at a solid clip and wages continued to grow at a slow pace. Apple surged after Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway bought 75 million shares during the first qua...
WORLAND - In their final home soccer match of the season the Worland Lady Warriors dominated the Rawlins Lady Outlaws on both ends of the pitch on their way to a 4-0 victory Friday on senior night at Worland High School. "I was really impressed with them and I loved that I could sub and everywhere I subbed we were fine. Moving on to state that's something we've been working on, being able to make switches and not lose intensity or have gaps on the field. We were just solid and I liked that, movi...
Most people despise change and it doesn't take a song from the genius Bob Dylan to realize times are a changin'. (Truly, Bob Dylan is a genius because when you have a voice like that of a dog chew toy on its last leg, you better be a brilliant lyricist.) I'm of the belief that change is good, for the most part. Is it uncomfortable at times? Sure, but in the end, it is generally for the best. The sports world has seen its fair share of change whether that was Jackie Robinson breaking the color...
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Esther Michel, 98, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2018 at Worland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Esther was born November 10, 1919 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Gottlieb and Mary Christine Flack. She married Henry Michel on November 25, 1936 at Zion Lutheran Evangelical Church. Four children were born to this marriage. She was a fantastic cook. It was well known she could make a feast out of very little. She especially loved to make German food. She also enjoyed working with flowers and... Full story