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Cheyenne day care worker charged with manslaughter CHEYENNE (WNE) -- A local day care worker has been charged with manslaughter over the swaddling death of an 8-month-old girl in her care. Kristina Croy, 37, of Cheyenne was arrested on a warrant for voluntary manslaughter June 16 by Cheyenne Police Department officers. She was later charged with a single count of manslaughter for allegedly killing an 8-month-old child that was at her day care. The manslaughter charge carries a maximum sentence of up to 20 years in prison and/or up to a $10,000...
Andrew Graham, Angus M. Thuermer Jr., and Katie Klingsporn, WyoFile.com A decision by the U.S. Supreme Court last week protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination in the workplace calls the state of Wyoming to account for resisting passing such statutes, gay rights advocates say. On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision determined that existing law that forbids employment discrimination against people for their race, gender, sex and other characteristics protects LGBTQ workers. Neil Gorsuch, a Colorado-born justice with Wyoming...
The U.S. attorney for the District of Wyoming has told health-order critics he is monitoring state- and county-imposed restrictions to stop the COVID-19 pandemic but stopped short of saying he found any violations of the U.S. Constitution. Although the Department of Justice will not “unduly interfere” in states’ health-order judgments, U.S. Attorney Mark Klaassen wrote, “we are actively monitoring,” for constitutional violations. The exchange occurred amid increasingly politicized debate over government response to the pandemic during wh...
Old jeans bring $8,470 in auction POWELL (WNE) — Vintage jeans can be a hot item. How about hot as in $700 a pair? That’s the price that a lot of 12 pair of vintage jeans averaged in an online auction sale from the Forest Wichern Homestead on the South Fork, which closed June 18. The total paid for the 12 pair was $8,470. Travis Swenson of Swenson’s Auctions of Powell managed the sale of items at the Wichern homestead at 390 Lower Southfork Road. He said the purchaser of the jeans was a reseller for an overseas market. “I had movie prop pr...
As Wyoming’s reported number of lab-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases grows past the 1,000 case mark, simple steps meant to limit the spread of the virus are more important than ever, according to the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). “We expected to see more cases over time and believe we are in a better position to respond now than earlier,” Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH, said. “However, this virus has shown us simple actions and choices that might not seem like a big deal at...