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  • Wingard, Epps showing veteran influence during fall camp

    Robert Gagliardi, WyoSports|Aug 25, 2017

    LARAMIE – There hasn't been a lot of talk about two of the University of Wyoming's better defensive players during fall camp. However, fourth-year coach Craig Bohl begs to differ about what he's seen from junior safeties Andrew Wingard and Marcus Epps. "There's news, you just haven't seen it," Bohl said after the Cowboys' 21st practice of fall camp Wednesday. "We're really pleased with some of the things that they're doing. We have to play better defense this year. We have a lot of players b...

  • Gearing up for sugar beet harvest

    Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer|Aug 25, 2017

    WORLAND – The Wyoming Highway Patrol is offering a free public safety and training class at 10 a.m. this Saturday in the Wyoming Highway Patrol Division G office located at 1100 N. 10th St. to inform farmers and ranchers about new regulations. Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper Erin DeVries said that farmers and ranchers are invited to learn about a few new regulations, the purpose of size and weight enforcement and get a refresher on older farm and ranch exemptions and regulations. “For anyone who has never attended it’s good and it’s a good refre...

  • Worland man faces multiple weapons-related charges

    Marcus Huff, Staff Writer|Aug 25, 2017

    WORLAND – A 22-year-old Worland man will appear before in Fifth Judicial District Circuit Court today in on two counts of unlawfully threatening to use a drawn, deadly weapon on another person, and one count of unlawful removal by force. A preliminary hearing in the case of the state of Wyoming versus Noel Andres Zavala is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. According to an affidavit provided by the court, on Aug. 14 at approximately 1:09 a.m., officers were called to Sage Crossing apartments, due to a report of a man threatening people with a gun, i...

  • Investigators say federal agent took evidence

    Aug 25, 2017

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Bureau of Land Management agent who has been scrutinized for past behavior took valuable stones held as evidence and handed them out “like candy” to colleagues and a contractor, federal investigators said in a report released Thursday. Daniel Love, who played a key role in the 2014 standoff with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, has previously been faulted for using his influence to get tickets to a sold-out Burning Man event he was helping oversee security for and manipulating a job search for a friend. Department of Inter...

  • Up, down, back again: Stocks dip after meandering again

    Aug 25, 2017

    NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes ticked lower on Thursday, but only after a circuitous ride that saw them flip multiple times between small gains and losses. It’s the latest meandering course for a market that’s been pushed in many directions the last few weeks. Food companies struggled after the makers of Spam and Folgers coffee reported weaker-than-expected results, and grocers fell after Amazon said it plans to cut prices for avocados, eggs and other products when it takes control of Whole Foods next week. Retailers, meanwhile, were big w...