1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1617+ words) Wyoming troopers and their families say low pay, lost overtime and short staffing are driving burnout and resignations. The Wyoming Highway Patrol Association's first-ever social media blitz " run by a 25-year veteran who doesn't use Facebook " has gone viral. She…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1461+ words) Wyoming author C.J. Box told Cowboy State Daily his new book "Crossroads," to be released Tuesday, starts off dark: Joe Pickett has been shot in the head. Box's last five Pickett novels have all debuted at No. 1 on The New York…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1074+ words) Duped by a couple in a white Ford Bronco into cashing more than $22,000 worth of bogus checks at local banks, four down-on-their-luck Casper men now face felony charges. One man said he cashed a check he found "with his name…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1495+ words) A 20-year-old Casper man faced his initial hearing Wednesday on charges he assaulted and kidnapped a 26-year-old man and threatened him with a weapon for being a "snitch." The defendant also faces charges of witness tampering. CASPER - A 20-year-old Casper…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (429+ words) A pair of brothers from Ecuador and wanted by ICE will spend more than two years in prison for hauling nearly 75 pounds of illegal drugs across Wyoming, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. After their prison time, they'll be deported. A…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (678+ words) Columnist Dave Simpson writes, "Laramie County's sheriff might have to open a satellite office at the Capitol, with 93 lawmakers, receiving campaign donations from long lists of folks, and each lawmaker casting multiple votes on hundreds of bills each session." As…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (617+ words) A 61-year-old Casper man on parole for possessing child pornography is behind bars again, accused of having a secret cellphone with hundreds of depictions of violent sex acts with children. He said he had an addiction to adult porn, then…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1562+ words) Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak told Cowboy State Daily on Saturday that his agency is investigating the Monday incident in which a Teton County GOP leader handed checks to lawmakers on the state House floor after adjournment " after multiple citizens…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (934+ words) Although it was quite controversial, the Cheyenne City Council eventually did pass a new ordinance expanding administrative warrants pertaining to who can enter certain properties similar to law enforcement. This is what the new ordinance allows. The ordinance that was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1033+ words) What Elon Musk may not have known when'he shared a post'calling out Wyoming lawmakers who voted against an anti-child-grooming bill is that the initial version had harsher penalties for grooming than those Wyoming imposes for some murder cases. What tech…...