"DON'T TOUCH US" MEETING CASPER, WY - THE ORGANIZATION CALLED, "DON'T TOUCH US" KICKED OFF THEIR MONTHLY PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS THURSDAY NIGHT.
     THE ORGANIZATION STARTED WITH A "100 MAN MARCH" THROUGH CASPER LAST SPRING.
     THE GROUP CONSISTS OF MEN WHO ARE AGANIST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
     DOCTOR JAMES RIPLEY SAYS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A MAJOR ISSUE IN WYOMING THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE. 
     CASPER POLICE CHIEF TOM PAGEL WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THURSDAY NIGHT'S EVENT.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PHONE LINES DOWN CASPER, WY -    SEVERAL SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS THE NATRONA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S CENTRAL SERVICES FACILITY, ARE WITHOUT PHONE SERVICE.
     AT SOME SCHOOLS, PERSONNEL CAN CALL OUT BUT NOT RECEIVE CALLS.
     AT OTHER LOCATIONS, ALL SERVICE IS OUT.
     QWEST IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND INVESTIGATING ITS SOURCE.
     IN THE MEANTIME THE NATRONA COUNTRY SCHOOL DISTRICT APOLOGIZES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.

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WYOMING INMATES MOVED WYOMING - SIXTEEN MINIMUM-SECURITY INMATES FROM WYOMING WILL BE SENT TO A MAXIMUM-SECURITY VIRGINIA PRISON.
     THEY'RE AMONG MORE THAN 100 WYOMING INMATES WHO HAVE BEEN SENT THERE ALREADY.
     BUT CIVIL LIBERTIES GROUPS SAY THE WALLENS RIDGE STATE PRISON IN VIRGINA IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR WYOMING'S INMATES.
    THE PRISON HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINTS.
     THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SAYS WYOMING INMATES NEED TO BE HOUSED IN A DIFFERENT PRISON FACILITY UNTIL THE STATE FINISHES CONSTRUCTION OF ITS NEW PRISON IN TORRINGTON. 
  

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JUDGE'S DECISION REVERSED FREMONT COUNTY, WY -  A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT IN DENVER SAYS A MEMBER OF THE NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBE WHO KILLED A BALD EAGLE FOR USE IN HIS TRIBE'S SUN DANCE MUST STAND TRIAL.
    THE 10TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TODAY REVERSED AN EARLIER DECISION BY U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE WILLIAM DOWNES OF WYOMING.
    THE FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NO MORE THAN PAY LIP SERVICE TO THE RELIGIOUS NEEDS OF AMERICAN INDIANS.


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WYOMING GUARDSMEN ACCUSED OF THEFT WYOMING - FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HAVE ARRESTED A WYOMING AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMAN FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING AND SELLING SCRAP METAL.
    THE SCRAP METAL  IS FROM THE BORDER FENCE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND WENT FOR MORE THAN 8-THOUSAND DOLLARS.
    AUTHORITIES ARRESTED MASTER SERGEANT ROBERT KELLEY, OF CARPENTER YESTERDAY IN PHOENIX.
    48- YEAR OLD KELLEY WAS ACCUSED IN A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OF THEFT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.
     HE SOLD AT LEAST FIVE DUMP TRUCK LOADS OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SCRAP METAL.
    KELLEY COULD FACE UP TO A 10-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE AND A 250-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE..

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ESCAPE FROM CASPER RE-ENTRY CENTER CASPER, WY - THE NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO ESCAPED FROM THE RE-ENTRY CENTER IN CASPER.
     SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY MICHAEL ISSAC GREEN... WHO IS SERVING TIME FOR BURGLARY... ESCAPED OVER A WALL YESTERDAY MORNING.
     GREEN IS AROUND 6 FEET 2 INCHES TALL AND WEIGHS ABOUT 220 POUNDS.
     AT THE RE-ENTRY CENTER.. SOME OF THE INMATES ARE ALLOWED TO COME AND GO FOR JOBS... OTHERS ARE REQUIRED TO STAY AT THE CENTER.
     GREEN IS AN INMATE THAT IS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE AND HAS NOT RETURNED.
     SERGEANT MARK SELLERS WITH THE NATRONA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY HAVEN'T SEEN MANY ESCAPES LIKE THIS BEFORE.
     SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS SAY GREEN POSES NO DIRECT THREAT TO ANYONE BUT IF YOU SEE HIM DO NOT APPROACH HIM.
     CALL POLICE IMMEDIATELY AND LET THEM HANDEL IT.
      IN OTHER NEWS... THE COURTS WERE BUSY TODAY.
     HERE ARE SOME CIRCUIT COURT STORIES K-2 HAS BEEN FOLLOWING.
     THE STATE WITHDREW A FAILURE TO COMPLY PETITION AGAINST SHY EDWARD ABEYTA.
     ABEYTA WAS ARRESTED FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT LAST FEBRUARY AFTER THREATENING ANOTHER MAN WITH A KNIFE.
     TWO OTHER CASES ARE MAKING THEIR WAY TO DISTRICT COURT.
      29- YEAR- OLD CHRISTOPHER TURNER WAIVED HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING TODAY.
     TURNER WAS ARRESTED THIS APRIL IN CONNECTION WITH A CAR CHASE AND SHOTS BEING FIRED DOWNTOWN.
     TYRONE YOUNG OF CASPER IS ALSO PREPARING FOR DISTRICT COURT AFTER CONTINUING HIS CASE TODAY.
     YOUNG IS FACING CHARGES OF GRAND LARCENY AND BURGLARY.

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PINEDALE PROTEST RALLY PINEDALE, WY -  IT WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CALL TO ARMS.
     MORE THAN SIXTY PEOPLE SHOWED UP ON THE STEPS OF THE PINEDALE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT OFFICE BUILDING ON SUNDAY TO TAKE PART IN A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION.
     RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS CAUSED BY GAS DEVELOPMENT IN SUBLETTE COUNTY.     
     CITIZENS ALSO SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WILDLIFE, SOIL, WATER QUALITY AND THE FUTURE HEALTH OF THE AREA’S CHILDREN.
    

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SENTENCING DELAYED GILLETTE, WY -    A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS DELAYED THE SENTENCING OF A FORMER GILLETTE FIRE CHIEF WHO HAD SEX WITH UNDERAGE BOYS.
    THE JUDGE PUSHED BACK GARY SCOTT'S SENTENCING UNTIL JUNE 6-TH AT THE REQUEST OF A DEPUTY U-S ATTORNEY.
    THE ATTORNEY SAYS BOTH SIDES WILL NEED MORE TIME TO PREPARE.
    SCOTT PLEADED GUILTY IN MARCH TO TEN COUNTS OF INTERSTATE TRAVEL WITH INTENT TO ENGAGE IN ILLEGAL SEXUAL ACTS WITH A MINOR.
     HE FACES BETWEEN 17 AND 22 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON AND FINES UP TO 2 POINT 5 MILLION DOLLARS.

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CARTE NUMBERS CASPER, WY -    DESPITE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ATTEMPTS TO CRACK DOWN ON TRAFFIC VIOLATORS.... SPEEDING AND DRUNK DRIVING CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN CASPER.
     STATISTICS FROM THE LAST COMBINED ACCIDENT REDUCTION AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OPERATION, ALSO KNOWN AS CARTE...ARE IN.
    THE NUMBERS SHOW POLICE NEED TO BE EVEN TOUGHER ON DRIVERS WHO BREAK THE LAW.
     OVER THE PAST WEEKEND, POLICE RECORDS SHOW THERE WERE FIFTEEN ARRESTS MADE FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE ALONE.    
     POLICE SAY THERE ARE PLANS IN THE WORKS TO TARGET SPECIFIC AREAS, SUCH AS MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND STATE HIGHWAY OPERATIONS IN CASPER.

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MURDER TRIAL RAWLINS, WY -  A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER TRIAL IS UNDERWAY IN RAWLINS FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING ANOTHER MAN IN THE FACE WITH A SHOTGUN.
    THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE GAVE OPENING STATEMENTS TUESDAY IN THE TRIAL OF FORREST BROMLEY, WHO'S ACCUSED OF SHOOTING JASON VOSS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
     THE PROSECUTOR TOLD JURORS THAT BROMLEY AIMED THE GUN AT VOSS AND DELIBERATELY PULLED THE TRIGGER, WHILE THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SAYS WHAT HAPPENED WAS AN ACCIDENT.
    SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IS PUNISHABLE BY 20 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON.

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U.S. ATTORNEY FOR WYOMING APPOINTED CASPER, WY -   A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS APPOINTED KELLY RANKIN AS U.S. ATTORNEY FOR WYOMING.
    JOHN POWELL, SPOKESMAN FOR THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN CHEYENNE, SAYS CHIEF JUDGE WILLIAM DOWNES APPOINTED RANKIN ON SATURDAY.
       PRESIDENT BUSH NOMINATED THE 40-YEAR-OLD RANKIN FOR THE POST LAST MONTH.
     POWELL SAYS RANKIN'S JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT MEANS HE WILL HOLD THE JOB UNTIL CONGRESS EITHER APPROVES HIS NOMINATION OR
CONFIRMS SOMEONE ELSE.
     RANKIN REPLACES MATT MEAD.

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VOTER REGISTRATION INCREASES WYOMING - MORE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERING TO VOTE IN WYOMING, AND MANY OF THESE NEW VOTERS ARE DEMOCRATS.
    THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE WYOMING SECRETARY OF STATE SHOW DEMOCRATIC REGISTRATION CLIMBED FOUR PERCENT FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL.
     REPUBLICAN REGISTRATION STATEWIDE DROPPED BY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE OVER THE SAME PERIOD.
     BUT REGISTERED REPUBLICANS STILL OUTNUMBER REGISTERED DEMOCRATS BY MORE THAN 2 TO 1.
   

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SHOW CHOIR CASPER, WY - IF YOUR LOOKING FOR MORE CULTURE... THE SHOW CHOIR FROM FRONTIER MIDDLES SCHOOL IS GETTING READY TO ENTERTAIN THE CITY NEXT MONDAY.
     CLASSICS LIKE "GREAT BALLS OF FIRE" AND SONGS FROM GREASE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE SEVEN O'CLOCK SHOW AT WASHINGTON PARK.
     THE FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND WILL ALSO BE PERFORMING.
     THE SHOW IS OPEN TO EVERYONE.
     ONE INSTRUCTOR SAYS THE HARD WORK IS PAYING OFF AND THE STUDENTS DEFINITELY MAKE SOME SACRIFICES.
       THE SHOW CHOIR JUST RETURNED FROM DENVER LAST WEEK WHERE THEY WERE THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND TO GET A GOLD AWARD AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL.

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EXXON PLANT COMING TO WYOMING LABARGE, WY -  EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION PLANS TO SPEND MORE THAN 100 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A PLANT IN WYOMING.
     THE GOAL IS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND TESTING TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD MAKE CAPTURING AND STORING CARBON DIOXIDE MORE AFFORDABLE AND OPEN UP VAST NEW SOURCES OF NATURAL GAS.     
     THE PLANT WILL BE BUILT NEAR LABARGE BEGINNING THIS SUMMER.

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DRIVE BY SHOOTING? CHEYENNE, WY -

  CHEYENNE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A POSSIBLE DRIVE BY SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY.
     OFFICERS WERE CALLED TO STANFIELD AVENUE AROUND TWELVE-THIRTY P.M. AFTER RESIDENTS FOUND TWO BULLET HOLES IN THE FRONT DOOR OF A HOUSE.
     NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT POLICE BELIEVE IT MAY BE GANG RELATED.
          IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CALL CHEYENNE POLICE.



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SNOWPACK LEVELS UP WYOMING -   FEDERAL OFFICIALS SAY THE AMOUNT OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN WYOMING'S HIGH COUNTRY IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR ALL BUT ONE OF THE STATE'S RIVER BASINS.
    THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE REPORTS SNOWSTORMS LAST WEEK IN NORTHEAST WYOMING HELPED PUSH THE AMOUNT OF WATER STORED IN WYOMING SNOWPACK TO 117 PERCENT.
       THE UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN IS WYOMING'S ONLY DRAINAGE BASIN TO MEASURE BELOW THE AVERAGE FOR SNOW WATER.

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FELONY FIREARM CHARGES CASPER, WY -  A CONVICTED FELON IS FACING CHARGES OF UNLAWFULLY USING AND POSSESSING FIREARMS.
     WILLIAM PRYBLOWICZ WAS ARRESTED MAY 4TH AT THE MOTEL SIX IN CASPER AFTER POLICE WERE NOTIFIED BY THE FBI HE WAS A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
     PRYBLOWICZ  WAS DRIVING THROUGH CASPER FROM FLORIDA TO MONTANA TO SEE HIS ESTRANGED WIFE.
     HE WAS SEEN LOADING THE WEAPONS INTO THE TRUNK OF HIS VEHICLE BEFORE LEAVING FLORIDA.
     POLICE DOCUMENTS SAY THESE WEAPONS WERE STOLEN.

    
    



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ARSON ATTEMPTS CASPER, WY -

 IN MORE FIRE SAFETY NEWS, THE CASPER POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS YOUR HELP IN SOLVING THE FOLLOWING ARSON CASES.
     THERE HAVE BEEN TWO SUSPICIOUS FIRES AT NEW CONSTRUCTION SITES IN CASPER.
     THE FIRST HAPPENED APRIL 2ND ON NORTH POPLAR STREET IN AN UNFINISHED HOTEL ROOM.
     THE SECOND ONE HAPPENED THREE WEEKS LATER AT THE WESTERN MEDICAL CONSTRUCTION SITE ON EAST 2ND STREET.
     IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THESE CRIMES, PLEASE CALL 577-TIPS.
    



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