Archive - Jul 28, 2010

Sheridan City Councilman John Heath

The Sheridan City Council held a special meeting Wednesday to consider a resolution supporting a grant application to the Wyoming Business Council on behalf of the Sheridan Housing Action Committee. The grant application is for a planning only Community Development Block Grant to perform a housing assessment of the North Main area of Sheridan.

There will be a lot of extra oppurtunities for hunters in the Sheridan region this fall.

Hunters in the Sheridan region will have extra opportunities this fall, as 3,000 extra licenses for doe or fawn deer are being issued in hunt area 24 near Sheridan. Game and Fish Information Specialist Warren Mischke

Sheridan Police Sergeant Detective Tom Henry

An incident that can be attributed to road rage occurred just before 11 am on the corner of Sheridan Avenue and Brundage Street Tuesday. Sheridan Police Detective Sergeant Tom Henry explains the events that led to an arrest for aggravated assault.

Wyatt Bear Cloud last summer being escorted into the Sheridan County Courthouse.

Attorneys in the Wyatt Bear Cloud segment of the Ernst Murder Case went before Judge John Fenn in 4th Judicial District Court Tuesday for a Motion Hearing. Judge Fenn said that there were two motions to be discussed: a Motion to Change Venue; and a Motion to Suppress.

Sheridan County Courthouse, Sheridan, WY

32-year-old Sheridan resident Jennifer Edwards changed her plea to “Guilty” in 4th Judicial District Court Tuesday morning on one Felony Count of Child Endangerment. Per a plea agreement with the State, Edwards may face 2 to 4 years incarceration in the women's penitentiary, suspended, with four years supervised probation.

Patrick & Samantha Hamilton w/chinchilla entrant "Jar Jar Binks"

All eyes were up front and center as Jar Jar Binks, Gizmo, and Chinvador entered the Pavilion at the Sheridan County Fairgrounds Tuesday afternoon.  The tiny threesome, made up of two chinchillas and one lonely hamster, were the entire line-up for the 4-H Pocket Pet Show.

A 3-acre timber fire started Sunday on the Crow Reservation's Pryor Mountains is now under control according to fire officials. BIA Crow Agency Information Officer Jon Kohn says the fire is considered to be on “patrol status,” meaning they don't expect this fire to grow or stay hot.