MDA LOCKUP CASPER, WY -   FOLKS GOT LOCKED UP FOR A GOOD CAUSE TODAY.
     MANY PEOPLE HAVE HELPED RAISE MONEY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION.
     THE MONEY WILL GO TOWARDS SENDING KIDS WITH THE DISEASE TO SUMMER CAMP.
     THE EVENT WAS HELD AT POOR BOYS TODAY.
     ORGANIZERS SAY ITS A GREAT WAY TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED IN WORKING TOWARDS FINDING A CURE.
     AROUND 67 THOUSAND DOLLARS HAS BEEN RAISED SO FAR, AND THEY'RE STILL COUNTING.



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FATAL CRASH WYOMING - A CAR CRASH CLAIMS THE LIFE OF A LANDER MAN.
       25-YEAR OLD MATTHEW PHIFER WAS TURNING ONTO WYO 789 AND DID NOT SEE AN ONCOMING CAR.
       BOTH VEHICLES COLLIDED HEAD-ON AND THE DRIVERS WERE EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLES.
       PHIFER DIED AT THE SCENE.
       AND 55-YEAR OLD GLENDA WHITENER OF RIVERTON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.



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ARRAIGNMENT CASPER, WY -

  TWO MEN FACING MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH A SHOOTING INCIDENT IN EVANSVILLE WERE ARRAIGNED IN DISTRICT COURT THIS MORNING.
     21-YEAR-OLD SHANE LEONARD PLED NOT GUILTY TO ATTEMPTED MURDER, AGGRAVATED ROBBERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES.
     LEONARD IS SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING TWO MEN WITH A PISTOL OUTSIDE A TRAILER HOME ON MARCH 29-TH.
     ONE OF THE MEN WAS HIT IN THE ABDOMEN AND REMAINED HOSPITALIZED FOR A WEEK.
     AND O'SHEA ABETYA PLED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES CONNECTED TO AIDING AND ABETTING LEONARD BY DRIVING HIM TO THE TRAILER WHERE THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE.
     LEONARD HAS POSTED 100,000 DOLLARS IN BAIL.
     ABETYA IS STILL IN JAIL.
   




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PUBLIC FORUM PINEDALE, WY -  MEMBERS OF THE PINEDALE COMMUNITY HOSTED A PUBLIC FORUM ON AIR QUALITY ISSUES LAST NIGHT.
     AROUND 125 PEOPLE WERE IN THE AUDIENCE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM NATURAL GAS COMPANIES.
     CLOUD, OR CITIZENS LEARNING OZONE'S UNHEALTHY DESTRUCTION, ORGANIZED THE MEETING.
     THE OZONE ISSUE REMAINS A HOT TOPIC IN PINEDALE.
      PEACEFUL PROTESTS ALSO OCCURRED LAST WEEK, OBJECTING INCREASED GAS DEVELOPMENT.
      THE HIGH-PROFILE NATURE OF THE OZONE ISSUE HAS EVEN GOTTEN THE ATTENTION OF NATIONAL MEDIA.
      NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO AND A VIDEOGRAPHER FROM THE JIM LEHRER NEWSHOUR WERE PRESENT.


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UNDER-AGE DRINKING WYOMING -   UNDER AGED DRINKING CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM HERE IN THE COWBOY STATE.
     THE WYOMING COMMUNITIES IN ACTION INITIATIVE TRACKS YOUTH RELATED ALCOHOL OFFENSES STATEWIDE.
     THE GROUP SAYS 80 PERCENT OF UNDERAGE PEOPLE CHARGED WITH BEING IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL ARE CITED AND RELEASED, INSTEAD OF BEING ARRESTED.
     CASPER IS ONE OF FIVE COMMUNITIES STUDIED.
     CASPER POLICE SAY THEY TAKE UNDERAGE DRINKING VERY SERIOUSLY.
     WALSH ALSO SAYS EVERYONE NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE UNDERAGE DRINKING PROBLEM.
     HE SAYS THIS INCLUDES PARENTS AS WELL.


 


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PLANE CRASH UPDATE MESA, ,ARIZONA -

 WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARIZONA PLANE CRASH THAT KILLED A CORPORATE PILOT FROM CASPER.
     FRIDAY'S CRASH JUST OUTSIDE MESA KILLED 35-YEAR SAM PUDNEY WHO FLEW FOR M & N AVIATION HERE IN CASPER.
     57-YEAR-OLD JAMES CLAPPER OF PHOENIX ALSO DIED IN THE CRASH. 
     CLAPPER WAS PILOTING THE SMALL AIRPLANE WHICH WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT.
     PAUL RANSBURY IS PRESIDENT OF AVIATION PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS... THE COMPANY CLAPPER WORKS FOR.
     HE SAYS WHAT HAPPENED IS TRULY A MYSTERY.
     AVIATION PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS ADVERTISES IT CAN TRAIN ANYONE TO SUCCESSFULLY PILOT OUT OF A MID-AIR EMERGENCY SITUATION.
     THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. 
     IT MAY BE A YEAR BEFORE WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW THE PLANE WENT DOWN.



 


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DONALD ROLLE TRIAL CASPER, WY -   IN DISTRICT COURT TUESDAY MORNING, IT WAS DECIDED JURORS FOR THE DONALD LEE ROLLE CASE WILL NOT BE SEQUESTERED UNTIL THE VERDICT AND PENALTY PHASE.
    ROLLE IS CHARGED WITH THE NOVEMBER 2007 MURDER OF HIS EX-FIANCEE, JENNIFER RANDALL.
     IT IS BEING CONSIDERED THE BIGGEST MURDER TRIAL OF THE YEAR IN WYOMING.
     THE JURY QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN OK'D, AND MAILED OUT TO THE POOL OF JURORS.
     ROLLE WILL BE BACK IN COURT MAY 30-TH, FOR A MOTION HEARING.

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PROFFIT TRIAL CHEYENNE, WY -  A LAWYER FOR A GILLETTE MAN CONVICTED OF ORDERING THE KILLING OF A BOY WANTS THE WYOMING SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN THE MAN'S MURDER CONVICTION.
    KENT ALAN PROFFIT, SENIOR, WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON A CONVICTION OF ORDERING SOME GILLETTE TEENAGERS TO KILL 16-YEAR-OLD BRYCE CHAVERS IN 2005.
     PROFFIT LATER WAS CONVICTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING THE BOY.
    LAWYER TINA KERIN ON MONDAY TOLD THE STATE SUPREME COURT THAT PROFFIT DIDN'T RECEIVE A FAIR TRIAL.
     IN PART BECAUSE  THE TRIAL JUDGE ALLOWED THE JURY TO HEAR TESTIMONY THAT HE HAD THREATENED CHAVERS BEFORE HE WAS KILLED.
    THE SUPREME COURT IS ALSO CONSIDERING PROFFIT'S APPEAL OF HIS SEXUAL ASSAULT CONVICTION.

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DAVID BUSH TRIAL CHEYENNE, WY - DAVID BUSH WENT BEFORE THE WYOMING SUPREME COURT TUESDAY.
     K2 REPORTS BUSH IS APPEALING HIS CONVICTION LAST YEAR OF KILLING HIS WIFE LYNN BACK IN 1990.
THE HIGH COURT IS DECIDED WHETHER OR NOT BUSH'S CONVICTION SHOULD BE THROWN OUT AND WHETHER OR NOT BUSH DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE IN COURT.
NATRONA DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE BLONIGEN SAYS THE COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS TODAY ON SEVERAL ISSUES FROM BUSH'S ORIGINAL TRIAL
MISTY IS THE BUSH'S DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS ONLY TWO AND A HALF WHEN HER MOM DISAPPEARED.
BUSH'S ATTORNEYS ARGUED TODAY MISTY WAS BEING TREATED FOR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER BACK THEN, AND THAT HER PSYCHOLOGIST HELPED GET MISTY TO ADMIT TO POLICE THAT HER DADDY KILLED HER MOMMY.
ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL JENNY CRAIG ASKED THE FIVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES TO UPHOLD BUSH'S CONVICTION BASED ON EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT HIS TRIAL LAST YEAR INCLUDING INCONSISTENT TESTIMONY FROM DAVID BUSH HIMSELF.
CRAIG ALSO POINTED OUT TO THE JUSTICES DNA TESTS FOUND LYNN BUSH'S BLOOD IN THE FAMILY PICKUP TRUCK, A TRUCK DAVID BUSH WAS SEEN DRIVING NEAR KAYCEE THE NIGHT LYNN BUSH WAS REPORTED MISSING BACK IN 1990.
HER BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.


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TRAFFIC DELAYS CASPER, WY - DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TRAFFIC DELAYS OF OFF SALT CREEK HIGHWAY.
     CONSTRUCTION AT THE INTERSECTION OF YELLOWSTONE AND SALT CREEK IS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYING TRAFFIC.
     SALT CREEK IS CLOSED FROM NELICO TO THE INTERSECTION OF YELLOWSTONE AND SALT CREEK.
     WEST BOUND TRAFFIC SHOULD TAKE 20-26 AND EASTBOUND TRAFFIC SHOULD TAKE POPLAR.
     CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF MAY.

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WHEN DISASTER STRIKES CASPER, WY - THIS SPRING HAS BROUGHT A LOT OF ATTENTION TO SEVERE WEATHER.
     YOU'VE SEE IT ON NATIONAL TV BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME CLOSE TO HOME.
     A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CASPER LAST WEEK.
     AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONDERS SAY THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
     HOWEVER... STEWART ANDERSON WITH THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM SAYS WE HAVE MORE TORNADOS AROUND HERE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
     IF YOU HEAR A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED MAKE SURE YOU SEEK SAFETY.
     A CENTRAL ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS IS IDEAL WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME.
    

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HOME INVASION CHEYENNE, WY -   AROUND THREE-THIRTY A-M SATURDAY MORNING, POLICE RECEIVED A CALL OF A POSSIBLE HOME INVASION.
     ON THE WAY TO THE HOUSE LOCATED ON  THE 200 HUNDRED BLOCK OF HUNTERS WAY, POLICE SAW A CAR FLEEING THE SCENE.
     INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPORT TWO PEOPLE IN THAT CAR WERE COVERED IN BLOOD.
     INSIDE THE HOME A 25-YEAR-OLD MALE HAD BEEN STABBED DURING THE ATTACK.
     LEUTIENANT MARK MUNARI SAYS SO FAR 18-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ, 21-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN GRIMM AND 19-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER TORRALBA AS WELL AS A JUVENILE MALE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SO FAR.
     THE VICTIM OF THE ASSAULT WAS TAKEN TO THE CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.
     HE WAS ADMITTED IN STABLE CONDITION.


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GUILTY SENTENCE RAWLINS, WY -  A JURY IN RAWLINS HAS FOUND A MAN GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF ANOTHER MAN.
    FORREST BROMLEY WAS ON TRIAL FOR A SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGE IN THE DEATH OF JASON VOSS.
    AFTER SEVEN HOURS OF DELIBERATION THE JURY CAME TO A DECISION TO CONVICT BROMLEY OF MANSLAUGHTER.
    PROSECUTORS SAY BROMLEY DELIBERATELY SHOT VOSS IN THE FACE WITH A SHOTGUN LAST APRIL, NEAR SARATOGA.
    WHILE BROMLEY'S DEFENSE SAYS THE SHOOTING WAS AN ACCIDENT.
    MANSLAUGHTER CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 20 YEARS IN PRISON.


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CASPER PILOT DIES IN PLANE CRASH MESA, ARIZONA -  A PLANE CRASH NEAR MESA ARIZONA HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A WYOMING PILOT.
     35-YEAR- OLD SAM PUDNEY LIVED AND WORKED IN CASPER.
      HE FLEW FOR M-AND-N AVIATION.
        PUDNEY WAS TRAINING FOR AN AIRBORNE EMERGENCY, UNFORTUNATELY DURING THE SAFETY EXERCISE SOMETHING WENT WRONG.
     THE SMALL PLANE PUDNEY AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE IN, CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF.
     TODAY I TALKED TO DON LOUCKS, ANOTHER PILOT WHO WORKED WITH PUDNEY.
      LOUCKS SAYS HE WENT THROUGH THE EXACT SAME TRAINING, PUDNEY DID THE DAY HE DIED.
      LOUCKS SPECULATES PUDNEY WAS TRYING TO CORRECT THE PLANE FROM AN INVERTED SPIN.
     THAT MEANS THE AIRCRAFT WAS EITHER ON ITS SIDE OR COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN.
     FRIENDS AND COWORKERS AT M-AND-N AVIATION ALSO SAY THEY ARE VERY HEARTBROKEN TODAY.
     SAM PUDNEY WAS NOT MARRIED, BUT HE DOES LEAVE BEHIND A GIRLFRIEND.
        THERE'S NO WORD YET ON WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH, AND ARIZONA OFFICIALS SAY IT COULD TAKE UP TO A YEAR TO RELEASE THE DETAILS OF THE CRASH.


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MOTHER'S DAY CAT CASPER, WY - THREE LITTLE KITTENS HAVE A LOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS MOTHER'S DAY.
     THEY ARRIVED AT HUMANE SOCIETY AS ORPHANS, BUT NOW THEY HAVE A CAT TO CALL MOM.
     SMOKE, A HUMAN SOCIETY CAT ADOPTED THREE KITTENS AND TOOK CARE OF THEM.
     SMOKE AND HER KITTENS WILL BE READY FOR ADOPTION IN A FEW WEEKS.

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GAS COSTS CASPER, WY - THE HIGH COST OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL
ARE PUTTING STRESS ON BUSINESSES AROUND WYOMING.
 A DOMINO'S PIZZA STORE IN CASPER IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
     MANAGERS SAY THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT CHANGING THE
WAY IT COMPENSATES DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR GAS.
     THEY SAY SWITCHING OVER TO A SLIDING SCALE INSTEAD OF A PER-MILE SCALE
COULD NEARLY DOUBLE THE AMOUNT DRIVERS ARE PAID FOR GAS.
 UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING ECONOMISTS SAY DESPITE
POLITICIANS' CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION, THERE'S REALLY VERY LITTLE
THEY CAN DO TO BRING DOWN PRICES IN THE SHORT TERM.

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EARLY OPENING JACKSON, WY - JACKSON HOLE MOUNTAIN RESORT PLANS TO OPEN A WEEK EARLY THIS FALL.
     USUALLY THE RESORT BEGINS OFFERING LIFT SERVICE ON THE FIRST
SATURDAY IN DECEMBER. THIS YEAR, THE RESORT EXPECTS TO OPEN ON NOVEMBER
29TH.
 THE RESORT WILL BE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE ON APRIL 5TH, 2009.
 THE RESORT SAYS THIS WILL BE THIS FIRST TIME
     THE RESORT WILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IN NOVEMBER.

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FREE BOOKS CASPER, WY - THOUSANDS OF BOOKS WILL BE FREE FOR THE TAKING NEXT WEDNESDAY.
     THE ALBERTSONS STORE ON CY AVENUE WILL OFFER UP BOOKS TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 9:00 A.M.
     THE BRAND NEW BOOKS WERE DONATED BY SCHOLASTIC TO HELP PROMOTE CHILDREN'S LITERACY.
     THE BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE FRONT LOBBY OF THE STORE, AND YOU CAN PICK THEM UP UNTIL 1:00 P.M.

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