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Dale Killingbeck

Killingbeck is glad to be back in journalism after working for 18 years in corporate communications with a health system in northern Michigan. He spent the previous 16 years working for newspapers in western Michigan in various roles.

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An old 90-inch wooden propeller has been in Donna Bershinsky's living room for years, and was a mystery for a long time. It came from a Cessna T-50.

35-Year Mystery Of Wooden Plane Propeller Clears Up For Wyoming Woman

A Laramie woman and her late husband got a gift from a dentist friend about 35 years ago. It was a long, wooden airplane propeller, but for years they knew nothing about it. Now the mystery is beginning to clear up.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 26, 2025

After watching the Discovery Channel show "Moonshiners," Cheyenne mechanic Geno Stecks was inspired to try it on his own. So far, his tiny hobby moonshine still has produced about 1.5 cups of hooch since December. At that rate, he thinks it'll take "about a year" to fill one of his tiny 2-liter oak kegs.

Rat Rods, Beer Keg Smoker And Now Moonshine — Life Of A Wyoming Redneck Engineer

A Cheyenne mechanic who loves NASCAR and building rat rods, potato cannons and a smoker out of a beer keg has a new hobby. Inspired by the TV show “Moonshiners,” Geno Stecks is now trying to make his own hooch.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 26, 2025

The Nov. 12, 1951, train wreck drew rescuers from the region and put Evanston, Wyoming in the headlines.

Wyoming History: How 17 People Didn’t Have To Die When Trains Collided Near Evanston In 1951

Seventeen people were killed and 159 others hurt when a full-speed train crashed into another nearly stopped on the tracks near Evanston in 1951. The real tragedy is technology was available that could’ve averted disaster.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 25, 2025

Being Hurt In The Middle Of Nowhere Can Be Deadly If You Don’t Know What To Do

Whether it’s a misguided hunting arrow, getting mauled by a grizzly or getting impaled on a tree branch, the wide-open spaces of Wyoming can be dangerous — if not downright deadly. One Wyoming group is dedicated to making sure people know what to do.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 25, 2025

State Rep. Tomi Strock, R-Douglas, right, is the sponsor of the "Homeschool Freedom Act" moving througn the Wyoming Legislature.

Bill Allowing Wyoming Homeschool Parents More Freedom Heads To Senate

The Wyoming House overwhelmingly passed the “Homeschool Freedom Act” over to the state Senate for discussion. The bill would eliminate requirements for homeschool parents to check in with their local school districts.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 23, 2025

Cheyenne Teen Cops Plea, Could Get 10 Years For Pistol-Whipping And Shooting

A 19-year-old Cheyenne teen admitted pistol-whipping one person and threating others with a gun Thursday. In a plea deal, he could get up to 10 years in prison, or he could get Boot Camp.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 23, 2025

The building at 2279 Six Mile Road in Natrona County near Casper where a shooting happened Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

Man Shoots Coworker, Then Gives First Aid, Natrona County Sheriff Says

Natrona County deputies are investigating a shooting at a business Wednesday night that sent a man to the hospital in reportedly critical condition. The coworker who allegedly shot the man also gave him first aid, the sheriff’s office reports.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 23, 2025

Miracles Happen: How A Lost Girl, 4, Survived Two Nights In The Wilderness

In May 1908, a 4-year-old girl got lost after following a sheepherder out of camp. Nearly 120 years later, a search and rescue expert says it was a miracle she survived two days and nights alone in the Wyoming wilderness.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 19, 2025

Hundreds of Wyoming kids a year need emergency placement for foster parents. It's a challenging role for those who volunteer to care for children when they need a stable, good-hearted adult the most.

Emergency Foster Care Parents There For Wyoming Kids When They Need Them Most

Taking in kids who have been abused and neglected takes training, dedication and a huge heart. It’s the most gratifying — and difficult — thing Wyoming emergency foster parents do for kids when they need a loving parent the most.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 18, 2025

State Rep. Tomi Strock, R-Douglas, has proposed a bill that would give more freedom to parents to homeschool their children.

Bill Would Give Homeschool Parents More Freedom Over What They Teach

A bill introduced Friday to the House Education Committee would give homeschool parents in Wyoming more freedom over what they teach. It’s a plan that also has the support of the state’s top education official.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 17, 2025

Casper Man Who Said He Had 1,000 Child Porn Pics To Help Police Pleads Not Guilty

A 59-year-old Casper man who DCI investigators linked to more than 1,000 images and video of child pornography pleaded not guilty. Thursday. He also allegedly told investigators he collected the porn to help police.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 16, 2025

Paul Allen Hilburn, 71, faces three charges stemming from a stabbing incident and for allegedly striking a woman over the weekend.

Casper Man Accused Of Stabbing Two People, Tells Police One Was An Accident

A 71-year-old Casper man faces two felonies after police claim he stabbed a 35-year-old woman and 41-year-old man at his apartment Sunday. He allegedly said stabbing the woman was an “accident.”

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 14, 2025

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Jeanne Bryan, former executive director of the Wyoming Centennial Commission, died Jan. 8. She was 82.

Remembering Jeanne Bryan: State Centennial Director And Wyoming Booster

Jeanne Bryan, longtime Wyoming booster and former executive director of the Wyoming Centennial Commission died Jan. 8. Former Gov. Mike Sullivan said Jeanne "was immensely dedicated to Wyoming."

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 13, 2025

The west side of War Memorial Stadium at the University of Wyoming got a $91 million upgrade, which included improved seating in the middle west section.

Price Tag For University Of Wyoming Projects Over Past 10 Years Nearly $900M

Construction on a new $65 million swim center is underway at the University of Wyoming. It’s the 11th capital project in 10 years for Wyoming’s only public university, with a combined price tag of nearly $900 million.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 13, 2025

Just How Windy Does It Get In Wyoming?

The most powerful wind gust ever recorded in Wyoming was in the town of Clark in April, 2022. That's when the wind hit 128 mph. Luckily, wind speeds don't get this high that often.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 12, 2025

A pet deer named Bimbo was part of the Wa-Wa Lodge staff in the 1950s. Here Jack Cummings and staff members give Bimbo some love.

Wyoming Pioneer Family Has Been Taming Casper Mountain For 90 Years

For more than six decades, Casper Mountain has been Julie York's home. Her family homesteaded there in 1932 and used to run the Wa-Wa lodge. And they had a pet deer named Bimbo.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 12, 2025

A U.S. Air Mail Service DH-4 in flight provides an example of an airplane modified for night-flying. Note the extended exhaust designed to keep flame from blinding the pilot at night, and the landing lights on the bottom of the top wing.

Wyoming History: Early Air Mail Pilots Put Lives On The Line To Connect The West

From 1920 to the late 1930s, pilots in open-cockpit planes put their lives on the line to deliver mail across Wyoming. All they had was a compass and nerves of steel.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 11, 2025

The 1964 Ford Galaxy restored as a vintage police car. Mills resident Hurk Wahl won the car in a raffle.

Mills Man’s 1964 Ford Galaxie Cop Car Looks Like It Came Right Out Of Mayberry

When Hurk Wahl gets behind the wheel of his 1964 Ford Galaxie, he says he feels like he's in a parade or on patrol. The black-and-white police cruiser with the round bubble cherry light looks like it drove out of a TV set from the “Andy Griffith Show.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 11, 2025

Gaslight Social customer John Lee, center, believes the Surgeon General should look at the substances banned by Europe and allowed in the United States rather than go after an updated alcohol warning label. With him at left is Cave Derell of Casper, and right, Charlie Chapin.

Wyomingites Not Thrilled With Surgeon General's Call To Add Cancer Warnings To Beer

Most Wyomingites Cowboy State Daily interviewed scoffed at the U.S. surgeon general's call to add cancer-labels to beer cans. Sen. John Barrasso, a doctor, said labeling beer cans is not the answer.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 11, 2025

Even in sub-freezing temperatures, car washes are open and do a brisk business. But there are risks washing cars when temperatures plummet.

For The Most Part, It's O.K. To Wash Your Car In Wyoming's Harsh Winters

When Wyoming's temperatures go below freezing, should you wash your car or just allow it to become an ice-encrusted dirt machine? Car washers explain that, for the most part, it's OK. But there are limits.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 11, 2025

David Henrikson and Toni Brown say they daily continue to grapple with the loss of their daughter, Lene’a Brown, who was gunned down in a Casper Park on May 14, 2024.

Parents Of Murdered Casper Teen Say She’s “Not The Only One That Died That Day”

It’s been nearly eight months since 17-year-old Lene’a Brown’s ex-boyfriend shot and killed her in a Casper park. Her parents tell Cowboy State Daily that the fear, pain and grief are as raw as the day it happened.

Dale KillingbeckJanuary 05, 2025

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