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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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Casper Man Shot While Allegedly Trying To Get Officer’s Gun Identified

The Natrona County Coroner’s Office has identified the man shot and killed by police Thursday while allegedly trying to get an officer’s gun as Trae Spurlock, 26. But the office denies releasing other details of the shooting.

Greg Johnson & Dale KillingbeckJune 11, 2024

Natrona county school district building and jeanette ward 6 11 24

Jeanette Ward Blasts School Policy, Says Kindergarten No Place For Sex Lessons

Dissatisfied with a Casper school board meeting Monday, Rep. Jeanette Ward told Cowboy State Daily that she finds it, “very curious and shocking when educators or former educators get angry because they can’t have conversations about sexual orientation with kindergartners.”

Dale KillingbeckJune 11, 2024

Thayne Elshere begins his exit off the bull during competition at the College National Finals Rodeo.

Brothers Ride For Different Wyoming Teams, But Share Family Legacy Of Rodeo

Thayne and Talon Elshere are both bronc riders who currently occupy first and second place in the College National Finals Rodeo being held in Casper this week. The brothers, from a deep rodeo family, are riding for different Wyoming teams.

Dale KillingbeckJune 10, 2024

Members of the Platte Bridge Company enjoy bringing to life the history of the state from the 1820s to the 1880s.

Casper-Based Reenactor Group Brings The 1820s - 1860s To Life

The Casper-based Platte Bridge Company boasts nearly 60 reenactors intent on bringing the 1820s through 1880s off history pages and into reality for the public. They plan on traveling to several Wyoming events this summer.

Dale KillingbeckJune 09, 2024

A horse is loaded into an equine transport cargo box in this file photo.

For The Right Price, Horses Can Fly First Class, But Usually Trailered To Wyoming

Like their wealthy owners, high-priced horses travel in style, flying first-class as they’re moved between estates and to compete. At the Sheridan polo grounds, the ponies come from as far away as South America, but the last legs are usually by trailer.

Dale KillingbeckJune 08, 2024

The Kirby Jail and Town Hall building in Kirby, Wyoming, is the sole link to the community’s beginnings.

Wyoming History: Kirby Jail Is The Remaining Link To Town’s Rowdy Past

The historic Western jail in Kirby, Wyoming, is listed on the National Historic Registry and links the little community to its storied, and sometimes rowdy, past with coal miners, gamblers and prostitutes.

Dale KillingbeckJune 08, 2024

A man was killed in an officer-involved shooting incident in the 5000 block of Pay If Forward Drive in Casper on Thursday night, June 6, 2024. It was in the vicinity of an apartment complex, but police report the apartments were not involved in the incident.

Suspect Killed In Casper Officer-Involved Shooting

A suspect was shot and killed by Casper police Thursday night when he allegedly tried to get control of an officer’s firearm during an attempted arrest, the Casper Police Department reports.

Dale KillingbeckJune 07, 2024

A photo of a real estate sign in the neighborhood northeast of Evansville that was allegedly turned into a target. Neighbors said bullets sometimes ricochet off the sign into adjacent areas.

Rural Wyoming Couple Says Trigger-Happy Neighbor Terrorizing Everyone

An Evansville, Wyoming, man who likes to shoot his guns is allegedly terrorizing his neighbors, who told Natrona County commissioners this week that includes bullets ricocheting across their properties and hitting the siding of homes.

Dale KillingbeckJune 06, 2024

A Mills mobile home that housed an extended family of five suffered extensive damage in a Monday morning fire. The family lost much of their possessions and are trying to figure out next steps.

Wyoming Family Of Five Shellshocked After Devastating House Fire

An extended Mills family of five lost their home to a fire Monday. On Tuesday, the family was trying to figure out next steps and how to replace possessions that were lost.

Dale KillingbeckJune 04, 2024

Frosty's Bar and Grill in Casper, Wyoming.

‘I Just Ran Someone Over’: Casper Man After Parking Truck On ‘Old Drinking Buddy’

A 55-year-old Casper man is accused of deliberately running over an "old drinking buddy" after they argued at a local bar. He told those in the bar that, "I just ran someone over," according to court documents made available Monday.

Dale KillingbeckJune 03, 2024

Jim Shipley demonstrates his sharp edge on a piece of leather-like material.

Throwback Wyoming Mountain Man Makes His Own Razor-Sharp Rock Knives

Making razor-sharp knives, arrowheads and other tools by flint knapping rock was life-or-death for prehistoric humans and early Wyoming mountain men. Casper’s “Flint Knapper Jim” has been perfecting the art for 20 years.

Dale KillingbeckJune 02, 2024

Dale Leatham holds some 50-caliber machine gun shells he found on airport property – the site of a World War II Army Air Corps base.

Reporter’s Notebook: Remembering Wyoming’s Only Customs Agent Who Died Last Month

John “Dale” Leatham was Wyoming’s only U.S. Customs agent. For 48 years, he made himself available 24/7 at the Natrona County International Airport. The stories he had and the guests he befriended were truly one of a kind. Wyoming lost a true ambassador.

Dale KillingbeckJune 02, 2024

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Wyoming Veterans Memoiral Museum Director John Woodward holds a painting by Ted Gostas that is in the museum’s collection.

Wyoming Vietnam War POW Used Art As A Medicine, And Means to Help Others

U.S. Army Capt. Ted Gostas of Cheyenne was captured during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968. He endured five years of torture as a POW. For years following, his heartbreaking art has also been powerfully healing.

Dale KillingbeckJune 02, 2024

Green River, Wyoming, has been an important Wyoming rail hub for more than 150 years.

Wyoming’s Oldest, And Still Active, Railroad Union Predates Statehood By 21 Years

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division 103, Wyoming’s oldest and still active union, has been taking trains from Cheyenne to Rawlins and Green River for 155 years. And it's still going strong.

Dale KillingbeckJune 01, 2024

Brother and sister, Jim Baker and Elizabeth Jennings stand next to the commemorative headstone honoring their great-great-grandfather Francis’ brother, Adam Culp. Frances also served at Platte Bridge Station.

Wyoming History: Fort Caspar’s 1860s ‘Forgotten 9’ Finally Get Headstones

It may have taken 160 years, but nine members of the 11th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, aka Fort Caspar’s 1860s Forgotten 9, finally got headstones on Saturday. It's part of a project to identify and recognize soldiers who died at the fort and in the region.

Dale KillingbeckJune 01, 2024

Justin Armando Marquez (left), Ryan Schroeder and family (right)

Family Of Slain Casper Man Applauds After Killer Sentenced To 70+ Years

The family of Ryan Schroeder erupted in applause on Thursday as a judge sentenced Justin Armando Marquez to at least 70 years in prison for the stabbing death of Schroeder. Schroeder's daughter said the family has been left with "overwhelming grief."

Dale KillingbeckMay 30, 2024

Dale Gregory of Casper enjoys reenacting the life of a mountain man at an annual rendezvous.

Casper Man Committed To Keeping Mountain Man History Alive

Dale Gregory of Casper never quite grew out of his childhood dream of being a Wyoming mountain man. Now he lives the lifestyle and shares it with others at the Fort Caspar Museum because he says it's important to keep the history of the West alive.

Dale KillingbeckMay 27, 2024

The lone remaining original trolley from those that served Sheridan, Wyoming, more than a century ago sits on the private property on the north side of the city.

Wyoming History: No. 115 In Sheridan Is State’s Last Original Streetcar

For a time in the early 1900s, Sheridan was a modern municipal wonder with electric trolleys and inter-urban cars ferrying people to mines, shopping and the old fort. Now car No. 115 is Wyoming’s last original streetcar.

Dale KillingbeckMay 26, 2024

A screenshot from the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show shows the competition’s judge hold the ribbon with Natasha Wilson and Rowan celebrating the win.

Wyoming Dog Dazzles At Westminster Show, Wins Best Of Breed

Rowan, a Bracco Italiano dog who lives in Douglas, won Best of Breed at the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He received a giant medallion for the win and bragging rights that the best Bracco Italiano dog in the world lives in Wyoming.

Dale KillingbeckMay 26, 2024

President Franklin Roosevelt visits the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone during a tour of the Western states in 1937.

Wyoming History: FDR Escaped A Political Pressure-Cooker At Yellowstone

It was September 1937 and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was politically exhausted from unsuccessfully trying to stack the Supreme Court, so he escaped the pressure cooker of Washington, D.C., politics in Yellowstone.

Dale KillingbeckMay 25, 2024

Casper Foster Dad Pleads Not Guilty To 20 Charges Of Child Sex Abuse

Steven Marler, a nationally recognized foster parent from Casper pleaded not guilty Tuesday on 20 felony charges alleging he sexually abused multiple children in his care over a period of 10 years.

Dale KillingbeckMay 22, 2024

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