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Gillette Man Sentenced in Federal Court for Drugs

News From SheridanMedia.com Chief United States District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl recently sentenced 35-year-old Allen David Jenerou of Gillette for the crime of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jenerou received 140 months of imprisonment to be followed by four years of supervised release. Jenerou was also ordered to pay $400 in

December 23, 2021

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Johnson County Issues RFPs For Accounting Services

News From SheridanMedia.com Johnson County’s Commissioners have decided to issue Requests For Proposals (RFPs) to provide supplemental accounting services to the county. During discussions at this week’s meeting, the commission decided to seek new proposals, saying the firm holding the current contract is not meeting the needs of the county clerk or

December 22, 2021

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JCTA Gives Branding Update to City, County

News From SheridanMedia.com The Johnson County Tourism Association (JCTA) will be launching a new branding program in 2022, and they gave an update on that and other plans for the coming year to both the Buffalo City Council and Johnson County Commission at their Tuesday meetings. Jill Smith, President of the County Lodging Tax Board …

December 22, 2021

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Sheridan PD debunk myths: public intoxication

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan Media continues the ongoing series featuring Sheridan Police Department Chief Travis Koltiska and Captain Tom Ringley debunking myths around the practices and policies of the SPD.  Leadership and officers within the SPD have heard many myths and assumptions that can and have been made regarding law enforcement and the

December 22, 2021

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AARP reports over 50 percent of nursing home residents have received booster

News From SheridanMedia.com According to AARP’s Nursing Home COVID-19 Dashboard data, updated late last week, just over half of Wyoming’s nursing home residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine and booster.  The booster data is new to the dashboard and suggests 38.4% of nursing home residents in the US have received a booster.  Wyoming’s 50.6% of

December 22, 2021

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Commissioners Approve Joining Opioid Settlement

News From SheridanMedia.com Sheridan County will be participating in a class action settlement stemming from a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies supplying opioid drugs. During this week’s meeting, the Sheridan County Commission discussed and considered a Memorandum of Agreement concerning the OneWyo Opioid Settlement. According to the agreement,

December 22, 2021

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WDE’s path to literacy proficiency

News From SheridanMedia.com While appearing on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse program, Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow spoke on the literacy initiatives that are being acted upon by the Wyoming Department of Education.  According to Balow, during standard reviews the WDE felt the proficiency numbers of K-3 literacy could be

December 22, 2021

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Wyoming Indian at Tongue River Girls Basketball – December 17, 2021

News From SheridanMedia.com Trailing 21-5 against the 3-time defending 2A State Champs, the Tongue River Lady Eagles would rally to cut the deficit to 2, but couldn’t get any closer, as Wyoming Indian would win 62-50. Video: Kevin Koile – Sheridan Media First Quarter: 0:09 – 0:18 Laila SunRhodes WIHS 2 TR 0 0:19 – …

December 22, 2021

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High School Students make Blankets for Big Brothers, Big Sisters

News From SheridanMedia.com Anne Travis and Dr. Tom Schnatterbeck with Sources of Strength and Sandy Thiel with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) recently received home-made blankets from Sheridan High School Students. Sponsored by Sources of Strength and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), around 20 students came together to

December 22, 2021

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High School Sports Season Takes a Pause / Pokes win the 2021 Potato Bowl / Cowboy Hoops at Stanford Today

News From SheridanMedia.com HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS – The high school sports season is on holiday break until January 6th. COWBOY BASKETBALL – The Cowboy basketball team plays at Stanford this afternoon you can hear the game on KWYO and 106.9 FM pregame starts at 2:30 with tip off at 3:00. COWBOY FOOTBALL – In the …

December 22, 2021

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