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Tongue River Girls Basketball Season Ends With Loss In 2A Consolation Championship

The season may not have ended the way that they wanted, but the Tongue River girls basketball accomplished some goals this season. Chaylee Campbell scored 13 points and Faith Whitehead added 10, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Eagles would lose in the 2A Girls Consolation Championship game vs. Riverside 41-34. TR shot 27% …

March 5, 2022

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Prohibition Leads to ‘Shine in Sheridan

The tools of the moonshiner trade. (Display at the Hot Springs County Museum in Thermopolis, Wyoming) In a Sheridan Post-Enterprise, newspaper on February 20, 1925, it tells of a raid on a moonshine plant along Mead Creek, southeast of Sheridan. The dugout was cleverly concealed along the creek bank, but the federal, state and county …

March 5, 2022

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Addendum to Liquor License Resolution and County Islands on Council’s Agenda

An addendum to the resolution the Sheridan City Council approved last November that provided the process and procedure for awarding the additional retail liquor license the City received due to a population increase is an item the Council will consider at their meeting Monday night. .The proposed addendum that was created by the liquor license …

March 5, 2022

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Big Horn vs. Wind River Boys Basketball State Tournament – March 4, 2022

In a game that stayed close throughout, BH shot 19 of 36 from the field (52.8%), while Wind River was 19 of 53 (35.8%). That stat made the difference as the Rams would win 54-50 in the 2A semi-finals, and advance to their first state championship game, since the team last won it all in …

March 5, 2022

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Tongue River Boys Basketball Team Stung By Pine Bluffs In 2022 2A Semi-Finals

Some games can be won at the free throw line. Pine Bluffs had 4 players score in double figures and was 22 of 28 from the charity stripe, as the Hornets would defeat Tongue River 62-51, in the 2022 2A Boys Basketball Semi-Finals. Eli Cummins led the Eagles with 10 points, however the team only …

March 5, 2022

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Big Horn Boys Basketball Advances To 2022 2A State Championship Game

It was the Butler, with the ball, on the court. Cade Butler scored 18 points, and Toby Schons contributed with 13, as Big Horn would shoot 52.8% from the field to defeat Wind River 54-50, and advance to the 2A State Championship game for the first time since they last won it all in 2011. …

March 5, 2022

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Gillette Man Scammed Out Of Thousands In Online Dating Fraud

This story first appeared on Cowboy State Daily By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily A Gillette man was scammed out of thousands of dollars by a person he was supposedly dating online for a year, according to police. Gillette Deputy Police Chief Brent Wasson said an unidentified 54-year-old man reported sending a woman he had …

March 4, 2022

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Campbell County Health Names New CEO

The Campbell County Health Board of Trustees recently announced that Matthew Shahan has accepted the position of CEO for Campbell County Health. Shahan is a Montana native with several years of leadership experience in rural healthcare. He holds both a Bachelor’s of Science and an MBA with an emphasis in Healthcare Administration. Shahan comes to …

March 4, 2022

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Cheney Calls On U.S. to Stop Russian Oil Imports

Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) recently joined “The Guy Benson Show” on Fox News Radio to discuss America’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Biden Administration’s dangerous negotiations with Iran. Cheney, when referring to Russian oil imports, said it’s absolutely clear that we need to stop all imports of Russian oil

March 4, 2022

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Tongue River vs. St. Stephens Girls Basketball State Tournament – March 4, 2022

TR used a balanced scoring attack from both the starters and the reserves to defeat St. Stephens 55-29 in the consolation round of the 2A Girls Basketball State Tournament. Tongue River outscored the opposition 34-10 in 2nd and 3rd quarters combined. The Lady Eagles play Riverside in the Consolation Championship Game, at 9am on Saturday, …

March 4, 2022

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