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The law allows local detention centers to work with the Wyoming Department of Health to work on treatment plans sooner.

“It doesn’t mean we don’t report on arrests,” criminal justice reporter Ivy Secrest told WPR. “But it does mean that we have to be really cognizant about what crimes we cover in depth and what crimes do a lot more harm reporting on than good.”

The report shows a significant decrease in seizures of methamphetamine, fentanyl and Xanax. Also, significant increases in speeding and seat belt citations, while overall DUI's were down 23% year-over-year.

Eavan Castaner of Casper was sentenced to 42 to 75 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend, Lene’a Brown, in 2024.

Connecticut's forensics lab has not had a backlog of cases for the better part of a decade. How it came to run so well may hold answers for Colorado as its lab moves forward from a scandal and addresses the long wait for test results.

Court documents say the driver accelerated into a park employee, pushing the employee backwards. The employee jumped out of the Jeep’s path after he was hit and was uninjured.

A teenage boy pleaded guilty to murdering a teenage girl in Casper earlier this year.

During the past four years, violent crime has been decreasing nationwide, according to the latest data from the FBI. But rates of violent crime are mixed in the Mountain West. Black men are also arrested at higher rates compared to the ratio of Black men in the general population.

The Texas couple says they suspect it happened because of their "I stand with Israel" sticker. While police are still investigating, Jacksonites who support Israel and Palestine say they have also experienced increased harassment.

The Wyoming Legislature passed a bill this year funding a five-year forensic genetic genealogy pilot program. The technology is essentially a reverse 23andMe and could help bring closure to unsolved cases throughout the state.