Archive - Jun 14, 2012

The Sheridan Police Department Thursday responded to a report of a possible explosive device in the 600 block of Monte Vista. Upon arrival, officers found two homemade M-80 sized firecrackers that had been found in the street. A media release issued by the P.D.

Prisoner, James Friesen, who had escaped from the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp in Newcasle on Monday is back in police custody.

Empower Wyoming is offering a women's self-defense class Monday at the Holiday Inn in Sheridan from 6 to 9 p.m.

The water supply outlook for the City of Sheridan and the Sheridan Area Water Supply, or SAWS, remains in pretty good shape despite the rest of the state facing a possible drought this summer.

The first formation meeting for the emergency shelter in Story will be held this Saturday afternoon at the Story Fire Hall. President of the Story Volunteer Fire Department Jerry Prescott says that anyone is welcome to attend the meeting.

Today is National Flag Day, and Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more on how this day came to be.

The Sagebrush Community Art Center is hosting two sessions of summer art workshops for children and adults alike. The first session starts July 16, with daily two-hour classes for five days.

The Johnson County School District One Board of Trustees, at their meeting this week, awarded a contract for a drainage project at Meadowlark Elementary School to Hot Iron Incorporated of Gillette.