Archive - Nov 29, 2011 - News

The Wyoming Department of Health in conjunction with local family planning clinics and public health offices will offer a free service throughout Wyoming this Thursday. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has more.

The Trail End State Historic Site in Sheridan has once again been transformed into a Christmas lovers delight, as the 14,000 square foot mansion boasts seven elaborately decorated trees, and decorations of the season too numerous to mention.

The SheridanAires will present their winter concert this week at the Sheridan Senior Center entitled “Christmas is All in the Heart”. Senior Center Activities Director Jane Perkins says that they've expanded this year's show a bit.

Attorneys in the case of an 18-year-old Sheridan man facing a charge of sexual abuse of a minor met for pretrial conferencing Tuesday morning in 4th Judicial District Court.

The City of Sheridan has received a $400,000 grant from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to address pollution in Little Goose and Goose Creek. In 2010, DEQ released the Goose Creek Watershed TMDL.

Sheridan High School's W.A.T.CH. program is collecting cards, letters and other items to fill care packages that they will send to the troops this holiday season.

An annual Holiday tradition will be offered again this year as Buffalo's Meadowlark Elementary School third-graders perform the Nutcracker Thursday, December 1st at the Buffalo High School Auditorium.

Johnson County Commissioner Smokey Wildeman felt the need to discuss the proposed projects at the Johnson County Airport, including the purchase of lands for expansion and realignment of the runway, the possibility of providing water to the facility and other amenities that may be added in the coming years.

A new program that pairs 4-H kids with local businesses to learn about the particular business and learn different skills associated with them is a success after the first two kids recently completed the program.