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24 high school seniors from around Wyoming have been named Daniels Fund Scholars. David Sampson from Sheridan High School is one of the 24, and Daniels Fund Vice President Peter Droege explains what the scholarship means for Sampson.

It was a pistol-packing, flag bearing, poster waving rally as close to 200 people gathered on Grinnell Plaza to call for an end to the federal government overstepping its boundaries at the cost of individual liberties.

Originally scheduled to speak at the University of Wyoming earlier this month, controversial figure Bill Ayers is now re-scheduled to visit Laramie April 28th, although the venue is yet to be announced, because he's been banned from speaking on the UW campus. Colorado lawyer David Lane says that that action violated Ayers 1st Amendment right to Free Speech.

Over 100 people attended the annual Friends of the Library author reception featuring Margaret Coel, writer of the best selling Wind River Reservation Series, Friday evening.

Sheridan resident and singer Karen Clift, along with the Witzel Family Foundation, the Wyoming Arts Council and the Sheridan Arts Council, are bringing pianist and actress Stephanie Wendt to the community for a series of free residencies and then a benefit concert at the WYO Theatre the last week of April.

Yesterday marked the beginning of National Volunteer Week, and at the Sheridan Senior Center, the week is observed in grand style. Volunteer Coordinator for the Center, Nancy McKenzie, says they're holding a special party for volunteers on Thursday, April 22nd at 7 am.

The Sheridan City Council will address a wide range of topics at their meeting this evening. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has a preview.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation has released the draft Statewide Long Range Transportation Plan for public review and comment. As part of releasing the draft plan, there will be a series of public meetings around the state, including one in Sheridan Tuesday night.

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Bill Ayers and a University of Wyoming student are suing the school after it banned the former radical from speaking on campus. Ayers was a Vietnam-era radical who now is a professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

The last time we've seen as many grasshoppers as we are expected to see this summer wasn't since the mid-eighties. Though there may not be huge numbers of grasshoppers yet, Sheridan's University of Wyoming Extension Educator, Scott Hiniger, tells us now is the time to begin controlling the critters: