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The 17th Amendment was ratified in Wyoming on February 8, 1913. It ended the election of U.S. senators by state legislatures, and put the selection into the peoples' hands. 37 states formally ratified it; eleven states never have.

An annual American Heart Association program aims to get people walking for 30 minutes a day, and this Wednesday, April 7th, Wyomingites are called to don their favorite walking shoes. National Start! Walking Day is an initiative to get people into an exercise program to reduce the risk of heart disease, with at least some of that walk time happening during work breaks or lunch.

It was every child for himself at the 2nd Annual Easter Egg Extravaganza on Saturday, as kids of all ages, baskets in hand, scurried after candy-filled colored eggs scattered in Kendrick Park.

The Sheridan City Council will meet this tonight for their first meeting of April. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has a preview.

The Sheridan Housing Action Committee is having a benefit concert this Friday night featuring the Wiyos. SHAC Executive Director Karin Spann says the Wiyos are coming to Sheridan from the east coast.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - Members of a Cheyenne family were injured in a traffic accident while en route to the Wyoming Army National Guard's homecoming from Iraq.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Officials say a man involved in a five
hour standoff with police was armed with a high-powered rifle
fitted with a scope.
Cheyenne police arrested 38-year-old Vencil L. Ash III early Friday on suspicion of domestic violence. Officials say he also had an arrest warrant out of Colorado, though details were not immediately available.

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicated that over the last ten years, the number of cesarean deliveries has become the most common surgery in the United States. The rate in Wyoming is up almost 50%, with one of every four babies surgically delivered.

CHEYENNE, (AP) - The largest single-unit deployment in Wyoming National Guard history has ended with the return of 100 members of the 115th Fires Brigade to Cheyenne. A couple hundred people were on hand to welcome the troops home with hugs, signs and waving flags at Guard headquarters on Friday afternoon.

CHEYENNE, (AP) - Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal is among dozens of governors in the country to receive letters demanding they leave office or be removed. Freudenthal's Chief of Staff Chris Boswell said Friday that state police intercepted the package when it arrived earlier this week.