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For some time now, the Sheridan Police Department and other entities have had a program in place for residents to bring in old or unwanted prescription drugs to be destroyed. Steve Johnson is the Evidence Technician for the PD, and he tells us that there is a modification to the program now.

Tuesday afternoon officials with Sheridan College held a meeting to update the comprehensive plan that was outlined in the college's strategic plan. The plan involves the largest single expansion of the college in its history. The cost of the plan is expected to be between $16 and $19 million.

The Sheridan City Planning Commission approved a request to annex and subdivide nearly 7 acres into four M-1 industrial zoned lots. The annexation and rezone is part phase two of the East Ridge Industrial Park southwest of KROE Lane and East Ridge Road.

Closing arguments in the 1st degree murder trial of 45-year-old Leah Benjamin of Buffalo took place Wednesday in 4th Judicial District Court in Johnson County. State Prosecutor Chris Wages began the day recapping the events that occurred during the early morning hours of May 3rd 2009 that resulted in Leah Benjamin fatally shooting her estranged husband Donald Benjamin three times.

Life just gets brighter and brighter for the Tongue River Valley Community Center. They have just received a grant in the amount of $5,000 from the Sheridan/Johnson Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Wyoming Community Foundation.

The majority of the Monday morning session in Sheridan County Circuit Court focused on four separate Game and Fish cases.

The three Wyoming Game & Fish false oath cases in Circuit Court Monday morning prompted Judge John Sampson to comment that he's seen more such cases this season alone than in all the years he's been on the bench. Warren Mischke is the Public Information Specialist with the Wyoming Game & Fish Regional Office in Sheridan.

Each school year, the Boards of Trustees for Sheridan County School District 2 and the Northern Wyoming Community College District meet for dinner and updates on how their collaborations are going. Normally, this gathering takes place in September, but this school year, it worked out to take place just after 1st Semester wrapped up for District 2.

Wyoming State Auditor Rita Meyer announced recently that she will be running for Governor on the Republican ticket. Meyer stopped by the Sheridan Media studio's Monday to talk about some of the factors that lead to her candidacy.

The defense and prosecution rested their cases Monday in the 1st degree murder trial of 45-year-old Leah Benjamin of Buffalo. Benjamin is charged with first-degree murder after the May 3rd shooting death of her husband, Donald Benjamin.