Sheridan Media Staff

Johnson County Attorney Ken DeCock's office this week released information on sentencing and other court proceedings from December of 2012.

The Buffalo High School Forensics team traveled to Spearfish South Dakota December 14 and 15 for their second tournament of the season.

Advance tickets are now on sale for the 2013 Big Horn Mountain Festival, which is scheduled for July 12, 13 and 14 at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Buffalo.

Ryan Fieldgrove, his family and ranch are featured in this week's episode of “American Heartland.”

The show is a nationally-distributed TV program that is shown on Wyoming PBS stations and on RFD-TV.

A media release issued by Visionary Communications stated that at 10:02 am Friday, a contractor ran an auger through a 24 pair fiber cable between Buffalo and Sheridan, affecting services for both communities for much of the day. The service was restored at 5:07 pm Friday.

Big Horn Elementary student J.R. Scott was presented with one-hundred dollars in Chamber Bucks Friday at Sheridan City Hall for designing this year's Christmas Stroll button. Scott also received a framed piece of the original artwork and the first stroll button to go along with the Chamber Bucks.

UPDATE 1:47 PM As reported by K2 Radio,the Kaycee Police Department has confirmed that the body that was found Wednesday morning at the school is that of 46-year-old Kaycee resident Ramah Jackson, who was a former custodian at the Kaycee School. Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Kaycee Police Department (307) 738-2351.

The Northeast Wyoming Sage Grouse Working Group will have their next meeting Wednesday, December 12th beginning at 9:30am at the BLM Buffalo Field Office at 1425 Fort Street in Buffalo.

There's new leadership at one of Sheridan's oldest and largest non-profits. Making that announcement is Donna Bombeck, the chairperson of the RENEW Board of Directors.