Weston County Sheriff's Office
Newcastle High School was in an extended lockdown on March 15 after the school was informed that a student had brought a gun to school. There have been no injuries reported as a result of the incident, but after the school’s administration confirmed that a gun had been brought to school both...
Special meeting scheduled for Wednesday
A solution to the ongoing dispatch dispute between Newcastle and Weston County could be on the horizon if a joint meeting scheduled for Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in the City Council chambers goes well.
For at least the past eight years, the News Letter Journal...
The lack of policies for the various pay schedules in Weston County could lead to trouble, according to auditor Paul Stille, of Leo Riley & Associates. Stille shared his concerns with the Board of Weston County Commissioners during the audit presentation on Feb. 7.
Stille’s main concern is...
After months of silence over the ongoing dispatch battle between the city of Newcastle and Weston County — aside from an occasional letter to county officials — the city addressed the issue publicly during the council’s Feb. 6 meeting. Several council members and Mayor Pam Gualtieri highlighted...
The Newcastle City Council is working to finalize a Chapter 56 permit for the city to lethally remove deer living inside Newcastle city limits. The process began in April 2022.
Chapter 56 is a Wyoming Game and Fish Commission regulation for the lethal taking of wildlife, according to Councilman...
Prell's mugshot provided by the Weston County Sheriff's Office
A longtime volunteer firefighter and coach was arrested last month, and is being charged with sexual assault and multiple counts of first and second-degree sexual abuse of a minor who was under his supervision in 2015 and 2016.
Lovell James “Jim” Prell, 45, of Newcastle, was bound over to the...
Officials in Weston County hope they will soon be better equipped to fight the newest front in the war on drugs after the Board of Weston County Commissioners approved a measure to help address the threat of fentanyl in the community.
The commission took the first step toward developing a NARCAN...
Sheriff Bryan Colvard gave out the first round of the Sheriff and Chief’s Club Award to Davyn Hoffman, Kyndal Von Eye and Dane Crabtree, three of the six individuals at Newcastle Middle School who received the award. The first award, given to a boy and a girl from each grade, was awarded on Oct. 27 during the school’s excellence assembly.
Every month, students from Newcastle Elementary School are recognized by their teachers for good citizenship, and thanks to the help of Weston County Sheriff Bryan Colvard and the department’s community service officer, Becky Swentesky, Newcastle Middle School students are also being recognized by...
Newcastle Police Department is down to two full-time officers, Peg Miles and Lance Riebel, after officer Laramie Frank resigned, Mayor Pam Gualtieri reported on Nov. 21 during the regular Newcastle City Council meeting. The latest resignation comes on the heels of the announcement that the new...
The city of Newcastle is slowly getting the components in place to complete its dispatch and police department move to City Hall, according to IT director Leann Cox. No clear official move date has been announced by the city, an uncertainty that hampers the timing of the county’s own dispatch...
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