Oil City News

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries and food vending operations. Every facility has an unannounced inspection at least twice a year. A...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Wyoming is gearing up to once again host its annual Reverse Raffle and Auction and, this year, there’s a very deliberate goal to raise money for renovation of its Fine Arts Room. That’s acco...

Sasha Brodka, M.D., and her husband met in medical school and have been on the move ever since. They went to St. George’s University in the Caribbean, but completed their first year in England through the Global Scholars Program. After a couple more years in Grenada, they moved to Atlanta for their clinicals and then to Huntington, West Virginia, for residency.  The ...

CASPER, Wyo. — The state hospital evaluation is in for Jarreth Joseflee Sebastian Plunkett, the 15-year-old accused of planning and carrying out the fatal stabbing of 14-year-Bobby Maher at the Eastridge Mall on a Sunday afternoon last April. At a ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — In the wake of multiple wildfires ravaging suburban Los Angeles the past week, the Wyoming National Guard is sending three C-130 military planes to help in ongoing containment efforts. These planes will arrive in California equipped with the Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and 40 personnel, according to a Wyoming National Guard press release. The MAF... Rea

For generations, the crack of a rifle echoing through the crisp morning air and the satisfying tug of a fish on the line have been woven into the fabric of our outdoor heritage. Ensuring these traditions endure for future generations is the driving force behind DSC of Wyoming, a local nonprofit organization and chapter of the Dallas Safari Club...

CASPER, Wyo. — The owner of one of the businesses vandalized in a Christmas morning spree spotted the suspect last Friday morning and alerted police to his presence, leading to a foot chase that ended when the suspect was found hiding in a stack of tires, according to a police affidavit. Adam ...

CASPER, Wyo. — The Wyoming Health Fairs Health & Wellness Expo will return to the Ford Wyoming Center on Saturday, Jan. 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The free expo will feature a wide range of activities and resources aimed at promoting physical and mental well-being. Attendee...

CASPER, Wyo. — Congratulations to all of the happy couples applying for marriage licenses in Natrona County. Here is a list of those who applied for a marriage license from Jan. 1 through Jan. 7. All filings are reported to Oil City News by the County Clerk’s Office. The log...

CASPER, Wyo. — A Casper teen pleaded guilty Tuesday before Judge Kerri Johnson to shooting a man in the back on the Fourth of July. Adolfo Aceves Jr., 19, appeared Tuesday while out on a $100,000 surety bond. The plea agreement allows the state to ask for up to eight years in prison at sentencing on the charge of aggravated assault and battery with a drawn deadly weapon. The ...

CASPER, Wyo. — Frog Creek Partners founder Brian Deurloo knows that you can’t trust everything you read on the internet, especially when it comes to unsolicited emails. “I saw it come through a couple of times, and I thought it was a scam,” he said in a recent interview. “Like, who receives an ...

CASPER, Wyo. — A Casper man was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half to five years in prison for a fourth-in-10-years DUI charge. Cody Lee Edwards, 44, had a 6-year-old passenger and a blood-alcohol concentration almost four times the legal limit when he was arrested by Natrona County Sheriff’s Office deputies last March, according to the affidavit. Edwards al...