CHEYENNE — Ruling that the education of Wyoming’s K-12 students hasn’t been jeopardized by a new law making changes to the state schools chief’s job, a district judge on Wednesday rejected … more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Nearly a week after the chief of Colorado's prisons was fatally shot at his front door, investigators have matched the gun in his slaying to one used by the prime suspect … more

David Johnston jumps through the air to make a basket as his friend Vincent Bell watches during a game of horse Thursday at Overlook Park. The weather, which reached a high of nearly 65 degrees, … more

SEOUL, South Korea — Ratcheting up the rhetoric, North Korea warned early Thursday that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the U.S. using "smaller, lighter and diversified nuclear" … more

VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia — A 60-year-old veteran gunned down 13 people in a pre-dawn, house-to-house rampage Tuesday in Serbia, killing his mother, his son and a two-year-old cousin before shooting … more

“People can’t have enough friends,” Billie Hardy said after she handed Caja Campbell two friendship rings Thursday during Rawhide Elementary’s Carnival night. Hardy told Caja one was for her, … more

“Are you real?” a Gillette sixth-grade boy asked John Voehl, an Abraham Lincoln presenter and historian who spoke during the annual Civil War Day events Tuesday morning.The answer was a … more

CCHS junior Kenneth Petry, 17, sharpens his pencils before the start of the American College Testing exam Tuesday at Cam-plex Energy Hall. The facility was set up to test 473 students, proctor Tom … more

OXFORD, Miss. — A Mississippi man appeared briefly in court Monday on a charge that he made a deadly poison that was sent in letters to President Barack Obama, a senator and a judge. James … more

If you’re a fan of “The Guardian Series” books, you’ll have a chance to meet the author on Saturday. Nebraska-native Diane Nielsen will be at Hastings from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. signing her … more