GILLETTE, Wyo.–The makeshift memorial caught Stacy Koester’s eye. She put on the brakes and inched her black Audi sports car backward along the gravel road to get a better look. A small wooden cross, adorned by a pink plastic carnation, was surrounded by a circle of rocks among craggy shrubs and cheat grass on the side of the hill at LAK Reservoir, outside Newcastle in Weston County.

A former correctional officer has admitted to having sexual contact with an inmate at Wyoming’s women’s prison in the fall of 2021.

A Fort Washakie man who threatened to murder an FBI agent last weekend waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

Leo Barnaby II, 45, was arrested n April 30 and charged with threatening a federal law enforement officer, a felony that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Any time of day or night, any day of the year, help is always just a phone call away for those driving on Wyoming’s 6,800 miles of highway. Around the clock, dispatchers for the Wyoming Highway Patrol are standing by, prepared to facilitate a swift response to vehicle collisions, medical emergencies and more. It is this critical communication link that ensures emergency resources arrive at the right spot when they’re needed.

GILLETTE, Wyo.—It’s been 14 months since Irene Gakwa vanished without a trace. The only “person of interest” in her mysterious disappearance, as identified by police, is sitting in the general population at the Campbell County Detention Center and awaiting sentencing in June after admitting to stealing nearly $6,000 from Gakwa and deleting her email account after she went missing.

GILLETTE, Wyo.—The sentencing date for the fiancé of Irene Gakwa, the missing Kenyan nursing student, has been set for June 14.

GILLETTE, Wyo.–A year ago, Stacy Koester never expected a Facebook post would change her life. The 39-year-old wife and mother of three teenage daughters already had her hands full with her family and job as an office manager at a local tire company.

LUSK, Wyo.–Lusk Police Department has zeroed in on an unnamed person of interest in the mysterious death of a 54-year-old Navy veteran.

A woman suspected of intentionally setting fire to an abortion clinic in Casper last spring was released on bond Tuesday by a federal judge.

GILLETTE, Wyo.—The fiancé of a missing Kenyan woman pleaded guilty to three of the five felonies related to crimes against her in Campbell County District Court before District Judge James Michael Causey on Tuesday afternoon. As a result, Nathan Hightman’s bond was revoked, and he was escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs.

A Casper woman accused of intentionally setting fire to an abortion clinic last spring appeared in court Thursday two days after her arrest.

GILLETTE, Wyo.—The fiancé of the missing Kenyan nursing student will change his plea in the felony charges related to his alleged financial crimes in the wake of her 2022 disappearance.

Nathan Hightman, 39, was charged for five felony crimes related to Irene Gakwa, 33, who has been missing since late February 2022.

In less than a year, the Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) has significantly expanded its cohort of fentanyl-detecting K-9s as use of the synthetic opioid soars in Wyoming and across the country.

A new podcast shines light on a 38-year-old Wyoming murder mystery while also exploring themes of memory, justice and much more.

Romance novelist and filmmaker Faleena Hopkins, who went missing for over two weeks, has been located in Kauai, Hawaii through the use of cell phone location tracking, according to the Jackson Police Department.

GILLETTE, Wyo.— Hands on Pottery owner Michele Thara created the mug design especially for Irene Gakwa. Standing before the front window of her ceramic studio Monday afternoon, as snow fell behind her, Thara pointed out the rainbow and heart, painted blue in Gakwa’s favorite color.

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.— Missing romance novelist and filmmaker Faleena Marie Hopkins is believed to have departed Jackson Hole for Utah in the hours after her release from Teton County Detention Center following her Jan. 27 arrest for leading authorities on a 24-miles chase through Grand Teton National Park, police said Tuesday.

Hopkins, 52, was released from custody by Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Kelly Rankin on Jan. 30. Days later, friends and family reported her missing to police. Hopkins has not been heard from since her release.

GILLETTE, Wyo.—Another tip has come in. Stacy Koester headed east on Interstate 90 Saturday morning to investigate a 55-gallon barrel that was spotted on ranchland in eastern Campbell County.

Over the past eight months, Koester has logged hundreds of miles in her 2019 Audi A6, scouring the countryside for any trace of 33-year-old Irene Gakwa.

A reporter and citizen investigator will be interviewed in Gillette this week for a web series that covers missing persons.

Francis Kambo has his memories. His eyes grew wide, as he strolled across the golden grass on his three-acre property in the Rift Valley in Kenya where his daughter, Irene Gakwa, lived until she was 29.