CASPER, Wyo. — A high wind warning was issued just after midnight on Saturday by the National Weather Service in Riverton. The warning is in effect until Sunday evening.
According to the NWS in Riverton, some areas of Natrona County — including Outer Drive in Casper — could see gusts of up to 70 mph.
According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, Outer Drive is closed to high-profile vehicles due to extreme blowover risk as of 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
Interstate 25 and U.S. Highway 87 between Chugwater and Wheatland are currently closed to high-profile vehicles, as are I-80, U.S. 287 and U.S. 30 between Rawlins and Laramie.
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A winter storm is expected to impact western Wyoming, with up to 8 inches of snowfall in the Yellowstone area, according to the NWS in Riverton. Casper has only a slight chance of light snow overnight on Sunday.
The top-ranked Penn State wrestling team gets a bonus match at the Bryce Jordan Center this season. Penn State shifted Sunday’s match against Wyoming from Rec Hall to the Bryce Jordan Center because the Penn State women’s volleyball team is hosting an NCAA Tournament regional at Rec Hall this weekend.
Penn State (2-0) won its 59th consecutive match last Sunday at Allentown’s PPL Center, defeating Lehigh 36-3. The Nittany Lions proved dominant, winning nine of 10 bouts and finishing with a 21-1 advantage in takedowns. Penn State scored 10 bonus points through a pin by Levi Haines, technical falls by Mitchell Mesenbrink and Greg Kerkvliet and major decisions from Shayne Van Ness, Carter Starocci and Josh Barr.
This is Penn State’s last home dual of 2024. Here’s what and how to watch.
How to watch, stream the Penn State vs. Wyoming wrestling match
Tickets are available for the match at the Bryce Jordan Center. Though the match will not be televised, BIG+ will stream the Penn State-Wyoming match beginning at 1 p.m. ET.
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What to watch when Penn State wrestles Wyoming
The Nittany Lions seek their 59th consecutive dual-meet victory dating to 2020. Wyoming (2-2) is ranked 26th and has five wrestlers ranked by InterMat: Jore Volk (7th at 125), Cole Brooks (28th at 141), Gabe Willochell (20nd at 149), Jared Hill (19th at 157) and Joey Novak (13th at 197). However, Wyoming said that its top two wrestlers, Volk and Novak, are injured and will not make the trip. The Cowboys also are entirely new to Plenn State. No Wyoming wrestler has competed against any Nittany Lion.
Penn State’s primary lineup is 53-1 so far this season, and the Nittany Lions have an 18-2 dual-match record. Penn State has outscored its dual-match opponents, Drexel and Lehigh, by a combined score of 77-6.
The Nittany Lions could roll out different lineup combinations for their last home dual of the season, but here’s the expected starting lineup. All rankings are according to InterMat:
Penn State wrestling notes
Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson is pursuing his fifth consecutive unbeaten dual-meet season with the Nittany Lions. Sanderson’s teams have won 59 consecutive duals since the 2019-2020 season. Penn State has lost just one Big Ten dual in the past nine seasons.
Against Lehigh, redshirt freshman Josh Barr (197) scored three takedowns in an 11-3 decision over formerly unbeaten Michael Beard. Barr moved up to No. 7 in the InterMat rankings with the win.
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Penn State wrestlers are a combined 82-17 so far this season. That includes 64 bonus-point victories with 21 falls.
Up next
Penn State will compete in the Journeymen Collegiate Duals on Dec. 22 in Nashville. The Nittany Lions are scheduled to wrestle three matches against Binghamton, Arkansas-Little Rock and No. 15 Missouri.
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Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder testified for a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Education & the Workforce on Oct. 19, 2023. (Screenshot courtesy of U.S. House subcommittee stream)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Two Cheyenne parents recently filed a petition against the Wyoming School Facilities Commission for approving a controversial recommendation to close eight historic neighborhood schools. Members of the commission jeered at the lawsuit at a meeting Tuesday, but the state’s chief education official doesn’t think it’s a laughing matter.
On Friday, Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Megan Degenfelder released a statement backing up the lawsuit filed in Laramie County District Court.
“I ran for State Superintendent because I was tired of the rights of parents being stifled,” Degenfelder said in the news release. “Parents have a fundamental and constitutional right to direct their child’s education and we must stop treating the concerns of parents as a laughing matter.”
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Degenfelder added that the commissioners’ response to the court filing showed a lack of empathy to the plights of local parents.
“These Cheyenne parents are concerned because their neighborhood schools are being taken from them,” the superintendent said. “They have every right to seek legal redress in court and should be taken seriously by state leaders. I am disappointed in the lack of professionalism and empathy displayed at the School Facilities Commission.”
The lawsuit was filed by Cheyenne parents Katie Dijkstal and Franz Fuchs, who are also members of the Cheyenne Parent Alliance, a community organization that’s opposed the state’s recommendation to close eight Cheyenne schools. This past fall, CPA collected more than 1,000 signatures from residents standing against the LCSD1 most-cost-effective study, or MCER, which proposes closing a third of Cheyenne elementary schools. Members of the organization presented these signatures to the commission at its Nov. 6 meeting.
The Wyoming School Facilities Commission is an independent entity from the Department of Education. Degenfelder has no influence on the SFC.
JACKSON, Wyo. — On Thursday, Dec. 12, the Wyoming Supreme Court announced it suspended Katharine E. Lovett, of Jackson, Wyoming, for a period of 120 days due to Lovett’s conduct in failing to comply with discovery requests.
According to a press release from the Wyoming State Bar (WSB), Lovett relied on her client to obtain medical records and “produced records far less than the records produced by medical providers at their depositions.” The WSB confirms Lovett also significantly redacted, or removed words or information, from the records without Court permission. Because most of the redactions were in white, opposing counsel was unaware some records were redacted until comparing them to the unredacted records provided by medical providers at their depositions.
The late disclosure of complete medical records led to vacating the trial date, as well as the imposition of an order requiring Lovett or the Plaintiff to pay $23,500 in fees to the Defendant, which was paid by Lovett.
The parties’ stipulation for a 120-day suspension of Lovett’s license to practice law and implementation of several remedial measures was approved by the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) of the WSB and submitted to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
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In adopting the BPR’s recommendation for a 120-day suspension, the Court ordered Lovett to pay an administrative fee of $750 and costs in the amount of $50 to the WSB.
Lovett declined Buckrail‘s request for comment.
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River Stingray is a news reporter with a passion for wildlife, history and local lenses. She holds a Master’s degree in environmental archaeology from the University of Cambridge and is also a published poet, dog mom and outdoor enthusiast.
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