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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Monday, June 24th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Presented by Cheyenne Frontier Days - starting July 19th, from sun-up to sun-down - there's something for everyone! Check it out at C-F-D RODEO DOT COM!

The owners of an iconic Cody restaurant are in trouble with the law after allegedly getting into an altercation with customers Wednesday night that escalated to making terroristic threats and assaulting a local police officer.

Cassie's Steakhouse co-owner Randel Hooper is facing a felony charge for allegedly kicking and sending a police officer to the hospital. His wife, Courtney, is facing three misdemeanor charges related to the incident, according to Cowboy State Daily's Leo Wolfson.

"Courtney Hooper reported to police that she got in a verbal dispute with some customers where they said that they would kill that her if they if she got their face… Police were called and it appeared that the the event had just de escalated at first. … After the officers or rat left, the Hooper's went over to the Big Bear motel where the couple was staying and further instigated the situation… during the situation. Randall Hooper was arrested. And while they were trying to put him under arrest, he ended up kicking a police officer in the head."

If convicted, Randel Hooper could face up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Read the full story HERE.

The cloverleaf interchange where Interstates 80 and 25 intersect in Cheyenne is set to get a $500 million overhaul.

Cowboy State Daily's Pat Maio reports that the plans include huge flyover bridges to keep thousands of semi trucks moving freight across the West.

"The world today is different than the 1960s, when they built that cloverleaf, and trucks were, believe it or not, shorter than they are today. Also, they're taller, and the wind catches them, and going too fast. And you get cars mixed in with trucks, then bad things happen, right? I think the numbers I found, there was 160 collisions on that interchange alone since 2018. 17% of all accidents at that interchange involved trucks, 18 wheelers, heavy duty trucks. And the national average was like 4% at an interchange. So as you can see, it's like, what, more than four, almost five times higher than the national average on that interchange alone."

If things go smoothly with lining up state and federal money, with 80% or more coming from the federal government, a best guess at completing a new interchange in Cheyenne could be sometime in the early to mid-2030s.

Read the full story HERE.

The National Pony Express Association's annual re-ride of the famous Pony Express route between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California galloped through Wyoming and kicked up dust again this weekend in the Cowboy State.

Riders entered Wyoming from Nebraska on Thursday evening and left the state south of Evanston about 2 a.m. Sunday, according to Cowboy State Daily's Dale Killingbeck.

"I was able to talk to several riders and some of them have been doing this for 14 years. And there was a young man from Glenrock who's on his first ride, he was really excited about it. I asked him how he felt about taking the Oath of the Pony Express Association, and he said that it was a bigger responsibility, which it was, because they are actually carrying some thousand pieces of mail in the mochilla that is on those horses