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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming, for Friday, April 4th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom - Brought to you by Wyoming Community Gas. The Choice Gas selection period ends on Wednesday April 23rd – This is your opportunity to select your Natural Gas Provider for the coming year. For more information, visit Wyoming Community Gas dot ORG."

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From the moment an on-the-job accident all but ruined Laramie firefighter Dylan Schilt's body, he's been determined to get back the full use of it.

The 32-year-old was crushed when a massive stone fireplace chase collapsed on him and another firefighter responding to a house fire at the end of February. He suffered a broken back, shattered ankle and collapsed lung, and was left temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. But Schilt told Cowboy State Daily's Mark Heinz that even while covered in rocks, knowing his back was broken, he knew he would walk again.

"They determined that his spinal cord was not severed. He did suffer some bruising and scarring on the spinal cord, so it's been rough, but he told me today that he now has feeling in both his legs, and they're working on it. They're they're getting to the point where he's trying to walk again and learn some balance. And he told me he's determined. He wants to go back to doing everything, including being a firefighter."

He's been doing several hours of physical therapy a day, focusing mostly on learning to walk and balance again, and strengthening atrophied muscles. Schilt said his accident and recovery have brought him an appreciation for the ties that bind together first responders, as well as good people in general.

Read the full story HERE.

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When 15-year-old Roxton Lookingbill didn't catch any fish Wednesday evening on the Wind River, he started walking back toward his grandmother's house along a little dirt road that passes by a tow yard — and something caught his eye.

It was a small toolbox, and surprisingly heavy. But Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that when Lookingbill opened the box, he didn't find a set of sockets or tools — he saw four hand grenades.

"Even though he had brought them home to his grandma's house, they left them out in the yard, because they just weren't sure. And they did call police, and then there was a huge alarm, and the bomb squad came down from Natrona County and took them and so just very dramatic, and they had to reassure the neighbors that the grandma was okay. We just found grenades down by the river. But, you know, after I wrote the story about this, it looked like every single dad in Wyoming was in the comments saying the blue spoon or handle signifies that these are training grenades… Joey Correnti, who was actually an explosives instructor, instructor in the army was like, You know what? Yes, blue signifies training, but you don't know where these came from. You didn't load or empty them yourself. So still, ultimate caution, call the police."

Correnti said he was glad the Riverton situation ended as calmly as it did. But looking at the rusted box, he suggested the teen might want to get a tetanus shot.

Read the full story HERE.

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