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It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Friday, September 12th. I'm Wendy Corr, bringing you headlines from the Cowboy State Daily newsroom… Brought to you by Wyoming Interventional and Vascular Associates. WIVA offers the best solution for treating tired, aching and swollen legs, at Wyoming's only IAC-accredited vein facility. With virtually no downtime and minimal risks, if you're ready for relief, see what WIVA can do for you. Schedule a consultation at Casper Medical Imaging dot net, forward slash WIVA.

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The truck driver who plowed into a complicated crash scene the morning of Dec. 21, 2022, hit two EMTs — killing one — and also struck an ambulance, was found guilty Thursday on all three criminal counts he faced.

46-year-old Saviol Saint Jean collapsed on the defense table in front of him and wept with his head in his arms as the three guilty verdicts were read Thursday in Sweetwater County District Court. Cowboy State Daily's Clair McFarland reports that half the jurors were crying too.

"They deliberated from 8:45-ish till three. And they emerged from their chambers, somber, very somber, and they trudged in, and then the verdict was pronounced. Three counts, all guilty, two of them felonies… And as they read the guilty verdicts, Saint Jean collapsed onto his arms on the defense table in front of himself and sobbed, and half the jury was crying as well… since it's not a death penalty case, the sentence is up to the judge…. and the judge could honestly, he could go anywhere from probation to 30 years in prison."

His sentencing will be set for a later date.

Read the full story HERE.

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Less than 24 hours after conservative political thought leader Charlie Kirk was gunned down Wednesday, students on the University of Wyoming campus condemned political violence.

Kirk was shot and killed Wednesday by a rooftop gunman while speaking at Utah Valley University as part of his American Comeback Tour, an event in which he engaged in debates with students on hot-button social and political topics.

His death sent shockwaves throughout the nation, including here in Wyoming, where Kirk visited as part of his national tour in late April, attracting an audience of about 1,800 at the University of Wyoming Arts and Sciences Auditorium. Cowboy State Daily's Jackson Walker spoke to several students at UW on Thursday about their reaction to Kirk's death.

"While students across the board condemned political violence, there certainly was a different variance of reactions about what happened to Charlie Kirk and kind of Kirk's legacy in the US as a whole. Now, some students were very forcefully against something like this. They were saying that political violence should never happen, that Kirk's death was very sad. I actually spoke to a student that admitted they cried when they heard the news. Others were less so. I spoke to one student in particular who said that they were glad that a voice like Kirk's is out of the spotlight. Their words exactly."

Read the full story HERE.

The person credited with financially kick-starting Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA organization was a rags-to-riches Wyoming businessman who ran for state governor in 2018. When the group started, Kirk was 18, and Clair McFarland reports that Wyoming multimillionaire Foster Friess saw something in him.

"Kirk was actually really public about that, publicly crediting Foster Friess with jump starting this organization that started off with