Episode Details

It's time to take a look at what's happening around Wyoming for Wednesday, December 17th. I'm Mac Watson.

–

Jaxon Sweep doesn't even drink beer. But Cowboy State Daily's David Madison reports that when Josh Allen personally tapped him to build the biggest beer snake possible, the lifelong Cowboys superfan delivered.

"Jackson sweep was standing in the student section chanting MVP, along with everyone else, and Josh Allen began to single him out. I like to think it was the fact that Jackson was wearing a hard hat. He looked like a guy who could get things done. Someone on social media called him the foreman of the beer snake. And so whatever it was, they met, and it was a dream come true, of course, for Jackson, who had idolized Alan, and Alan's directions were really clear, and to the point make me the biggest beer snake possible."

The slithering tower of cups caught the attention of ESPN and the Kelce brothers who commented on the sheer engineering feat it took to make the beer snake.

Read the full story HERE.

–

A historic 100-year-old Catholic church in Rock Springs has been closed and put up for sale to help fund a new parish campus. Cowboy State Daily's Renee Jean reports that parishioners are trying to preserve the historic Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic church.

"There were so many of the Slav people coming in. 32% of workers at one point in Rock Springs were Slavic people, and they started to push to have their very own Catholic Church, a place that would recognize their customs, a place where the priests would talk to them in their language, take their confessions in their language. And so there was a bit of a tussle. According to the National Register of Historic Places that took place during that time period, the Bishop initially approved their church, then he backed off and tried to build a new church where both communities would go. That didn't go over real well. So ultimately, the Slavic community did get their very own church in Rock Springs, right next door to the Our Lady of Sorrows, which was the other church, which catered more to Western Europeans."

Saints Cyril and Methodius started as a dug-out, covered basement space on the Slavic side of the town of Rock Springs. The determined immigrants raised $15,000 for their very own church and never looked back.

Read the full story HERE.

–

A south Cheyenne family is lucky to be alive, escaping with just the clothes on their backs. Cowboy State Daily's Scott Schwebke reports that on Tuesday, a fast-moving fire, whipped by strong winds, ripped through their home.

"They ran out, literally, with their clothes on their back, and had no shoes, and they just watched as the house burned to the ground, basically. It was kind of propelled by the high winds. Winds got to over 25-miles-an-hour last night. Firefighters had a hard time controlling it, and eventually it just consumed the entire house, and they lost basically everything…it's a tragic thing to happen, especially tragic around Christmas. They lost all their Christmas presents and all their photos and things like that."

Ben Hopkins, acting chief of Laramie County Fire District 1, tells Cowboy State Daily that the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Read the full story HERE.

–

Vandals damaged multiple displays at Laramie's Wi