Troy Dean’s Willoughby’s ex-wife testified on behalf of the prosecution yesterday during her ex-husband’s murder trial. Willoughby (pictured upper left) is charged with killing 25-year old Lisa Ehlers of Jackson (pictured lower left) back in 1984. The case had been considered a “cold” case until Willoughby’s ex-wife Rose Hosking implicated him last February to police. Hosking is [...]
Entries from January 28th, 2010
Ex-Wife; Former Friend Testify Against Willoughby
By Mick Birge posted Jan 28, 2010 at 8:28AM
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Leah Benjamin Found Guilty of Murder
By Mick Birge posted Jan 28, 2010 at 8:25AM
A Johnson County jury has found Leah Benjamin (pictured upper left) guilty of murdering her estranged husband outside the couple’s home in Buffalo last May (pictured lower left). Affilaite KROE in Sheridan is reporting a 12-member jury found her guilty of 2nd degree murder. She was originally charged with 1st degree murder. Prosecutors said she lured [...]
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Cowgirls Tripped Up In Salt Lake City
By Reece Monaco posted Jan 28, 2010 at 6:47AM
THE WYOMING COWGIRLS SUFFERED THEIR THIRD CONFERENCE LOSS OF THE SEASON 54-47 TO UTAH LAST NIGHT AT THE HUNSTMAN CENTER IN SALT LAKE CITY. THE COWGIRLS LED 25-20 AT THE HALF BUT UTAH USED A 16-4 TO START THE SECOND HALF TO TAKE THE LEAD. BUT TO THE COWGIRLS CREDIT THEY FOUGHT BACK TO TAKE [...]
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Cowboys Take Down Utes
By Reece Monaco posted Jan 28, 2010 at 6:40AM
SOMEONE NEEDED TO STEP UP AND THE TRUE FRESHMAN DID JUST THAT…………..WYOMING COWBOY HEAD COACH HEATH SCHROYER NEEDED HIS ENTIRE TEAM TO STEP UP WITH THE ABSENCE OF LEADING-SCORER AFAM MOUJEKE……HE GOT THAT AS THE WYOMING COWBOYS BEAT UTAH LAST NIGHT IN THE DOUBLE-A 75-69…..DESMAR JACKSON LED FOUR IN DOUBLE-FIGURES WITH 21 POINTS AND SAID [...]
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More and More Bearing “False Oath”
By Mick Birge posted Jan 27, 2010 at 9:08AM
Sheridan Circuit Court Judge John Sampson says he’s seen more false oath cases in his courtroom this past hunting season than he’s seen in all the years he’s been on the bench. Three more cases went before him this week. False oath is when someone claims to be a Wyoming resident when they are [...]
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Tight Budgets All Over WYO
By Mick Birge posted Jan 27, 2010 at 9:04AM
Cheyenne’s budget woes are well known. The Capital City is projecting a 2.5 million dollar shortfall for the remainder of the current fiscal year. But, Cheyenne is not the only city in the state feeling the pinch. So too is Jackson. Mayor Mark Barron (pictured upper left) tells affiliate KSGT revenues are down even more [...]
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Unemployment Inches Ever Higher
By Mick Birge posted Jan 27, 2010 at 8:56AM
Wyoming’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 7.5 percent in December. The rate is up from November’s 7.2 percent. The state shed 20,600 jobs over the last year. All but two employment sectors lost jobs in Wyoming over the last year. Only the government and educational and health services sectors escaped the job losses. [...]
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Prosecution Continues to Build Its Case
By Mick Birge posted Jan 27, 2010 at 8:52AM
The prosecution could wrap up its case sometime tomorrow in the murder trial of Troy Dean Willoughby. Willoughby is on trial in Pinedale charged with killing Elizabeth Ehlers of Jackson back in 1984. The prosecution has been building its case against Willoughby for more than a week now. The case had been classified as “cold” [...]
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“Meet the Morgans of “fictional” Meeteetsee
By Mick Birge posted Jan 27, 2010 at 8:40AM
The major motion picture, “Did You Hear About the Morgans,” starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant was released before Christmas. In the romantic comedy, Parker and Grant play an estranged couple from New York City who must relocate to Wyoming through witness-protection program. Movie producers say Meeteetsee was the model they used for inspiration [...]
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Willoughby Murder Trial Begins Second Week; Benjamin Murder Trial To Go To The Jury
By Mick Birge posted Jan 26, 2010 at 7:14AM
The trial in a 25 year old murder case is now in its second week in a Pinedale courtroom. 46-year old Troy Dean Willoughby (pictured upper left) is on trial charged with killing Elizabeth Ehlers (pictured lower left) back in 1984. The Jackson waitress was found shot to death on a gravel pullout along U. S. [...]
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