It had been a typical morning for Lisa Suiter as she sat down Dec. 20 to work on her computer. Suiter, a mother of two and small business owner, checked Facebook about an hour after putting her son, Winston, on a bus to school. more

A judge has set a $1 million cash-only bond for the man accused of holding his estranged wife captive and threatening to kill her Saturday. Gregory M. Hawes, 46, stood in front of Circuit Judge … more

A standing-room-only crowd of about 300 people spilled out into the hallway at Chesapeake Energy’s community meeting Dec. 4 at the Clarion Hotel in Douglas. Most of the seats in the room were … more

Police are looking for vandals who went through several Gillette neighborhoods, damaging Christmas decorations on at least 25 homes. The damage caused to decorations on dozens of homes in the … more

Cindy Hill, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, hasn't yet decided what action she'll take if a bill is passed by state legislators that would effectively gut her position. more

The City Council likes the idea of putting teeth into its summer watering restrictions and is poised to consider fining people this summer if they are caught watering when they aren’t supposed … more

Gillette native Britt Shelstad didn’t know at first that her big chance to get on TV would be as a dead body being lowered into the trunk of a taxi cab. more

To live in this world today takes resiliency. We must confront an unhappy economy, unfriendly politics, a challenge to our way of life. And we live in a world in which crazy people with guns kill children. more

A covert marijuana grow in Gillette that was characterized by its owner as a “strain bonanza” was uncovered last week by Division of Criminal Investigation special agents and Gillette Police … more

Police investigators say they are working to conduct a follow-up investigation into what exactly happened to a 19-year-old Gillette woman who was found tied to playground equipment at Bicentennial … more