Government prosecutors have ignored federal law in an effort to "boot-strap" their case into U.S. District Court, the attorney for former state trooper Franklin Ryle argued in a Friday court filing.

A former Casper man -- who admitted to violating Wyoming securities laws in 2000 -- pleaded not guilty in federal court in Utah on Friday to charges related to an alleged $100 million Ponzi scheme he operated, according to court

Compiled by SALLY ANN SHURMURStar-Tribune staff writer

College National Finals Rodeo ticket sales and revenue are up this week over same time last year, which is welcome news to the man in charge of putting bodies in the Casper Events Center seats.

Union Telephone will file conditional-use permit applications for at least five telecommunications towers illegally erected in Natrona County, the county's development department director said Friday.

University of California faculty representatives are blasting the UC Board of Regents for failing to adequately address the state budget crisis' impact on the 10-campus system.

A mobile home was completely destroyed and another was slightly damaged at the Glen Brooks Mobile Home Estates in Loomis after a fire broke out this afternoon, according to sources.

Trustees at the Kern High School District will cut junior varsity sports next year.

Marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances California regulators say cause cancer.

The Elk Grove Police Department has made an arrest in the murder of a young Elk Grove boy, Ronald Tre Kenoly, who was found unconscious on the lawn of a residence on June 14.

A grass fire is burning east of Livermore, near Tracy in the Altamont Pass, near the Alameda-San Joaquin County line.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plane has been diverted to the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley because of smoke in the cockpit.

A local insurance agent who authorities say took a big gamble with her clients money is now behind bars.

A ten-year-old boy and a three-month-old baby were inside an SUV that was stolen from their parents own driveway, and the man driving totaled the vehicle with the children inside.

A mountain town of 3,000 is preparing for a rush of tourists. Lance Armstrong is racing in the Nevada City Classic. But will everyone fit in one small town?

A woman flown from a remote northern Manitoba First Nation to Winnipeg earlier this month has died from a flu-like illness.

The Manitoba government announced 35 new cases of swine flu in the province on Friday, bringing the total to 295.

Two employees of St. Amant Centre in Winnipeg have been fired for what administrators are calling unforgivable behaviour.

A Winnipeg family devastated by the loss of a relative didn't get their long-awaited closure on Friday.

Two notorious young car thieves are back in custody after Winnipeg police raided a North End home this week.