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CODY, Wyo. (AP) — A man who crashed his pickup into a group of German motorcyclists heading to Yellowstone National Park, killing three, has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of vehicular homicide. The Cody Enterprise reports Manuel Defuentes, of Ontario, Oregon, entered his pleas Wednesday for the June 9 crash. The group was headed to Yellowstone from Cody when Defuentes' truck crossed the center line at a curve.
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Environmental officials have found traces of a volatile organic compound in a well that supplies drinking water to the town of Jackson. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that a sample from a well in July showed benzene, a component of petroleum, at more than three times the level that triggers monitoring by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Transportation says fans heading to the Wyoming-San Diego State football game on Saturday won't be hampered by road work. The game for the Mountain West Conference championship is set for 5:45 p.m. Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie.
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man who died days after being booked into the Natrona County Detention Center on drug charges. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that Logan Martz, of Casper, died Saturday. Officials are awaiting the results of an autopsy performed Wednesday to determine his cause of death.
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