Only a fast boat could achieve the posted speed limit here, as water stands in a Laramie Basin borrow pit as a result of recent rain and mountain snowmelt. (Ken Driese/Star-Tribune correspondent)
Drops of rain collect on a window as the neon sign of the Rialto Theater lights up the background during a downpour this week in downtown Casper. More wet weather is in the forecast for the next seven to 10 days. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
Jim Kelly led the Buffalo Bills to four straight Super Bowls and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002. He established the Hunter's Hope Foundation in 1997 after his son, Hunter, was diagnosed at 4 months old with Krabbe leukodystrophy, a fatal disease. Hunter died in 2005 at the age of 8. Hunter's Hope continues to increase public awareness about leukodystrophies and raises money to fund research to identify new treatments, therapies and a cure.
Fletcher T. Willoughby, 88, had retired from being a real estate broker for Miracle Realty Co. in December 2007. He passed away on May 22. In World War II, he was the crew chief for the 486th Bomb Squadron, flying a North American B-25 Bomber airplane.
Tom Walsh is a former state representative from Casper who resigned in 2008 while undergoing treatment for leukemia.
Rene Finn, 8, takes a bite from an apple as her sister Aleena Finn, 11, looks on during lunch at the Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday in North Casper. Members of the Boys & Girls Club receive a snack for breakfast and a sack lunch. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
Casperite Tori McLanahan, 44, recently ran her first marathon. On the morning of the Surf City USA Marathon in California, it was pouring rain and 40 degrees.
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