Braden Schiller

1 week ago | trib.com | Braden Schiller

POWELL — “God saved my life two times,” Thomas “Tommy” Rivera III told a classroom full of high school students Tuesday morning. Rivera was invited by Powell High School’s Family and Consumer Science teacher Kandi Bennett to share his story, which includes two suicide attempts and serving more than two-and-a-half decades of a life sentence he was given at the age of 17. In 1996 in Cheyenne, Rivera was convicted of murder after he shot and killed his 18-year-old classmate.

1 week ago | wyomingnews.com | Braden Schiller

POWELL — “God saved my life two times,” Thomas “Tommy” Rivera III told a classroom full of high school students Tuesday morning. Rivera was invited by Powell High School’s Family and Consumer Science teacher Kandi Bennett to share his story, which includes two suicide attempts and serving more than two-and-a-half decades of a life sentence he was given at the age of 17. In 1996 in Cheyenne, Rivera was convicted of murder after he shot and killed his 18-year-old classmate.

2 months ago | wyomingnews.com | Braden Schiller

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2 months ago | trib.com | Braden Schiller

POWELL — If passed, a bill sponsored by a Powell legislator in response to an issue at Powell High School would allow Park County School District 1 to create a policy stipulating students must use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex. This comes in part due to a resolution passed by the PCSD1 school board in November requesting a bill to deal with concerns regarding a transgender female (a biological male) using the girl’s restroom.

Jan 23, 2025 | wyomingnews.com | Braden Schiller

POWELL — A 55-gallon tank sits in the middle of Life Skills Lite teacher Michelle Giltner’s classroom with all the necessary filters, heaters and equipment turned on and nothing in it. Or so it seems. At the top of the tank a mesh basket protects about 150 rainbow trout eggs, not yet recognizable as young trout.