F.E. Warren unveils park 

CHEYENNE –  The new park at F.E. Warren Air Force Base has been around a year in the making. The idea came about because anyone who wanted to see the missile display would have to technically go onto the base, even if the farthest they went onto it was the display. 

More than 1,400 people come to the base every year just to see the missile display and static aircraft, so the Air Force officials and the city of Cheyenne partnered together to see how they could make life a little simpler for base visitors. 

The city engineering department managed to create an accessible, yet classic, design for a park that would give guests the chance to park in front of the base and walk over to the displays without having to go through security checks. 

On Thursday, the new F.E. Warren Air Force Base Air Park was officially opened to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring multiple Air Force officials, Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins and Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce CEO Dale Steenbergen. 

Three intercontinental ballistic missiles that tower high above head are on display at the park, all of which were operated during the Cold War Period. There is also the Bell UH-1F Huey helicopter, which was used to transport military personnel to and from the base from 1966 to 1980. The helicopter was restored in 2000. 

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Search turns up meth and fentanyl

GILLETTE – A Gillette man faces five drug charges after state agents searched his home and found supplies of fentanyl powder and pills, as well as meth.

Agents with the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation believe Preston Ray Wisenbaker, 30, intended to distribute the narcotics as they continue their efforts to find people selling fentanyl, which has caused seven overdose deaths in Campbell County in the last 19 months

Wisenbaker has been charged with five felony counts: possession with intent to deliver fentanyl and meth, and possession of fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder and meth.

DCI got a search warrant to search Weisenbaker’s home on Oregon Avenue on June 3 and found a zippered bag hidden in the ceiling on the second floor of his home, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Inside, they found a container with 35 grams of fentanyl powder, a container with about 10 grams of light green pills, six jeweler’s bags with nine to 19 light green pills, a jeweler’s bag with about 13 grams of meth and a baggie with 162 grams of meth.

The pills had the marking of “M” on one side and “30” on the other, according to the affidavit. They had the same markings as an oxycodone pill, but because of recent investigations, agents believe those pills are actually fentanyl.

Wisenbaker remains in Campbell County jail awaiting a preliminary hearing to determine if there is probable cause to suspect.