A time when awful things happen in state

Some terrible crimes and some oddball happenings have been occurring here during the hottest time of our Wyoming summer.

In many parts of the country, the hottest days of summer are referred to as “dog days” because canines cannot stand the heat and go crazy. And so do people.

Horrible, incredible crimes occurred in Riverton and Cheyenne during the hottest days of Wyoming’s summer of 2015.

In Riverton, a 13-year city employee walked into a detox facility and tried to kill two American Indian men, succeeding with one and inflicting lifelong injuries on the other.

Roy Clyde, 32, said he was tire...