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Correctional Officer at Torrington Prison Awarded Medal of Valor A correctional officer at the prison in Torrington has been awarded the Medal of Valor for his actions during a 2019 stabbing, the Wyoming Department of Corrections announced Thursday. According to an agency news release, Officer Cullen Calderon was helping with the afternoon meal on Sept. 10, 2019, when an inmate began stabbing another inmate from behind. Risking his own personal safety, Calderon wrestled the attacker to the ground and disarmed him. "Calderon prevented the attacker from taking the life of another inmate and pr...

Larry Smith Larry Smith joined the LEX18 team as evening anchor next to Nancy Cox and Angie Beavin in December 2020, after a lengthy broadcast journalism career in network and major markets. Larry began his career during college at his hometown radio stations WLBH-FM & WMCI-FM in Mattoon, Illinois. His television career launched shortly thereafter at WICD in Champaign, Illinois. After a short stint there, he worked for WBIR in Knoxville and WPTV in West Palm Beach before landing a job as a sports anchor and correspondent at CNN. Based in Atlanta, he covered more than 60 major championships wo...