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A Colorado newspaper fired a journalist for making up quotes. She changed her name, got back in the game & now she's ...
A Colorado newspaper fired a journalist for making up quotes. She changed her name, got back in the game — and now she’s facing prison.
April Morganroth is charged with 20 felonies in Wyoming tied to her personal political advocacy and a home loan
April Morganroth appears in a screenshot from a video, which featured falling leaves digitally superimposed, posted to the Southeast Wyoming Sentinel's Facebook page in 2025. She worked at the paper under the name Marie Hamilton. (Southeast Wyoming Sentinel via Facebook)
By Sam Tabachnik
stabachnik@denverpost.com |
The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: April 9, 2026 at 9:12 AM MDT
Barbara Perez couldn’t believe her new hire.
The editor and publisher of the Sidney Sun-Telegraph newspaper in rural northwest Nebraska looked in amazement at the resume for her newest reporter, A. Marie Hamilton: multiple degrees from a well-known journalism school. Seventeen years working for the USA Today Network. Several statewide awards for her coverage.
“We were all super excited,” Perez said of the April 2023 hire. “Like, wow, why would someone with that much experience, why would she be here?”
Slowly, though, Perez realized that not everything was as it seemed. Hamilton had a problem with authority, Perez said, and ruffled feathers with the town’s police chief and school board. She appeared to sometimes sleep in the office. Nobody ever met her husband, who she said was a district manager for a local cable company.
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https://www.denverpost.com/2026/04/08/april-morganroth-arrest-wyoming-forgery/
April Morganroth is charged with 20 felonies in Wyoming tied to her personal political advocacy and a home loan
April Morganroth appears in a screenshot from a video, which featured falling leaves digitally superimposed, posted to the Southeast Wyoming Sentinel's Facebook page in 2025. She worked at the paper under the name Marie Hamilton. (Southeast Wyoming Sentinel via Facebook)
By Sam Tabachnik
stabachnik@denverpost.com |
The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: April 9, 2026 at 9:12 AM MDT
Barbara Perez couldn’t believe her new hire.
The editor and publisher of the Sidney Sun-Telegraph newspaper in rural northwest Nebraska looked in amazement at the resume for her newest reporter, A. Marie Hamilton: multiple degrees from a well-known journalism school. Seventeen years working for the USA Today Network. Several statewide awards for her coverage.
“We were all super excited,” Perez said of the April 2023 hire. “Like, wow, why would someone with that much experience, why would she be here?”
Slowly, though, Perez realized that not everything was as it seemed. Hamilton had a problem with authority, Perez said, and ruffled feathers with the town’s police chief and school board. She appeared to sometimes sleep in the office. Nobody ever met her husband, who she said was a district manager for a local cable company.
...
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/04/08/april-morganroth-arrest-wyoming-forgery/