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• Student suspended for singing lines of pop song

  May 7, 2012 7:06 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The mother of a 6-year-old boy who was suspended from his suburban Denver school for three days after school officials said he recited a racy line from a popular song says her son is not a sexual harasser and "is not a pervert in any way."... more »

• VA secretary visits Colorado Sunday, Monday

  March 25, 2012 10:47 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is making two stops in Colorado on Sunday and Monday. Shinseki will be in Snowmass on Sunday for the opening ceremonies of the National Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. On Monday, he'll meet with staff and patients at the Denver VA Medical Center.... more »

• Bill seeks protections for job seekers Play Video

  February 14, 2012 9:16 PM

  It's the ultimate Catch 22 for the unemployed; not having a job lowers your credit score, but that lower score also makes you less attractive as a job applicant. Democrats in state legislature want to empower job seekers by creating restrictions on how and when employers can use credit reports... more »

• Drilling rights under old CO bomb range go for $137M

  January 29, 2012 10:50 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - ConocoPhillips has tentatively agreed to pay Colorado $137 million for oil and gas underlying the old Lowry bombing range in Arapahoe County. The Denver Post reports that an agreement signed Friday covers 21,048 acres. In addition to the $137 million ConocoPhillips would give the Colorado State... more »

• Hit and run suspect crashes after entering Buckley Air Force Base

  January 19, 2012 7:55 AM

  BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - Authorities at Buckley Air Force Base say they believe a 19-year-old man did not pose a serious threat when he crashed his car at a military base near Denver. Aurora police say 19-year-old Adrian Moya is facing charges of felony menacing, eluding... more »

• Western Stock Show getting ready

  January 5, 2012 5:48 AM

  DENVER (AP) - It's a sure bet that the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo is about to open when Texas Longhorn cattle are being driven through downtown Denver. Thursday's parade to open the 106th National Western is getting extra attention this year from city officials. Denver Mayor Michael... more »

• Man shot by police in CO New Year's hotel brawl

  January 1, 2012 11:01 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Aurora Police shot an armed partygoer at a hotel where fights broke out among a New Year's crowd of some 750 people. The unidentified man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. KMGH-TV reports that two off-duty police officers were working New Year's Eve security at the Red... more »

• Denver's keeping the stock show

  December 23, 2011 5:17 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Aurora's mayor says his city won't try to take the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo away from Denver. The stock show needs more space and had considered moving to Aurora, next to a proposed a 1,500-room hotel by Nashville, Tenn.,-based Gaylord Entertainment. Denver and Aurora... more »

• Former Cabinet member upset by officer's golf ball

  November 20, 2011 10:21 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Former U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton is out of public office and out of patience with a local police officer she says won't pay for a broken window caused by his golf ball. Norton wrote a letter earlier this month to city officials in her... more »

• Pizza delivery man turns in medical pot user

  October 4, 2011 6:40 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A man who ordered a pizza after using medical marijuana got more than he bargained for when the delivery man called police. The pizza delivery man says he called police because he was worried about the welfare of a 9 year-old child in the house.... more »

• Aurora seeks a ban on backyard burials

  September 13, 2011 8:33 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The Aurora City Council is considering a ban on backyard burials. Colorado law allows burials almost anywhere in the state as long as it's not on federal land. According to KMGH-TV, the council wants to limit burials to cemeteries. City Councilwoman Renie Peterson... more »

• Wal-Mart robbed

  September 3, 2011 12:06 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Police are searching for two men who reportedly waved guns, demanded money and fired a shot a security guard's vehicle during a robbery at an Aurora Wal-Mart store. KMGH-TV reports the robbery Friday night sent customers and cashiers scrambling for cover on the floor. Witnesses say... more »

• Driver died after high-speed flight ID'd

  August 24, 2011 8:16 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - The driver found dead after apparently taking his 2- and 3-year-old children on a high-speed flight from Aurora police has been identified as 34-year-old Oscar Penaloza of Denver. Police say Penaloza's body was found about 60 feet behind the SUV after it crashed in a park... more »

• Amber Alert: Missing girl from Aurora

  August 17, 2011 2:19 PM

  Aurora Police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing 15 year old girl. Jasmine Colleen-Ila Fike is white, 5'5" tall and 130 pounds. She has brown shoulder length hair and hazel eyes. No picture is available yet from law enforcement. She may be wearing a school uniform, dark... more »

• Fugitive biker gang member arrested in Colorado

  August 4, 2011 2:30 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Marshals have arrested a fugitive motorcycle gang member who's accused of plotting to kill rival gang members in Denver and in Illinois. The Denver Post reports that agents arrested Marshal "Big Bo" Fry in the Denver suburb of Aurora on Tuesday. A federal... more »

• Extortion suspect killed by Aurora Police

  July 24, 2011 10:42 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - A plainclothes police officer investigating an extortion case in Aurora shot and killed a suspect after an altercation. Aurora Police report that the unnamed officer fired several rounds at the suspect in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store Saturday evening. The unnamed suspect... more »

• Aurora police shooting investigated

  June 6, 2011 4:40 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Aurora city attorney's office says the city is exploring settlement opportunities with the family of a man killed by police. Officers shot 22-year-old Oleg Gidenko after receiving a report of three unfamiliar men in a fenced-in car storage lot late March 20. The Denver Post... more »

• 2 motorcyclists killed in separate Colo. crashes

  April 9, 2011 1:50 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Two motorcyclists have died in separate collisions in the Denver suburb of Aurora. Both collisions occurred Friday night. No names have been released. In the first crash, police say the motorcyclist collided with a sedan and was found about 300 feet away. Investigators say he... more »

• Aurora investigators seeking answers folowing fatal fire

  March 27, 2011 2:25 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Firefighters say a blaze at a three-story apartment building in Aurora has killed one woman who fell from a second-floor staircase balcony, and injured a dozen people. Aurora Fire Department Capt. Allen Robnett says it's unclear how the woman fell. When crews arrived at the... more »

• Fire kills 1 in Aurora, sends 11 to hospitals

  March 26, 2011 1:27 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Firefighters say a blaze at a three-story apartment building in Aurora has killed one woman who fell from a second-floor staircase balcony, and a dozen others were taken to hospitals with injuries including broken legs and sprains. Aurora Fire Department Capt. Allen Robnett says it's... more »

• Suspect killed after stand off in Aurora

  March 18, 2011 1:19 PM

  A suspect wanted for injuring a police officer has been shot and killed in Aurora. The man, not yet identified, apparently took refuge in an apartment complex near Colfax and Elmira. This morning, according to our partners at 9News, police tried to force the man from the apartment using... more »

• Aurora Police: Officer kills armed man during probe

  February 11, 2011 8:07 AM

  AURORA (AP)-Authorities say an Aurora police officer shot and killed an armed man during a drug investigation. Aurora police said in a statement that the shooting occurred Thursday night on Macon Street as the narcotics unit was conducting surveillance on the subject of the probe. At one point,... more »

• Mother found dead, baby alive in Aurora apartment

  February 7, 2011 9:57 AM

  DENVER (AP)-Police in Aurora are investigating the death of a 21-year-old woman found in her apartment. Her infant was found in the home alive. The woman's body was found Saturday night after someone called police and asked them to check on her. KUSA-TV in Denver reports that police... more »

• Police believe Aurora man killed partner, himself

  January 19, 2011 7:46 AM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora say they believe a 32-year-old man drowned his common-law wife and then hanged himself. The Arapahoe County coroner identified the couple Tuesday as Art Medina and 23-year-old Maria Duron. Their bodies were found in their residence Saturday... more »

• No injuries reported from Xcel Energy station fire

  December 26, 2010 7:24 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - An electrical fire at an Xcel Energy relay station in Aurora is sending black smoke into the sky. No injuries were reported in the fire Sunday, and Xcel says customers shouldn't be affected because electricity is being rerouted. It's not clear what started the... more »

• Aurora cop arrested on child porn charge

  December 17, 2010 3:55 PM

  A man from Peyton, who is also a Sgt. at the Aurora Police Department, has been arrested on child pornography charges. According to Colorado Springs Police Department, their Internet Crimes Against Children unit was asked to investigate the case by the Westminster Police Department. A search warrant was... more »

• Seven schools locked down in Aurora

  December 6, 2010 7:11 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Police have responded to a shooting in Aurora, where several schools were locked down for about an hour as a precaution. The shooting wasn't on school property, but Aurora Public Schools spokeswoman Paula Hans says police asked that the schools be closed down Monday afternoon... more »

• Pit bulls as service dogs in Aurora

  November 26, 2010 3:46 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Pit bulls will likely be allowed as service dogs in Aurora following a campaign by a Vietnam veteran to keep his dog. Allen Grider Sr. fought Aurora's ban on pit bulls as pets because he uses a pit bull service dog to help with his Post... more »

• 11-year-old lands record smallmouth bass

  November 24, 2010 5:57 PM

  Conner Peitsmeyer, 11, of Aurora probably won't remember how cold it was on November 12. But he probably will remember landing a record fish at Aurora Reservoir. Conner was fishing with his dad, Michael Peitsmeyer, in the family's fishing boat that Friday morning. A few days before, Conner had... more »

• Police asking for help finding stolen pooch

  October 27, 2010 6:24 PM

  Police are searching for a stolen car and the dog that was inside of it, and they are asking the public for help. Aurora Police says the car was stolen on Tuesday night with the dog, named "Billie", inside. Police say a woman was seen on surveillance video... more »

• Wyoming football player killed in Colorado crash

  September 7, 2010 8:36 AM

  Authorities say a pickup drifted off a Colorado highway and crashed, killing a University of Wyoming football player and injuring three teammates. The Colorado State Patrol says Ruben Narcisse, 19, of Miami was killed in the crash early Monday. Trey Fox, 19, of Glenwood Springs, Christian Morgan,18, of Aurora,... more »

• Federal judge allows Colorado death sentence to stand

  August 24, 2010 5:44 PM

  U.S. District Judge John Kane has ruled in favor of the state of Colorado in a habeas corpus case filed by convicted murderer Nathan Dunlap. Dunlap was convicted of shooting five people inside a Chuck E. Cheese pizza restaurant in Aurora in 1993. He had earlier been fired from... more »

• 9-year-old girl dies in Colorado go-cart crash

  August 16, 2010 8:06 AM

  A 9-year-old Aurora girl whose go-cart collided with a maintenance vehicle at Grand Junction Motor Speedway has died. Mesa County Sheriff's spokeswoman Sally Weese says Taybor Duncan's go-cart rolled multiple times after it clipped a maintenance vehicle on the track Sunday morning. Weese says Taybor had just crested... more »

• Aurora will vote on pot dispensary ban

  July 27, 2010 12:10 PM

  The Aurora City Council wants its residents to decide whether they want to prevent medical marijuana dispensaries from ever coming to the city. The Council approved a proposal Monday to put the question of marijuana dispensaries on the November ballot. Aurora does not yet have any dispensaries. The... more »

• Official worried abut new Aurora water grab

  July 12, 2010 9:20 AM

  An Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District official is concerned that the city of Aurora is trying to expand its service area for providing water. An intergovernmental agreement signed in 2003 requires Aurora's reservoirs to be at 60 percent capacity before it can buy more water through leases. Upper... more »

• 2 charged in shooting death due in court this week

  July 5, 2010 10:33 AM

  Two people charged in a man's shooting death at an Aurora motel last year are due in court to enter pleas. Twenty-seven-year-old Riley William Godfrey and 20-year-old Darrius Dayvon Turner are scheduled to enter pleas Wednesday on charges that include first-degree murder, burglary and kidnapping. Another suspect in... more »

• Man arrested in Utah for Colorado murder

  June 4, 2010 8:31 AM

  Colorado authorities say a man arrested near Salt Lake City is suspected of killing an Aurora resident in 2007. Authorities say 42-year-old Jeffrey J. Jones is accused of killing 25-year-old Tyrone Williams at Williams' home. Police say one of Williams' co-workers found his body nine days after his death.... more »

• Increase in rattlesnake bites seen in pets

  June 1, 2010 7:54 PM

  Veterinarians in the Denver metro area say they have seen an unusual number of pets bitten by snakes in May and one dog park in Aurora has had to close because of two recent incidents. Dr. Jeff Mullen with the Seven Hills Veterinary Clinic says his office usually sees... more »

• Aurora will put marijuana question to voters

  May 24, 2010 8:10 AM

  In Aurora, the question of whether to allow medical marijuana dispensaries is going to voters. Aurora City Council members agreed Saturday to place marijuana on November ballots. Voters will decide whether the city should allow dispensaries. Aurora now has a moratorium on pot shops, but it's going to... more »

• Colorado priest suspended after sex abuse allegation

  May 17, 2010 10:48 AM

  Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has placed a Roman Catholic priest on administrative leave following an allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor. Chaput said he received "a credible allegation" May 7 accusing 75-year-old Dorino De Lazzer of misconduct in the early 1970s, before De Lazzer served in Colorado. ... more »

• Lawsuit filed against Denver, Aurora, pit bull ban

  May 14, 2010 12:12 PM

  Three people who say they need their pit bulls for their disabilities are suing Denver and Aurora for banning the breed. The class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in Denver Wednesday seeks more than $75,000 in damages for Glenn Belcher, Allen Grider and Valerie Pitz. The cities have banned... more »

• Fort Carson plans memorial service for 2 soldiers

  May 12, 2010 9:18 AM

  Fort Carson is holding a memorial service for two soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Sgt. Sean M. Durkin and Sgt. Michael K Ingram Jr. will be honored Wednesday at Soldiers' Memorial Chapel at Fort Carson. Durkin was from Aurora, Colorado. He died April 9 from wounds he suffered when... more »

• New trial denied in Aurora death penalty case

  April 29, 2010 9:03 AM

  A Colorado judge ruled a man facing the death penalty does not deserve a new trial after attorneys raised concerns about a juror who consulted with his pastor during sentencing deliberations. Arapahoe County District Judge Gerald Rafferty ruled Wednesday that the juror violated the court's orders by speaking to... more »

• Nation's first "green" college is opening in Colorado

  April 21, 2010 5:29 PM

  The nation's first and only college, specifically dedicated to green careers, is opening in Aurora. The new Ecotech Institute will offer degrees in fields focusing on renewable energy and sustainable design. School leaders say they've already received phone calls from companies looking to hire graduates, and they haven't even... more »

• DNA helps crack cold case

  March 29, 2010 10:58 PM

  AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Aurora police say they have filed their first homicide cold case based on DNA evidence. Police said Monday they have identified 39-year-old Kevin Lewayne McKinney as a suspect in the 1998 death of Diane Juanita Caldwell, whose body was found in a field in the... more »

• Fire in Aurora leaves 40 out of their homes

  March 15, 2010 2:42 PM

  The American Red Cross says a fire at an apartment complex in Aurora has displaced 40 people. Firefighters say the started around 6 a.m. Monday in a laundry room. No injuries were reported. The Mile High Chapter of the American Red Cross says seven units were destroyed and 24... more »

• Denver man accused of sending white powder letters

  March 2, 2010 9:07 AM

  A Community College of Aurora employee is accused of sending threatening letters with white powder to members of Congress, the Argentine embassy in Washington, and Argentine consulates in Los Angeles and New York. Jay DeVaughn of Denver was advised Monday that he faces a charge of mailing threatening communications. The... more »

• Love is in the air

  February 14, 2010 12:11 PM

  Inside the U.S. or out, it's a day for people to show some extra admiration to a special someone in their life. On Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula, Cheboygan State Park is hosting cross-country skiing on 1.8 miles of lantern-lit trails this evening. Hundreds of working women in Ceredo and Kenova,... more »

• USB cable shock suspected in Colorado toddler's injuries

  January 8, 2010 8:33 AM

  A Longmont toddler is hospitalized after apparently being shocked by a USB cable connected to a laptop computer. Jeffrey Anderson says his granddaughter Trinity Anderson was playing at the feet of a recliner Monday while her mother, Rhianna Anderson, sat in the chair and used her computer. When Rhianna Anderson... more »

• Plans in Colorado would block health care overhaul

  December 31, 2009 8:34 AM

  Federal health insurance reforms are still taking shape, but at least two efforts are under way in Colorado to blunt possible impacts. Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute said Tuesday he is trying to develop a ballot proposal that would bar the state from requiring its citizens to purchase health... more »

• Colorado highlights use of weatherization funding

  December 18, 2009 8:35 AM

  State and federal officials will tour an Aurora home to look at how Colorado is spending federal stimulus funds earmarked for weatherizing homes. They planned to discuss during a news conference Friday how Colorado is spending the nearly $80 million it has received from the Department of Energy to make... more »