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• 1 dead in plane crash south of Denver

  March 31, 2013 1:21 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - One person is confirmed dead in a single-engine plane crash south of Denver. Douglas County sheriff's spokeswoman Deborah Sherman says a rancher found a Cherokee Piper PA-28 plane in a cow pasture Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration says the plane took off Saturday with one person... more »

• Small plane headed to Denver area reported overdue

  March 31, 2013 1:00 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A single-engine plane with one person aboard has been reported overdue on trip to the Denver area. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Piper PA-28 plane took off Saturday from Sandia Airpark Estates Airport east of Albuquerque and was headed to Centennial Airport south of Denver.... more »

• Retired DOC officer: Staffing levels affecting safety of current officers Play Video

  September 26, 2012 8:45 PM

  A retired Department of Corrections officer who spent about a decade working at the Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility says he's concerned for the safety of current officers. He spoke exclusively with News 5 after Monday's deadly attack on prison employees. 33-year-old Miguel Alonso Contreras-Perez is accused in the brutal... more »

• Small plane crashes near Centennial Airport

  April 22, 2012 11:24 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Authorities are investigating after a small plane crashed onto a road east of Centennial Airport in Arapahoe County. Becky O'Guin, a spokeswoman for the South Metro Fire Department, tells The Denver Post the single engine Beechcraft Bonanza failed to gain altitude after takeoff, crashed through a... more »

• Ex-sheriff out of jail formerly named after him

  April 21, 2012 12:25 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Authorities say a former sheriff who acknowledged trading methamphetamine for sex has been released from jail. Officials at the Arapahoe County jail say Patrick Sullivan was released Saturday morning. He was sentenced April 3 to 38 days in jail, with credit for eight days already served,... more »

• Ex-Colo. sheriff to be arraigned on drug charges

  April 3, 2012 11:32 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A former Arapahoe County sheriff accused of trading methamphetamine for sex is facing arraignment in an Arapahoe County courtroom. Sixty-nine-year-old Patrick Sullivan was the sheriff in Arapahoe County from 1984 until 2002. He faces charges of possession of methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, attempting to influence a... more »

• Seven teams compete in drill meet

  March 15, 2012 7:40 PM

  It was all about rifles, clean lines, and timing at Centennial High School. Thursday, seven teams competed in the Drew Dix Regional Drill Meet. Teams competed in regulation and exhibition drills, as well as color guard. Regulation drills require certain movements, whereas teams can choose what they do during... more »

• Teen who killed uncle won't be charged

  March 6, 2012 1:33 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Prosecutors have decided against filing charges against a teen who fatally stabbed his uncle, mistakenly thinking the uncle was an intruder. Prosecutors say 18-year-old Dylan Jones was staying at his grandmother's trailer home in Littleton on Jan. 14 when his uncle, John Jones, unexpectedly stopped by... more »

• Colo. man to sit with First Lady for jobs speech

  September 8, 2011 4:39 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - An engineer from suburban Denver is in Washington to listen to the president's jobs pitch to Congress. Forty-three-year-old Kirk Bergstrom of Centennial was among 24 people invited by the White House to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama Thursday night. He's a project engineer... more »

• Colorado helping mark Slovenian independence

  June 11, 2011 8:46 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - Coloradans are helping the country of Slovenia celebrate the 20th anniversary of its independence The Slovenian ambassador, Roman Kirn, planted a linden tree at the headquarters of the Colorado National Guard in Centennial on Friday. Nearly every state guard has an overseas partnership and the... more »

• Rollover crash kills one, injures two

  March 6, 2011 11:47 PM

  A rollover crash around 3:30 Sunday morning near the intersection of 30th and Centennial has left one person dead and two others in the hospital. "Indications are that this single vehicle was southbound on Centennial at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control," explains Sgt. Lonnie... more »

• Pueblo student honored for ballot success

  February 9, 2011 1:22 PM

  Centennial High School junior Lindsey Buxman has been named one of Colorado's top two youth volunteers for initiating a successful city ballot measure last November. Lindsey started and campaigned for a $10-million renovation of Memorial Hall in downtown Pueblo. The measure passed by a two-to-one margin. She wins... more »

• Science Fair planned for January 22

  January 11, 2011 7:11 PM

  The Seventh Annual Pueblo City Schools Science and Engineering Fair will happen Saturday, January 22 at the Centennial High School media center, 2525 Mountview Drive. The public is invited to attend. Judging will take place from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Experiments and demonstrations will take place between 11:30 a.m.... more »

• Local high school receives breakfast grant

  December 13, 2010 5:03 PM

  Pueblo Centennial High School has won an award from the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger for increasing participation in the school breakfast program. To increase access to the School Breakfast Program, the Campaign partners created the Colorado School Breakfast Challenge which urged school principals to work with school nutrition... more »

• Tickets on sale for annual Bell Game

  September 29, 2010 2:09 PM

  Central and Centennial meet up this Friday in what's become the oldest high school football rivalry west of the Mississippi. Of course, we're talking about the Bell Game! Central High School says it has sold out of student tickets, but adult tickets are still available. The school says it will... more »

• Colorado National Guard group going to Afghanistan

  May 9, 2010 8:25 AM

  Colorado Army National Guard soldiers are teaming up with soldiers from Slovenia to train military forces in Afghanistan. The Army says the Colorado soldiers are leaving Monday to train in Fort Polk, La., and Germany before arriving in Afghanistan in the fall of 2010. The soldiers will receive language and... more »

• Jail inmate jumps to his death

  February 15, 2010 7:15 PM

  Arapahoe County Sheriff's officials say an inmate accused of first-degree murder jumped to his death from the second floor of a jail walkway. Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson says 54-year-old Roberto Silva fell about 18 feet onto a concrete floor Monday morning. Robinson says medical personnel provided first aid... more »

• Administrator transferred after cheerleaders caught drinking

  February 4, 2010 3:07 PM

  A Centennial administrator has been transferred months after an incident involving cheerleaders who were caught drinking alcohol at school. Three cheerleaders were caught with alcohol on November 20, but it appears they weren't immediately punished. In December Pueblo City Schools confirmed one school administrator had been placed on leave over... more »

• Project honors legacy of Centennial High School

  January 20, 2010 2:10 PM

  Alumni continue work on preserving the history of Pueblo's oldest high school. The Centennial High School Alumni Foundation is building a courtyard on the east end of Centennial High School on Montview Ave. The Gateway to the Legacy Project, as its called, will include more than 300 photos etched in... more »

• Colorado court battle looming over medical marijuana

  December 14, 2009 8:34 AM

  A marijuana lawsuit going to court this week could answer the question of whether Colorado towns can ban pot shops. The issue has raised public anger around the state, including in Colorado Springs and Pueblo. A medical marijuana dispensary called CannaMart is suing the city of Centennial for shutting it... more »

• Cop removed from school, administrator on leave after cheerleaders caught drinking

  December 8, 2009 5:51 PM

  A school resource officer has been removed from Centennial High School. Pueblo Police say the officer caught three cheerleaders drinking alcohol at the school and didn't write them a ticket. Now, an administrator may also be in hot water. News First 5 has learned an administrator at Centennial High has... more »

• Centennial's planetarium gets major upgrade

  October 29, 2009 12:15 PM

  The planetarium at Centennial High School recently got a $250,000 upgrade. The school got a new projector system and roughly 60 interactive seats. Plus, they repainted the dome and upgraded the audio system. This is one of the biggest renovations since the planetarium opened in 1973. "We have had some... more »

• Vandals mark Centennial High with blue graffiti

  October 16, 2009 12:21 PM

  Centennial's school color is red, but on Friday morning students and teachers arrived at school and saw blue graffiti marked on the building. School district workers spent the morning cleaning the high school's exterior walls. The graffiti was painted on the south and east end of the building. ... more »

• Tickets on sale for Friday's Bell Game

  September 29, 2009 5:30 PM

  In Pueblo, tickets are on sale for Friday's Bell game--a fierce rivalry between the Central Wildcats and the Centennial Bulldogs. The teams will face-off for the 109th time in what's known as the oldest high school football rivalry west of the Mississippi. The teams compete for victory and the coveted... more »