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• Neighborhood watch group stops crime in progress Play Video

  August 20, 2012 8:33 PM

  Two juveniles were arrested over the weekend in Colorado Springs for breaking into a car on Churchwood Circle; they were stopped by a self-appointed group of neighbors keeping an eye on things. "We're making T-shirts this weekend, I don't care what anybody says," says Ryan Jackowiak, one of the... more »

• Colorado teen job prospects brighter

  June 4, 2012 10:54 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado labor officials say job prospects for teenagers are brighter this year. The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment says the number of job postings and employers at youth hiring fairs are up this year for adults and teenagers. According to the Denver Post, the most recent... more »

• Teens could face charges for bogus kidnapping

  March 5, 2012 6:31 PM

  Five teenagers in Pueblo County may be charged with a crime after causing quite a scare outside a Wal-Mart. Boys wearing masks and dark clothing grabbed another teen and drove off in a van. It turned out the incident was just a prank designed to look like a kidnapping, but... more »

• 20 injured in Swedish platform collapse at concert

  March 2, 2012 7:12 PM

  STOCKHOLM (AP) - Police in Sweden say a set of bleachers collapsed during a concert in Stockholm, injuring about 20 teenagers, one of them seriously. The accident happened during a performance Friday by Swedish disc jockey Avicii at the Globe Arena. Police say about 30 people fell when the floor... more »

• Police: Man confessed to raping trick-or-treaters

  March 1, 2012 1:38 PM

  MANASSAS, Va. (AP) - The man accused by prosecutors as the East Coast Rapist confessed to police that he raped two teenage trick-or-treaters in Virginia in 2009, according to court testimony. Authorities believe 40-year-old Aaron Thomas is responsible for rapes and other attacks on 17 women from Virginia to Connecticut... more »

• 3 teenagers hit by a school bus in Golden

  February 21, 2012 7:32 PM

  GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) - Three teenagers have been hit by a school bus in a crosswalk. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says they have all been taken to St Anthony's hospital. The Colorado State Patrol says the teenagers are all in moderate condition. The accident happened around 3:05 p.m. on... more »

• Teen pot use grew with medical marijuana boom

  February 6, 2012 4:50 PM

  At 18, Abby Ferguson has had her medical marijuana card since June but says she's used pot for years. "It was a big part of the culture where I grew up, Manitou, it's pretty common down here," Abby said. She isn't alone; recent state and national surveys show... more »

• Local agency aims to curb teen dating violence Play Video

  February 1, 2012 7:01 PM

  As many as a third of all teens have been the victim of some form of physical or emotional abuse and counselors at the domestic violence advocacy group TESSA say the abuse is happening at a very early age. Clinical and Advocacy Manager Charity Richardson says they are finding children... more »

• Marijuana legalization effort advances Play Video

  December 17, 2011 11:39 PM

  Colorado voters will be deciding in November whether the state should become the first to completely legalize marijuana. This week, the group Sensible Colorado announced that they have collected enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Bob Wiley is a local spokesperson for the group. He says... more »

• California banns tanning beds for under-18

  October 9, 2011 5:48 PM

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California has become the first state to make it illegal for teenagers under 18 to use tanning beds. Gov. Jerry Brown said Sunday that he has signed SB746 into law. It goes into effect Jan. 1. Currently, children 14 and under cannot use tanning beds in... more »

• Pueblo teens inspired to clean neighborhood eyesore

  April 1, 2011 6:15 PM

  It's inspiring when young people take action to do something good for the community--and that was the case in Pueblo today for a story we call Positively Colorado. The teens got together to clean-up Pete Jimenez Park on Pueblo's west side. A lot of trash has accumulated in the... more »

• Greeley police: 4 teens suspected of burglaries

  February 27, 2011 4:32 PM

  GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Greeley police say four teenagers are suspected of participating in more than 50 vehicle break-ins and burglaries around the city in the last few months. Police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych says the boys were arrested this week and the Weld County District Attorney's office is reviewing... more »

• Grief counselors help Harrison students adjust to loss

  September 21, 2010 3:37 PM

  A school district crisis team is working with counselors at Harrison High School to help students handle the loss of two of their classmates after they drowned in an accident at Prospect Lake in Memorial Park yesterday. Principal Cheri Martinez says that Victorino DeJesus Martinez and Juan Neri Segura... more »

• Teens with 150 baby turtles in Pueblo ticketed

  August 31, 2010 8:26 PM

  On Monday, police busted two teenagers selling about 150 baby turtles on a street corner in Pueblo. The men set up a stand on the corner of Northern and Pueblo Blvd. Officials say the men were selling a species known as red ear sliders. Ofc. Matthew Ballard says the turtles... more »

• ER visits for concussions soar among kid athletes

  August 30, 2010 9:30 AM

  Emergency room visits for teen athletes with concussions have tripled in recent years in a trend that doctors are calling disturbing. The findings come in a study of 10 years of national data. Experts say increasing awareness of head injuries is one reason ER concussion reports are up. But... more »

• More teenagers experience hearing loss

  August 17, 2010 6:45 PM

  A lot of parents may say their teens don't listen to them. But, a new study finds teenagers really aren't hearing as well as they used to. Whether it comes from listening to a lot of music, or simply old age even the slightest hearing loss can be a major... more »

• Supreme Court: Teens can't be locked up for life

  May 17, 2010 10:31 AM

  The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life with no chance of parole if they haven't killed anyone. By a 6-3 vote Monday, the court says the Constitution requires that young people serving life sentences must at least be considered for release. more »

• Teenagers find rare mastodon fossils in creek

  October 5, 2009 9:52 AM

  Two 13 year-olds exploring a creek bed near their homes discovered a mastodon mandible and tusk that could be 150,000 years old. The discovery this summer marks the third time in Colorado that traces of the mastodon have been found. The previous discoveries were a tooth fragment found in 1875... more »

• $1.2 billion failure: teen unemployment soars

  September 23, 2009 10:42 AM

  Experts and government watchdogs say $1.2 billion worth of stimulus money that was supposed to help teens find summer jobs has yielded few new opportunities for the young. With more adults vying for the same low-wage positions as teens, the unemployment rate among 16- to 24-year-olds soared to 18.5 percent... more »