At noon today, Wednesday, May 25, on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is holding an event in honor of National Missing Children’s Day. The gathering, which will feature a proclamation by Governor John Hickenlooper, is intended to focus attention on missing children…
Would you rat out a family member accused of a terrible crime? For Tiffanie and Tina Daigle — the mother and grandmother, respectively, of Ignacio Daigle, who’s accused of killing young mom Jessica Holman in a crash involving a stolen vehicle back in March — the answer was “no.” Now,…
Yesterday, a judge in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania determined that there is enough evidence for actor/comedian Bill Cosby to be put on trial for alleged sex crimes against onetime Temple University women’s basketball official Andrea Constand. But while this drama is playing out across the country, Cosby’s current legal troubles can…
Donald Trump has consistently criticized Colorado’s legalization of limited recreational marijuana sales. And Hillary Clinton’s cannabis policies are seen as less progressive than those of rival Bernie Sanders. Yet most observers believe that in November, either Trump or Clinton will be elected President of the United States. And despite their widely…
Yesterday, we began a headline about two overnight shootings and three deaths in Aurora with the phrase “Spring of Violence.” Since the original piece’s publication, we covered an arrest in one of the cases: Ken Kaminga is being held without bond for a double-murder at the Sunrise Apartments near 13th…
Nearly a week after a man was gunned down outside a metro-area motel, Kenneth Bastidos, the main suspect in the case, remains on the loose. And he’s considered to be armed and dangerous. According to Fox31, the slaying took place at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, May 4, in the…
In case you missed it…. At Westword Food & Drink, Jonathan Shikes shares an open letter by Falling Rock’s Chris Black in which he rips into Oskar Blues. Mile High Report’s Scotty Payne thinks it’s a good thing that Pro Football Focus has given a mediocre grade to the Broncos’ off-season…
Not many elected officials would swig a beer on national TV, but that’s exactly what Governor John Hickenlooper did Monday night on Late Night with Seth Meyers. On ostensibly to tout his book, The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics, Hickenlooper and Meyers talked everything from marijuana legalization…
Sonny Lawson Park, in the 2300 block between California and Welton streets, is home to Denver’s most famous ballpark: Sonny Lawson Field. Jack Kerouac watched baseball games here, and the Negro League played in the park before the game was integrated and the field was named after Sonny Lawson, the first…
Yesterday, we told you about three overnight homicides in Aurora — including a double murder at the Sunrise Apartments on 13th Avenue. Thus far, the victims of the killing haven’t been identified. But the Aurora Police Department has made an arrest. Ken Kaminga, 35, has been booked on suspicion of…
Back in June 2014, Denver police officer Jeremy Ownbey and his wife, Jamie, were among a richly deserving group of nominees as a Schmuck of the Week. The reason: They faced charges as a result of a drunken brawl that took place at a swingers get-together with Steven Sloan, another…
Back in March, we posted about the ten best U.S. colleges for value according to SmartAsset — and one Colorado college made the cut. Now, SmartAsset is getting even more Colorado-centric. The site has revealed its picks for the ten best Colorado colleges for value, and while the top choice…
For months, Denver has been engaged in a sustained crackdown on homeless encampments. Since the sweeps began along Park Avenue West on March 8, homeless individuals have described being chased around the city by police officers, who cite Denver’s urban-camping-ban ordinance when prohibiting them from sleeping under cover anywhere in…
We’ve been keeping you updated on a home invasion in Golden in which suspects allegedly broke into the wrong house in search of $10,000 worth of drugs and cash. During the incident, homeowner/middle-school teacher Jesse Swift was stabbed as was one suspect, Caleb Williams. The latest: Julia Johnson, thought to be the so-called…
Last week, Santino Walter, co-producer of this year’s 4/20 Rally at Civic Center Park, predicted that the event, which had been rescheduled for May 21 after the original bash was postponed due to a snowstorm, would be a big success despite taking place more than a month later than planned…
Our post previewing this past week’s Denver Modern Home Tour asked readers if they loved or loathed the sort of new designs popping up in so many parts of the Mile High City these days. Most of those who responded weren’t fans. But while some despised the looks of these contemporary…
In recent years, we’ve shared multiple reports about satirical marijuana hoaxes that plenty of people actually believed. Note the March 2015 story claiming that pot candy killed nine people in Colorado and twelve at Coachella, or the bogus October 2015 item about a Colorado McDonald’s with a pot-smoking section —…
Ray Hawkins was just a junior in high school when he piloted his first flight: a BC-12D Taylorcraft, single-engine monoplane over a grassy Florida field. Fast-forward 46 years — after a twenty-year stint in the United States Air Force and a second career with the Federal Aviation Administration — and…
As we’ve reported, the number of officer-involved shootings in the metro area has been on the rise, particularly in Aurora, where three OIS incidents have taken place in May. Even so, it came as a shock to Boulder residents when such a shooting took place in that idyllic community, too…
In recent days, we’ve been reporting about the proliferation of officer-involved shootings in Aurora — three in May thus far. But there’s been plenty of bloodshed in Aurora that’s not directly tied to cops gunning down suspects. Overnight, three people died in the community as a result of two shootings…
As students and parents know, things change quickly in education. Witness the differences between U.S. News &World Report’s 2014 list of the ten best high schools in Colorado and the 2016 version. It’s been a mere two years since we posted about the 2014 roster — but only a handful of…
Last week, we told you about a new clue in one of Pueblo’s longest-running missing person cases — the disappearance of Kelsie Schelling in 2013, shortly after she learned she was pregnant. Specifically, the Pueblo Police Department obtained security footage showing a vehicle driven by a man who allegedly stole…
