Today's News

The Jeffco School District’s plan to test a “cloud” storage system for student data has some parents concerned that vital information about their kids would be vulnerable to hackers and security breaches.

More than 35 concerned parents gathered at Normandy Elementary School on May 22 to voice their disapproval of the district’s plan to pilot “inBloom” — software developed by an Atlanta-based nonprofit that would centralize mountains of student data and store it off site.

The Jeffco Sheriff’s Office seized 18 horses from a Morrison property May 21.

“The horses have illnesses and physical issues,” said Christine Padilla, an animal control officer with the Sheriff’s Office. “(Most of the horses) were kept in a dirt lot, and there was no grass for them to graze on.”

Padilla also said there is a 75-foot drop on the property that isn’t fenced off.

“The majority of the horses were in poor condition and underweight,” Padilla said. 

The Littleton City Council has narrowed the list of law firms to serve in the vacant city attorney position from four to one. 

The council voted 5-1 to move forward with negotiating with the law firm of Kissinger and Fellman to provide legal services to the city. Councilman Phil Cernanec voted against the resolution, and Councilman Bruce Beckman was absent. 

Four people were arrested early Thursday when Jeffco deputies thwarted a robbery at a South Jeffco coin store.

A silent alarm at World of Coins, 7735 W. Long Drive, was triggered about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office. When deputies arrived, they saw that the store’s front glass door had been smashed and that a silver Subaru was parked out front.