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Today's News

  • Teen charged with arson in blaze at area townhomes

    A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on charges of arson and reckless endangerment after a fire at a townhome complex at 9298 W. Ontario Drive in South Jeffco, about a block east of Mr. Biggs entertainment center.

    The fire started about 8 p.m. May 6 in a complex near Coal Mine Avenue and Kipling Parkway. The boy is suspected of starting an evergreen bush on fire with a lighter, and the fire spread to the townhomes.

     Four families were displaced, two units were heavily damaged by fire, and one was condemned because of water damage. No one was seriously injured.

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  • Schools, law enforcement struggle to deal with ‘sexting’

    Law enforcement agencies across the country, and in Jeffco, are struggling with the recent “sexting” craze among teenagers.

    Jeffco District Attorney Scott Storey said his office has made more than 500 presentations at schools on dangers of the Internet and cell phones. That work has mainly been done by Mike Harris, who heads up Storey's child sex offender Internet investigations unit.

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  • Gillmore preserves Chargers’ title hopes

    ENGLEWOOD — Anna Lowe saved her first goal of the season for something special.

    How about a 40-yard free kick, hit on a rope, which sails over the opposing goalkeeper and turns out to be the only goal in the Class 5A state semifinal game?

    “That’s my first of the season,” Lowe said May 16 with a bag of ice on her knee at Englewood Stadium. “For it to come there is amazing.”

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  • Deputy responding to call in two-car accident

    A sheriff's patrol car responding to a call collided with another car May 5 at Wadsworth Boulevard and Chatfield Avenue, and the deputy in the patrol car and the other driver both were taken to the hospital.

    The deputy, whose name was unavailable, was driving south on Wadsworth with lights and siren on about 5:30 p.m., according to sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley. As the deputy rolled through the intersection of Wadsworth and Chatfield, the other driver apparently didn't see or hear the patrol car, and his vehicle slammed into the passenger side of the deputy’s car.

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  • Falcons earn respect in state semifinal loss

    PUEBLO — The Falcons have landed.

    Although few at Hobbs Field could probably find Front Range Christian on a map, the Falcons showed the Class 2A baseball field – and the defending champions, particularly – what they’re all about Friday in the state semifinals.

    “I’m excited. I think we represented ourselves well,” coach Dave Sherman said. “We could have played better, but we played all 21 outs to the best of our abilities, and that was our goal.”

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  • West light-rail corridor gets $40 million in federal funds

    U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced May 7 that the Regional Transportation District will receive $40 million in federal funds for the west corridor light-rail project.

    "By getting these funds to the Regional Transportation District now, we're providing a boost that will help this project keep moving forward while jump-starting the economy and putting people back to work," LaHood said.

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  • Jeffco ranks second in state in motorcycle deaths: Safety classes recommended for riders

    As the weather improves, more and more people are pulling their motorcycles out of hibernation and taking to the streets and highways.

    But according to state data, more and more motorcycle riders are getting seriously hurt, especially in Jefferson County, which was second only to El Paso County in motorcycle deaths in 2008.

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  • Chargers sprint to state title in relay

    LAKEWOOD — Sam Stratton’s mom probably won’t be buying a post-race photo of her son’s Class 5A state 400-meter race.

    While the other eight participants were receiving their awards on the infield at Jefferson County Stadium on May 16, Stratton was tending to a nasty blister under his left pinky toe – and a post-race hangover.

    Although Stratton won’t be in the photo, he made sure to leave his mark on the race – injury and all.

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  • Mind games: Five local teams head for World Finals of Odyssey of the Mind

    What could the average adult make with toothpicks, straws, ping-pong balls, rubber bands, plastic forks, trash bags and a roll of tape?

    It might be hard to imagine these junk-drawer objects as anything terribly useful. But a young mind can conjure many options with these objects: a miniature building or car, or, when they are pasted onto a painted piece of cardboard, a backdrop for a skit.

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  • Labor unions: relevant or ruinous?

    By Hannah Hayes

    A friend recently shared that her grandfather was a union member, and then she said something that really struck me: “That was back when unions were a good thing.” Her comment speaks to the success of management in its long-lived campaign to create a negative image for unions.

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