Today's News

LAKEWOOD — Heavy rain pelted the Lakewood Memorial Field and made it somewhat slippery for both Chatfield and Rocky Mountain players in their 5A boys soccer state playoff opener Oct. 24. But  the pre-winter storm that turned to snow late couldn’t rain on the Chargers’ parade.

Jeffco school board member Laura Boggs has once again angered other board members with her comments, this time agreeing with a radio host that the district superintendent “should be shot” for having a full-time employee to update social media.

Boggs likely will receive her second censure at the Nov. 1 board meeting. The board censured her in 2010 for a variety of behavior, including linking the words “school” and “stupid” on a classroom white board and telling Superintendent Cindy Stevenson she would “tear this county apart.”

The 18-year-old man who died at the scene of a shooting Friday night in Littleton has been identified as Da Von Flores of Centennial.

Littleton police are continuing to identify and interview witnesses and evaluate evidence from the scene. A 17-year-old, who was not identified, was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds.

The investigation has revealed that an altercation began at a house party in a residence in the 5400 block of Fox Street. Police responded about 11:11 p.m. and  found two males who had been shot and were lying in the street. 

The suspect arrested in the abduction and slaying of 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway appeared in Jefferson County Court on Thursday morning for an advisement hearing.

Austin Reed Sigg, 17, a student at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, likely will be tried as an adult, District Attorney Scott Storey said. Storey said, however, that the death penalty could not be applied in the case since Sigg is not yet 18.