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Cement truck used to break into suburban Denver gun shop

LAKEWOOD – Police say thieves used a cement truck to break in and steal guns from a shop in suburban Denver. Officers in Lakewood found the truck still running with its tank spi...

Snowball fights now legal in Colorado town after boy’s quest

SEVERANCE – A 9-year-old boy has convinced the leaders of a small northern Colorado town to overturn a nearly century-old ban on snowball fights, and he already knows who his first target wi...

Prosecutors: Fight over remote control spawns fatal prison stomping

COLORADO SPRINGS – Prosecutors say a feud over a TV remote control led to a “fatal stomp-down” that killed a 64-year-old inmate at a Colorado Springs prison. The Gazette reports D...

Colorado woman avoids prison for girl’s drowning

COLORADO SPRINGS – A woman who was charged after the drowning death of a 9-year-old girl at a hotel pool in Colorado Springs has been sentenced to two years in the custody of a community bas...

Death penalty sought for man accused of killing deputy

DENVER – Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing a Colorado sheriff’s deputy. Sue Lindsay, a spokeswoman for the Adams County District Attorney’...

Colorado pushes for more snowplow drivers among shortage

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – Colorado is looking for more drivers to plow roads across the state as winter weather descends. The Steamboat Pilot and Today reports the state Department of T...

Board in struggling Colorado district keeps hiring power

DENVER – The school board of a struggling Denver-area school district will lose most of its power but will retain the power to hire and fire employees. The Colorado State Board ...

Colorado sisters killed when train hits car in Platteville

GREELEY – Two sisters from Greeley were identified as the victims of a collision between a train and a car in northern Colorado. The Greeley Tribune reports obituaries identify ...

Suspect in road rage shooting gets more time to enter plea

BRIGHTON – A judge has given a Colorado man more time to enter a plea to charges that he fatally shot a 13-year-old boy and wounded three people, including the boy’s mother and younger broth...

PITTSBURGH (7-2-1) at DENVER (4-6)

TV: 2:25 p.m. Sunday, CBS OPENING LINE: Steelers by 5 RECORD VS. SPREAD: Pittsburgh 6-3-1, Denver 4-5-1 SERIES RECORD: Broncos lead 19-11-1 ...

New Mexico marks record for monthly oil and gas lease sale

SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Land Office has set a record for its monthly oil and gas lease sale, generating more than $43 million for public schools and other trust land beneficiaries. ...

2 Utah teens accused of stealing small airplane

VERNAL, Utah – Sheriff’s deputies arrested two teenage boys they say stole a small airplane at a private airstrip in rural eastern Utah and flew about 15 miles before landing successfully at...