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Holmes jury keeps execution as option as sentencing advances

CENTENNIAL – Jurors on Monday moved one step closer toward sentencing James Holmes to death for his attack in Aurora movie theater that left 12 dead. Jurors took less than three h...

DATE: Aug 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Jurors instructed on reasons to spare Colorado gunman’s life

CENTENNIAL – Jurors in the Aurora movie-theater trial received instructions Thursday before their next round of deliberations to decide if there are any reasons to override a potential death...

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

La Plata County man charged with sexual assault

27-year-old suspect is accused of forcing himself on a woman at knifepoint

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Iron Horse Inn shooting suspect pleads guilty

Aaron Williams faces 10-30 years in prison

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Father faces prison for pot-shop heist

Joe Griffith pleads guilty to robbery

DATE: Jul 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Holmes’ father says he worried when son stopped calling

CENTENNIAL – The father of Aurora theater gunman James Holmes said he never suspected his son was mentally ill before the 2012 attack, but he and his wife became increasingly concerned about...

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mental-health experts respond carefully to mass killings

NEW YORK – One psychiatry professor calls it “the conversation we’re stuck with,” a teachable moment growing out of horror. Each time mental illness is cited as a possible factor ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Theater shooter’s sister recalls a kind older brother

Chris Holmes: I still love him

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Shooting suspect is out on bail

Attempted second-degree murder charges a chance

DATE: Jul 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

When relationships go bad: Legal intervention

Temporary restraining orders offer space and protection

DATE: Jul 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

6 years for teen who robbed pot shop

A Gem Village man who used a loaded gun to hold up a marijuana dispensary was sentenced Thursday to six years in the Colorado Youthful Offender System. In a deal worked out with p...

DATE: Jul 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

James Holmes deserves to die, prosecutors say

CENTENNIAL – James Holmes should be put to death for the Aurora theater shooting because he deliberately and cruelly killed 12 people, including a 6-year-old girl, prosecutors told jurors We...

DATE: Jul 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News