Metro
Aurora apartment shooting leaves 48-year-old man dead, police seeking information
AURORA | An unidentified 48-year-old man was fatally shot early Tuesday at a central Aurora apartment, police reported. Officers were called to an apartment on the 14100 block of East Colorado Driver at about 1:30 a.m. after reports of a shooting there.Police said they encountered a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds, who was dead. “The […]
Shooting in Aurora office building parking lot leaves man injured
AURORA | A 24-year-old man found his way to an Aurora hospital late Monday after being shot in the parking lot of an office building in south-central Aurora, police said. Officers were called to the parking lot of an office on the 12100 block of East Iliff Avenue at about 11:30 p.m. after reports of […]
Fatal car crash in Aurora claims life of rideshare passenger Monday night
AURORA | A passenger in a rideshare vehicle was killed in a car-crash Monday night after another car ran a red light and t-boned the rideshare car in the intersection, police said. Police said the unidentified ride-share car was passing through the intersection at East Sixth Avenue and Laredo Street at about 8 p.m. when […]
Casa de Paz aids immigrants in distress released from Aurora ICE detention center
This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. AURORA | Sitting on a couch in a one-story house near the immigration detention center in Aurora on a recent rainy weekday, J.R.V. began to retether himself to the life he was ripped from nearly five months ago. At […]
PERRY: Attorneys for the offense — AG candidates lash out at Polis for Tina Peters clemency
The lawyers in the room Saturday at Community College of Aurora weren’t having any of Gov. Jared Polis’ talk about convict Tina Peters being punished with too much prison for just her crazy talk protected by the First Amendment. “Tina Peters abused her office and undercut election integrity and engaged in public corruption,” Boulder DA […]
Police arrest mother of 4-year-old Aurora boy in connection with his beating death
AURORA | A second person has been arrested in connection with what police say is the apparent beating death of a 4-year-old Aurora boy, police said Thursday. Destini Rose Lipsky, 23, of Aurora, was arrested in Colorado Springs and faces charges of child abuse resulting in death, police spokesperson police Agent Kristopher McDowell said in […]
Saturday forum in Aurora offers in-depth look at local Democratic primary candidates
AURORA | Brother Jeff Fard’s Free Think Zone and the Aurora Sentinel will host a daylong candidate forum Saturday focused on giving local voters a closer look at Democratic candidates ahead of the June primary election. The Arapahoe County Democracy Fest is slated from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Community College of Aurora’s […]
Colorado Democrats overwhelmingly agree to censure Gov. Polis for Tina Peters clemency
This story was first published at Colorado Newsline. DENVER | Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was formally censured by his own party Wednesday for his decision last week to grant clemency to Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted on multiple felony counts for her role in a breach of her office’s election system. More than 200 […]
Aurora moves to create ‘independent’ police oversight office amid state reform mandate
AURORA | After four years under a state mandated consent decree overseeing policy and training changes in Aurora’s public safety departments, the city is moving forward with creating its own permanent monitoring office to ensure accountability continues. City Manager Jason Batchelor presented a proposed ordinance to create the Office of Public Safety Accountability to city […]
Colorado colleges see rise in re-enrollments, but credential gap persists
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. DENVER | Fewer Colorado students dropped out of college during the 2023-24 school year and more re-enrolled than in the year before, according to recent statistics. But that bit of good news wasn’t enough to put a dent in the overall number of working-age Coloradans who have some […]