I-25 reopens after wrong-way crash south of Denver
Southbound Interstate 25 was closed in Douglas County early Wednesday morning after a wrong-way driver crashed into oncoming traffic.
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1 dead, 2 injured in suspected DUI crash that shut down U.S. 85 in Commerce City
U.S. 85 reopened after it was closed in both directions for hours in Commerce City after one person died in a suspected DUI crash involving five vehicles.
Aurora man gets decades in prison for killing woman who was protecting her cousin
Kelynn Lewis of Aurora was sentenced to 57 years in prison last week for a deadly shooting after he found out he was not the biological father of one of his children.
Man gets 12 years in prison in fatal Westminster shooting after murder conviction overturned
Juan Manuel Castorena’s first-degree murder conviction and life sentence were overturned in 2025 by the Colorado Court of Appeals.
Aurora City Council clamps down on police department’s communications channels
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Man dies after shooting involving Douglas County deputies in Franktown
A man suspected of assaulting his mother in a Douglas County home was fatally shot Sunday after he pointed a weapon at responding deputies.
Driver takes plea deal in crash that killed 17-month-old on I-25 near Loveland
Jose Salazar pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and vehicular assault in agreement that could send him to Community Corrections instead of prison. Crash involved death of 17-month-old.
Driver killed in Douglas County I-25 crash was backing up vehicle on shoulder, investigators say
Investigators say a driver killed in a crash on Interstate 25 in Douglas County was backing up vehicle on the right northbound shoulder when his vehicle was hit.
Aurora man arrested on suspicion of murder in 4-year-old godson’s beating death
Aurora police arrested a man on suspicion of murder in a 4-year-old child’s death over the weekend, the department announced Monday.
Pedestrian killed in crash with RTD train in Denver
An overnight crash with an RTD train in northeast Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood killed a pedestrian, police said Monday morning.