Denver Post Local News

The sharp clang of the golden bell echoed after the reading of each of the names of the servicemen and women recognized at the 14th Annual Veterans Memorial Day Tribute, part of this weekend's Memorial Day celebrations.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old boy who was allegedly taken from his home by his father. Luke Turner, 3, has blonde hair and blue eyes and was last seen wearing a royal blue Lightning McQueen shirt and blue swim shorts.

Lakewood Police said in a news release Saturday they believe foul play is involved in the "unusual" disappearance of a man last seen May 19.

Two missing brothers, ages 5 and 10, were found safe in Boulder Saturday afternoon, nearly five hours after they wandered away from their Lafeyette home, officials say.

LONGMONT -- Police are looking for a man suspected of breaking into his estranged wife's home this morning, shooting her with a Taser and mace, and kidnapping the couple's 3-year-old son, Luke Turner.

An 82-year-old man driving an SUV allegedly turned in front of a motorcycle, causing an accident in which one man was killed and a second was seriously injured Saturday morning, officials say.

The Colorado Supreme Court will issue its decision Tuesday as to whether the state's public schools are adequately funded. In early March, the court heard arguments in the landmark lawsuit Lobato v. Colorado Board of Education.

A man was shot and killed during an apparent road rage incident following a minor traffic accident in an apartment parking lot in Colorado Springs early Saturday morning, officials say.

One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a one-car accident in Mesa County on Saturday morning.

The East Grand School District Board of Education is on track to pose a mill-levy ballot question in the November election.

A Colorado Springs teenager charged in the home-invasion slayings of a Fort Carson soldier and his pregnant wife is suspected in as many as 20 unsolved burglaries, including one involving an attack on an "at-risk" person.

Motorists traveling to Maroon Lake will be charged $10 starting Saturday, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Authorities have identified the victims of an accident early Wednesday morning in a construction zone in Glenwood Canyon as members of a Denver-area family.

The fight over the last producing mine in Pitkin County took another twist Friday when the U.S. Forest Service announced that it had reversed an earlier decision on the controversial White Banks Mine.

A Denver police officer who had responded to an accident at Interstate 70 and Havana Avenue was hit from behind by a car early Saturday morning, according to Denver officials.

Five people were taken to local hospitals with serious injuries following a chain-reaction accident on southbound Interstate-225 early Saturday after a good Samaritan triggered the incident and then bolted.

The 16-year-old boy accused of leaving a device similar to a pipe bomb nearly two weeks ago at Centaurus High School in Lafayette was charged with attempted murder and four other felonies Friday as prosecutors said evidence showed he had a "long-term interest in explosive devices" and may have had a larger plan.

A salute to America's fallen soldiers accidentally touched off a gun scare Friday that triggered an evacuation of Thornton High School involving hundreds of students and drew scores of police officers to the campus on the last day of classes.

Regional Transportation District officials says new attention to detail and refresher courses for drivers led to a huge drop in bus accidents in 2012.

Three men accused of stabbing five people to death at a Denver bar last October pleaded not guilty Friday.