Colorado Prisons are Full…and 2018 Law Requires Them to Reduce Their Populations
Photo: The visitors parking lot of the Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center, a state prison within the Colorado Department of Corrections, taken on Feb. 6, 2020. (Moe Clark/Colorado Newsline) This story by Lindsey Toomer appeared on Colorado Newsline on September 8, 2025. Criminal justice reform advocates are...
Pam Grier will headline the East High Film Festival later this month
Did you know that a Denverite is the main star of a Quentin Tarantino movie? Or that a different Denverite was the first Black actor to win an Oscar?. Both bits of trivia are true, and both of these actresses will be featured at a two-day film festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of Denver’s East High School.
2 students wounded in shooting at Colorado high school; suspect dead
Authorities said a male student opened fire with a handgun Wednesday at Evergreen High School, wounding two students, before fatally shooting himself, according to authorities.
EDITORIAL: APD undermines credibility by ordaining ‘facts’ in latest shooting of Black man
The Aurora Police Department and its chief are under the delusion that the embattled police department has restored its credibility after being forced to address its years-long “patterns and practices” of using excessive force against people of color. It has not. For more than three years, Aurora police...
Construction company announces Aurora headquarters, adding 1,700 jobs
Colorado-born construction and building services company RK Industries will expand to Aurora, bringing more than 1,700 new jobs as its headquarters takes root in the city. Gov. Jared Polis, the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and the Aurora...
Denver school shooting leaves at least 3 students wounded as active threat reported
At least three students, including the suspected shooter, were injured during a shooting at a high school in the Denver metropolitan area, the authorities said.
‘An hour before calling 911’: Husband fighting with wife shoots her dead while kids...
A Colorado man claims he "accidentally" shot his wife in the chest while "clearing his gun" and then "attempted CPR for about an hour" before finally calling 911 to report what happened, cops say. David O'Grady, 36, is facing domestic violence and first-degree murder charges for the Sept. 7 shooting...
US DOJ: Former Gambian “Jungler” Receives 67-Year Sentence In Colorado For Torture
ICE Denver investigation secures justice for victims of barbaric acts. Michael Sang Correa, a 46-year-old foreign national from The Gambia, was sentenced in Colorado on August 22 to 810 months, or 67.5 years, in prison. The conviction follows his role as a member of a notorious Gambian paramilitary unit known as the...
1 hospitalized after shooting near Coors Field on Wednesday morning
An investigation is underway after one person was hospitalized Wednesday morning after a shooting just a few blocks away from Coors Field in downtown Denver.
Why will flags be at half-staff on Thursday?
The United States and Colorado flags will be lowered on Thursday for the National Day of Service and Remembrance, in honor of the victims of the terrorist attack that took place on Sept. 11, 2001.
