Denver Sun news Denver Sun news Rss feed

  • Montrose considers retail marijuana ban

    Daily Press reports the council previously passed a six-month moratorium on the consideration of applications by businesses that want to sell pot, and it will meet Tuesday night for a first reading on an ordinance that would make that prohibition permanent.Colorado voters passed Amendment 64 in November, allowing for the recreational use and sale of small amounts of marijuana by those 21 and ...

  • WWIIs Memphis Belle to visit Colorado

    BROOMFIELD, Colo. - The Memphis Belle, a restored World War II B-17 bomber, is due to arrive at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport next weekend for public flights and tours.The B-17, nicknamed the "Flying Fortress," was the workhorse heavy bomber used against the Axis powers. It featured several heavy-caliber machine guns and could strike deep within enemy territory.The Memphis ...

  • Neb. woman helped hide Denver mans body

    ALLIANCE, Neb. - A Nebraska woman admitted helping hide the body of a Denver man months before her boyfriend, who told police he killed the man, died in an armed standoff.Rose Siefke, 20, pleaded guilty Friday to being an accessory to a felony in the death of 38-year-old Joshua Bullock of Denver.Siefke's trial was scheduled to begin Monday, but she agreed to plead to the reduced charge ...

  • Nathan Sturgis scores as Rapids take draw from San Jose on the road

    SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Marvin Chavez scored his first goal of the season to help the San Jose Earthquakes pull out a 1-1 tie against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night. Chavez drilled a knuckling free kick from 30 yards out in the 78th minute to beat Colorado goalkeeper Clint Irwin. The Honduran international was only available because MLS commissioner Don Garber upheld an appeal of his two-game ...

  • Denver police investigate Sunday morning shooting

    Denver police are investigating a non-fatal shooting early Sunday at 32nd Avenue and Quebec Street. The victim, who was shot at about 1 a.m. either walked or drove to Martin Luther King Boulevard and Olive Street and "someone he knew" called 911 at 1:17 a.m., said Denver police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez. The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police are ...


mostlycloudy
Denver Weather
68.8°F Mostly Cloudy
Winds: From the NNW at 6.0 MPH Gusting to 6.0 MPH
Mon
tstorms
68° 48°
Tue
chancetstorms
63° 48°
Wed
partlycloudy
68° 46°
Last Updated on May 19, 11:30 AM MDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)

Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)

As anyone familiar with the work of Japans leading animation director Hayao Miyazaki might assume, his latest film, Howls Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) is a visual delight and a reminder of the continuing power of two-dimensional animation done right. M ... ...

On Facebook

  • 3 hurt in Colorado Springs knife fight

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Three men were injured when a knife fight broke out on a Colorado Springs trail Saturday night.Officers in the area of I-25 at Cimarron Bridge arrived at the scene and found that two people had been stabbed and another sustained cuts on the trail area that runs south of Cimarron Street.Investigators found that a man and a woman had been involved in a physical domestic ...

  • Man shoots finger while cleaning gun

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A Colorado Springs man says he shot himself in the finger Saturday night while cleaning his gun.Joshua T. Crabtree called police around 11:15 p.m. to his home on the 500 block of S Hancock Ave. Crabtree said he had been cleaning his gun when it accidentally went off, shooting him in the left index finger.Crabtree was taken to Memorial Hospital with a serious, but ...

  • New record times in Colfax Marathon

    DENVER - New record times were set in the Colfax Marathon and half marathon Sunday in Denver.The new marathon course record was set by Abraham Rutto, with a time of 2:24:34, race organizers tweeted.Nicole Chyr broke her own event record to win women's marathon in 2:57:18, organizers tweeted.The new half marathon men's event record was set by Daniel Kipkoech, with a time of 1:04:54, ...

  • Denver Police investigating overnight shooting at MLK and Olive

    Denver police are investigating a non-fatal shooting early Sunday near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Olive Street. The victim, who was shot at about 1 a.m. was transported to a hospital.This story will be updated as more information becomes available. Tom McGhee: ...

  • 1 hurt in shooting in Denver Sunday

    DENVER - Police are investigating after one person was shot early Sunday morning in Denver.The person was shot at about 1 a.m., near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Olive Street, Denver police confirmed.The victim took him/herself to the hospital, police said. The victim was in surgery but is expected to survive.Investigators don't know whether the victim and the shooter know each ...

More Denver Sun news