Attorney and former Democratic power broker Willie Shepherd was sentenced to one year of probation, domestic violence classes and alcohol monitoring after pleading guilty earlier this month to third-degree attempted assault, a class two misdemeanor. The plea stemmed from Shepherd’s September 14 arrest on domestic violence charges…
Our post about competitive pilot Carl Gruber, who was arrested at Boulder Memorial Airport after allegedly transporting 55 pounds of marijuana to the facility, sparked a number of wry comments. Here’s one that questioned whether Boulder really needed such an influx of weed…
Last month, Denver’s Civil Service Commission reinstated officers Ricky Nixon and Kevin Devine, who’d been fired for their actions in an alleged brutality incident at the Denver Diner in 2009. A lawsuit over the matter is still alive, but the victims’ attorney is angry about the latest development: The city,…
The jury examining the March 2011 slaying of University of New Hampshire football player Todd Walker didn’t take long to determine the guilt of Kevin McGregor, the sandwich shop staffer charged in the slaying. Late yesterday, just a day after closing arguments, McGregor was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced…
YouTube users began sharing videos of Colorado’s ongoing snowstorm hours before daybreak today. But they’ve got nothing on Twitter users, plenty of whom are dispatching photos and messages of delight about having a day off work. Lucky bastards. Look below to some of our favorites among the latest tweets and…
The Internet is filled with forgotten pages — cyberspace cul de sacs filled with oddball content. Take Procheerleader.blog. It was folded in to UltimateCheerleaders.com several years ago, but content from 2004 to 2008 continues to linger, including lotsa quirky pics of Denver Broncos cheerleaders. In honor of this weekend’s Super…
What does a minter look like? Despite a recent Google search, we at the Latest Word are still unsure how to picture one. But we could find out soon, because minters are among the choices offered by the student government at CU Denver as a new mascot for the school’s…
ESPN’s Skip Bayless loves Tim Tebow so much that many viewers are ready to stage an intervention — and that won’t change after they see Bayless’s Super Bowl week chat with The Chosen One. The full interview won’t air until later this morning. But in the following preview, Bayless does…
In today’s world, as we know, an experience doesn’t seem real until it’s been captured on video. With that in mind, check out the very first YouTube documentations of our ongoing Colorado snowstorm — all of them posted hours before sunrise. They’re capped by a clip from a Broomfield High…
Timberline Herbal Clinic isn’t anything fancy, nor does it pretend to be. It’s a working-class shop in a working-class part of town north of I-70 on Colorado Boulevard, where hardworking guys at nearby tire yards and truck-repair shops stop in on their lunch break to pick up edibles for after-work…
I know, I know. There are lots of other folks out there struggling to make ends meet, unsung worker drones subsisting on sweatshop wages. But let’s face it: Doug Lamborn is underpaid. I’m not talking about his base salary of $174,000 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives…
GOP lawmaker Laura Bradford has been making headlines lately — and not for her adorable “cottage food bill,” also now being called the “sweet bill,” which would allow bakers and cake-makers to sell their delicious wares directly to consumers. Will the future of House Bill 12-1027 be affected by Bradford’s…
Denver blog posts are ready for snow. Denver Stiffs’ Andrew Feinstein notes that Chauncey Billups and the Clippers are hot going into tonight’s game against Denver — and the Nuggets are not. Colorado Pols shares a lovely snap of Rick Santorum and Dave Schultheis, together again for the first time…
Today, I received a message on Match.com from a man who tried to woo me with the line, “Let love in. (I’m love).” There are several problems with that, but let’s take a couple steps back: While writing “Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this…
Cornerback Yuri Wright, a Top 100 recruit kicked out of his prep school for tweets about pussy squirting and bitches, among other things, officially committed to the CU Buffs yesterday, on national signing day. Coach Jon Embree spoke about pursuing Wright at a press conference on view below, making an…
Yesterday, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call about a missing child: An eight-year-old had been abducted from the Safeway on 560 Castle Pines Parkway. Patrol deputies and detectives promptly retrieved a video of the abduction from a Safeway surveillance camera, and both the victim and the suspect…
This weekend, Carl Gruber, 45, was busted at Boulder Municipal Airport with 55 pounds worth of marijuana. But while media reports on the arrest characterize Gruber as a suspected smuggler, he was been best known prior to this point as a pilot — an award-winning one…
Our post about a Denver Police Department press conference apology for giving special treatment to Representative Laura Bradford following a traffic stop featured a DPD spokesman describing the act as symbolic of new police chief Robert White’s commitment to transparency. One reader hopes it’s true — and not only for…
Update below: Reliable sources tell us there have been five layoffs this week at Lincoln Financial Group stations in the Denver market. Most prominent among them: Cruisin’ Oldies’ Hal Moore, a local radio icon, member of the Broadcast Professionals of Colorado Hall of Fame as well as the current holder…
NBC’s Jimmy Fallon recently riffed on Tim Tebow-mania by crossing the QB with David Bowie to create…Tebowie. Then, last night, Tebow reconfirmed his sense of humor by appearing on Fallon’s show. In the segment on view below, he mocked the host for being “pitchy” during the Tebowie skit — an…
This afternoon at the Colorado state house, the agriculture, natural resources and energy committee will consider what’s being characterized as the nation’s toughest ban of trans fat at schools. Senator Lucia Guzman is surprised by all the attention the measure has received to date, in part because, to her, it’s…
Our Colorado Crimes archive has been was very busy during January, filling with stories that range from the bizarre to the tragic. Look below to see mug shots of those at the center of the reports, and click on their names or accompanying links to check out our original coverage…
