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Colorado county leaders work to improve testing for congenital syphilis
Adams County Medical Officer Bernadette Albanese says she has seen the impact time and time again; a baby infected by infected by congenital syphilis.Health leaders and elected officials in Adams County and throughout Colorado are working to improve testing amid a spike in the potentially deadly disease over the last six years."It's very disruptive to start one's life already with this burden on board," said Albanese. "I've had to do the diagnosis [and] work them up, do the spinal tap, find out if it's infected their spinal fluid or their brain, examined their eyes, treat their pneumonia, treat their liver disease....
Baseball Game Preview: Byers on Home-Turf
The Byers Bulldogs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Front Range Christian Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Byers is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season. Byers is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after...
Arapahoe County Sheriff's deputies shoot and kill suspect, rescue hostage
Arapahoe County Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a suspect who was holding a female hostage at gunpoint against her will. The deputies were called to a home in the 4500 block of S. Himalaya Circle just after 3 p.m. Wednesday.When deputies arrived, they tried to get the male suspect to surrender peacefully but there was no response. Deputies went into the home and the bedroom where the hostage was being held. They confronted the male suspect when the shooting occurred. The suspect died and the female victim had been assaulted and sustained severe facial injuries. She was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment. Deputies said the victim is developmentally disabled and is a resident of a Host Home at that address where she was taken hostage. The suspect was not a resident of the home. His identity has not been released.
South Adco Fire billed taxpayers thousands for spouses, travel expenses
Top fire chiefs and administrators with the South Adams County Fire Department, along with some of their board members, have regularly taken their spouses along to winter conferences in Florida and fall conferences in Colorado's high country, billing taxpayers for their spouses' meals and other expenses, and extending their stays before and after conferences. One Colorado ethics expert characterized this as "sounding more like a vacation than a business trip" and suggested, "they've been misusing funds."The questionable expenditures emerged from a CBS News Colorado investigation of the fire department's conference expenses over the last three years, prompting the department to announce...
Man pleads guilty in DUI crash that injured first responders in Commerce City
The man charged with five counts of vehicular assault in connection with a DUI crash that injured four Adams County first responders last year pleaded guilty to all counts on Wednesday.
Woman abusing special needs children faces new charges
Kiarra Jones, who is accused of abusing six special needs children while working as a bus aide for Littleton Public Schools, walked out of an Arapahoe County courtroom Friday afternoon a free woman, for now."I always think about it for six months, every day being a nightmare," said a parent of one of her victims.Flanked by their lawyer from Rathod Mohamedbhai, the parents of the children who were allegedly victimized by Jones were also in the courtroom and said seeing her brought up a flood of emotions."Blood boiling. Yeah. I, I did make eye contact with her and now I...
Aurora-South Metro Small Business Development Center wins award
AURORA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has recognized the Aurora-South Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) as this year’s winner of the SBDC Excellence and Innovation Center award. The center is being recognized for its pivotal role in driving economic growth in Colorado and fostering the spirit, support and success of the state’s entrepreneurs and innovators.
Family says street racing led to death of beloved grandfather
A Colorado family is pleading for answers and accountability after they say a beloved grandfather was killed near his home in Adams County because of cars street racing. "He didn't deserve to be hit like that," said Anthony Herrera. Herrera says 63-year-old Joseph Zamora Hernandez was his wife's grandfather. He was also a man who showed selflessness in the community he helped cultivate at the Delux RV Park off Federal Boulevard. "He has lived here for 15 years and out of the 15 years, he has fed the homeless. He had Thanksgiving dinner for them every year," said Herrera. He...
Arapahoe deputy-involved shooting happened at 'host home'
A shooting near an Aurora school involved Arapahoe County deputies, but few specifics were available about what happened. A spokesperson told FOX31's Greg Nieto it happened at a "host home," where someone reported a person armed with a gun.
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