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WATCH: Doorbell Cam Captures Sound of Lightning Striking Home
Lightning struck a home yesterday afternoon in Erie, Colorado, and a neighbor’s doorbell camera captured the ear-splitting crack and boom sound—and a split-second light show, too. If it sounds this hair-raising on YouTube, imagine what it would have sounded like in person. According to 9 News in Denver,...
Boulder officials weigh changes to Central Park homeless services as new day center set to open
Last Tuesday, nearly 100 people gathered in Boulder’s Central Park to receive food, clothing and other necessities for daily life. Feet Forward, a local nonprofit organization, has been organizing these distributions for years to support homeless people. “Folks are accustomed to securing services in a particular spot,” Leanne Wheeler,...
Weld Co seeks help finding missing at risk person
Weld County Sheriff's Office is attempting to locate Gwendolyn, or Gwen, White Kater. Kater is 36 and described as having brown hair, green eyes. She is 5'5" tall and around 165 pounds. She was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and grey sweatpants. Kater disappeared after walking away from the...
Longmont police report: April 25, 2024
The Longmont Leader receives a police report from Longmont Public Safety daily. The police notes are published in full with occasional modifications to exact addresses, individual names and spelling. Please note that the category that the crime is labeled as is limited by police software based on the information the dispatcher receives when the call is made. Longmont Public Safety may edit the category as more information is learned about each case.
DA calls for teens and parents to take caution during prom and graduation season
The Longmont Leader received the following column from the Boulder County District Attorney's Office about impaired driving after prom and graduation:. In 2023, Colorado lost 716 lives to traffic fatalities. This includes 218 lives lost to impaired driving, a 23.8% decrease from the 286 impaired driving-related fatalities in 2022. According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's Colorado Crime Statistics, there were 16,259 DUI cases filed in 2023. But there is no data on how many lives we can, and will, prevent from being ruined if we eliminate impaired driving.
JonBenet Ramsey Case Is ‘Getting Colder’ as Time for Justice Is Running Out
Justice for late beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey took a step backward when a key murder witness died last month, adding to the number of people intricately embroiled in the still unsolved mystery who have perished. Melody Ann Stanton, a Boulder, Colorado, neighbor who heard JonBenét’s bloodcurdling scream in the...
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Variable cloudiness with a couple of thundershowers this afternoon; gusty winds and small hail can accompany any downpour. Cloudy; a couple of showers and a thunderstorm this evening followed by periods of rain late; gusty winds and small hail can accompany any downpour. Saturday. 44 °F. Chilly with periods...
Three homes struck by lightning in Colorado, some public transportation suspended
On April 25 at about 4 p.m., North Metro Fire Rescue District responded to a structure fire in Broomfield, with suspicion that the fire was started by lightning that was present in the area. Family members were at home when the fire started, able to call 911 and also able to safely evacuate from the home with their dogs without injury. Denver's 9News has since confirmed the strike, noting that two other Denver metro area homes were also struck about 30 minutes later – one...
Douglas County deputies won't be charged for shooting suspect who pointed a gun at them
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — No charges will be filed against Douglas County Deputies who shot a suspect after he led police on a pursuit from Thornton to Douglas County, then crashed into a 7-Eleven store, and pointed a gun at deputies. "I reviewed all of the evidence provided by...
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