Archived

By Charley Able • August 29th, 2011

But races for both Council seats in Ward 1 and three candidates for the Ward 3 Council seat offer voters what promises to be a lively campaign season over the next eight weeks. Results of the mail-in ballots will be announced Nov.1.

Dismissal of single remaining charge follows Gary Charles Wegner’s acquittal on 17 other charges stemming from a student’s allegations. The District Court jury’s verdicts in the case came July 18, but they couldn’t reach a decision on the final charge.

SUBMITTED BY: Jamie Mager, American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Relay For Life invites you to come celebrate your birthday. The American Cancer Society is “The Official Sponsor of Birthdays” and we want to save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.  The Relay For Life Birthday Celebration invites the entire community [...]

Britt Cox is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison for the 2009 death of Bonni Bergen, whose body was found by firefighters after an explosion and fire at her home in northwest Lakewood.

Ward 4 councilman persuades Council and developers to limit reduction of lot frontage sizes and eliminate attached single family housing with up to 10 units from one planning area of the Rooney Valley community.

National Civic League award based on three local projects: Colfax Urban Renewal project and its light rail components, ‘greening’ of local businesses and O’Connell Middle School-based Boys and Girls Club.

DA criticizes sentence, saying the crimes – involving 82 counts handed down by a Jeffco Grand Jury in November 2009 – should have resulted in a heftier sentence because Porter has a dozen previous convictions on similar charges.

Before approving pay raise, Council resolves question about compliance with City Code by changing the Code’s language regarding the time frame for reviewing and revising the pay of Council members and the mayor.

Plan to boost mayor’s pay after November’s election hits a snag when City Councilman raises questions about the effect of a City Code requirement that has not been met. City attorney says Council is not bound by the “letter” of the Code.

Incumbent vows to “focus on smart budgeting” as well as transportation options and the quality of life in Lakewood. Murphy, who is in his fourth year as mayor, also was a two-term Ward 2 Councilman and member of the city’s Planning Commission.

Cody Charlton, 31, was living at his parents’ home in Lakewood, which also is a home day care center. It is unclear whether charges involve any children who attended the center. Investigators urge anyone with information about the case to contact them.

LAKEWOOD – Police investigators are awaiting results of toxicology tests to determine whether an Evergreen woman who was fatally injured in an accident while trying to cross Kipling Street in mid-block caused her own death.
Jill Monica Sypert, 48, died at the scene after she was struck by a vehicle traveling in the southbound lanes of [...]

Police chief presents “tentative” figures indicating that medical marijuana facilities and nearby neighborhoods are not at increased risk of crime. Revised ordinance adopted Monday effectively caps number of facilities in Lakewood at the current level of 15.

Labor talks postponed after Jeffco’s Board of Education clashes over closing negotiations to observers. Both sides claim the tie vote backs their respective positions, leaving the issue ‘in limbo,’ superintendent says.

Arrest came about 48 hours after Earl Albert Moore was identified as the man suspected of planting explosive devices and setting a small fire in the food court at the popular mall in south Jeffco last week. No one was injured in the incident.

Authorities are concentrating their search for Earl Albert Moore in the Denver metro area, but have lunched a nationwide hunt for the 65-year-old suspect. Investigators say Moore is armed and dangerous and has a lengthy record.

Investigators hope public can help ID potential suspect. Authorities keep most details about evidence to themselves, but Sheriff says he can’t say rigged propane tanks were not similar to those found after the lethal April 20, 1999 rampage at Columbine High School.

Taxable values in some areas of the county fared worse: Conifer posted a 7 percent decline and the drop was as much as 14.9 percent. But values increased in some areas, including Wheat Ridge and Edgewater.