Aurora News

A psychotic bodybuilder obsessed with Batman's arch nemesis the Joker has admitted carrying out a terrifying unprovoked axe attack on a stranger in a public gym.

Weld County, Colo., Sheriff John Cooke, left, with El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, center right, and other sheriffs standing behind him, speaks during a news conference at which he announced that 54 Colorado sheriffs are filing a federal civil lawsuit against two gun control bills passed by the Colorado Legislature, in Denver, Friday, May 17 ... (more)

Don McBreen, of the Colorado State Patrol in 1961. As a pilot for the patrol, he flew three governors around the state.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has indefinitely delayed the execution of convicted killer Nathan Dunlap, saying that he had doubts about the death penalty, much to the dismay of victims' families and a furious district attorney.

Surveillance cameras caught the image of robbers at the First Bank, 2850 North Quebec St in Denver at 10:30 on March 27.

In this photo provided by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, James Holmes poses for a booking photo September 20, 2012 in Centennial, Colorado.

Jensen then honed his skills the last six years as a bartender, a petri dish of persuasive speaking, with some pitches more effective than others.

Motorists buzzing along the E-470 tollway next summer may be able to grab a sandwich or tank of gas without having to take an exit.

John Nielsen'98 of Aurora, Colorado believes the time he spent at Mount Olive College at Seymour Johnson was one of the most significant experiences of his adult life.

May 20, 2013 - New construction starts in April settled back 1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $473.0 billion, according to McGraw Hill Construction, a division of McGraw Hill Financial.

A Colorado man is in the Lincoln County Jail, after he was charged with hitting a woman in the face Sunday.

The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon at the adult entertainment store called Pleasures located in the 1800 block of South Havana Street.

Colorado's recently approved gun control laws, passed in response to the Aurora, Colo., and Newtown, Conn., massacres, are being challenged by a delegation of sheriffs who say the laws are unconstitutional.

Neither criminal background checks nor pre-admission screening questions identify students likely to commit crime on college campuses, U.S. researchers say.

Two separate accidents, within minutes of each other, in Aurora on Saturday night left a two pedestrians hospitalized in critical condition, according to the Aurora Police.

Police were called out to North Peoria Street and Fitzsimons Parkway at 8 p.m. after a person spotted what looked like a live grenade near a trail at Sand Creek Park.

Solemi Pedraza and her children, Nemiah, 10, and St. Marks, 13, work in their family plot during the North Middle School Garden Festival in Aurora, CO May 18, 2013.

Magpul Industries joined 54 Colorado county sheriffs Friday in filing a federal lawsuit against the state's recently signed gun-control bills.

Source: Talking Points Memo Alex Sullivan, 27, was one of the young men killed last year in the Aurora, Colo.

The 146,949 background checks processed for would-be gun buyers increased by 69,628 from January to March this year compared to that same time span last year, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's latest data.