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Monday
Abundant sunshine. Warm. High 81F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Monday night
Clear skies. Low 49F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.
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- Friends and family gathered at Prospect Lake Sunday for the anniversary of Stephan Wilson's death. Three years after his murder, the case remains unsolved. Wilson's body was found in his Colorado Springs condo October 1, 2010. Police said he was shot in the head.
- Two people are dead after an early morning car accident in Arvada. The crash happened at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 near the Wadsworth Boulevard exit.
- Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter from Colorado is recovering from a stroke. Carpenter, 88, had a stroke last week. He’s being moved to a rehabilitation center. Carpenter is from Boulder
- Agriculture officials say an invasive insect responsible for the death of tens of millions of ash trees in almost two dozen states has been detected for the first time in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Agriculture says the emerald ash borer, a green metallic beetle, was found by Boulder forestry staff Monday. The beetle, originally from Asia, was first detected in North America in 2002 in southeastern Michigan and has since killed more than 50 million ash trees across the country. It has now been detected in 21 states — Colorado being the westernmost.
- A search continued on Sunday for an Arvada man missing in the mountains of southern Colorado. Search teams and Mark Stice’s mother are both fearing the worst. Search crews found Mark Stice’s car on South Colony Road southwest of Westcliffe. Custer County authorities believe he hiked another 10 miles to Crestone Peak, a 14er where overnight temperatures dipped down to about 10 degrees this week. He’s also missing in an area of up to 50 square miles.
- A Colorado Springs three-year-old boy has cancer. His mom is swapping out chemo for cannabis. It’s a choice conventional doctors are calling dangerous, but the mom says it's the right choice for her child as he's now in remission. Sierra Riddle is giving her son Landon a capsule form of cannabis. She believes, as the saying goes, mom knows best.
- Off-Roaders, hunters and campers were asked to stay off Old Stage Road Sunday to prevent further damage to the vulnerable road. Sunday's sun coupled with cool temperatures and trees' changing leaves drew drivers to Old Stage Road.
- Investigators are working to identify human remains found in a remote area north of Deckers The area is so remote that rescue crews used rafts to get across the South Platte River and then hike into the woods to reach the scene. Hunters found what looked like human bones and called authorities. The sheriff’s office says they could have been there for months. The remains are headed to a coroner or a lab in Texas for examination. A Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson said they are calling the person’s death a homicide. It could take months to find out who the person is and the cause of death.
