Sunday, November 3, 2013

@Denverheadlines 11/4

A chance of rain after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%
  • The last of autumn's brilliant leaves are likely to be casualties of a the windy snowstorm expected to reach the Front Range by Monday night.
  • Texans head coach and former Broncos quarterback and assistant coach Gary Kubiak collapsed and was taken off on a stretcher as the teams were headed in to the locker rooms at halftime.
  • Denver coach John Fox remained hospitalized Sunday as he awaits aortic value replacement surgery in North Carolina. Fox spoke with Broncos executive vice president John Elway by phone Sunday to discuss logistics during his absence, including who will serve as interim head coach.
  • Aurora police believe they’ve tracked down the man who attempted to kidnap a little girl from her bedroom.  Johnathan Snorsky, 26, has actually been in custody at the Arapahoe County Jail since Tuesday, the day after the 8-year-old girl was taken from her bedroom. She got away and her description was key in tracking him down
  • Denver police are looking for the driver who hit a pedestrian on northbound Sheridan Boulevard near Sixth Avenue on Sunday afternoon and left the scene.
  • A Saudi national convicted of sexually abusing his housekeeper should remain behind bars in Colorado in case investigators find some link between him and the slaying of the state's prisons director, a prosecutor said Friday.
  • There was a rare sight in Arvada as a bull elk was running around town on Sunday.  Arvada Police Officer Jeff Monzingo took video of the elk. It could be seen running across a field near the Arvada Center at 68th and Wadsworth Boulevard.  The elk was also spotted at 64th and Miller. Officers are hoping the animal makes its way back into the foothills.
  • An experienced skydiver suffered a broken leg, facial injuries and a possible concussion Sunday afternoon after the wind pushed him in to a hard landing, Longmont police said.
  • A 9-year-old Colorado Springs girl became an unexpected hero after two men wearing “Jason” masks barged into her home on Halloween night.
  • Thanks to some dedicated construction crews a portion of Highway 36 will reopen Monday, about a month earlier than anticipated.  The section will finally once again connect Lyons to Estes Park. The highway has been impassable for several weeks because of the destruction done by massive flooding.
  • RTD will resume service Monday on the Y and YL routes, which have been suspended since the Sept. 12 flood.
  • Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper dropped of his ballot in advance of Election Day on Tuesday.  Hickenlooper said he voted “yes” on Amendment 66 and urged other voters to do the same. The amendment is a tax increase that will be used for education in Colorado. Critics say the money won’t go to students but instead will be used for administrative costs.

  • A Loveland man has been arrested after allegedly trying to lure a teenage girl for sex using Craigslist.  Ronald Brown, 59, thought he was corresponding with a 14-year-old girl who answered a personal ad he posted on Craigslist. He was actually texting an undercover officer posing as the teen.