Wednesday, October 30, 2013

@Denverheadlines 10/30

Partly cloudy. Slight chance of snow showers in the morning...Then a slight chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

  • The reward being offered to track down a man who tried to kidnap an 8-year-old girl from her bedroom in suburban Denver was doubled to $20,000 Tuesday as police tracked down leads.  Investigators say the man got in through an unlocked window early Monday morning and grabbed the girl. She screamed for help and was able to get away from the abductor just as her father ran outside to help her.
  • littered with feces and maggots appeared in Denver County Court on Tuesday.Wayne Sperling, 66, and Lorinda Bailey, 35, have each been charged with four counts of felony child abuse. Both are out on bond.The two arrived in court separately Tuesday morning and did not speak to each other. They declined to speak with reporters.A judge set arraignment dates of Nov. 15 for both. The cases were carried over to Denver District court
  • A new web-based TV service is promising to slash your TV bill while allowing you to keep dozens of local channels. It's called Aereo. It provides mainly over-the-air channels
  • The warning a Wyoming college issued Monday about possible LSD-laced bread on campus has turned out to be false.
  • A federal judge ruled that Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper can't be questioned under oath to speak about new gun restrictions for a pending lawsuit seeking to overturn the laws
  • Police arrested a 25-year-old Longmont man Monday night after his girlfriend said he tried to strangle her and trap her in her car, according to police.
  • The president of the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region claims if voters in Pueblo don't pass a proposed quality of life sales tax increase, they may be forced to close their animal shelter

  • The light rail station at 29th and Welton Street in the Five Points area will not be demolished. At least not yet.By an 8-to-7 vote, the Regional Transportation District Board of Directors decided Tuesday night to keep the station intact while a study is finished to determine the future of the Welton Street corridor.