Franktown News

Happy first birthday to Shelby Lynn Rasmussen, who celebrated her first birthday June 18, 2008, and congratulations to her parents, Janie and Ryan Rasmussen of Yuma; grandparents, Dave and Carrie Moore of ...

What book will get your vote this Summer? As I was working on this special issue, it occurred to me that the world is divided into two camps: those who will read every word of today's political books story and ...

“One of the men had his legs blown off at the knees and his wife had just given birth to their first baby a few weeks before”

Cpl. William Tarrant is just one of America's unsung war heroes. He is among thousands of military troops who have returned to the states with war wounds from either Iraq or Afghanistan. via The McDuffie Mirror

No charges against Douglas homeowner who killed intruder By Hector Gutierrez , Rocky Mountain News , Bill Scanlon , Rocky Mountain News Originally published 12:05 a.m., April 22, 2008 Updated 09:02 a.m., April ... via Rocky Mountain News

“He was a great pool player, a great golfer, a great dart player and a great card player”

Dan Thorsnes was the ideal big brother who only squawked a little when his kid sister squandered his marble collection. via Rocky Mountain News

“We've already lost any profit that we might have had on the project, ”

With the number of foreclosures at an all time high in Colorado , homebuilders are starting to feel the effects of the economy on their pocketbooks. via CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

“It's so gratifying to see this person and see the number of students he's positively impacted”

Saddle Ranch Elementary School technology teacher Kelly Sain reacts after being presented with the Apple Award Jan. via News-Press

“Because the secretary has not received any correspondence from Douglas County notifying the secretary as to the county's intent with regard to Sedalia, the secretary hereby finds that Douglas County has abandoned its application for determination”

Sedalia residents exploring the possibility of becoming a functional town again no longer have to worry about being considered abandoned. via News-Press

“Dan was a police professional, and he brought that to our police force.”

Palmer Lake Police Chief Dan Gilliana, a longtime area law officer and criminal justice instructor, died Friday morning. via The Gazette

“It is tragic when so many lives could be saved by something as simple as a seat belt”

" Law enforcement agencies from 11 counties across the state reported issuing 2,558 seatbelt citations over a weeklong crackdown of their Click It or Ticket campaign. via 9NEWS

Alcohol, drugs suspected in crash that killed Franktown teen Police believe alcohol or drugs might have been a factor in a single-vehicle crash that killed a Ponderosa High School student Oct. via News-Press

“It is our position that there is no emergency to hold a funeral for Frankstown”

You can't abandon what never existed. At least that's what an attorney for tiny Frankstown argued at an abandonment hearing Tuesday. via Rocky Mountain News

" The Colorado State Patrol has identified a 17-year-old driver killed in a crash Saturday morning. via 9NEWS

Police believe alcohol or drugs might have been a factor in a single-vehicle crash that killed a Ponderosa High School student Oct. via News-Press

A young man killed early Saturday when he lost control of his car on Colorado 83 in Douglas County had been identified. via Denver Post

The State Patrol says two people have been killed in separate weekend crashes. A 17-year-old boy from Franktown died at about 2:30 this morning when a car veered off Colorado 83 in Douglas County, hit a traffic ... via KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

“Everybody is so pleased. There have been so many comments about the variety of work shown and the excellence of the art.”

When the Greater Castle Rock Art Guild was host to its first members-only exhibit at the Philip S. Miller Library one year ago, president Dix Morris knew the fledgling organization had great potential. via News-Press

“It gives them the ability to annex land beyond the scope of our imagination. It compromises everything”

Douglas County is going forward with a plan to officially abandon towns that no longer operate as a municipality."> Douglas County is going forward with a plan to officially abandon towns that no longer operate ... via News-Press

“It will be best to keep people on foot.”

The new soft-surface trail extension at Mitchell Creek Canyon Trail connects Mitchell Creek to the Gateway Mesa Open Space trail. via News-Press