Frederick News

JOSHUA POLSON/jpolson@greeleytribune.com Weld County Sheriff John Cooke speaks during a press conference Friday morning at the Independence Institute, 727 16th Ave., in Denver.

An undercover officer from the Frederick Police Department's Drug Enforcement Unit bought synthetic drugs from a local business Friday evening, police said.

Dennis Richards, left, owner and head brewer of Echo Brewing Co., pours grain into a mill with Jeff Porn, owner and head brewer of Atom Brewing Co.

Retired library media technician Phyllis Schneckloth, right, talks with long-time Frederick resident and former teacher Carmine DeSantis, left, during a celebration Thursday to close Frederick Elementary School and open Thunder Valley K8 school in Frederick.

A Nebraska man convicted of escaping from custody while en route from the Boulder County Jail to Nebraska to face a charge there was sentenced to eight years in prison on Wednesday.

While Mother Nature has given the Front Range a good dose of precipitation in recent weeks, the effects of last year's drought and rash of wildfires still lingers in many minds.

A man struck by an alleged drunken driver on Market Street on May 2 has died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision, according to the Frederick Police Department.

The town board reviewed elements of a draft resolution April 23 to allow town residents to own chickens at single-family residents.

For the third consecutive year, 81 percent of the St. Vrain Valley School District third-graders who took the English Transitional Colorado Assessment Program exam scored in the proficient or advanced ranges.

A new skate park in Frederick is being named for a former city official. The Board of Aldermen on Thursday night will take a vote on a proposal to name a skateboard park at Sagner Park after one-time Police Chief Kim Dine.

Tyiesha Bailey said the spring and summer months this year will be especially hard without her brother, Lamont George-Lee Ellis, an Urbana man slain in Frederick seven months ago.

The High Plains Library District Board of Trustees is seeking applicants to fill two open positions.

Sheriff John Cooke released his report on 2012 crime in the county March 29, which pointed to the metal-recycling industry as being a primary target of an increase in property thefts.

Dennis Richards , owner and head brewer of Echo Brewing Company, tests beer samples while Jeff Porn , owner and head brewer of Atom Brewing Company watches at Echo Brewing Company in Erie, on Friday.