Thornton News

Charges have been filed against a Colorado man accused of making threats onboard a Frontier Airlines flight last weekend.

The School District 27J Board of Education recognized school resource officers and their supervisors from the city police departments of Brighton, Commerce City and Thornton during its May 28 meeting.

Preliminary results from a study examining the attitudes of metro Denver-area residents relating to coyotes show that roughly half of those surveyed believed having the animals around is a good thing, while a third expressed a negative attitude and the remainder fell in the middle.

BRIGHTON Starting June 17, the city of Brighton's utilities department will begin an active campaign to bring residents up to speed on Stage 1 drought restrictions.

Police in Brighton have identified a suspect in a hit-and-run outside a party Sunday morning.

Brown Note Productions, a Louisville-based provider of equipment and services for concerts and corporate events, is moving its operations to Thornton, brokers involved in the transaction recently announced.

A 4-year-old boy from Lafayette drowned in a pool at a Thornton mobile home park Sunday afternoon as about 50 people, including his family, were nearby, authorities said.

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An entrenched conflict over how Denver International Airport should develop got even testier Tuesday when Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan slammed last week's revenue-sharing proposal by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock.

A man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl in Thornton was arrested in Washington state Wednesday morning.

A row of new Chrysler-made Jeep Grand Cherokees are seen at the Pro Chrysler dealership in Thornton, Colorado May 14, 2007 The NHTSA informed Chrysler that 1993-2004 Grand Cherokee vehicles and 2002-07 Jeep Liberty SUVs have defective fuel systems and serious safety risks in rear-impact collisions.

From left, Sunrise Optimist Club President Rob Kelley was among those giving out fishing equipment to Alex Rivas, 9, of Fort Morgan, and Jonathan Roybal, 9, and Olivia Roybal, 4, of Thornton at the Huck Finn Fishing Derby Saturday at Riverside Park.

Colleagues of storm-chasing guru Tim Samaras said Monday they were stunned that someone so careful would be among the first researchers killed while pursuing tornadoes.

Community of Faith Church will hold "A Day in the Park" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Community Park, 200 Lamar St.

The city and county of Denver on Friday proposed the creation of a special taxing district at Denver International Airport as a way to allow revenue sharing with Adams County communities in exchange for allowing unrestricted commercial development on the property.

It's an annual problem, made more profound by the recent recession and the longtime unemployment and underemployment of a lot of parents.

Braxton Parks of Fort Morgan has been selected to go to the 2013 National Young Scholars Program July 8-12 at Denver University.

First Congregational Church of Eastlake, 12630 Second St., will hold Vacation Bible School from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Two years after the Adams County Sheriff capped the number of municipal offenders who can be housed at the county jail, police chiefs from five cities said Tuesday the issue has become a threat to public safety.

Graham Emerson Fuller pleads his case to the Colorado Supreme Court in the new court room at the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Complex in downtown Denver on Jan.