Here’s a rundown of the biggest stories of the day for Friday, August 8, 2014. Download The Denver Post app for and for breaking news 24/7. For a daily sports fix, download our new Denver Post Sports app for and .
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Colorado State University president Tony Frank , saying it had become clear the two men had irreconcilable differences of opinion about the direction of the department.
A who was part of an auto theft task force. The incident happened near the Ramada Inn at the junction of Interstate 25 and Interstate 70.
Denver’s district attorney said Friday he after his investigation determined that Ryan Ronquillo, 20, was using his car as a deadly weapon while trying to evade officers in the tight parking lot.
A wrong-way, head-on crash, which injured two drivers, has shut down lanes of I-25 in Denver near 58th Avenue. Both drivers were taken to the hospital with serious injuries and the lane remained closed as of 3:45 p.m.
Just in case you haven’t been paying attention to any Denver media today, , attempting to exorcise some of the demons still hanging over the state after the Super Bowl That Shall Not Be Named, even in the face of a 45-minute lightning delay. Peyton & Co. were , Mark Kiszla said the referees , and DeMarcus Ware .
Eric Gorski has a longread over on our Rapids blog about . Worth a read for all sports fans.
Denver City Council member-at-large Robin Kniech has an interesting op-ed that asks the question: ? Meanwhile, the latest numbers show that while the price hikes are slowing, .
A former Broomfield gymnastics coach accused of sexually assaulting two of his students. Robert Barke, 33, was accused of sexually assaulting the two teenage boys from October 2004 to June 2007 while he was their gymnastics coach at Xtreme Altitude Gymnastics in Broomfield.
Here’s a helpful hint from the Colorado Department of Transportation for weekend motorists: . Really, hopping on won’t be worth it.
The Denver mother accused of keeping her four young sons in a tiny, feces-littered apartment today. Prosecutors agreed to cap her sentence at seven years in prison, but the judge has discretion to sentence her to probation.
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