Katie Langford

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Katie Langford

Katie is a lifelong Coloradan and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2014. Currently a freelance journalist, she joined the Daily Camera in 2019 and covered the University of Colorado system, CU Boulder and higher education in Boulder County until 2021.

A police officer walks outside Davis Mortuary in Pueblo on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Investigators discovered human remains as old as 15 years at the business operated by Pueblo County Coroner Brian Cotter. (Photo by Mike Sweeney/Special to The Denver Post)

18 bodies found in hidden room at Pueblo mortuary identified, Colorado officials say

May 20, 2026 at 6:07 p.m.

State investigators now know the names of 18 people whose remains were left to decompose in a hidden back room of a Pueblo mortuary for over a decade, Colorado Bureau...

A Lakewood Police vehicle is parked outside the Lakewood Police Department and Municipal Courts building in Lakewood, Colorado on July 8, 2025. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

Former Lakewood police officer had affairs with women he arrested, witnesses, affidavit says

May 21, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

A former Lakewood Police Department agent told investigators he had affairs with multiple women he met on the job and had sex with them while on duty, according to an...

A Toyota Camry was hit by wrong-way driver on southbound Interstate 25 in Douglas County on May 20, 2026. The Camry driver, a 36-year-old Aurora man, was not injured, and the other driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. (Courtesy of the Colorado State Patrol)

I-25 reopens after wrong-way crash south of Denver

May 20, 2026 at 7:26 p.m.

A Wyoming man was seriously injured after he drove the wrong way on southbound I-25 in Douglas County early Wednesday morning, hitting an oncoming Toyota Camry, according to the Colorado...

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Aurora man gets decades in prison for killing woman who was protecting her cousin

May 19, 2026 at 4:27 p.m.

Kelynn Lewis was initially charged with first-degree murder, but the jury convicted him on the lesser charge of second-degree murder on Feb. 13.

The City and County Building in Denver, on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)

Longtime Denver County Judge Andre Rudolph dies unexpectedly

May 17, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

One of Denver County Court's longest-serving judges, Andre Rudolph, died unexpectedly on Friday, court officials said Saturday afternoon. He was 59 years old.

A tumbleweed hangs in a barbed-wire fence on East Quincy Avenue in Arapahoe County after a thunderstorm blew through the metro area Thursday. About 6 p.m., a severe storm over Limon delivered softball-size hail and wind gusts of 55 mph; the town was under at least two separate tornado warnings. Officials at Denver International Airport issued a lightning warning early in the afternoon, and east-central Colorado was under a tornado watch until 11 p.m. Thursday. More thunderstorms are possible this afternoon.

Severe thunderstorm watch, tornadoes possible on Colorado’s Eastern Plains

May 16, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.

Severe thunderstorms could bring tornadoes, large hail and high winds to northeast Colorado on Saturday afternoon and evening, forecasters said.

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) is a serious respiratory disease carried by certain wild rodents, mainly deer mice, and is passed to humans through contact with a rodent's infected urine, droppings or saliva. Breathing in contaminated mist or dust is the most common form of transmission.

Photo credit: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Colorado hantavirus death not linked to cruise ship outbreak, state says

May 16, 2026 at 6:26 p.m.

A Douglas County resident who died after contracting hantavirus was not connected to the outbreak on Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, Colorado public health officials said this week.

Weld County GOP chairman arrested, suspected of soliciting child prostitute

May 15, 2026 at 8:01 p.m.

The chairman of the Weld County Republicans was arrested Thursday after police say he went to a location expecting to meet with a minor for sex and was met by...

A pedestrian move quickly to escape the snow in downtown Denver on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Photo by Harmon Dobson/The Denver Post)

Colorado weather: Severe storms, chance of snow for Front Range

May 15, 2026 at 4:25 p.m.

Summer-like temperatures on the Front Range and Eastern Plains will transition to severe thunderstorms with a chance of snow showers over the weekend and into early next week, National Weather...

DENVER, CO - MARCH 25: I-25 highway sign on March 25, 2023 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)

Northbound I-25 reopens after fatal multi-vehicle crash in south metro Denver

May 15, 2026 at 8:08 p.m.

A 31-year-old Aurora man died in a crash on northbound I-25 near Happy Canyon Road on Friday afternoon, the Colorado State Patrol said.

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18 bodies found in hidden room at Pueblo mortuary identified, Colorado officials say

Former Lakewood police officer had affairs with women he arrested, witnesses, affidavit says

I-25 reopens after wrong-way crash south of Denver

Aurora man gets decades in prison for killing woman who was protecting her cousin

Longtime Denver County Judge Andre Rudolph dies unexpectedly

Severe thunderstorm watch, tornadoes possible on Colorado’s Eastern Plains

Colorado hantavirus death not linked to cruise ship outbreak, state says

Weld County GOP chairman arrested, suspected of soliciting child prostitute

Colorado weather: Severe storms, chance of snow for Front Range

Northbound I-25 reopens after fatal multi-vehicle crash in south metro Denver