Tom McGhee

Tom McGhee is a former Denver Post reporter.

Brothers Johnny Dianpoli, 8 and Joseph Dianpoli, 12, are believed to have been kidnapped by their biological mother, 38-year-old Rebecca Dianpoli, who does not have custody of the kids.

Englewood police find boys, arrest mother for kidnapping

January 9, 2017 at 11:46 a.m.

Englewood police said they found two brothers Sunday and took their biological mother into custody to be charged with kidnapping after issuing an alert because the mother did not have...

Josh Caldwell cross country skis at Sloans Lake in Denver, January 05, 2017.

Denver forecast: warmer weather in the city, windy in the foothills

January 8, 2017 at 12:39 p.m.

Warmer weather has returned to the metro-area, but high winds could plague the foothills for the next few days, according to the National Weather Service.

Joey McKenzie, right, plays back-up guitar for fiddler Julian Oliver. McKenzie will back up fiddlers from around the country competing this weekend at the National Western Stock Show in Denver.

Back-up guitar players put the boom in Denver Stock Show fiddle contest

January 6, 2017 at 7:55 a.m.

The contest, a staple at the annual National Western Stock Show, draws fiddlers from around the country who compete for fun, glory and prize money, ranging from $25 to $1,000.

Fiddler Katie Glassman, right, plays with her young students from left to right Wynn Rutberg, 10, Elyssa Johnston, 11, and Mckenzie Johnston, 16, at her home on December 14, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. Glassman is a three-time winner of the stock show fiddle contest, teaches fiddle to young aspiring fiddlers and also plays in a band. She is helping teach younger fiddlers who will be competing at this year's Stock Show.

Colorado Fiddle Championship now a staple of National Western Stock Show

January 6, 2017 at 2:48 p.m.

Wynn Rutberg was 3-years old when she was first charmed by the keening wail聽of a fiddle during a visit to the National Western Stock Show's Colorado Fiddle Championship.

The annual National Western Stock Show Parade has the total attention of 5 year old Jamison Purser of Denver marching up 17 Street in downtown Denver January 08, 2015 Denver, CO. Joe Amon/The Denver Post

National Western Stock Show brings Old West excitement to modern audiences in Denver

January 13, 2017 at 8:45 a.m.

Champion cowboys and cowgirls, rodeo clowns, and a host of four-legged critters, will take center stage in Denver on Saturday when the National Western Stock Show kicks off.

Pro-rodeo champions drawn to the National Western arena by the twisting, leaping fury of bulls and broncs

January 6, 2017 at 2:49 p.m.

Shane Proctor doesn't know if it was the excitement or the danger that drew him to bull riding, but after 12 years, 1,600 bulls and some brutal injuries, the 31-year-old...

Horses being moved to pasture by ranch hand Bryndel Burke, 12, after being sorted for the National Western Stock Show at the Cervi Ranch Dec. 13, 2016 near Sterling, Colorado. The Cervi Rodeo Company provides superior bucking stock for the NWSS, the National Finals Rodeo and rodeos throughout the country.

National Western Stock Show cowboys hope the luck of the draw puts them aboard the fiercest bucking horses

January 6, 2017 at 2:49 p.m.

It takes eight bone-jarring seconds for a bucking horse to complete a rodeo ride that can punch up a cowboy's career, or send him crashing into the dust.

A rescue dive team member walks toward a firetruck before the recovery of a body of a child in a pond in Olympic Park on Jan. 3, 2017, in Aurora.

Aurora police confirm body found in pond is missing 6-year-old boy

January 5, 2017 at 1:13 p.m.

Aurora police said Wednesday afternoon that the child's body found Tuesday in an icy pond is that of missing 6-year-old David Puckett.

Denver police are asking for the public's help in locating a white pickup involved in a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian Friday, December 30, 2016.

Denver police seek public’s help finding hit-and-run vehicle

January 3, 2017 at 3:28 p.m.

Denver police want the public's help in locating a white pickup involved in a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian Friday.

Longhorns move along 17th Street during the annual National Western Stock Show Parade on Jan. 8, 2015, in downtown Denver.

National Western Stock Show Parade canceled before snowstorm

January 3, 2017 at 6:25 p.m.

A looming snow storm has led to the cancellation of the National Western Stock Show Parade, originally scheduled for Thursday at noon in downtown Denver.

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