Railroad Crossing Closed in Brush Next Week

Submitted by the City of Brush

The Clayton St. railroad crossing in Brush will be closed for one week due to repairs starting on Monday, Nov. 9th.  We apolgize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Father and Son Murder Charges

A 16-year-old boy accused in a fatal shooting in the Fort Lupton area in Weld County has been charged as an adult.








A feud between neighbors has a father and son facing charges of murder. 16 year old Alonzo Rodriguez-Lopez appeared in court Monday. He and his father both faced charges after their neighbor Hugo Botello-Gonzalez was killed and the victim's wife Olga Torrez, was wounded last month.
Authorities say the double shooting appeared to have been sparked by the families' ongoing argument over the victims' dogs chasing chickens and horses owned by the suspect's family.
Authorities are still looking for the father of the teen, Jose Rodriguez.

Brush BOE Meets Tonight

The Brush School board has scheduled an executive session tonight before their regular school board meeting. The session, which is set to start at 6pm, is related to a personnel matter, which is one of the exemptions to the state open meetings act. Because of the exemption, the employee involved and the matter being discussed are not disclosed. An agenda for the regular meeting also indicates the possibility of an executive session. During the regular meeting, which starts at 7pm, board members have a light agenda, highlighted by reports from the Superintendent concerning the Strategic Planning forums and the Technoogy Audit.

Absences Due to Illness Are Declining, School Officials Say

Area school districts report absences due to the flu are tapering off -- a trend being seen across the nation where the H1N1-related absences tend to be a problem for about six weeks. In Fleming, for instance, school officials say absences due to the flu, strep throat and stomach virus have tapered off form a mid-October peak of about 25 percent of enrollment for preK-12th grade. late in the month, officials say, the absences went from being mostly in the secondary grades to more in the elementary.