"Feed the Hungry" Days Coming Up

Cooperating Ministry of Logan County is preparing for one of its biggest annual events, "Feed the Hungry" Days food drive. The idea is to collect food for those in need in Logan County. Boy Scouts of Logan County will go house to house to collect food on October 29 starting at 9 a.m. and the Sterling Lions Club will collect food at the Sunmart Food store, Grocery Mart and Wal-Mart in Sterling from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 29.
All the food that's collected will be put into Christmas baskets that'll be delivered in December.

Boulder Man On LSD Pepper-Sprayed, After Lying On Highway

(Boulder, CO) -- Authorities are saying a Boulder man on LSD was pepper-sprayed after lying in the middle of U.S. 36. Police said Joseph Arthur Conway laid down on the highway early yesterday and later acted aggressively toward a driver who stopped and tried to help. The driver was a security guard and used pepper spray when Conway charged at him.

Strong Winds Close I-70 Yesterday

(Denver, CO) -- Strong winds gusting up to 66-miles-per-hour are being blamed for closing I-70 yesterday. The interstate was closed for several hours in both directions from Burlington to Kansas until the dust settled. The National Weather Service recorded winds up to 63-miles-per-hour at Denver's airport.

Obama Expected To Return To Denver Around October 24th

(Denver, CO) -- Sources say President Obama is expected to return to Denver the week of October 24th. The event will reportedly include a reception and discussion at the Ritchie Center on the University of Denver campus. This will mark Obama's second visit to Denver in less than a month.

Authorities: Man Takes 100-Thousand Dollars In ATM Skimming

(Boulder, CO) -- Authorities in Colorado and Nevada are searching for a man they say took up to 100-thousand dollars from ATMs. One victim named Amy learned she'd been hacked after a teller told her someone had been withdrawing money from her account in Las Vegas.

She said, " Which I had not been to Las Vegas. Someone else had been tapping into my account every day to the maximum amount for the last about 14 days."

The unknown thief stole almost eleven-thousand dollars from the woman's account. Police believe the suspect may have used an electronic device to acquire the bank account numbers and passwords from ATMs.

Medical pot user turned in by pizza delivery man

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado man who got a visit from police after a pizza delivery driver smelled marijuana at his home is getting free pizza from a rival restaurant.

Frederick Smith says police searched his home in Aurora after a Papa John's International Inc. driver smelled marijuana there last week. The driver reported a child was in the home at the time.

Smith told Denver's KUSA-TV that he's a registered medical marijuana user. Papa John's has said it stands by its employee.

One of its Denver-based rivals, Sexy Pizza, said Thursday that it would give Smith one free pizza monthly until Colorado voters decide a proposed 2012 ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana for recreational use.

Sexy Pizza says it'll extend the offer for life if voters pass the initiative.

Fees shrink on Colorado jobless benefit debit cards

DENVER (AP) — Fees for using Colorado-issued debit cards for unemployment benefits are shrinking.

The Colorado labor department said Thursday it renegotiated its contract with JP Morgan Chase to reduce or eliminate several fees associated with the cards. The department estimates card users will collectively save $500,000 annually from the changes.

"Point-of-sale" fees for each transaction are now gone.

There is also a change in the 75-cent fee for when a debit card is denied. Now, card users will get one free denied transaction for each deposit the Unemployment Insurance Program makes on an account.

The department had introduced the debit cards to reduce costs of printing and mailing checks.

Claimants can choose to have their unemployment benefits deposited directly in bank or credit union accounts instead of using the cards.

Telemarketing companies accused of fraud, deceit

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Attorney General's office has filed a lawsuit against 21 magazine sales telemarketing companies accused of deceiving and defrauding consumers across the state and nationwide.

Attorney General John Suthers said Thursday the Denver-area companies preyed on "society's most vulnerable," including the elderly and those with cognitive disabilities.

The lawsuit claims the telemarketers contacted consumers who already had subscriptions and pretended to be the company providing the magazines. They are accused of obtaining credit card numbers under false pretenses and of offering to lower subscription payments, when they actually were trying to sign consumers up for new subscriptions.

Suthers says the telemarketers also are suspected of signing consumers up for magazine subscriptions they had not willingly purchased.

The lawsuit seeks fines and restitution.

No bias charge for CU student over dorm assault

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Prosecutors have declined to file a charge of bias-motivated crime against a University of Colorado student accused of punching another student who is half Asian.

The Daily Camera reports that 19-year-old Thomas Frank Ross is charged with two counts of second-degree assault.

CU police had called the incident a bias-motivated attack, but the Boulder County District Attorney's Office hasn't filed a bias charge.

Witnesses told police Ross and 18-year-old Chris Tetreault were in a student's room on Sept. 30 with a group playing video games when Ross said a bad smell in the room was because of Tetreault eating Asian noodles.

Tetreault says he swore at Ross. Witnesses said Ross choked and punched Tetreault.

A police report says Ross told officers he didn't know Tetreault was half Asian.

Colorado gets winter in west, winds in east

(AP) — Forecasters are warning of wintry weather over western Colorado while gusty winds are buffeting the other side of the state.

Western Colorado is under a patchwork of advisories, including a freeze warning in the northwest and southwest corners and winter storm warnings or winter advisories in between.

The National Weather Service says a foot of snow could fall in some areas above 9,000 feet.

High winds and poor visibility from dust prompted officials to close both directions of a 12-mile stretch of Interstate 70 between Burlington and the Kansas border for about three hours Thursday afternoon before it reopened.

Kansas officials closed about 55 miles of westbound I-70 from Colby to the Colorado line before reopening the road.