Man Dragged By Pickup Truck

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Westminster police are investigating a violent weekend attack that left a 20 year old man with a fractured skull, broken neck, and a broken jaw. Jordan Sweaney told police he slapped the side of a pickup truck after it almost hit him. The driver turned the vehicle around, pulled up next to Sweaney, grabbed him by the collar and drove off, dragging him down the road at speeds estimated to be around 30 miles per hour.
The driver was a white male in his 20's with a southern accent. He's estimated to be about 6 feet tall, weighing about 175 pounds. The pick up is a full size Chevy that might have a "Z-71" logo.

In a bizarre twist, Police say there were a number of witnesses to the incident, but they are refusing to cooperate with investigators because they claim to be associated with a group known as "The Jugalos". The FBI classifies the group as a fast growing, violent, and loosely organized hybrid gang. Members are said to be fans of the rock band, "Insane Clown Posse".

Fort Morgan Fire Department to Test Alert Towers

The Fort Morgan Fire Department will spend Wednesday testing emergency alert towers. Crews will also be doing some maintenance to the towers. Officials say they will sound alarms in Fort Morgan, Log Lane Village and Morgan Heights. According to a release from the department, the testing will continue throuought the day. Residents should be aware that the sirens will sound at different times tomorrow.

Sterling P.D. Welcomes New Officer

The Sterling Police Department is welcoming a new member. Officer Phillip Boyles was sworn in this morning at the City Hall Council Chambers. Boyles joins Sterling P.D. from Aurora. He recently graduated from the Community College of Aurora Law Enforcement Training Academy. Boyles is also an Aurora Central High School Graduate. He served in the US Air Force Reserves. Before Boyles can hit the streets, he must complete the department's rigorous 18-week Field Training Officer Program.

Emergency Alert Tower Tests Wednesday

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If you hear the emergency alert tower sirens go off on Wednesday, it may be part of a maintenence and testing program being conducted by the The Fort Morgan Fire Department. The sirens will sound in Ft. Morgan, Log Lane Village, and Morgan Heights. Officials say the test may be repeated for several hours. .

Budget Discussed Tonight

The RE-1 Valley Board of Education considers its budget at tonight's meeting. The meeting set for tonight because of President's Day yesterday, and will be at 7 p.m.. Superintendent Betty Summers says board members will talk about the 2012-2013 budget. The public can take part in budget discussions on February 27 at Caliche High School and on March 12 at Sterling High School. Both of those meetings are at 7 p.m.

Woman Alive Thanks to CPR and Officer Deher

A Greeley Police officer helped to bring a woman back to life last week. Billee Foster said her 72 year old mother had a heart attack, and she called 911. Eaton Officer Josh Dreher said Sonja Hutchison died in front of him. He started, and continued chest compressions until firefighters arrived. Dreher too is an EMT and a CPR instructor, and says heart disease is the number one killer of women. But now Miss Sonja. She's alive and well thanks to Officer Josh Dreher.

Colorado House to Look at Limiting BPA

Nine news dot com is reporting that there was a bill introduced in the Colorado house to limit exposure to Bisphenol-A, or BPA, which is found in baby bottles. Rep. Daniel Kagan (D-Englewood) introduced his consumer protection act, which would ban the use of BPA in baby bottles and pacifiers. PA is also found in household plastics. Research has shown that the chemical can leak into food from containers that are made with BPA. Kagan said, "Six or seven states have banned BPA in some form or another. In those states, it has been totally successful. The BPA baby bottles and sippy cups have just stopped going into the states. But the states that haven't yet banned BPA are the ones where these BPA containing bottles and sippy cups are being, sort of, dumped."
The FDA is also taking steps to reduce human exposure to BPA across the country.

Denver Travelers Stuck Due To Crease In Passport

(Denver, CO) -- A Denver family on their way to Belize is stuck in Dallas because of a crease in one of their passports. "Fox31" reports Kyle Gosnell was denied boarding by American Airlines due to a damaged chip in his passport. Gosnell, along with his wife and son, will visit the passport office today to hopefully get new documents. The airline is paying for their hotel.

ytner: Avalanches "Don't Care" How Smart People are

(Breckenridge, CO) -- A Breckenridge woman who survived an avalanche wants people to be careful while they're on the slopes.






Meesh Hytner says a lot of people go away from marked trails because of better turns and fewer people to deal with. The professional snowboarder was caught in the avalanche near Montezuma last month. Six people have died in avalanches this year in Colorado.

House approval on guns during state of emergency

DENVER (AP) — House lawmakers approved a bill to forbid the state from seizing Colorado residents' firearms during a declared state of emergency.

Republican House Leader Amy Stephens says the bill is about emergency preparedness. The proposal passed the Republican-led House Monday with bipartisan support but it's likely to be defeated in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

Stephens says her proposal is one that several states have implemented after Hurricane Katrina, when there was mass looting.

The National Rifle Association says 31 states have legislation in place similar to what Colorado lawmakers are considering.

Restricting employee credit checks passes 1st vote

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Senators gave initial approval to a measure restricting employers from using consumer credit information against job applicants unless the job they're applying for is in the financial or security sectors.

Democratic Sen. Morgan Carroll says people who have lost jobs in the recession have taken a hit on their credit report and now have a tough time finding employment because consumer credit information is used against them.

More than a dozen states this year are considering legislation similar to Colorado's.

Opponents of the bill say businesses should be allowed to use all information available to them when making hiring decisions and that the legislation opens them up to lawsuits by disgruntled applicants.

The bill got preliminary approval in the Senate on Monday but faces a tough road in the GOP-controlled House.

Woman's remains are missing after being mailed

DENVER (AP) — A woman's family is trying to find out what happened to the woman's remains, which her daughter tried to send through the mail from Arizona.

Lynn Young of Aurora tells KUSA-TV in Denver that she mailed an urn with the remains of her mother, Ann Dodge, in Sun City, Ariz. on Jan. 28. The shipping label later arrived in Young's mailbox, but there was no package.

Young says she didn't know that the Postal Service requires cremated remains to be sent by registered mail to keep them out of the bulk delivery system, and the clerk didn't ask her the specific contents of the package.

Postal Service spokesman David Rupert says Postal Service workers are doing all they can to find the urn.

Colorado Air Force officer among 4 killed in crash

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Defense Department says an Air Force officer from Colorado Springs is among four people killed when a military plane crashed in Djibouti, Africa.

The military said Monday that 30-year-old Capt. Ryan P. Hall died Saturday when the U-28 crashed.

Hall was a pilot with more than 1,300 combat flight hours. He was assigned to the 319th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

The Air Force says the plane was returning from an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission for the war in Afghanistan. Officials say initial indications are that hostile fire didn't cause the crash.

Also killed were 29-year-old Capt. Nicholas S. Whitlock of Newnan, Ga., 26-year-old 1st Lt. Justin J. Wilkens of Bend, Ore., and 26-year-old Senior Airman Julian S. Scholten of Upper Marlboro, Md.