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By Margaux Laskey, The New York Times I am truly happy to be in this little corner of the internet with you, but I cannot tell a lie — I’m tired. Like, writing-this-from-my-bed-in-the-middle-of-the-day tired. Anyone else? This back-to-school business has me completely wiped out and ready for a vacation, and we’re barely two weeks in.

A Colorado Springs-area man was sentenced to 14 years’ federal imprisonment and 12 years of supervised release Wednesday for sexually abusing a child who had been in his care. Mitchel Crow, 32, was a civilian living at the U. S. Army post of Fort Carson near Colorado Springs between May and December 2020, during which time “several” incidents of abuse took place, according to a news release from the U.

In 1998, when I was in fourth grade, I joined a class field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. But when we got to Cortez, the road was barricaded. Hours earlier, three men had stolen a water-tanker truck and killed a police officer before fleeing into the desert. In his book Dead Run, writer Dan Schultz makes the case that the criminals were inspired by Edward Abbey’s 1975 novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang.

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo died Monday from brain cancer, the NBA announced. He was 58. Mutombo, who was drafted out of Georgetown by the Nuggets with the fourth overall pick in the 1991 NBA draft, became a beloved figure in the Mile High City during his five-year run in Denver.

A man who led Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a manhunt in August was arrested Wednesday at the Southglenn Library in Centennial. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Arapahoe County drug bust seizes 13,000 fentanyl pills, thousands of dollars in meth, cocaine Crime and Public Safety | 3 officers crash during police motorcycle training in Arapahoe County Crime and Public Safety | Frenzy over Venezuelan gang in Aurora reaches crescendo, fueled by conflicting information and politics Crime and Public Safety | Centennial man arrested on suspicion of abducting 4-year-old daughter from daycare Crime and Public Safety | Suspect in fleeing truck injures Golden officer, escapes into Denver Sean Hanneman, 56, tried to escape deputies on foot before he was tackled and taken into custody by members of the office’s Special Response Team, authorities said in a social media post. He was booked into the Arapahoe County Jail on suspicion of obstructing a peace officer, resisting arrest, violating the terms of his parole and outstanding warrants. Hanneman is a felon who is accused of absconding from state parole in 2021.

Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame basketball player who started his career with the Denver Nuggets, died at 58 from brain cancer, the NBA announced on Monday. Mutombo was drafted by the Nuggets and spent his first five seasons in Denver. Read more: Dikembe Mutombo, Hall of Fame basketball player who started with Nuggets, dies at 58 from brain cancer