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Levi Wallace spent part of his week in the film room. Sure, there’s the standard defensive back work. The veteran Broncos cornerback got some time with the offensive staff as it began preparations for Pittsburgh, too. Wallace, of course, spent the past two years playing for the Steelers. He started 18 games and played in 31 under coordinator Teryl Austin and head coach Mike Tomlin.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is on a brief leave this month after the birth of her first child, her office confirmed Friday in a statement that said officials had prepared for her absence as election season gets into full swing. Griswold, a Democrat who is the state’s highest election official, confirmed she had a “healthy baby boy” with husband Mario Cañedo in a statement to The Denver Post.

A 30-year-old suspected drug dealer out of San Francisco was charged Friday with the fentanyl overdose death of a Denver college student. Jamal Gamal, 30, was arrested in San Francisco on Aug. 28 and charged Friday with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death, Denver District Attorney Beth McCann said in a news conference. “The charges against Mr.

The Colorado Rapids have been the MLS team with something to prove all season long. And while they certainly don’t lack in character, their home match against the Portland Timbers (11-9-7, 40 points) is a chance to show who they are. Only two teams have beaten the Rapids (13-9-5, 44 points) twice this season by multiple goals: LAFC and Portland.

Brighton police are eyeing a father in the death last month of his 2-month-old baby, announcing on Friday that the department is investigating the death as a homicide. Police said in a press release posted to X on Friday that the child’s biological father — Donnie Casados, 31 — is a suspect and is in custody on unrelated charges. Officers in Brighton were dispatched to an apartment complex on South 18th Avenue on the afternoon of Aug.

Elijah McClain (Courtesy of McClain family) BRIGHTON — A judge in Adams County District Court on Friday wiped away the 5-year prison sentence being served by a former Aurora paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain. Judge Mark Warner vacated Peter Cichuniec’s prison term and converted the sentence to four years of probation, a move prosecutors previously said would “undermine the jury’s verdict” in the case. “The court finds, really, there are unusual and extenuating circumstances and they are truly exceptional in this particular case,” Warner said during a brief hearing. Cichuniec, 51, was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and assault by drugging in the 2019 killing of McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after Aurora police put him in a neck hold and a paramedic injected him with an overdose of the sedative ketamine. Cichuniec was supervising the paramedic who injected the drug.