Much Ado About Rhetoric
In the attempt to try to make sense out of a senseless situation, it’s common for all of us to try to assign blame to someone or something, regardless of the logic involved. It happened after...
View ArticleColumbine Dad Joins Push For National Gun Bill
DENVER (AP) – The father of a Columbine shooting victim who has since become a prominent gun-control advocate is pushing for increased background checks for guns. Tom Mauser, father of Daniel Mauser,...
View ArticleThe Saddest Side Effect of Columbine
A week from next Wednesday will be the twelfth anniversary of the shootings at Columbine. And while there have been a variety of sad side effects of the tragedy, one of the saddest happened on...
View ArticleMovie Documents Families Lives After Columbine
DENVER (AP/CBS4) – A movie opening in Denver this week documents the different ways that families who lost loved ones at Columbine have coped with their loss. Five years in the making, the film “13...
View ArticleHickenlooper Signs School Radio Systems Bill
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) – Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill Friday that encourages Colorado schools to be on the same radio frequency as emergency responders — the solution to a problem that...
View ArticleConcerns Over Sullivan Hit Cherry Creek Schools
DENVER (CBS4) – After serving as the Arapahoe County Sheriff, Pat Sullivan worked for the Cherry Creek School District. He left that job in 2008, but details of his arrest are now raising concerns in...
View ArticleSchool Discipline Overhaul Bill Heard In Colorado
DENVER (AP) — Lawmakers are deciding whether to scale back strict Columbine-era school discipline policies under a Colorado bill in the state Senate. A vote on the bill was delayed two weeks ago amid...
View ArticleSchool Discipline Overhaul Inches Forward In Colorado
DENVER (AP) — A bill to scale back strict Columbine-era school discipline policies cleared the first hurdle in the Colorado Senate, but it’s got a ways to go with lawmakers who think the legislation...
View ArticleWhat Aurora and Colorado Will be Known For
As our community continues to process the immense tragedy that occurred in Aurora last week, it is an honest and natural tendency to ask ourselves if Colorado will become known for mass shootings and...
View ArticleVigil For Colorado Victims Draws Columbine Survivor
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Anne Marie Hochhalter, wearing a silver cross around her neck, sat in the front row of a vigil for the victims of the Colorado theater massacre. Her connections to those wounded in...
View ArticlePeople Continue To Flock To Shooting Memorial
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4/AP) – People continue to flock to the memorial to the 12 people killed in the Colorado movie theater shooting. On Tuesday, visitors included about two dozen people from the Colorado...
View ArticleWestminster Man Accused Of Threats To Kill President, Children On Halloween
WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) – A Westminster man faces charges of threatening the president, and prosecutors say he also wanted to kill students at a trick-or-treat event. Details in the criminal...
View ArticleWestminster Man Accused Of Threat On Obama Due In Court Monday
DENVER (AP) – A judge will hear arguments about whether to grant bail to a man accused of telling his therapist that he wanted to shoot children and kill President Barack Obama. Mitchell Kenneth...
View ArticleGov. Hickenlooper: ‘Have The Discussion’ On Gun Control
DENVER (CBS4)- Gov. John Hickenlooper called for a discussion about gun control in Colorado’s 2013 Legislature one day before 20 school children were gunned down in Newtown, Conn. “When you are in the...
View ArticleArvada Officer Trains Nation’s Police How To Approach Mass Shootings
ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – The school shooting in Connecticut brings back painful memories of the tragedy at Columbine High School. After Columbine police changed the way they react to mass shootings like...
View ArticleAllowing Your Soul To Heal
Yes, I’ve been quieted away for the past 48 hours — limited contact with outsiders and news reports, with more time spent with loved ones, as well as simple time by myself. We like to think we can...
View Article‘Standard Response Protocol’ Created After Platte Canyon School Tragedy
DENVER (CBS4) – The tragedy in Connecticut has brought up many questions about security at schools and what to do if a killer is inside. The father of a teenager shot to death at a school in Colorado...
View ArticleSen. Steve King Wants Officers In Every Colorado School
DENVER (CBS4) – A state lawmaker wants to put armed officers in every school in the state. Jefferson County already has officers in many of its schools. The district has 38 school resource officers —...
View ArticleColorado Lawmakers Grabbing Gun Control Bull By The Horns
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado state lawmakers aren’t waiting for Congress to take action on gun control — they are moving on their own. In just eight days, four gun bills have been introduced at the state...
View ArticleGun Control Advocates Protest At Rep. Mike Coffman’s Office
AURORA (CBS4) – There was a call for change in gun laws from Aurora to Washington on Monday. A group of gun control advocates protested at the district office of Republican Rep. Mike Coffman. They want...
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