Author: Sage Kelley The Denver Gazette

Elijah Caudill, the suspect in the 16th Street Mall quadruple stabbing, appeared talkative in a Denver District Court room Friday morning, thick hair covering his eyes. While Caudill was initially set for a preliminary hearing Tuesday on charges of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault and four violent crime sentence enhancers,…

A Jefferson County jury found 20-year-old Joseph Koenig guilty of first-degree murder Friday in the death of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell two years ago this month. Koenig was convicted after a two-week trial and about eight hours of deliberation by the jury of six men and six women on Thursday and Friday morning. Bartell’s family — who filled…

A long black bunting hung around the doors of Denver’s Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on Monday morning, as local parishioners piled in the church to mourn the death of Pope Francis. Many cried during a prayer session, hastily organized before the regular 12:10 p.m. mass. Between 11 a.m. and 12, the bells of…

Joseph Koening swiveled in his chair Friday morning as his former best friend, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik, took the stand in his first-degree murder trial to testify against him. Karol-Chik, 20, testified in a trial over the murder of 20-year-old Alexa Bartell on April 19, 2023 as part of Karol-Chik’s plea agreement with the First Judicial District…

Denver’s Molly Brown House Museum is not just a lifeboat next to the Titanic-sized exhibits that travel the nation. The museum and nonprofit is holding a new exhibit based around the Titanic survivor between April 10 and Sept. 21, starting right around the anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking date of April 14, 1912. The exhibit,…

A group of Colorado medical leaders on Tuesday expressed fears that proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health medical research grants would not only hurt current research but risk losing “a generation of researchers.” Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper sat at a roundtable with 16 local medical CEOs, presidents and researchers to discuss NIH’s decision…

A group of Colorado medical leaders on Tuesday expressed fears that proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health medical research grants would not only hurt current research but risk losing “a generation of researchers.” Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper sat at a roundtable with 16 local medical CEOs, presidents and researchers to discuss NIH’s decision…

A group of Colorado medical leaders on Tuesday expressed fears that proposed cuts to the National Institutes of Health medical research grants would not only hurt current research but risk losing “a generation of researchers.” Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper sat at a roundtable with 16 local medical CEOs, presidents and researchers to discuss NIH’s decision…

Colorado students reported more concern for school safety and bullying incidents in February than the month prior, according to the Safe2Tell. The hotline received 2,854 reports last month — a 12.3% increase from January. Reports of school safety and staff reports led the majority of the reports with 18.6% of all submissions. Reports of bullying followed…