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  • Toddlers wheelchair stolen from SUV

    DENVER - For the past 2 1/2 weeks, life just hasn't been the same for little Heidi Palacios."She's scared to walk," her mother, Kiara Palacios told 7NEWS.On May 2nd, bad news showed up outside their home in northwest Denver, stealing the family's Chevy Trailblazer and another set of wheels worth a lot more."My daughter's chair was in there," Palacios ...

  • Colorado Springs ministry claims they were targeted by the IRS

    A local Christian ministry is claiming they were targeted by the Internal Revenue Service which is under fire after allegations that applications for tax exempt status from conservative organizations were purposefully delayed starting in 2010. Family Talk Action is headquarted in Colorado Springs, it was founded by Dr. James Dobson but has no connection to Focus on the Family. The ministry ...

  • Future Habitat Metro Denver Homeowners Meet Denver Broncos

    On Wednesday the 15th of May, 2013, a few of the Denver Broncos Football Players, Cheerleaders and staff made a trip to the Globeville Neighborhood to visit with some future owners of Habitat Metro Denver ...

  • DU police warn campus after reports of date rape drug incidents

    University of Denver police issued a crime notice Thursday concerning multiple reports of women being slipped the date rape drug at various bars around campus.This notice was first reported by 7News. Tips offered by police to women include: • Do not take a drinks from someone you don't know or trust. • Do not leave your drink unattended. • If you begin to feel faint, get to a ...

  • Veteran DB Charles Woodson in no hurry to sign but Denver Broncos still in play

    Although they were met with a contractual stiff-arm, the Broncos remain in play for the services of veteran defensive back Charles Woodson.Initial negotiations that wrapped up Woodson's visit to the team's Dove Valley headquarters Wednesday hit a snag, enough for the 2009 NFL defensive player of the year to hold off on making a commitment.So Woodson remains a free agent in no ...

Movie Review

The World is Not Enough

"Somehow, the whole art of intrigue has been lost in a giant fireball," I bemoaned back in 1997 after viewing the Schwarzenegger-ization of James Bond in "Tomorrow Never Dies." Now, two years later, having viewed "The World is Not Enough," the 19th installment of the James Bond series, there was little evidence to suggest that anything has changed. In fact, the series seems to have sunk a lit ... ...

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  • Biker brawl investigated in Greeley

    GREELEY, Colo. - The Greeley Police Department said it is working to identify suspects in a biker gang stabbing at a sports bar Thursday night.Officers were called to the RoadKill Sports Grill at the Greeley Mall at 9:30 p.m. on a report of a fight and shooting. Upon arrival, officers found more than 100 people in the parking lot who had been attending a "Bike Night" event sponsored by ...

  • Autistic teen found naked living in filth charges against caretakers suspended

    Police found shocking discovery at a home on the northeast side of Colorado Springs when they responded to a welfare check Thursday night: a 13-year-old autistic boy naked, living among dead and live rodents and human and animal excrement. The boy has been in the care of a former Colorado Springs City Council member, 44-year-old Charles Wingate, and his wife, 50-year-old Sharon Starkey. Police ...

  • Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws

    DENVER (Reuters) - A group of Colorado county sheriffs, angry over two new state gun control laws passed in the wake of last year's mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to block the laws from going into ...

  • Teen drivers offered real-world distraction safety course this weekend

    It is a chance for teenage drivers to prepare and practice for some of the possible unexpected and dangerous scenarios they may encounter behind the wheel.This weekend from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bass Pro Shops, located at 7970 Northfield Blvd., teen drivers and their parents will have an opportunity to take part in a program designed to re-create real world motorist distractions. More than a ...

  • Tips on growing your own chile peppers in Colorado

    Colorado chile-heads tend to view hot peppers with near-religious fervor, regarding the potent pods of red and green as sacramental as communion wafers, albeit with a capsicum kick.And while we buy them by the sackful at grocery stores, farmer's markets and roadside stands, there is no reason you can't grow batches in your own yard.Although they take a bit of tending, peppers are not ...

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