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Ex-funeral home owner is sentenced to 18 years in prison

DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her exhusband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in pandemic small business aid.

Afghan man who worked with military dies in ICE custody

HOUSTON (AP) — An Afghan immigrant whose family said he had been evacuated from his home country after working for years with U.S. forces died at a Texas hospital after immigration authorities detained him, according to authorities.
School work

School work

School work

Jaxtyn Gomez works on school work at Eastside Academy. 

POLICE REPORT MONDAY

DAY SHIFTResponded to a report of suspicious subjects in the 2500 block of Manor Way.Responded to a report of harassing phone calls in the 500 block of S. 19th St.Responded to a report of a possible scam in the 100 block of Randolph Rd.

SHERIFF’S REPORT MONDAY

Responded to a report of theft in the area of State Highway 47 and N. 2270 Rd., Custer City.Responded to a report of a suspicious subject in the 10000 block of U.S. Highway 183, Arapaho.Assisted Clinton Police Department in the 1000 block of Scissortail Dr.

Man freed after 19 years in prison for robbery he didn’t commit

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn’t commit the crime.“It cost me 20 years, but they said they corrected it now. So that’s all that matters.
Magnolia Gibson, left, and Genisus Johnson work together on the xylophone to play “Chicken on a Fencepost” at Clinton Middle School. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

Magnolia Gibson, left, and Genisus Johnson work together on the xylophone to play “Chicken on a Fencepost” at Clinton Middle School. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

Working together

Working together