A Lakewood woman is recovering after spending several hours pinned underneath her crashed truck. A good Samaritan is being credited with possibly saving her life. Rachael Hammack, 27, was driving home from work on W. Morrison Road last Tuesday around 2:30 a.m. when the crash happened. The truck she was driving veered off the road toward Fox Hollow Golf Course, rolled multiple times, and came to a rest on a field next to the golf course, 100 yards from the roadway and hidden from view. Several hours later that same morning, Steve Abraham, a superintendent at the course, came upon the crash scen ..read more

LAKEWOOD, Colo. A 63-year-old man with a cognitive impairment has been missing from the Lakewood and Wheat Ridge area since Friday afternoon. Leo Hudgens was last seen around 3 p.m. leaving the area of W. 38th Avenue and N. Lutheran Parkway in Wheat Ridge, according to a senior alert issued by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. This is just north of the Lutheran Medical Center near the Wheat Ridge-Lakewood line. He has not returned home. CBI said he has a cognitive impairment. Hudgens is described as a Black man with black hair and brown eyes. He stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 115 ..read more

UPDATE: The missing girl has been found safe, according to the Lakewood Police Department. The alert has been deactivated. LAKEWOOD, Colo. The Lakewood Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating a 12-year-old girl who was last seen eight days ago. Aaliyah Heredia, 12, was last seen on April 2. Lakewood PD said she is known to frequent the 2700 block of W. Bates Avenue in Denver. She may also be planning to leave the state. Aaliyah is 5 feet tall and 120 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She has a scar on the right side of her abdomen. The 12-year-old was last seen weari ..read more

LAKEWOOD, Colo. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has issued a Senior Alert for a missing 67-year-old woman with cognitive impairment. Maureen Schoeneke, 67, was last seen around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of Ingalls Street in Lakewood. Schoeneke is 5 feet 3 inches tall and 86 pounds with gray hair and brown eyes. She currently has dreadlocks. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and possibly carrying a purse. CBI said Schoeneke has cognitive impairment and there are concerns for her safety. It is believed she is on foot but she is known to take a taxi when disoriented. Anyone with ..read more

LAKEWOOD, Colo. A person of interest was detained late Thursday afternoon in connection with several small fires that ignited at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Lakewood as warm and dry weather conditions raised the fire risk for much of the Denver metro area. West Metro Fire Rescue officials said golfers noticed several small smoke plumes around 3 p.m. The fires were set in open spaces and in wooded areas around golf cart paths, according to fire officials. Firefighters worked quickly and were able to keep the slow-moving flames from directly impacting structures, WMFR said. The fires burned about ..read more

LAKEWOOD, Colo. Lakewood police are investigating a double shooting that left one person dead and another in the hospital on Tuesday evening. The Lakewood Police Department (LPD) responded to a report of shots fired at a home near W. 17th Avenue and Kipling Street around 6:25 p.m. Tuesday. When police arrived at the scene, they found two males, both of unknown ages, with gunshot wounds, said LPD Public Information Officer John Romero. One male was pronounced deceased at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds and the other was transported to a hospital in unknown condition. Romero said the sus ..read more

Raven from Jefferson County writes, Whats Driving You Crazy? What is the speed limit on Rooney Rd. between Alameda and Morrison Rd? Thats the part the parallels the highway near Bandimere. There are no signs and someones always tailgating me, no matter how fast I go. The speed limit on that section of Rooney Road between W Alameda Parkway next to C-470 to and from Morrison Road is either 45 mph or 40 mph depending on the exact section of road you are on. I experienced the problem firsthand. I drove Rooney Road both directions several times looking for speed limit signs. During one trip, going ..read more

A car crashed into a Lakewood business late Sunday night, West Metro Fire Rescue said in a social post on X. The driver of the car was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to West Metro Fire Rescue. Firefighters worked Monday morning to make sure the building is as structurally safe as possible after it was seriously damaged, West Metro Fire Rescue said. The crash happened before midnight Sunday at Famous Fadez, a barbershop and tattoo parlor, off S Sheridan Boulevard and W Florida Avenue. Car crashes into a Lakewood business late Sunday night ..read more

LAKEWOOD, Colo. An apartment building planned for the edge of Lakewoods Belmar Park prompted some residents to protest late last year. Now, a petition led by residents hopes to change the citys laws around developers responsibilities to protect the environment by dedicating parks and open space. Currently, Lakewood allows developers to pay a fee instead of setting aside land for parks or open space. The city can approve this so-called fee-in-lieu" without any feedback from residents. Most communities do have some kind of a community input process for large development projects. In Lakewood, we ..read more

Triple threat doesnt even begin to describe Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias, a pioneer for womens sports in Colorado and nationwide. [She] was, in my opinion, the greatest athlete male or female who ever lived," Betty Heid, the executive producer of the Great Colorado Women film series, told Denver7. "She was proficient in 17 different sports. She won Olympic medals. She won U.S. medals. She won all kinds of awards for her Olympic prowess. Again, in 17 diverse sports. So I think she's the greatest athlete that ever lived." Zaharias was born in Texas but spent much of her life in Colorado, acco ..read more