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Aurora Support, Inc. doubles day program capacity for those with disabilities 'We’re really focusing on providing better day program services and getting client input on what they want to do' sbee.link/xh3n7tqjwa #AuroraCO

Boys Lacrosse: Cherokee Trail, Grandview and Regis Jesuit earned spots in the Class 5A boys lacrosse state playoff bracket put out by @CHSAA Sunday; full bracket and schedule - sentinelcolorado.com/sports/preps/b… @CTHSAthletics @Grandview_HS @RJHSathletics #copreps #sentinelpreps #aurora

ICYMI - Aurora lawmakers creating rules to curb profanity, personal attacks at meetings ‘Some folks are so intimidated that they don’t even want to come to our meetings at all’ sbee.link/yk8axmr7dt #AuroraCO

Trump flexes executive power with unprecedented flouting of lower court rulings 'What the court system is experiencing in the last year and a half is just qualitatively completely different from anything that’s preceded it' sbee.link/pyxqtj6hdu #RuleOfLaw

ICYMI - 4 YEARS OF POLICE REFORM: Monitor, key leaders acknowledge progress but want more “We want the same thing that everyone wants – a safe city with accountability for people who abuse their power.” sbee.link/xtywdnhv3a #AuroraCO #COleg #COpolitics #NoPayroll

REP. CARTER: I voted yes on farm worker overtime bill. I would do it again. ‘Protecting workers means protecting the places they work. Without the farms, there are no farm workers left to fight for’ sbee.link/p4crjyftx3 #Unions #COleg #COpolitics

Aurora man convicted in 2024 fatal injuries of 10-day-old daughter 'An autopsy found the injuries were consistent with blunt force trauma and the death was ruled a homicide' sbee.link/g9xyqk7tr8 #AuroraCO #NoPaywall

Aurora Mental Health to lay off 111 employees, citing Medicaid funding cuts Phillips-Henry said the organization is ‘committed to ensuring that no client experiences a gap in care as a result of these closures’ sbee.link/e7wt6vg3j9 #AuroraCO #MedicaidCuts #COleg #COpolitics #NoPaywall

4 YEARS OF POLICE REFORM: Monitor, key leaders acknowledge progress but want more 'We want the same thing that everyone wants – a safe city with accountability for people who abuse their power' sentinelcolorado.com/metro/4-years-… #AuroraCO #PoliceReform #NoPaywall #COpolitics

Aurora police investigate fatal shooting between brothers 'The younger brother armed himself with a knife while the elder brother armed himself with a gun and subsequently, the shooting occurred' sbee.link/fmna48trgx #AuroraCO #GunViolence

Interviews slated for 12 Aurora Colfax DDA board finalists. Six will be chosen Six of the candidates will be selected by June and join Councilmember Alli Jackson to make up the seven-person Colfax DDA board sbee.link/yfngbxvtqp #AuroraCO #Colfax #CObiz

‘Local police bragging about collaborating with federal agents on a dubious immigration operation undermines the department’s already shaky trust problem, especially among immigrants and people of color, who make up more than half of Aurora’ sbee.link/bxy87eupqr #AuroraCO #ICE #COpolitics #Immigration

Aurora man faces attempted murder charge for truck theft, shooting at owner 'Responding officers established a perimeter and ultimately located the suspect hiding in a dog kennel in a residential backyard' sbee.link/3rh6bjnkcx #AuroraCO #GunViolence #AutoTheft

Aurora lawmakers creating rules to curb profanity, personal attacks at meetings ‘Some folks are so intimidated that they don’t even want to come to our meetings at all’ sbee.link/9jdkey3uxc #AuroraCO #COpolitics #Civility

'Lawmakers have been instructed to consume feces, accused of mimicking reproductive organs, or missing anatomical parts, including gonads and cerebral cells.  Nothing is off limits at an Aurora City Council meeting these days' sbee.link/dymfphejg7 #AuroraCO #COpolitics #Civility

Trumps call for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel — again — after morbid joke about first lady “People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate.” – Melania Trump sbee.link/u6axqnwtj9 #JimmyKimmel #MelaniaTrump #NoPaywall

Sentinel journalists win top awards for news, sports and opinion coverage in Aurora 'The awards mark the work we do every day to push past a tsunami of misinformation, disinformation and all flavors of propaganda posing as facts' sbee.link/eqfn9tc86a #AuroraCO #JournalismMatters #FirstAmendment

NEW: Cherry Creek schools board member addresses his resignation after making 'racialized' remarks 'I accept full responsibility for offending others by my comments, and I regret that my apology was not acknowledged in the board’s press release' sbee.link/yea3d97pv8 #EDcolo #AuroraCO

ICYMI - Aurora police response to ICE facility scrutinized, again, in proposed pact At the April 6 meeting, city lawmakers voted 10-1 to postpone the measure for at least two weeks, citing the need for more public input and possible policy changes sbee.link/ym4b37etgd #AuroraCo #ICE #NoPaywall

Kudos to Team Sentinel journalists for top honors this year in the 2026 Society of Professional Journalists awards. Competing against big newsrooms in four states, the Sentinel was honored for: • 1st Amendment Award for pursuit in requiring meeting transparency in Aurora • 1st place in breaking news for immigration protests, Cassandra Ballard • Second place sports news for Regis Jesuit takeout, Courtney Oakes • 1st place column writing, Dave Perry • 2nd place headline writing, Dave Perry • 2nd place political writing for story about council member's racist videos, Cassandra Ballard