Go back to school. Classes start today and Lakewood Police are reminding everyone to watch out for those little ones walking to school. There are156 schools with about 86thousand students returning to classrooms today. Officers with the Lakewood Police department are reminding everyone drivers, parents and students of all ages to stay safe. They say if youre driving near a school be aware everything from buses to students to bikes. Police also recommend that parents talk to their children and remind them to do things like use the crosswalk and stop, look and listen. Tarhonda thomas will be at bear tips coming up at 5. And back to school means back to homework. Kids are getting more and more tech savvy these days even when it comes to studying. Theres a big market for apps that help with penmanship, math, and science skills. And many students are all over it. Cut to teachers use an app called canvas where they post homework and extra study materials. Back in june toxic chemicals contami
Routine now. We know youve noticed a lot more congestion on the roads lately. Amelia will have a look at the traffic impact for drivers. Well start with Becky Ditchfield in the back yard. Its pretty appropriate that as the school year begins, changes in our weather do, too. Reporter we will feel more like fall, thats for sure. Outside is still very nice with mostly sunny skies developing across the front range, not too many clouds out there for you. Well see a chance for some showers and thunderstorms today and will come in ahead of the front as 70 come tomorrow. Heres a look across the state, a couple of light showers in northwest colorado ahead of the front. Most of the rain for this system is well to our north over the dakotas and montana, where we have severe thunderstorm warnings this morning. Showers wont get going here in the city until after 2 00 or 3 00. Well see them much earlier about 11 00 or so out to our west. School day forecast . Well, at the bus stop this morning, pret
Hour, moisture feeding in from the southwest, a lot of thunder and lightning. Small stream flood advisories. But it is the front to the north really changing things for us starting tomorrow. As a matter of fact, temperatures will drop into the 70s and stay there for about two days time. That is 20 degrees cooler than average. Tonight, we continue mostly cloudy with a chance for some heavy rain, thunder, and it is tomorrow we will be on the outlook for Severe Weather with the potential for the hail and of course, rainfall. We will talk about it. Break it down for you in our main weather segment in just a few minutes. The cool front, you want to hear about the arrival of it and what it means for your outdoor weekend plans. One day warmer and drier than the other. The broncos are playing in town. Yeah, big game saturday, the forecast is looking a little sketchy. We will break down the timing of it. I think it will work out okay. Thanks kathy sabine. Well, kicked out. Year slept in hotels
The tech center cam. This is passed handed out to bellevue. You see these cars off to the left side of the highway. We have a truck along there. Just the right two lanes are getting by. Hes accused of eating marijuana infused candy and killing his wife. And today we could learn if richard kirk is mentally fit to stand trial. We are live covering that case. Reporter after more of a year in delays in his Mental Health evaluation the report is finally ready. A judge will review and he will decide today if richard kirk is fitted stand trial. Last September Kirk changed his plea to guilty by reason of insanity and a judge will review that report and decide whether to set the case for for treatment. The defense suggests that when kirk killed his wife in may 2014 he was so impaired by the marijuana infused candy that he may not have intended to kill his wife. Before her death kristin kirk told dispatchers that her husband was acting more drunk crawling to a bedroom window and cutting his legs
Stream overall for the mean pattern and the winter and that drives the storm track to the Pacific Northwest across the Northern Rockies and through the great lakes. Warmer conditions across southern colorado and especially arizona and new mexico, Colder Weather in th Northern United States and the main storm track taking the weather conditions to the Northern Rockies and the northern portions of colorado rockies. Denver area, probably about 60 in the upcoming winter season. I will have more at ten. Here we go. A local case may rewrite national law. The u. S. Supreme court has chosen to hear the case of a Highlands Ranch family. The son that has autism eidnve a minimum education as required with the individual for disabilities act. This family has had the uphill battle. This details three Previous Court decisions against them schools provided them with an appropriate public free education. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in to see in schools just how high the bar is set for special edu