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🌱 Gas Prices Up (again) + 50+ Car Pile Up + Human Heads Stolen

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Morning, Lakewood! Here's everything you need to know to get this Monday started off right.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

  1. 50 car pileup crash on I-25. Slick roads and snow caused a huge multi-car pile up on Sunday afternoon in the below-grade portion of the highway near Emerson Street in Denver. (7News)
  2. Fire fighters removing PFAS foam from their units. The Denver Fire Department announced that they will remove the foam known as AFFF, or aqueous film-forming foam from their fire engines. A hazardous materials removal company has been hired to aide in the removal of the PFAS chemicals used in the foam. PFAS, short for poly-fluoroalkyl is known as a "forever" chemical and is retained in the human body. (FOX8)
  3. Police investigating theft of human heads. We know crime is up in Denver, but thieves probably got more than they expected when they opened up a box they'd stolen that was labeled 'Exempt Human Specimen.' The box of human heads was stolen from a truck parked in a Central Park neighborhood last week. (9News)
  4. Chief Of RTD Police announces resignation. The resignation comes as RTD's ability to secure the agency's transportation network has come under scrutiny over the past six months. Last year, unionized transit employees expressed their safety concerns regarding crime and drug use on public transit and around Union Station. (CBS4)
  5. U.S. gasoline prices shoot to $4 per gallon, first time time since 2008. According to AAA, prices in Colorado on Sunday were $3.72 (CO Sun)

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Today in Lakewood:

  • Monthly Maker: Chain Reactions at Golden Library. (4:00 PM)
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From my notebook:

  • Were you less depressed last year? A recent University Of Colorado study found that those exposed to the outdoors during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, suffered less depression. (CBS4)
  • It's Colorado Flood Safety and Wildfire Awareness Week. Here's some handy information that could help you be prepared when floods and wildfire hit. (NOAA)

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