A Colorado man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to putting a woman’s body in a plastic tote and leaving it near a dumpster at an Arvada apartment complex.

A house fire in western Jefferson County started a small wildfire Thursday morning, causing pre-evacuation warnings for people living in Golden Gate Canyon after flames spread to nearby trees and grass.

A wildfire that raced across more than 1,000 acres of dry, grassy land in Douglas County on Tuesday was started by a trash truck, according to the sheriff’s office.

The fire burned between 3,500 to 4,000 acres and drew responses from departments in eastern Colorado and Nebraska.

Five people, including four firefighters, were injured in the fire but are expected to survive. Additional information on their injuries was not available.

Robert Combs, a former technology teacher at Grandview High School, was arrested Monday on suspicion of child sex assault after a former student came forward, police said.

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