We start with a live look
outside at blue skies and it
looks pretty sunny outside our
station here at Spear and Logan.
But we are expecting some storms
out on the plains tonight.
And earlier today funnel
clouds spotted out in Elbert
County near the town of Kiowa.
These pictures are from our vie,
Deb, from around 12:45 today.
Lauren Robinson joins us out in
the backyard this afternoon.
I mean another day with cloudy,
but like you're in sunshine now,
so you know and I'm loving it. .
I'm. I'm loving the sunshine on
me outside in the 9 News backya.
Not every place in Colorado
can say that though,
because we do still have some sg
storms working their way across the plains.
We even had a quick sell pop up
between Broomfield and Arvada at
an hour or so ago and that dropd
a little bit of hell there as w.
But first, let's go ahead and look at some
of the hail we saw with yesterday's storms.
They were really strong across the plains
in the southeastern corner of the state,
Springfield reporting 4 inch ha.
We saw 2 1/2 inch hail in Lyman,
2 inch hail in Genoa and Arriba,
then Hugo coming in with 1 3/4 there.
So we saw some strong hail
or some large hails.
Those strong storms pushed theiy
eastward earlier to earlier yesterday,
but right now at DIA we're at 69 degrees.
We did make it to 70 not too long ago,
so temperatures still below ave,
but the sun is coming and we're going
to see it over the next couple of days.
Those winds pretty light comingn
from the east at around six mph.
So we are going to continue to monitor our.
Doppler radar, as you can see h,
most of those storms pushing thr
way through the plains,
so Denver and most of the Front Range is
done with the majority of that rainfall.
Can't rule out a stray sail popg
up just like what we saw not too long
ago between Broomfield and Arva.
So we're going to watch for some
slight chances across the Front Range.
Those bigger storms continuing to push
their way E though and that's ao
where we have enhanced and sligt
risk for severe weather across e
southeastern corner of the state
and then into the northern plai,
we have a marginal risk for severe weather.
So we're just going to watch for
those storms to stay strong thrh
the rest of the evening.
We do want to watch for that see
thunderstorm watch until 8:00 o'clock.
That's again going to be the
southeastern corner of the state
where we could see big hail,
apple size,
75 mile per hour winds and a few
isolated tornadoes could still pop up.
And in addition to that,
we're going to watch for heavy rainfall.
Again,
the same areas,
the central and southern plains
here where we're going to watch
for that flood watch until 7:00.
O'clock.
We also have a flash flood warng
in effect until 8:30.
That's going to be Kit Carson
and Cheyenne counties.
Or we could see almost twice ash
rainfall between the end of tody
as what we're seeing yesterday.
So we do still have a lot of ran
and some strong storms out east.
All of this will be clearing overnight
though, so we will see a sunny,
warm Father's Day and for the next few days.
So I'll have those details just ahead
in my full 7 day forecast. Laur,
thank you. A man died after beig
hit by a car in Aurora overnigh.
This happened last night on
S Havana near East Tennessee,
right on the border of Denver and Aurora.
Aurora police say a woman from s
was driving on Havana when she t
a 46 year old man who is crossig
that street mid block Police sae
died by the time officers got t.
They're still investigating exactly what
happened, but if you know anyth,
they'd like you to call Metro
Denver Crime Stoppers today.
Family and friends celebrated
the life of Quail and Campbell.
He was killed in an apparent hoe
situation in Colorado Springs,
a situation that later prompted investigation
into how long it took police to respond.
His service was held in Campbels
hometown of Newman, Georgia.
He'd moved to Colorado Springs
with his family two years ago.
Campbell died on June 2nd.
That day,
he was driving to work when he texted
a picture to his wife of a gunman who
had jumped into his passenger s,
and he was telling his wife to call 911.
She did call 911 and then startd
driving toward him. It took 40 minutes.
When she got there,
no officers were there at the s,
and she found her husband's body
inside that car.
Police later found that the
gunman killed Campbell,
then himself,
and the gunman had no relation o
this family.
Colorado Springs police say this
was a random crime and the shoor
had an extensive criminal histo.
Campbell's attorney says policee
now looking into why it took officers
so long to respond to that 911 .
Today we are hearing from conservative
Douglas County School Board President
Mike Peterson after a judge ruld
that the conservative board majy
broke the law when meeting in st
to fire the former Superintende.
The judge ruled that Peterson,
along with board members Christy Williams,
Becky Myers, and Kaylee Weniger,
all broke open meeting laws by having
private conversations about Corey Wise,
the former Superintendent, befoe
telling him to either resign or be fired.
Wise forced the majority to fire
him in a public meeting last ye.
At that meeting,
board members could not provide
a reason for firing Wise.
Today,
board President Mike Peterson put out
a statement saying he is glad tt
wisest termination is now in the past.
He says he agrees with the partf
the order stating the board mems
weren't purposefully trying to break the law.
And in his statement, Peterson ,
Quote,
I believe the court was right to
dismiss the claim to declare the
termination of the former and
Superintendent null and void and
in the decision to not impose an
injunction against the board.
As we will simply rely on existg
Colorado Open meeting law going forward,
a heads up if you are heading te
airport on the train this weeke.
RTD is shutting down the a line
between the Peoria station and
DIA to do some maintenance work.
They will have buses working tht
stretch instead, so everything s
normal between Union Station and Peoria.
But then at Peoria you'll need to hop on
an RTD bus to then get to the airport.
They'll be running about every 30 minutes.
You can also hop on a bus at the 40th Ave.
Gateway Park and 61st and Pena stations.
The train should be back to normal by Monday.
Juneteenth Weekend is here.
The festivities have already be.
This holiday recognizes the day,
June 19th, 1865, when slaves in
Texas finally learned they were free.
9 News reporter Courtney Yoon
joins us live from Five Points
tonight. This is Denver's Juneteenth Music
Festival happening right now, Courtney.
Yeah, hey Jenny, There's so much to do,
see and eat here at Denver's
Juneteenth Music Festival.
The lineup tonight is stacked with two
music stages and D J's all arou.
Organizers of the parade and the
music festival here say that thr
parade that kicks off the street Fest
is the longest running in Denve,
dating back to the 1950s.
Each year it brings together thousands of
people to from the community to celebrate.
We've done this parade and 100 degree
weather. This is the best it's ever been.
The kickoff to Juneteenth
in Denver is the parade.
Juneteenth means to me
like a place to be myself.
17 year old Ashlyn Salazar looks
forward to this day every year.
Let's go, Denver.
As long as she can remember,
this was my life.
This was what I was
excited for when I was 5.
Everyone lines up along 26th Av.
and is invited to celebrate. It's just
been a part of my life.
Like every year I'll be like,
hey, do you want to go to
the Juneteenth Parade?
That's because for 15
year old Kristia Taylor,
this holiday weekend is
uplifting. Juneteenth is.
Black people's true freedom and
it connects everyone together. It's just
very exciting to think about and be at,
just be a part of something
that's bigger than yourself,
Ashlyn says.
It's about honoring her ancesto.
This is bigger than, bigger than
this parade, bigger than us.
And it's amazing that Colorado
has one of the biggest. But.
People need to make the step to
actually learn about the histor.
She wishes more people educated
themselves about Juneteenth to
understand it's celebrated to mk
the day the last enslaved people
in the US learned they were fre.
Juneteenth is a black holiday,
but we do like, involve every culture.
The community is not just
the black community.
It's everybody down here,
cheerleaders,
football players, dancers,
families and friends.
Community. Community is
what I'm seeing and hearing
it makes you see that the it's
not just you, you're not alone.
There's more people that are like you. It's
a holiday to celebrate freedom
and community expect like love,
affection and a lot of good foo.
For generations, black Americans
have celebrated Juneteenth,
but it wasn't recognized by
the US government until 2021.
And that's when they made it
a federal holiday. Last year.
Colorado made Juneteenth it's
11th state official holiday.
And Denver's music fest Juneteenth Music
Festival is still happening right now.
It's going on tonight and
it's also going on tomorrow.
It's free to get in and everyone is invited.
Jenny. All right.
And hopefully the weather will cooperate.
Courtney, thank you.
Longmont
is also celebrating Juneteenth s
weekend at Roosevelt Park after
a day full of festivities Today.
Tonight there is a show at the Longmont
Theatre Company that starts at 0
and Erie also also hosting Juneteenth
festivities tonight for the third year.
Now those celebrations run until 9:00
PM in downtown Erie on Briggs S.
That one is also free.
The Nuggets are out partying
all over the place right now,
but after winning the champions,
it was time to go to work
for two players.