Time is running out for local shutterbugs who want to enter their photographs in the annual Littleton Calendar photography competition. The deadline for submitting entries is 5 p.m. Sept. 12....

One of the purposes of Taiko drumming in Japan is to elicit rain.

National anthems "Advance Australia Fair" and "Star Spangled Banner," sounded out along Main Street as local residents gathered and the Arapahoe High School Band, directed by Ed Cannava, played a concert before and following the arrival of guests to the city.

Someone selling ponchos and hot chocolate would have made a small fortune at the 80th annual Western Welcome Week parade.

Valor Christian High School begins its foray into varsity football when the Eagles play host to D'Evelyn at Valor Stadium at 7 p.m. Aug. 29.

Editor's note: the following originally appeared in a seven-part series. It has been published in one story by popular demand.

I am honored to have the opportunity to share with you the seven steps I took to have a new life after the darkness I experienced back in fall of 2005. I was in a car accident which left me with a broken body and a broken soul.

Life as I knew it was over. I had to be open to learn a new way of living, or I was going to die.

Over the next seven segments of this column, I am going to share with you how I overcame my bondage in hopes it will reach someone out there who may need help with their own life. Here are the steps I endured to create a new way of living.

Over the summer George Washington High School moved up to Class 5A.

In the Week 0 opener Littleton High School looked like the team that belonged at Colorado's highest classification.

The Lions, a Class 4A team, flexed their rushing might, pounding the ground for 425 yards and shutting out the Patriots 47-0 at Littleton Public Schools Stadium Aug. 22.

Now that Monroe Porter has seen national Junior Olympics action, he is determined to return next year.

Porter, 10, of Parker, was one of three tennis athletes in his age division to qualify for the Junior Olympic Skills National Finals July 24-27 in Chicago.