Slain UCCS senior Samuel Knopp awarded posthumous diploma

PLUS | Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: 3 takeaways from Denver's dominant showing in Game 3, PHOTOS: Aurora borealis lights up the sky around Colorado; and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening! Today is Saturday, May 11, 2024. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [Slain UCCS senior Samuel Knopp awarded posthumous diploma]( Samuel Knopp, one of two people shot and killed in a Colorado Springs dorm room earlier this year, was awarded a posthumous degree during the University of Colorado Colorado Springs's commencement ceremony Friday morning. [Read More]( [Nuggets vs. Timberwolves: 3 takeaways from Denver's dominant showing in Game 3]( The road team in the second-round series between the Nuggets and Timberwolves improved to 3-0 on Friday at Target Center. Here are three takeaways from Denver’s 117-90 win that gave Denver a chance to tie the series in Game 4. [Read More]( [PHOTOS: Aurora borealis lights up the sky around Colorado]( Check out our readers' photos of aurora borealis lighting up Colorado's skies. [Read More]( [Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams endorsed by political arm of House Freedom Caucus]( Republican congressional candidate Dave Williams, the chairman of the Colorado GOP, this week landed an endorsement from the House Freedom Fund, the political arm of the conservative House Freedom Caucus. [Read More]( [Shaq O'Neal's diss of MV3 Nikola Jokic reeked of jealousy and bias | Kickin' it with Kiz]( I do think more than a little bias might’ve crept into O’Neal’s thinking when he rained on Jokic’s parade during a recent interview on national television, classlessly telling the Nuggets center that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was more deserving of being named the league’s best player. Know what I honestly think? Shaq has a difficult time processing how a white man that can’t jump can be one of the greatest basketball players of all time. [Read More]( [Facing ejection from Colorado case, John Eastman withdraws as attorney]( Attorney John C. Eastman, who faces both professional discipline and criminal charges for his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, withdrew as an attorney from a Colorado case on Friday before a federal judge could terminate him from the litigation. [Read More]( [Saturday is the Nation's largest single-day food drive, how you can help]( Today is the nation's largest single-day food drive. It's called "Stamp out Hunger". It's such an easy way to donate. Just leave non-perishable food in a bag at your mailbox and your letter carrier will take it to Care and Share Food Bank. [Read More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here.]( Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903