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Ross Hetrick, president of the Thaddeus Stevens Society, assists sculptor Alex Paul Loza, as they unveil the new Thaddeus Stevens statue in front of the Adams County Courthouse, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in Gettysburg.

Citing alarm toward the Republican Party’s widespread embrace of 2020 election conspiracies, a moderate GOP Colorado state senator has switched his affiliation to Democrat, enhancing that party’s prospects to retain its majority in the chamber in the November midterms. Kevin Priola, who represents Adams County in Denver’s suburbs, said in a letter Monday he was horrified by the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and had waited in vain for his party to repudiate it as well as former President Donald Trump, who continues to insist that it was stolen. “It never came,” Priola said. “To my dismay, brave...

TOWN OF PRESTON, Wis. — An Adams County man has been arrested after pointing a handgun at patrons at a bar, according to a Facebook post by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Adams County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a man had a gun inside the bar where there was a fight taking place early Saturday morning, according to Adams County Sheriff Brent York York said Karl Spencer, 49, of Friendship showed a handgun and pointed it at patrons at the bar. Those patrons then disarmed Spencer and he received injuries. Officials said Spencer was treated for his injuries...

Joseph Michael Lopez, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Natalie Bollinger, 19, on Dec. 28, 2017. Lopez was arrested Thursday evening after investigators “mined” Bollinger’s social media accounts and phone records. “As you can imagine, a 19-year-old’s social media or phone, there’s a lot of data there,” Adams County Sheriff Michael McIntosh told KMGH Denver 7. According to court documents, investigators found more than 100 text messages between Bollinger and Lopez from the night Bollinger was reported missing. Lopez claims the conversation was in response to an ad Bollinger placed on Craigslist with the title “I want...

A 27-year-old Carroll Valley man told police he opened fire on a Pennsylvania wildlife conservation officer Thursday night because he is a convicted felon and did not want to go back to prison for illegally possessing a firearm, according to court documents filed Friday. Following a nightlong manhunt, Christopher Lynn Johnson was in police custody by 9:40 a.m. Friday, and by Friday night was at jailed Adams County prison with prosecutors saying he is likely to face the death penalty for allegedly killing wildlife conservation officer David Grove, 31, of Fairfield. Adams County District Attorney Shawn Wagner said Johnson will...