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• Hearing for Holmes' insanity plea delayed

  May 30, 2013 3:16 PM

  DENVER - Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes' insanity plea has been postponed at least until Tuesday. Holmes was scheduled to appear in court Friday, but the judge delayed the hearing at the request of Holmes' lawyers. Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 at a suburban... more »

• New effort to restore Lincoln Theater begins Play Video

  May 24, 2013 10:49 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A new effort to restore the Lincoln Theater in Baton Rouge kicks off with a fundraising reception tonight. The Lincoln Theater Foundation will have plans for display showing the two phases of restoration. The first phase would remove lead paint and pipes, asbestos and mold from... more »

• Colorado shootings suspect to enter insanity plea

  May 7, 2013 4:41 PM

  DENVER - Lawyers for the man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 in a Colorado movie theater say he wants to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. Attorneys for James Holmes said in a court filing Tuesday they plan to formally ask for the... more »

• Holmes trial delayed because of death penalty

  April 1, 2013 12:37 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Now that prosecutors have decided to seek the death penalty against James Holmes, the trial of the man accused in last year's movie theater attack in Colorado will be delayed -- at least until February. And the judge in the case acknowledged today that even that much... more »

• Colo. prosecutors seeking death penalty for Holmes

  April 1, 2013 10:14 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Prosecutors want James Holmes executed for last year's attack on an Aurora movie theater. They announced their intention to seek the death penalty against Holmes in court on Monday. Last week prosecutors said they rejected an offer from Holmes' attorney to have him plead guilty to avoid... more »

• CO movie theater shooting suspect wants life, not death penalty

  March 27, 2013 4:03 PM

  DENVER- The man accused of opening fire inside a Colorado movie theater during the premiere of Batman last summer has offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life in prison to avoid the death penalty. Lawyers for James Holmes made the offer in a motion filed... more »

• Colo. judge enters not guilty plea for Holmes

  March 12, 2013 11:03 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - The judge in the deadly Colorado shooting case has entered a not guilty plea on behalf of James Holmes after his lawyer said he's not ready to enter a plea. The judge says Holmes can change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity later, if... more »

• Judge in Colo. shooting orders reporter to appear

  January 18, 2013 4:33 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - The judge handling the case of the Colorado theater shooting suspect is requiring a Fox News reporter to appear in court to say who gave her information that defense attorneys say was subject to a gag order. A July 25 article by Jana Winter on FoxNews.com cited... more »

• Colo. theater shooting case enters new phase

  January 11, 2013 7:25 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Colorado movie theater shooting suspect James Holmes faces arraignment Friday. That comes after a judge on Thursday night ruled he should stand trial on all 166 counts against him. But his attorneys say they're not ready to enter a plea and plan to seek a... more »

• Holmes prosecution to call last witness

  January 9, 2013 7:17 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Prosecutors in Colorado are expected to call their final witness today in the preliminary hearing for James Holmes, the former grad student accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens in a movie theater in July. Yesterday, authorities testified that Holmes spent more than two months... more »

• FBI: Holmes' booby trap included improvised napalm

  January 8, 2013 1:36 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - An elaborate booby trap system allegedly set up to pull police away from the Colorado theater shooting included improvised napalm and thermite, which burns so hot that water can't put out the blaze. FBI bomb technician Garrett Gumbinner described the system Tuesday at a hearing in which... more »

• Colo. shooting hearings impact Baton Rouge victim Play Video

  January 8, 2013 11:05 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Colorado theater massacre court hearings are happening in another state, but they are impacting a victim in Louisiana. Bonnie Kate Pourciau survived the shooting, which happened in July. She was shot in the leg. Pourciau and other victims of the shooting are invited to... more »

• Theater shooting relatives reject movie invitation

  January 2, 2013 12:07 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Relatives of the majority of people killed in a Colorado movie theater are rejecting an invitation to attend its reopening, calling it a "disgusting offer." The parents, grandparents, cousins and widow of nine of the 12 people killed released a letter Wednesday sent to the theater's owner,... more »

• Jamie Wax's one-man Christmas show back at BRLT Play Video

  December 19, 2012 12:52 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Performer and Baton Rouge native Jamie Wax returns this weekend to the stage he first performed his original one-man Christmas show, "A Gift for Lyman Bourke." Wax premiered the show 20 years ago at the Baton Rouge Little Theater, and now brings the holiday comedy back... more »

• Payments coming for Colo. theater shooting victims

  November 16, 2012 5:50 PM

  DENVER - A mediator handling the distribution of about $5.3 million in donations to victims of the Colorado theater shootings says disbursement amounts have been finalized. A gunman killed 12 people and injured at least 58 others at an Aurora movie theater July 20. Aurora Victim Relief Fund special master... more »

• DA in theater shooting gets access to some records

  October 17, 2012 5:25 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A judge says prosecutors can have access to some university records of the man charged in the Colorado theater shootings. Prosecutors say the records could establish a motive for the July 20 attack that killed 12 people and injured 58. Lawyers for former University of Colorado Denver... more »

• Theater shooting victim featured in TV ad

  October 1, 2012 2:52 PM

  DENVER - A man wounded in the shootings at a suburban Denver movie theater is appearing in an ad aimed at getting voters' attention before the first presidential debate. Stephen Barton was among the 58 people injured in the July 20 attack in Aurora that also killed 12 people.... more »

• Colorado theater shooting victim fights through rehab Play Video

  September 14, 2012 5:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Bonnie Kate Pourciau's life was altered forever on July 20th, when she was shot in the knee during a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater. Pourciau was quickly rushed to the hospital where dozens of doctors helped save her leg, but her recovery process will take... more »

• Prosecution: Holmes made threats before rampage

  August 23, 2012 4:10 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Prosecutors say the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting made threats and was banned from the University of Colorado after failing a key exam six weeks before the rampage. They made the accusations about James Holmes in court Thursday as they tried to convince a judge to... more »

• Report: Psychiatrist tried to discuss Holmes

  August 2, 2012 10:43 AM

  DENVER - A psychiatrist who had the Colorado theater shooting suspect as a client reportedly wanted to talk to a campus security committee about him weeks before the attack. Denver television station KMGH reports that University of Colorado psychiatrist Lynne Fenton wanted to discuss James Holmes with members of a... more »

• Mom of girl killed in shooting will be paralyzed

  July 30, 2012 5:13 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A family member says the woman who lost her 6-year-old daughter in the Aurora theater shooting and suffered a miscarriage is expected to be paralyzed as a result of her injuries. Mary Ellen Hansen says doctors still hope her niece, Ashley Moser, will have use of her... more »

• Man arrested after gun brought into theater

  July 30, 2012 1:28 PM

  THORNTON, Colo. - Police have arrested a Colorado man after moviegoers reported that he carried a handgun strapped to his waist into a multiplex theater in Thornton yesterday. A police spokesman says people were fleeing the theaters, yelling that there was a man with a gun. Nine theaters were evacuated.... more »

• Colo. suspect charged with 24 counts of murder

  July 30, 2012 12:08 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Colorado prosecutors have formally charged a former doctorate student with 24 counts of murder in the shooting at an Aurora movie theater. Twenty-four-year-old James Holmes appeared Monday and was also formally charged with 116 counts of attempted murder. Twelve people were killed and 58 people were wounded... more »

• Teen wounded in movie shooting headed home

  July 26, 2012 10:43 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Bonnie Kate Pourciau, a Baton Rouge teen wounded during the deadly movie theater shooting in Colorado, is on her way back home. Pourciau went through multiple surgeries since she was shot in the leg at the premiere of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colo. last... more »

• Funerals planned; survivor and witness recount horror

  July 24, 2012 10:40 AM

  AURORA, Colo. - Family members of the victims of Friday's movie theater shooting in Colorado are planning funerals. A full military funeral and burial are planned next week in Reno, Nev., for Jonathan Blunk. The 26-year-old served three tours in the Middle East, and planned to re-enlist with the goal... more »

• Victims' angry family members at court for suspect's first hearing

  July 23, 2012 4:19 PM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - A man who watched today's hearing in Colorado where James Holmes made his first court appearance says his son "could have wiped the floor with him without breaking a sweat." The angry words came from Tom Teves, whose son, Alex, was killed along with 11 others in... more »

• Family of Colo. shooting suspect to make statement

  July 23, 2012 12:45 PM

  SAN DIEGO - A lawyer representing family members of the suspect in the Colorado mass shooting plans to hold a news conference Monday in San Diego. Lisa Damiani plans to meet reporters at 1 p.m. Pacific time. She's representing the family of 24-year-old James Holmes, who made his first court... more »

• World gets first look at Colo. shooting suspect

  July 23, 2012 10:43 AM

  CENTENNIAL, Colo. - The Colorado movie theater shooting suspect is making his first court appearance with reddish orange hair. James Holmes was wide-eyed and unshaven as he sat staring down. He appeared Monday after being accused of the shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater that killed 12 people and... more »

• 3 service members wounded, 1 missing in shooting

  July 20, 2012 3:43 PM

  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Defense says three members of the U.S. Armed Forces were wounded in a movie theater shooting in Colorado and one is unaccounted for. The agency says a Navy sailor was injured and a male sailor who was at the theater early Friday morning cannot... more »

• Movie theater rampage shakes up campaign

  July 20, 2012 10:17 AM

  FORT MYERS, Fla. - President Barack Obama says the tragic movie theater shooting in Colorado that left 12 people dead is a reminder that life is fragile. He says the event "reminds us of all the ways that we are united as one American family." In Florida for a campaign... more »

• Suspect in movie shootings identified, 12 dead

  July 20, 2012 8:22 AM

  AURORA, Colo. - A gunman in a gas mask barged into a crowded Denver-area theater during a midnight showing of the Batman movie on Friday, hurled a gas canister and then opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring at least 50 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in... more »

• 12 dead in Colorado theater shooting

  July 20, 2012 4:31 AM

  AURORA, Colo. - A gunman opened fire early Friday at a suburban Denver movie theater, leaving 12 people dead and at least 50 others injured, Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates said. The violent and chaotic scene erupted about 12:30 a.m. MDT as a gunman stood at the front of... more »

• Body in Restroom: No one had a Key

  January 18, 2012 7:49 PM

  Police in Fort Collins, Colorado say no workers had a key to unlock a movie theater restroom where a man's body lay undiscovered for days after he died of a heart attack. George DeGrazio's body was found on January 14 after theater workers smelled a foul odor and broke down... more »

• Body in Theater Restroom for 5 Days

  January 17, 2012 7:50 PM

  A man's body went unnoticed in a locked movie theatre restroom in Fort Collins, Colorado for five days after he died there. Geroge DeGrazio of Loveland died of a heart attack on or about January 9 while using the restroom. His body was found January 14 when theater workers noticed... more »

• Baton Rouge Ballet Theater to Hold Fundraiser

  August 19, 2011 12:34 PM

  Whitney Vann talked with Baton Rouge Ballet Theater's Brad Blanchard and Louisiana Lottery's Kimbery Chopin about their 3rd annual fundraiser "Dancin' In The Streets" which is billed as Baton Rouge's best parties. Click here to learn more. more »

• "Design for Living" opens new season at Swine Palace

  September 21, 2010 6:15 AM

  "Design for Living" Wednesday, September 22nd through Sunday, October 10th Shaver Theatre in the LSU Music & Dramatic Arts Building "Pay-What-You-Can" preview on Wednesday, September 22nd Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 22-24, Sept. 28-30, Oct. 1 and October 6-9. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. on Sept. 26... more »

• "Twilight" sets box office record in $68.5M debut

  July 1, 2010 12:54 PM

  "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" has broken another box-office record. The latest chapter in the vampire adventure took in $68.5 million in its first day, the best ever for a movie opening on a Wednesday. "Eclipse" surpassed the previous Wednesday record of $62 million set last year by "Transformers:... more »