COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected a plea agreement for a Colorado funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses, after family members described the pain and shame they’ve carried since learning their loved ones’ bodies were left to rot.

Six people who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons.

Fire officials anticipate the blaze to continue moving south. The weather looks somewhat favorable for suppression efforts, including possible rain, officials said.

Nearly two years after deputies in southern Colorado made the grisly discovery of 190 bodies in various states of decomposition inside a derelict building operated by Return to Nature Funeral Home, the co-owner of the business will be sentenced.

The judge rejected a 20-year sentence that would have been combined with a federal case. Prosecutors said that Jon Hallford, 45, and his wife cheated grieving families while living a lavish lifestyle.

State lawmakers are meeting to address a nearly $800 million budget shortfall. Most other states weren’t hit so hard or as quickly as Colorado by the trickle-down effects of the federal tax

The sentencing for Jon Hallford, the co-owner of Return to Nature Funeral Home where the bodies of nearly 200 people were discovered in various states of decomposition in October 2023, has been delayed because the judge rejected the plea agreement.

Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes were lucky enough to have a generational talent in their employ over the last couple of seasons, but now, Travis Hunter has departed for the NFL, leaving a gaping hole for Colorado on both sides of the ball.

A judge on Friday rejected a plea deal for a Colorado funeral home owner who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses, after family members described the pain and shame they’ve carried since learning their loved ones’ bodies were left to rot.

Preliminary investigations into the deaths of six people at a Northern Colorado dairy farm point toward the dairy farm workers being exposed to the toxic gas known as hydrogen sulfide, or "H2S."

The Colorado Buffaloes enter the 2025 season without the hype of Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders. Despite coming off a 9-4 season and an Alamo Bowl loss to BYU, the expectations seem subdued for the Buffs.