longmont police believe the 16- year-old girl was man, 51-year-old thomas fecht-ler... thomas kitchen. police say fechtler is wanted for sexual assault on a child and kidnapping. the girl may have gone with the man willingly, which is why an amber alert issued. they think the pair might be heading to missouri. the missing girl is about 5-feet-3, 120 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. fechtler may be green 2007 toyota damage.

anything about this, please contact longmont police. good morning and thanks for joining us for 9news at 4:30 a.m. corey and gary here with you. becky- is in the weather center. becky- we could see some snow today. he's accused of being involved in

a department of corrections executive. and now, authorities believe he was targeting another person connected to the d-o-c. 9news reporter whitney wild explains. the department of corrections could not say when that employee left the agency, and did not say exactly how

employee left the agency, and did not say exactly how employees were notified or when. guolee is in the hospital and under arrest. he's expected to make a court appearance january 13th. deputies are trying to figure out what sparked a shooting in adams county. 85-th place. officers tell us one person was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. no word on the victims condition at this time. investigators say a teacher was viciously attacked by a former student in southern colorado. and this morning they're trying to figure out what motivated the incident. investigators believe 19-year-old courtney plante went to her former teacher's house in cotopaxi. she told the teacher her truck broke down. that's when authorities say plante lured him to

overstreet then jumped out of the vehicle and stabbed him several times. investigators say the pair stole the teacher's car and took off. the teacher is expected to surive. overstreet and plante were arrested and taken into custody. we're waiting to hear the identities of two people who were shot to death in littleton. a man and woman were found at the house on south grant street. that's near littleton high school. the man was dead at the scene. the woman was rushed to the hospital where she later died. investigators do not believe there is anyone else involved. charges will not be filed against an off-duty central city police officer who fired his service weapon one time into the motorcycle of a road rage suspect. that suspect will also not face charges. the incident happened back in october in golden. according to a district attorney report, sergeant patrick stanton told authorities he feared for his safety during a struggle with motorcyclist jeremy golden. he said he fired one shot into golden's

"an apparent accident." no one was injured. the shooting happened after stanton tried to diffuse a road rage situation between golden and another driver. golden's attorney disagrees with the d-a's decision not to press charges on the officer. golden's attorney says they will review the investigation to determine whether to file a civil rights lawsuit against the department. stanton is back on active duty. will now conduct an internal the case. in denver catch this free pizza for a the owner of kaos park wants to man caught on burglarizing his resturant. the man crawled in window, took about

cash registers, then took off. the owner posted the surveillance video online. he told us anyone who can help catch the guy will get a pizza every day if they want, for a year. the new year brings some sweeping changes to local school districts. including a new face on the jefferson county school board and an interim superintendent at denver public schools. 9news reporter tarhonda thomas is live at the capitol with a look at these changes. tarhonda? around the world... strong

north korea after claims of a sucessful hydrogen bomb test. japan says they want to take action against north korea. south korea announced they will retaliate for the apparent nuke test with propaganda broadcasts that will start tomorrow. a different response from north koreans. they are cheering on leader kim jong un for sending the defiant message to the world. meanwhile, the white house and some u-s experts are skeptical about the test. we looked into what countries have high-powered weapons like north korea is claiming to have. these are the countries that have hydrogen weapons - the more powerful bomb: u-s, russia, great

china. according to "the union of concerned scientists", these nations have atomic bombs: israel, india, and pakistan. today we are remembering those who lost their lives in the charlie hebdo attack in france. and this morning, the satirical magazine is sending a strong message that has upset some in the religous community. one year ago today, 17-people died when extremists targeted the french magazine and a nearby jewish market. charlie hebdo released this cover showing a bloodied god with an assault rifle on his back. above the cartoon it says: one year later, the assassin is still on the run". the vatican criticized the cover, saying the magazine forgets that religious leaders have rejected violence in the name of religion. the editor of the magazine replied that god may have indeed killed his friends. he went on to say maybe the world

less god. check out this dramatic video. a canadian family escapes a dangerous situation when their apartment building burst into flames. you can see a 10- year-old boy being hung from a window and dropped to safety. his mother and father soon followed. all three landed in the snow-- and they were rushed to the hospital. mother nature

the west coast. what being called one of the strongest el ninos ever, continues to whip up vicious storms. in southern california heavy downpours turned roads into rivers. and snowy weather is causing

northern california. forecasters say, it's not over yet. they believe the area may not see a break in the weather until at least tomorrow. a lot of cool

vegas. coming up, a look at those new

thousands of people at the consumer electronics show in las vegas... tech enthusiasts can expect to hear the buzzing of drones at every turn. 9news reporter noel brennan is at the biggest electronics show in the world... with a look at some of the newest drones on the market. standard out.

coming up, a look at just how likely you are to win the

to ongoing turmoil in china -- futures are down sharply. for the second time this week, trading in china's markets was halted after stocks tumble more than 7%, triggering automatic circuit breakers. the sell-off there spread to the rest of asia and european markets today. in this country, the dow fell 252 points tuesday on oil and geopolitical concerns. the nasdaq dropped 55. it's the worst three-day start to a year for the dow and nasdaq since 2008. oil prices are off another 5% this morning -- to levels we haven't seen since the early 2000's. concerns about a lack of global demand continue to pound this market. for consumers, low oil prices are welcome news at the gas pump. but lower oil prices are taking a big toll on the u.s. energy industry. energy companies announced more than 258-thsouand layoffs globally in

cuts are expected to continue this year. a new report to congress says the i-r-s is quietly moving toward a high-tech future that could cost taxpayers more money. since 2014, the i-r-s has invested millions of dollars on a plan to move more of its work online, including plans to adopt online taxpayer accounts. but the national taxpayer advocate is worried the i-r-s is creating a "pay to play" system... where only people who can afford professional help will receive help filing their taxes. the irs says that's not what's happening. no one won the powerball jackpot worth a half-a- billion dollars last night... but in case you might have won a smaller prize... here are the numbers again: 47, 2, 63, 62, and 11. the powerball was 17. the odds of winning saturday's jackpot is roughly one in 292-million to put that in perspective...

to: -get struck by lightning... -become president of the united states... -get bitten by a shark... -or die after being hit by an asteroid. but if the odds don't discourage you...here are the most commonly drawn powerball numbers: -26 has been drawn 266 times... followed by the number 41. -numbers 22 and 16 have both been drawn 254 times. -the next 3 most popular numbers: 42, 35, 39. again, the next drawing will happen on saturday night. the estimated prize: 675-million dollars! that's the largest jackpot of any lottery game in u-s history. so becky... how's

shaping up this morning?

better with age. not so sure about beer. one of the oldest bottles of brew was found off the coast of nova scotia. want to take a swig of this? researchers say this bottle of beer is about 126-years old! a scuba diver spotted the ancient find on canada's east coast. a researcher and local brew were pretty daring, and tried the beer. they said it tasted "okay". markings on the bottle indicate it was manufactured

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