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Even a rainy, gray weekend couldn’t put a damper on the energy and defeat the purpose of a special street dedication in Aurora. Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin was joined by Aurora City Council members ...

Activists say housing insecurity, food insecurity, insufficient youth services and limitations to affordable mental health and medical services are contributing to the increase in crime and gang activity in Aurora.

Their parents, jarells parents and sister nanita, it was they that i was praying with on that morning. it was they that are in that now famous picture that you saw on tv every time you turn on and were praying, i had a bright, blue shirt on and we were praying. you know what we were praying? we were praying for those who had loved ones. we were praying for the survival of those that were injured and we were praying that we could touch jarell and jordan. and we could hug them. those prayers were ...

To continue to comfort one another and continue to comfort, father god, those that cant be comforted. because the truth of the matter is, lord, our city is hurting. but one day, lord, we know that our city will march back in to that theater and well claim that theater back, father god, because it doesnt belong to terrorists, lord. it belongs to the city of aurora. we ask, father god, that you would bring this comfort and that you would have it rest and rule in our hearts. in jesus name we pray. ...

Grant us peace, your most precious gift. and help us to be partners with you in shining the light of peace in the darkest corners of your creation. as a jewish prayer, we say -- [ speaking in foreign language ] may the one who makes peace in the high heavens send peace to us and to all creation and let us say amen. >> once again, i want to thank you all for your willing support and participation in tonights prayer vigil. once again, its because of you, because of all of us aurora is still an all...

Cut short and in such a tragic way? these are questions to which there are no answers. but in this time, we turn to our faith for comfort and guidance. we turn to our families and friends for strength and support. but it may be impossible to arrive at an explanation that will make sense to us. what is not impossible is to determine our course of action from here. a course that will help us reclaim peace in our lives. aurora has long been a place of community, diversity and growth. we are a famil...

>> good evening, aurora! first giving honor to god who is the source of my life, to the governor of this great state, to the mayor of this great city, and to all of the elected officials behind me that i serve with, to the victims and the survivors and all who are here today, i want you to know that we are aurora and we are strong! thank you for being here this evening. and ive been asked to pray for our city so please bow your head in prayer. almighty god, you are the

City council member debbie hunter holick. >> this is chris jansing back live. as were watching mayor, lets take a look out across the crowd because its truly remarkable. when we spoke with police officers last night, when we talked to some of the organizers of of this vigil, they said they hoped to fill the lawn. they hoped that 5,000 people would come out here to show their support for those who have suffered such a tragic loss and all of them in their own way feeling the heart break. we are ge...

Love and support to those who lost loved ones and those whose lives have been scarred forever by this tragedy. we are praying for you and with you. we are here for you and that is a message i have been sharing and will continue to share. its also a night to honor those who risked their lives to help others. and there were many. there were people who stared horror in the face and went out of their way to help others escape that theater. there are men and women in uniform from aurora -- [ applause...

Members of school boards. and other employees of the city of aurora who have assisted this evening. members of the regional transportation district. a whole host of people who are here because they care. at this time, i would like to introduce veronica o. white, the chairman of the aurora human relations commission.