Category Archives: Local News

Second Owner of “Return to Nature” Funeral Home is Out of Jail

THE SECOND OWNER OF THE “RETURN TO NATURE FUNERAL HOME” HAS BONDED OUT OF JAIL. CARRIE HALFORD HAS BEEN IN THE EL PASO COUNTY JAIL SINCE NOVEMBER AFTER HER AND HER HUSBAND JOHN WERE EXTRADITED FROM OKLAHOMA. JOHN BONDED OUT OF JAIL LATE LAST MONTH. THE HALL FORDS ARE FACING HUNDREDS OF CHARGES INCLUDING THEFT,…MORE

Crews Continue To Fight Large Fire on Fort Carson

AS OF MONDAY MORNING (2/24): FORT CARSON EMERGENCY CREWS ARE INVESTIGATING AN AROUND 2,000 ACERS that began SUNDAY. FORT CARSON SAYS, THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN, BUT IT STARTED IN AN AREA THAT IS USED FOR LIVE FIRE DRILLS AND EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCES. NO STRUCTURES OR PEOPLE ARE IN DANGER. IT HAS NOT BEEN…MORE

Brush Fire Burning at Air Force Academy

AS OF MONDAY MORNING, , I THE WEST MONUMENT CREEK FIRE BROKE OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST IN THE AREA BETWEEN 25 AND 45 MPH. CREWS REMAINED ON THE SCENE OVER NIGHT. THE ACADEMY IS CLOSED TO VISITORS. IT WAS FIRST REPORTED THAT THE FIRE WAS BURNING AT LEAST OF 150 ACERS. AS OF…MORE

University of Wyoming Swimmers Die In Car Crash

THREE SWIMMERS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING TRAGICALLY DIED IN A CAR CRASH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. COLORADO STATE PATROL SAYS AROUND 2:45 A TOYOTA RAV 4 HOLDING 5 PEOPLE HEADING SOUTH BOUND ON HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN LIVERMORE AND VIRGINA DALE, CROSSED THE NORTH BOUND LANES AND ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES. 2 PEOPLE WERE EJECTED. AN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN…MORE

Colorado Springs Mayor Mobolade Updates City About On going Migrant Issue in the City

COLORADO SPRINGS MAYOR YEMI MOBOLADE SAID THURSDAY HIS OFFICE IS WORKING WITH THE PIKES PEAK OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO FORMULATE A PLAN IN CASE THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS SEES A SUDDEN SURGE OF MIGRANTS. LAST MONTH 21 MIGRANT FAMILIES WERE DROPPED OFF IN COLORADO SPRINGS. CITY OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED MORE MIGRANTS MAY ARRIVE…MORE

A Warning To Parents from 4th Judicial District Attorney On the Growing Fentanyl Problem

A SOBERING AND TROUBLESOME MESSAGE DELIVERED TUESDAY NIGHT BY 4TH JUDICAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY MICHAEL ALLEN ON THE GROWING PROBLEM OF FENTANYL IN COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOLS. HE SPOKE TO PARENTS AT SABIN MIDDLE SCHOOL. ALLEN SAID LAST 504 CASES OF FENTANYL WERE INVESTIGATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE PIKES PEAK REGION. HE SAID THERE IS A…MORE

Shooting in Fountain Inures One Person and Kills Another

ONE PERSON DEAD AND ONE PERSON INJURED AFTER A SHOOTING IN FOUNTAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. AROUND 3:30 OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A REPORTED SHOOTING AT THE 6000 BLOCK OF PEMMICAN POINT. THEY FOUND TWO PEOPLE HAD BEEN SHOT CREWS TRIED TO PERFORM LIVE SAVING EFFORTS BUT ONE VICTIM DIED. THE OTHER VICTIM’S CONDITION IS UNKNOWN. THE…MORE

Suspect Arrested in Connection to Shooting at UCCS Campus

A SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF TWO PEOPLE AT UCCS LAST FRIDAY. POLICE IDENTIFIED 25-YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS JORDAN AS THE SUSPECT. A WARRANT WAS OBTAINED FOR HIS ARREST FRIDAY EVENING AND HE WAS FOUND ON THE NORTH WEST SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS MONDAY MORNING. OFFICERS SAY JORDAN WAS FOUND IN…MORE

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