COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11 CLARIFIED ITS POSITION AND POLICY WEDNESDAY EVENING RELATED TO A STUDENTS REQUEST TO BE IDENTIFIED BY A CERTAIN NAME TO REFLECT THEIR GENDER IDENTITY. THE NEW POLICY ALLOWS FOR STUDENTS OR PARENTS TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR A NAME CHANGE, OR GENDER CHANGE ON STUDENTS RECORDS. THE GAZETTE SAYS HOUSE…… MORE
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Multiple Grass Fires Break Out In Southern Colorado
TWO GRASS FIRES WERE REPORTED IN THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT. A WILDFIRE BROKE OUT SOUTH OF FOUNTAIN. THE FIRE GREW TO 100 ACRES. DESPITE HIGH WINDS FIREFIGHTERS FROM NUMEROUS AGENCIES WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE FIRE AND KNOCK IT DOWN. THERE WERE SOME PRE EVACUATION NOTICES. A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED, BUT THERE WAS…… MORE
Woman Accused of Starting Highland Lakes fire To Undergo Compete Evaluation
THE LATEST NOW ON THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF STARTING THE HIGHLAND LAKES FIRE IN TELLER COUNTY LAST YEAR. 77-YEAR-OLD LOWA TILLITT WAS IN COURT YESTERDAY FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING. OFFICIALS SAY LAST OCTOBER, SHE SET HER HOUSE ON FIRE WHICH CAUSED OVER 160 ACRES TO BURN NORTHWEST OF DIVIDE. THE FIRE CAUSED MORE THAN 700…… MORE
Man and Woman Arrested in Pueblo After Stealing Car in El Paso COunty
A MAN AND A WOMAN FROM COLORADO SPRINGS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER STEALING A CAR. WEDNESDAY MORNING A STOLEN CAR FROM EL PASO COUNTY WAS SEEN ON I-25 HEADING TOWARDS PUEBLO. WHEN THE SUSPECTS, BRANDT BODEN AND ALEEYAH NIKNAMI, GOT TO PUEBLO THEY ABANDONED THE CAR. WHILE SEARCHING IT, DEPUTIES GOT A CALL SAYING…… MORE
Bill To Reinstate A Bill To Allow More Cooperation Between ICE and Law Enforcement Denied
IN DENVER A MEASURE TO REINSTATE A BILL ALLOWING MORE COOPERATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ICE OFFICIALS DIED IN COMMITTEE. IT WAS VOTED DOWN 3-2. THAT POTENTIAL BILL WAS PARTIALLY WRITTEN BY TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF JASON MIKESELL. HE AND EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF JOE ROYBAL SAY MUCH OF THE CRIME IN THE AREA IS CONNECTED…… MORE
Woman Accused Of Harboring Missing 9-Year-Old in Teller County
A WOMAN IN TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY HARBORING A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL. ON TUESDAY MORNING THE MOTHER OF AUDREY MARTINEZ CALLED POLICE TO REPORT THAT HER DAUGHTER HAD GONE MISSING. LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED THE AREA AND TALKED TO NEIGHBORS INCLUDING THE SUSPECT, CHRISTINA GUERREO. WHEN THEY INITIALLY SEARCHED HER APARTMENT THEY DIDN’T FIND…… MORE
Man Who Was Killed In Officer Involved Shooting in Colorado Springs Has Been Identified
THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED IN AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN COLORADO SPRINGS OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. ON SATURDAY NIGHT A FAMILY DISTURBANCE WAS REPORTED AT A HOME IN THE 3100 BLOCK OF ILLINOIS AVENUE. POLICE SAY A SUSPECT IDENTIFIED AS, 45-YEAR-OLD DERRICK WARDLE, WAS ARMED AND REFUSED TO LISTEN TO OFFICER COMMANDS…… MORE
Man Arrested In Fort Collins After Stealing Car In Colorado Springs
A MAN WAS ARRESTED IN NORTHERN COLORADO AFTER HE STOLE A VEHICLE IN SOUTHERN COLORADO. TUESDAY AFTER NOON A MAN IDENTIFIED AS 37-YEAR-OLD JUAN GARCIA, WENT TO A VERIZON STORE REGARDING HIS ACCOUNT. WHEN THE PERSON HELPING HIM WENT TO THE BACK, GARCIA LEANED OVER THE COUNTER AND STOLE HIS KEYS. HE WAS ABLE TO…… MORE
Colorado Springs King Sooper workers’ contract up
The latest now on the King Soopers strike in Colorado. It’s being reported the contract covering King Soopers workers in Colorado Springs expired this weekend. At the moment it does not appear those workers have gone out on strike. Workers in the greater Denver area have been on the picket lines. At the moment there…… MORE
A Judge Rules That Recreational Marijuana Sales Will Become Legal In Colorado Springs
RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SALES WILL BECOME LEGAL IN COLORADO SPRINGS IN MID APRIL. THURSDAY THE COLORADO SUPREME COURT DECIDED NOT TO HEAR AN APPEAL FROM THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO PUT A QUESTION ON THE APRIL BALLOT ASKING VOTERS TO REPEAL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SALES, SOMETHING THE ELECTORATE APPROVED IN NOVEMBER. AFTER THE SUPREME COURT DECISION…… MORE
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