Category Archives: Local News

Donthe Lucas Court Appearance

Donthe Lucas Court Appearance

A man, accused in the murder of his pregnant girlfriend in Pueblo, is due in court today on an unrelated case.  Donthe Lucas is suspected in the 2013 disappearance and death of Kelsie Schelling.  Her body has never been found. Monday Lucas is scheduled to appear before a judge for a robbery last year in…MORE

Drowning Victim Succumbs to Injuries

Drowning Victim Succumbs to Injuries

A 5-year-old boy who was in critical condition after nearly drowning last week at a Colorado Springs apartment pool died last Wednesday.  The boy and two other young children were pulled from the pool at the townhouse apartment homes on East Fountain Blvd by a cousin, who found them lying at the bottom after hearing…MORE

4 Traffic Fatalities in 4 days

4 Traffic Fatalities in 4 days

After a deadly weekend on Colorado Springs roadways, another person has died early Monday morning. A driver crashed into a sign at Circle and Hancock. This is the fourth traffic fatality in the last four days. Late Friday night a woman was killed after being thrown from her motorcycle on Academy Blvd. near Village 7.…MORE

Illegal Pot Grows Raided

Illegal Pot Grows Raided

Federal agents raided a home near Stetson Hills and Peterson Thursday. They seized dozens of illegal marijuana plants.  It was one of several raids around the city.  Earlier in the day more than 50 homes and businesses in the Denver area were busted for having illegal marijuana operations.  It isn’t clear if any arrests were…MORE

Officer Cem Duzel Update

Officer Cem Duzel Update

Officer Cem Duzel, the officer seriously injured in a shootout last week in southeast Colorado Springs, is now able to take some breaths on his own. He’s currently being treated at UC Health Memorial Hospital.  He remains in critical condition. Karrar Al Khammasi, the man accused of shooting Duzel, appeared in court Thursday and has…MORE

El Paso County Deputy Facing Misdemeanor Charges

El Paso County Deputy Facing Misdemeanor Charges

An El Paso County deputy is facing four misdemeanor charges after a crash last July that left two dead and two injured on Highway 24. Quinline Linebaugh was driving an El Paso County Sheriff’s office cruiser behind 75 year old Kenneth and 71 year old Dorothy Wuerfele. When the deputy went to pass the couple,…MORE

Fire Victim Identified

Fire Victim Identified

The man who died in a structure fire Wednesday morning is identified as 52 year old James Carroll. It happened in a multi-unit home on Airport and Academy near the Satellite Hotel. CSPD and the Colorado Springs Fire Department are conducting an investigation into what caused the fire.MORE

Hail Storm Assistance Location

Hail Storm Assistance Location

The El Pomar Foundation will offer $250,000 in assistance to residents who experienced damage from recent severe storms.  If you experienced damage from flooding and hail storms in July and August in El Paso County and Teller Counties, you may qualify for help in situations where federal, state and insurance assistance is not available.  El…MORE

Dead Animals Found Near Black Forest Road

Dead Animals Found Near Black Forest Road

7 horses are in a boarding facility after being found neglected at a residence on Stockholm Grove, which is near near Black Forest Road. El Paso County Deputies also discovered three dead dogs on the property.  Tests are being done to determine how the dogs died.  Charges are pending against the owners, who were not…MORE

California Fire Fighters Get More Resources

California Fire Fighters Get More Resources

A Colorado Springs based resource is heading to California to help fight wildfires. The Air Force is sending one Modular Fire Fighting system C-130. The C-130 aircrafts can drop up to 3,000 gallons of retardant in seconds and can refill its’ tanks in under 12 minutes. The 302nd Airlift Wing was activated for the first…MORE

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