An argument between a husband and wife escalated fast when she allegedly stabbed him in the hand.

Colorado Springs police say it happened about 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the 300 block of East Brookside Street, near Nevada and Interstate in Colorado Springs.

Police say the man is expected to be OK.

Dawn Wallingford, 49, was arrested, according to police.

Highway 24 improvement meeting Monday night

El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark said Monday’s public hearing about planned improvements to U.S. Highway 24 on the west side could be contentious.

“Highway 24 is very controversial,” Clark said. “It has been for a long time.”

The meeting is scheduled 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Community Partnership for Child Development office, 2330 Robinson St. The public is invited to attend and make comments.

Clark, who represents that area of the county, was asked if she’ll attend.

“Are you kidding? Oh yeah, I’ll be there,” she said. “And I’ll have a pre-meeting.”

The Colorado Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration completed an environmental assessment on the impacts of safety and capacity improvements planned for Highway 24. The public comment period, which lasts 45 days, ends July 11.

At Monday’s hearing, displays will be set up for viewing, with U.S. 24 West Project Team members available to answer questions. A 30-minute presentation at 5:30 p.m. will provide information about proposed improvements, which include:

CDOT Project Manager Don Watt said it’s a “phased project” that is expected to cost $230 million, although no funding is earmarked. Funding would likely come from a variety of sources, including CDOT.

“It’s all about striking a balance,” Watt said. “This has been an eight-year process. We hope to issue a final decision document late this summer. I’ll call that a building permit.”

Clark said the first phase should be the Cimarron/I-25 interchange.

Watt said the final decision document means that U.S. 24 West would then be in the mix with the Cimarron/I-25 interchange and Powers Boulevard projects whenever funding is available. The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments — which includes El Paso County, the City of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs among its members — listed the Cimarron/I-25 interchange as its top priority.

Clark said adding an overpass at 21st Street is the most controversial aspect because the space needed would eliminate several business sites, including the old railroad Round House.

“The neighborhood objects to it,” Clark said. “People don’t want an overpass at 21st Street. Neither do I.”

WEATHER

A chance of rain is forecast Monday after 3 p.m. Otherwise, expect mostly sunny skies with a high of 72. Monday night, partly cloudy with a low about 48.

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Sheriff: Man kills 2 family members, himself

DURANGO (AP) — Authorities say a 69-year-old man in southwestern Colorado who was angered over an inheritance killed two family members and then himself.

The bodies of William Decker, his 67-year-old sister Billie Decker, and her 40-year-old son Robert Decker were found Friday.

La Plata County Sheriff’s investigators said Sunday night that William Decker killed the other two and then took own life.

Investigators say William Decker was unhappy over an inheritance distribution following the death of his mother in April.

Responding to a suspicious phone call, sheriff’s deputies went to a farm Friday near the New Mexico border on Colorado Highway 140 found William Decker’s body hanging in a barn. Robert Decker’s partially buried body was located a short while later near a riverbank on the farm. Using information found at the farm, authorities found Billie Decker’s body at a Durango home.

1 killed, 1 injured in Brighton shooting

DENVER (AP) — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after two men were shot and left in a ditch in the Denver suburb of Brighton.

Detective Michelle Timm says authorities received a call just before 10 a.m. Saturday and found the men in the ditch near Denver International Airport. One man was killed and the other remains hospitalized.

The Denver Post reports the names of the men and the condition of the survivor have not been released.

Avon woman faces charges in infant’s death

AVON (AP) — Authorities say a 30-year-old Avon woman faces several charges stemming from the death of a 3-month-old boy.

Avon Police Lt. Greg Daly says Tanya Amanda Baca was arrested Wednesday on charges of domestic violence, third-degree assault and child abuse causing death. She is being held at the Eagle County jail on a $50,000 cash bond.

Police were called early Wednesday morning to investigate injuries to the Avon infant who had been taken to the Vail Valley Medical Center, where he later died.

The Vail Daily reports Baca is set to appear in court Wednesday. Sheriff’s Deputy Tyler Churches says no attorney was listed in Baca’s booking documents.

Fly fisherman finds body on river bank near Aspen

ASPEN (AP) — The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a fly fisherman found a decomposing body along the south edge of the Roaring Fork River near Aspen.

Deputy Tiffani Delaney says authorities were called Saturday afternoon and the man’s body was removed later that evening. The man appeared to be lying on his side with his head rested on a pillow.

The Aspen Daily News reports the man’s name and age have not been released, and an autopsy is expected to be performed Sunday.

Authorities believe the body had been on the river bank for at least a few days.

Wolves removed from sanctuary near wildfire

DENVER (AP) — Volunteers at a wolf sanctuary near a large wildfire burning in northern Colorado have removed 11 of the animals and hope the remaining 19 will take shelter in a series of underground concrete bunkers if the blaze passes through.

WOLF sanctuary spokeswoman Michelle Proulx tells Denver-based KUSA-TV the wolves were taken to kennels in Larimer County, and depending on the conditions Sunday, volunteers could go back and retrieve the remaining animals. If not, she says the wolves could take shelter at the sanctuary in what are known as “fire dens.”

The fire is burning in a mountainous area about 15 miles west of Fort Collins and grew to 22 square miles within about a day of being reported. It has destroyed or damaged at least 18 structures.

Woman files suit against Cox and Thomas

DENVER (AP) — A woman who accused former Denver Broncos cornerback Perrish Cox of sexual assault has filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages against Cox and current Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas.

The woman’s lawyer, Craig Silverman, says he filed the lawsuit electronically Sunday. A jury in March acquitted Cox of all charges and Cox then signed a two-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers. Silverman says the lawsuit allows the woman to “prosecute” the allegations in court.

Civil lawsuits have a lower threshold of proof, as opposed to a “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard in criminal proceedings. The woman became pregnant after visiting Cox’s apartment following a night of partying in 2010. In his lawsuit, Silverman says the woman was drugged at a downtown nightclub then sexually assaulted at Cox’s suburban apartment.

Medical illustrator, ‘fool the eye’ artist dies

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — World-renowned medical illustrator Gerald Parker Hodge has died at his home in Michigan. He was 91.

His daughter Melinda Hodge says Hodge died Thursday in Ann Arbor after a fight with cancer.

Hodge was a longtime professor at the University of Michigan, where he founded the master’s program in medical and biological illustration in 1964.

Beyond his work in the applied art field, he was prominent as a fine artists specializing in “fool the eye” paintings.

Hodge was born in Denver and studied painting at the University of Colorado before enlisting in the Army during World War II.

He fought in the invasion of Okinawa near the end of the war with Japan.

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— New Horizons KICKS Band, 6 p.m., Canyon School Park, 1201 Cheyenne Road, free.

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