Author: Andrea Sinclair
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Van, motorcyle collide on Pikes Peak Highway; road reopened
A crash between a van and three-wheeled motorcycle Monday closed Pikes Peak Highway in both directions near Brown Bush, about 9.5 miles from the guard shack at the foot of the 19-mile stretch. The crash happened about 1:30 p.m., and was initially reported as an injury crash, but everyone involved was unharmed, said Colorado Springs…
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Model train expo pairs well with Father’s Day in Colorado Springs
Model trains rumbled on their tracks through mountain tunnels and past towns filled with tiny figurines painstakingly arranged and designed to depict Colorado’s logging and mining railroads at Train Expo Colorado’s show on Sunday. For Rick Stewers, a Colorado Springs resident and model train aficionado since childhood, the train show was the perfect Father’s Day…
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Police: Colorado Springs man’s death not considered suspicious
Colorado Springs police said the death of a man whose body was found in Monument Valley Park Sunday was not considered suspicious. A passerby walking in the area where the Interstate 25 overpass goes by the park, near Mesa Road and West Cache La Poudre Street, reported seeing what looked like an unconscious man leaning…
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Aging elephant dies en route to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
A necropsy could reveal why 44-year-old Joni, an African elephant being transported to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo from the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina, died Sunday. A veterinarian and head elephant keeper from Greenville Zoo followed Joni from South Carolina and monitored her at every stop, along with nine zoos along the way that were…
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Lake George begins cleanup efforts after Sunday’s tornado
Residents in the Park County town of Lake George began picking up the pieces Monday, a day after a tornado ripped through a recreational vehicle park, destroying six RVs. The twister also toppled light poles, snapped power lines and uprooted trees – leaving hundreds without power until early Monday morning. “We’re a tight-bound community; everyone…
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None hurt as tornado rips Lake George RV park, tornado watch in El Paso County cancelled
Sue Cranston watched Sunday as storm clouds swirled over Lake George and a tornado’s funnel touched down on the RV and mobile home park at the southside of the lake by U.S. Highway 24. She saw the tornado rip through the park and destroy six RVs in its path, tossing pieces of the vehicles high…
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Arson not ruled out in Hanover grass fire
Arson hasn’t been ruled out in a fast-moving grass fire that burned nearly 14 acres in southeastern El Paso County and prompted temporary evacuations for 67 properties Tuesday. El Paso County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer said Thursday that the fire was “human caused,” but investigators had not determined if the blaze had been…
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Two-car crash blocks northeast Colorado Springs intersection
At least one person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday that has blocked the intersection of Dublin and Union boulevards, Colorado Springs police said. There were no details on the extent of the injuries, but police said one person was taken to the hospital immediately and medical responders were on-scene attending to others. The…
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Baby hospitalized, Colorado Springs man arrested for alleged child abuse
Colorado Springs police took a man into custody Wednesday after staff at a children’s hospital tipped them off to the possible abuse of an 11-month-old child. Tyrek Jumar Williams, 39, was arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse and booked into the El Paso County jail, records show. The infant had suffered a head injury…
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Black Forest fire chief on medical leave, citing PTSD
Black Forest Fire Chief Bob Harvey cited Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, caused by the ravaging June 2013 wildfire, a hostile work environment and recent board elections as the reason to take medical leave effective immediately during Wednesday’s Board of Directors meeting. Harvey was criticized in November by El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketafor his…