Author: Andrea Sinclair
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Cemetery, memorial site draw holiday visitors who keep memories alive
In the quiet of Evergreen Cemetery on Sunday, dozens of people carried out the age-old rituals of Memorial Day, sprucing up grave sites and adorning headstones with flowers while taking time to simply remember someone special. Anna Kochis, 86, strolled through rows of graves, stopping to pull weeds and admiring the headstones of people whose…
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Rain, snowmelt runoff cause rivers to rise along Colorado’s Front Range
The storms that lingered along Colorado’s Front Range in recent days brought plenty of rain and hail to the region, raising river and creek levels in the north, and prompted a flash flood advisory over the Waldo Canyon burn scar Sunday. The Cache la Poudre River in northern Colorado threatened to spill over its banks…
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Residents, businesses pick up pieces after damaging hail storm in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Julie McIntyre was hoping her fourth summer in business would be the breakout season for Summerland Gardens, the nursery she owns on East Cheyenne Road and South Nevada Avenue. But Wednesday’s hail storm changed things.…
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77-year-old man dies in rollover crash in southeast Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 77-year-old man died Thursday when his vehicle went off a road, struck a pillar and was partially submerged in a drainage ditch in southeast Colorado Springs, the Colorado State Patrol said. Trooper Josh Lewis…
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El Paso County deputy rear ends vehicle in north Colorado Springs
No one was injured in a three-vehicle crash involving an El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy Thursday morning, Colorado Springs police said. The deputy allegedly rear-ended a vehicle he did not realize was stopping near the intersection of Woodmen and Black Forest roads about 7:30 a.m., police said. The second vehicle was pushed forward and rear-ended…
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Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Colorado Springs, southern Colorado
El Paso County may get another round of intense thunderstorms and hail Thursday, but the National Weather Service in Pueblo said there was no guarantee the storms would be as severe as the cell that hammered the Front Range Wednesday with ping pong size-hail and five tornadoes that grounded airplanes and shut down roads. A…
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Colorado Springs police investigate possible new child solicitation near high school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 15-year-old girl reported being approached by a man in a pickup truck Tuesday, but Colorado Springs police said the vehicle and the man described were different from recent reports. The girl told police she…
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Officer-involved shooting reported in Colorado Springs
A 43-year-old man was hospitalized Tuesday night after an officer-involved shooting in northeast Colorado Springs, police said. At least one officer got into a shooting with the unidentified man about 11 p.m. at a residence on the 6600 block of Summer Grace Street, south of Dublin Boulevard and east of North Powers Boulevard, according to…
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Police: Pickup truck predator linked to 9 incidents in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In less than three weeks, nine incidents in which a man offered cash to girls to watch him masturbate have been reported in Colorado Springs, police said Monday. Most of the incidents, which involve a…
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Colorado Springs convenience store owner, husband sued over alleged ‘spice’ sales
A Colorado Springs convenience store, its owner and her husband are being sued by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office for selling illegal “spice” after an initial police investigation resulted in the removal of 1,505 packages of spice products from the store, according to court documents. The lawsuit alleges that Jin Ju Kim, 56, the owner…