Author: Angie Jackson
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Man, woman sought in carjacking
A woman was held at gunpoint Friday night during a carjacking at the Dovetree Apartment complex. Officers were called to the 400 block of Lionstone Drive at about 10:40 p.m. They were told the victim was getting out of her car when a man and woman approached. The man pointed a shotgun at her, and the robbers…
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Soldier guilty of 1st-degree murder in Wal-Mart killing
A jury Friday convicted a Fort Carson soldier of first-degree murder with extreme indifference in a random drive-by killing last September outside the Wal-Mart on East Platte Avenue. Frank Lee Miller, who also was found guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 26-year-old Christopher Harmon, was sentenced to life in prison without parole…
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Local grads turned Ivy Insiders offer summer test prep courses
For high school students, preparing to take a standardized test can be daunting. There are thousands of vocabulary words to master, mathematical equations to memorize and the stress of knowing that the outcome could make or break admission to one’s dream school. But Akshay Buddiga and Lorena Rincon-Cruz are striving to help students overcome that…
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Colorado tomato war revived after 20-year armistice
Twin Lakes was once the battleground for a peculiar face-off: an annual war born of a playful animosity toward tourists from Texas. Coloradans armed themselves with truckloads of rotten tomatoes and worked themselves into a frenzy with war cries of “Beautify Colorado. Put a Texan on a bus” and “Die, Texan.” The annual Colorado Texas…
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Thousands celebrate western heritage with pancakes, eggs
Sarah Day remembers the days of having to leave her house when it was still dark just to fight the crowd for a hay bale at the Colorado Springs Street Breakfast. When she attended as a kid, clog dancers and country music by the Flying W Wranglers were annual attractions. Though she was no longer…
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Wounded bomb disposal sergeant honored for aiding comrades
As Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Badger and his team walked the streets of southern Afghanistan in search of improvised bombs last October, one went off just feet from him. His first instinct was to ignore his concussion and let adrenaline take over to make sure the rest of the soldiers were safe. It was…
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Rodeo events to kick off with annual street breakfast
Hot pancakes, fresh eggs and local country music will be on the menu Wednesday morning in downtown Colorado Springs at the 51st annual Colorado Springs Street Breakfast. As a tradition celebrating the city’s western heritage, about 300 Fort Carson soldiers will prepare and serve breakfast at the corner of Tejon Street and Pikes Peak Avenue…
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Aquarium visit, stay at hotel give family gift of time together
A stingray hovered overhead as Brett Rogers’ family wheeled him under a glass tunnel at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver. Most of the family members stood in awe, stretching their necks to get a view of the roaming sea creature, but 5-year-old Lyndsey couldn’t contain her excitement. “What an amazing day,” she exclaimed before darting…
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Man arrested after attempted carjacking at 7-Eleven
A man already sought by police was arrested on suspicion of attempted aggravated robbery Tuesday morning, Colorado Springs police said. Mark Morrow, 32, attempted to carjack a customer of the 7-Eleven at 1910 E. Fountain Blvd. at about 6 a.m., police said. Morrow put his hands in his coat pockets and threatened to shoot a…
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Car crashes into Springs yard
Police are investigating the driver of an SUV who crashed into a front yard on the city’s north side. Colorado Springs police said the driver drove an SUV into a yard on the 300 block of East Rockrimmon Boulevard near Woodmen Road early Tuesday morning. The driver’s injuries are non life-threatening and no one else…