Author: Annika Schmidt
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El Paso County man suspected of child sexual abuse arrested in South America
An El Paso County man is in federal custody after authorities say he fled the country to elude felony charges of sexual assault on a child. Bobby Allen Stark, 52, escaped to the South American country Guyana while out on bond ahead of a jury trial last year. Stark was first arrested in April that…
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Manitou Springs asks residents to conserve water after recent storm
The city of Manitou Springs has asked residents to conserve water Tuesday through Thursday this week since recent rainfall has slowed water treatment. French Creek, the city’s main water source, saw heavy runoff from unprecedented rain in the region last week. Resulting cloudiness and sediment in the water has slowed treatment, causing lower-than-adequate levels in…
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Biden may halt Space Command move: Report
NBC News reported Monday that President Joe Biden may halt plans to move Space Command to Huntsville, Ala. Unnamed sources in the report say they believe the White House’s potential plan to delay stems from “abortion politics” in Alabama, which recently passed what is considered to be one of the most restrictive abortion laws in…
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Drivers create overnight mayhem on Powers in Colorado Springs
Two possibly impaired drivers led law enforcement on pursuits along North Powers Boulevard in Colorado Springs early Monday morning. One, who allegedly had drug paraphernalia, rammed a trooper vehicle, and the other drove the wrong way down Powers, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department. Officers located a vehicle occupied by a woman “slumped over…
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Pikes Peak State College commencement: Some moms have more to celebrate this Mother’s Day weekend
Athziri Mendoza became a first-generation college graduate at the Pikes Peak State College commencement Saturday, where she was cheered on by family and friends including her mom and her 7-year-old daughter. “I did it all for my daughter and my mom,” she said outside The Broadmoor World Arena Saturday. “It’s surreal, because it took forever.…
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UCCS confers record number of graduates, and the stories among them
It wasn’t always the plan for twins Erika and Sofia Cruz Duke to pursue the same degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, but on Friday, the sisters both graduated summa cum laude with bachelors in Spanish. Erika and Sofia are two of over 1,300 graduates that crossed The Broadmoor World Arena stage…
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‘Atypical’ storm brings record rainfall to Colorado Springs
A storm system lashed Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region with record rainfall, hail and thunderstorms this week — flooding roads and waterways, delaying a handful of schools, and knocking out power for thousands. Colorado Springs saw 3.18 inches of rain on Thursday, bringing precipitation totals for the storm, which rolled in Wednesday afternoon,…
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Mountain lion swats 11-year-old girl in second recent attack near Buena Vista
Colorado Parks and Wildlife euthanized a young mountain lion that swatted an 11-year-old girl in the face Wednesday night as she checked on her chickens in a chicken coop southeast of Buena Vista. When the child opened the coop’s door, the mountain lion — which was inside the wooden henhouse — swatted her in the face,…
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Colorado Springs woman gets 20-year sentence in fentanyl death of high schooler
A Colorado Springs woman was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for selling a fentanyl pill that caused a Mitchell High School student to fatally overdose, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. Alexis Wilkins, 28, pleaded guilty to a charge of “distribution of fentanyl,…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office searching for runaway Colorado Springs-area teen
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a 16-year-old boy who left his home in Peyton on Monday and may be headed to Denver or Parker. Braden Taylor was in contact with his family until recently after leaving his home in the 17000 block of Prospector Drive, officials…