Author: BY RYAN MAYE HANDY ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Man who broke into homes wielding chainsaw sentenced to 6 years in prison
Gerald Kimble, who pleaded guilty in September to four counts of second-degree burglary, was sentenced on Monday to serve six years in prison. In May, Kimble broke into several homes while wielding a chainsaw. An El Paso County district court sentenced Kimble to six years in prison for each of his four burglary offenses, however,…
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State water plan to be presented to Gov. Hickenlooper not favored by Colorado Springs Utilities
Nearly 40 years in the future, Colorado will be running low on water. Experts predict that Colorado will be short on exactly 400,000 acre feet of water – four times the amount Colorado Springs uses in a year. For years, state officials and water managers have been trying to close this gap, looking for extra…
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State trooper hit by car while investigating crash on I-25 near Castle Rock
A Colorado State Patrol trooper who was hit by a car on Interstate 25 south of Castle Rock while she was investigating a crash on Sunday evening has died, according to state patrol. The state patrol tweeted about the incident around 9 p.m. Sunday. All lanes of the highway, around milemarker 179 just north of…
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Researchers who studied Waldo Canyon fire say new firefighting approach needed
The American West needs a new kind of firefighter that fights fires that aren’t only wild or urban, but burn in the space between. This was the main finding from a group of researchers who studied the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, Colorado’s second most destructive wildfire and one that has come to epitomize the transformation…
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Former sprinkler requirements would have impacted few homes rebuilt after Black Forest fire
A former El Paso County fire code requirement that homes of 3,600 square feet or more have interior sprinkler systems would have had little impact on rebuilding efforts after the 2013 Black Forest fire. The fire destroyed 488 homes, 238 of which have been rebuilt; of those rebuilt, 11 have more than 3,600 square feet,…
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Vandals, unleashed dogs force goat herder to flee El Paso County park
Just days after they arrived in El Paso County to gobble up noxious weeds, 400 goats are leaving, fleeing hostile dog owners and vandals in Bear Creek Regional Park. Their owner, Lani Malmberg, is making good on a promise she made last year to leave the moment the park’s culture of untamed dogs became too…
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Unseasonably warm temperatures set Colorado Springs area up for fire danger
Forecasters call for another warm day Tuesday before things begin to cool down. Temperatures in Colorado Springs could reach 72 degrees, which would match the Nov. 3 record high set in 2009, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. There is potential for “extreme fire behavior” Tuesday along the Interstate 25 corridor and portion…
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Colorado Springs woman attacked by shark in Florida, punches back
A Colorado Springs woman’s family vacation came to an abrupt end on Sunday when a shark bit her lower right leg on a Florida beach, said her mother, Wanda Kruse. Jill Kruse, 28, will undergo surgery on her right calf muscle on Tuesday, and on Monday had some stitches put into her hand, her mother…
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One person killed in eastern El Paso County crash
One person was killed and another taken to the hospital in a crash Monday evening near the intersection of Squirrel Creek and Milne roads in eastern El Paso County, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The crash was reported around 6:20 p.m. on Monday. The Colorado State Patrol reported Sue Hill, 56, hit another car…
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Transforming into living dead all in a night’s work for employees of Ghouls Gulch
As the sun set over eastern Colorado Springs and a large, waxing moon rose to take its place, the nightly inhabitants of Ghouls Gulch were getting ready for an evening for horror. With an hour and a half to go until their guests arrived, members of the large Ghouls Gulch family were donning their ghoulish…