Author: BY RYAN MAYE HANDY ryanmaye.handy@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Woman drives car into building, arrested on suspicion of DUI
Colorado Springs police arrested a woman early Monday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence after she crashed into a building on East Fountain Boulevard. Around 3 a.m., Tanya Cooksey, 53, drove her Saturn into Diggers Estate and Thift Store, at 2845 East Fountain Boulevard, police said. Cooksey’s car was completely inside the business,…
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Police ID motorcyclist killed Friday on Highway 115
Twenty-three year old Darren Rhodes was killed while riding his motorcycle on Friday evening, Colorado Springs police said on Monday. Rhodes was caught in a multi-vehicle crash on Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard and Colorado 115 around 5 p.m. on Friday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The highway was shut down for a couple of…
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Police arrest man after heroine, cocaine found in car
Colorado Springs police arrested a man on Saturday night after they found more than $2,000 worth of heroin and cocaine in his car. Manuel Ramirez-Franco, 36, was booked in the El Paso County jail on suspicion of unlawful distribution of schedule I and schedule II narcotics, as well as on suspicion of driving under the…
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Person killed by car at East Boulder and El Paso streets intersection
A person was hit by a car and killed at the intersection of East Boulder Street and North El Paso Street on Sunday night, Colorado Springs police said. All eastbound lanes of East Boulder from Farrs Court to El Paso were closed for several hours, while officers investigated the incident. Officers received reports of the collision…
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Dwindling water options, high growth at odds in Douglas County
CASTLE ROCK – The rolling grasslands of western Douglas County might look like prime Front Range real estate. But beyond the beauty of the nearby foothills, there is a deeply buried problem with the land: Water is hard to come by. Technically, there is some water in the shallow aquifers that lie beneath the western…
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Lawsuit against El Paso County over wind farm dismissed
El Paso County attorneys and lawyers for disgruntled residents reached an agreement this week to end a months’ long lawsuit over a controversial wind farm, the county announced on Wednesday. On Sept. 1, an El Paso County district court approved the mutual decision to dismiss the lawsuit with prejudice, a move that protects the El…
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Massive wildfire season forces Forest Service to shuffle money to firefighting fund
The U.S. Forest Service began this week transferring money from some of its programs to help fuel its dwindling firefighting budget, according to an internal memo from Chief Tom Tidwell to regional foresters. The memo, dated Aug. 25, outlines a two-step process to transfer $450 million from various program budgets to the fire suppression fund,…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office asks for help finding missing teen
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a 17-year-old who disappeared after school on Friday. Micaela Worchester was seen at 6 a.m. on the 1400 block of Delwood Drive, when she left for school. Worchester did not return home on Friday night, nor did she show up for a work shift…
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Wildfire smoke advisory for Colorado is lifted, but caution encouraged
As of 9 a.m., the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment lifted the wildfire smoke advisory it issued on Sunday, although the department cautioned that those with heart or lung disease should continue to limit strenuous activities outdoors. The wildfire health advisory issued Sunday afternoon and was forecasted to extend into Monday evening. Upper…
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Lots of talk but little panic in Colorado Springs over stock market plunge
When Jessica Gladney heard about the plunging Dow on the radio Monday morning, the first thing she thought of was her application for mortgage on a new home. But as someone “who is not anywhere near retirement,” the 33-year-old Gladney, who works at a credit union, took the news in stride, she said. Her assets…