Author: Carlyn Ray Mitchell
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FREX: Bus sales to save commuter service
The FREX commuter bus service between Colorado Springs and Denver was tossed a lifesaver Thursday after nearly drowning in the flood of city budget cuts. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s State Transportation Commission unanimously agreed to use the proceeds from the sale of five to nine of the FrontRange Express buses to keep the service…
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Police: Teen drives into group of Doherty students, injuring 5
A juvenile was arrested Wednesday after allegedly driving into a group of Doherty classmates, striking five. Several of the students were in the Family Dollar parking lot at 4609 Austin Bluffs Parkway waiting for rides home, police said, when the suspect, who goes to another school, came to pick up his girlfriend. He reportedly made…
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Officials: Magazine sellers, homeowner get into knife fight
A woman stabbed a woman Tuesday night who went to her Cimarron Hills home to sell magazines but may have been trying to steal from the house, officials said. About 8:20 p.m., two women went to the home on Petersburg Court, west of Peterson Road and Constitution Avenue, and got into an altercation with the…
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Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run on South Circle
A pedestrian has been taken to a hospital after a hit-and-run south-central Colorado Springs. The woman was hit about 8:05 p.m. at 400 S. Circle Drive, north of Airport Road, said Colorado Springs Police Lt. Mark Comte. Police are en route to the scene. The woman’s condition was not immediately available. Check back to gazettedev.gazette.com…
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Drums draw community to pow wow
American Indians do not bring their drum to celebrations and spiritual meetings. The drum brings them.“The drum has a spirit, so we follow it where ever it takes us,” said Lee Plenty Wolf. Saturday, the drums brought Plenty Horse and hundreds more to Palmer Ridge High School for Monument’s first ever pow wow, a social…
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Son arrested after reporting finding body in trash can
A man whose body was found in a trash can Monday morning in southwest Colorado Springs was beaten to death, police said today. Russell Abeyta, 54, was found dead outside his residence at 1722 Ivy Place. His death is the 19th homicide in the city this year. His son, 32-year-old Quinton Abeyta, called police to…
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No foul play suspected in Springs woman’s death at Sand Dunes
The body of a 27-year-old Colorado Springs woman was found today at Sand Dunes National Monument in south central Colorado, the Alamosa County sheriff said. Kristin Weiss’ 2000 Honda sedan was found Wednesday evening in the parking lot at the dunes. Her body was found around 8:30 this morning about 250 yards away from her…
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Pedestrian hit by pickup truck dies of injuries
The 66-year-old woman hit by a pickup truck after running in front of rush-hour traffic Tuesday night died Wednesday morning of her injuries, police said. Juana Servantes Decavellero did not have the right-of-way about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when she was crossing Circle Drive from east to west along the south curb of Platte Avenue, police…
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Sheriff cutting the ribbon Friday on new detox center
Two months behind schedule, The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Friday will open the doors on a 40 patient, $1.9 million detoxification facility. Colorado Springs lost its detox center when Pikes Peak Mental Health ended its program at The Lighhouse Assessment Center in February. Sheriff Terry Maketa proposed replacing it with the El Paso…
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Pedestrian seriously injured near Platte and Circle
A 66-year-old woman is in critical condition tonight after running in front of oncoming, rush-hour traffic and being struck by a pickup truck. Juana Servantes Decavellero did not have the right-of-way when she was crossing Circle Drive from east to west along the south curb of Platte Avenue, police said. Decavellero waited for the car…