Author: Carlyn Ray Mitchell
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Woman shot at Applebee’s near Citadel mall
A woman was shot Thursday night at an Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant near the Citadel mall in Colorado Springs. The woman, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound that police said wasn’t life-threatening. Witnesses told police that they heard only a single shot, with no arguments…
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Pair seriously injured in crash
A 22-year-old man and his 13-year-old nephew are unlikely to survive a three-car crash at Palmer Park Boulevard and Bula Drive earlier this evening that shut down the major artery for hours, police said. The 22-year-old, whose name wasn’t released, was driving east on Palmer Park about 6 p.m. when he lost control in a…
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October likely to be cold, wet
Hope you like your pumpkins frozen or soggy, because those seem to be the two options October weather is prepared to offer, possibly starting as soon as tonight. There is strong potential in the Pikes Peak region and across most of the state for temperatures to fall below the average high of 63.4 degrees and…
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South-side man arrested in drug raid
A man was arrested Tuesday after Colorado Springs Police detectives found cocaine and weapons in his south-side apartment, police said. Omar Caro had sold cocaine to an undercover detective, police said. When detectives searched his home on Tuesday, they found 146.9 grams of cocaine, 5.1 grams of methadone, two handguns and three vehicles. Caro faces…
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Suspicious package turns out to be geocaching
The Colorado Springs police bomb squad blew up a suspicious package left near the Pikes Peak Community College Rampart Range campus that turned out to be a collection of toys used in geocaching, a GPS hide-and-seek game, where players leave items for others to find. Access to the east side of the campus was blocked…
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Hiker lost on Pikes Peak
El Paso County Search and Rescue is looking for a woman who called lost from Pikes Peak this evening. The woman was hiking alone on Barr Trail when she took a wrong turn off the trail. She described her location as near the Manitou Water Shed, said Lt. Lari Sevene, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office…
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Springs woman, whose brother died in attack, greets Gadhafi
Twenty-one years after the plane carrying her brother blew up in a terror attack over Lockerbie, Scotland, Lisa Gibson on Wednesday gave a gift to the leader of the nation believed responsible. Hours after Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi gave a controversial and widely protested address before the U.N. in New York City, the 39-year-old Colorado…
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$37,000 in cocaine seized; Briargate man arrested
A 2-month drug investigation that has taken 370 grams of cocaine off the streets ended Thursday with the arrest of Sabino Rubalcaba, who is suspected of distributing the drug. Rubalcaba was arrested about 3:30 p.m. when he delivered 234 grams of cocaine to an undercover detective, police said. A search of Rubalcaba’s house, at 1910…
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AFA graduate killed in Iraq
An airman who graduated at the top of his 2007 Air Force Academy class was killed Tuesday in Iraq, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. First Lt. Joseph D. Helton, 24, of Monroe, Ga., was killed near Baghdad by an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 6th Security Forces Squadron at MacDill Air…
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Heimlicher resigning from City Council
Five months after winning re-election to a final four-year term, Colorado Springs City Councilman Jerry Heimlicher said today he will be resigning on Sept. 30. Heimlicher represents District 3, which covers the southwest part of the city including downtown, Old Colorado City, The Broadmoor, the U.S. Olympic Training Center, Broadmoor Bluffs and Skyway.Heimlicher was elected…