Author: Carlyn Ray Mitchell
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Record temps set in Springs, Denver
It is 87 degrees outside, meaning Colorado Springs has broken the previous record temperature for September 28 set at 85 degrees in 1931, 1981 and 1998. At 2 p.m., the thermometer teetered just below the previous record at 84.9 degrees but set the new record by 3 p.m. Denver also set a record – the…
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Serious crash closes Dublin at Union Boulevard
A four-vehicle crash at Dublin and Union boulevards about 5:45 p.m. Monday sent four people to the hospital — one in critical condition — and closed Dublin in both directions for hours. The crash happened when two cars on Union Boulevard, one northbound and one southbound, collided as one tried to make a left turn…
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Panic, not clothes, may have caused teens’ drowning
Panic may have led to the double drowning Monday that claimed the lives of two Harrison High School students. In the wake of the tragedy, many in the community speculated that the jeans worn by Victorino DeJesus Martinez and Juan Neri Seguro may have weighed the teens down. While clothing, particularly cotton clothing, does create…
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Hundreds silently mark 2 Harrison students’ lives cut short
Hundreds gathered at Harrison High School Tuesday night to grieve for a pair of student leaders whose lives were cut short Monday in a tragic swimming accident. The drowning deaths of varsity soccer captain Victorino DeJesus Martinez, 18, and cross country runner Juan Neri Seguro, 18, in Prospect Lake during a picnic shocked their classmates,…
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Rowdy debate crowd steals thunder from Senate candidates
Ken Buck, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, makes a point during a Friday night debate with his opponent, incumbent Michael Bennet. Photo by CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, The Gazette U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., responds to a question Friday during a debate with his Republican opponent, Ken Buck. Photo by CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, The Gazette
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2,457 cars stopped at DUI checkpoints over Labor Day weekend
In this summer’s 100 Days of Heat campaign, in which 84 law enforcement agencies around Colorado stepped up their DUI enforcement, officers caught 293 suspected drunken drivers at sobriety checkpoints. Colorado Springs police arrested 54 people for drunken driving at checkpoints held on four nights between May 28 and Sept. 4, second to Denver’s 59…
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Police search for child sex assault suspect
Colorado Springs Police are looking for 44-year-old Theodore Ivan Robbins, who is suspected of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Detectives obtained a warrant for Robbins’ arrest after a 22 month investigation sparked by a tip on the abuse that allegedly occurred in an apartment. It is unknown whether Robbins is still in Colorado Springs. Anyone…
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Breast cancer survivors form special bond
In the past six months, Gina Arms and Debbie Griffin have lost breasts but gained an unshakable bond. The women had known each other through their board positions with Leadership Pikes Peak, but when Griffin called Arms in the spring to say her life plate was overflowing with the possibility of breast cancer, the relationship…
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Boy accused of stabbing classmate apprehended
A 12-year-old boy was stabbed in the cheek and neck Tuesday afternoon just after middle and high school students were let off a bus near Palmer Lake Elementary School, officials said. Palmer Lake Police took another 12-year-old boy who they believe stabbed the victim into custody a couple of hours later, said Police Chief Kieth…
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Lost dog joins elementary field trip, then heads home
A gaggle of first graders had a much searched for shadow Friday morning in a 6-year-old sheltie named KC, after the city from which she was taken. The students from Midland Elementary were on the traditional walking field trip from the new school building to the historic school building a few blocks away when KC…