Author: Chhun Sun
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Water main break closes road in Cheyenne Mountain neighborhood
A water main break has closed roads in a Cheyenne Mountain neighborhood on Tuesday morning, authorities said. Colorado Springs police and Colorado Springs Utilities have closed roads near East Cheyenne Road and Rockwood Avenue as they fix the water main break. This also include Pando Avenue. Colorado Springs Traffic reported the water main break just…
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Colorado Springs weather: Another day of sunshine before possible snow
Enjoy it while you can, Colorado Springs. Another day of “mostly sunny and mild weather” is in store for the city on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. Expect a high near 61 degrees with mostly light winds. “Today looks great, despite more cloud cover,” Brian Bledsoe, chief meteorologist of Gazette news…
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Colorado Springs school volunteer, basketball coach arrested on child sex assault, police say
A Colorado Springs school volunteer and basketball coach accused of sexually assaulting a child was arrested early this month, police said. Jalen McNeal, 19, is accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl last summer, police said. He was was arrested Feb. 3, police said Friday. Since December, McNeal worked as a classroom volunteer and basketball…
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Armed robber leaves with cash, flees Game Stop near Citadel Mall
An armed robber held the GameStop near the Citadel Mall at gunpoint Thursday afternoon before fleeing with a “small amount” of cash, Colorado Springs police said. The robbery was reported just before 1:30 p.m. at the video game store, located at 3235 E. Platte Ave., police said. A man wearing a dark hoodie entered the…
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Colorado Springs weather: Possible light snow before sunny weekend
Don’t expect too much, but snow is coming again. Friday’s forecast in Colorado Springs features mostly sunny skies and a high near 46 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, but snow could start falling in the late afternoon. Gazette news partner KKTV said in a report that a cold front could reach…
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Armed suspect arrested in standoff with law enforcement southeast of Colorado Springs
A standoff between an armed man and law enforcement in a neighborhood southeast of Colorado Springs ended Thursday afternoon with the man being arrested, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. The arrest was announced via Twitter around 2:25 p.m. A shelter-in-place order was lifted and nearby French Elementary School resumed normal operations, the tweet…
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Hot tub, trailer, motorcycle among $50K in stolen property recovered from Colorado Springs home, police say
A hot tub, a trailer and a motorcycle were among $50,000 in stolen property recovered by Colorado Springs police this week. A woman, identified as 36-year-old Britney Sherman, was arrested Wednesday in the alleged thefts, police said. They added that more arrests are coming. It all started Jan. 26, when, police said, a $10,000 hot…
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Colorado Springs weather: Sunshine, then perhaps snow before another warm weekend
Sunshine, snow, sunshine. That’s what the weather forecast in Colorado Springs looks like over the next few days, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo. However, the snowfall is not expected to stick. Thursday’s forecast calls for a high near 55 degrees with sunny skies and light winds, the weather service predicts. Then, in…
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Woman skier dies after crash at Eldora Mountain resort
A woman died Tuesday after she collided with a tree while skiing at Eldora Mountain Ski Resort, authorities said. The unidentified woman, 77, was on the Muleshoe Run at the resort — located at 2861 Lake Eldora Ski Road in unincorporated Boulder County — when she crashed, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.…
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Indoor face mask mandate lifted in Manitou Springs
Manitou Springs has dropped its indoor face mask mandate after City Council unanimously approved the move Tuesday, city officials said in a news release. The council’s order means no face coverings are required within all public indoor places, the city said. But the city said the decision to require face masks continues at local businesses,…