Author: Daniel Chacon
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Police ask public for help in locating missing 14-year-old Woodland Park girl
Police are asking the public for help in finding a 14-year-old Woodland Park girl who has been missing since Wednesday night. Alexandra “Ali” Point left her home about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and went to Memorial Park in Woodland Park. She has not been seen or heard from since, police said. “Ali was last seen wearing…
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Police ask public for help in locating missing 14-year-old Woodland Park girl
Police are asking the public for help in finding a 14-year-old Woodland Park girl who has been missing since Wednesday night. Alexandra “Ali” Point left her home about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and went to Memorial Park in Woodland Park. She has not been seen or heard from since, police said. “Ali was last seen wearing…
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Video: ‘That explosion was insane’ in Colorado Springs
A two-vehicle crash Wednesday on Colorado 115 and Cheyenne Mountain Boulevard sent one motorist to the hospital and the other to jail, police said. The 3:40 p.m. crash was seen and heard from a distance. Witnesses said one of the cars — a black Mercedes — burst into a massive fireball and caused a large…
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Police: Man may be headed to Colorado Springs to kill estranged wife, children
Police across Colorado received a warning Tuesday about a 31-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill his estranged wife and children, who live in the Colorado Springs area. According to a BOLO — “Be On The Lookout” — read over the scanner, the man is considered armed and dangerous. “Party contacted his parents in Salida…
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Report: Colorado Springs among top 10 cities with the most speed traps
A story on ABC News Monday evening claims Colorado Springs is among the cities with the most speed traps. The story cites the National Motorist Association as its source. The Wisconsin-based organization, which says motorists should “not be unwitting cannon fodder for self-serving government programs, over-bearing police departments or greedy courts,” could not be reached…
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List of businesses blacklisted by Fort Carson
A nightclub in downtown Colorado Springs that was the scene of a shooting early Sunday that left a Fort Carson soldier dead is the latest business to be blacklisted by the Army. “The Circa Nightclub has been added to the off limits area due to a homicide located outside the club,” Fort Carson said Monday…
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Flood brings tragedy in Colorado Springs
Searchers on Tuesday pulled the body of 17-year-old Rose Hammes from Sand Creek — a creek bed that normally runs dry. During a separate downpour Friday evening, heavy rains in Colorado Springs caused the usually docile trickle of Shooks Run to whip into a raging torrent — nearly pulling a man downstream near Kiowa Street.…
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Men sought for questioning in Oklahoma murder may be in Colorado Springs
Two men who may have information about the June 12 shooting death of a 77-year-old man in Oklahoma may be in Colorado Springs, authorities said. “The two men we are looking for likely are either in your area or have driven through it recently,” Jessica Brown, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation,…
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Colorado Springs has third highest number of DUI arrests over July 4th enforcement period
jdfljadlk a; dalf la Law enforcement agencies across Colorado arrested about 535 motorists for driving drunk over the long Fourth of July weekend. Police arrested 32 people on suspicion of drunken driving in Colorado Springs, the third highest number of arrests over the six-day enforcement period among Colorado municipalities. Denver was No. 1 with 69…
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Northwestern El Paso County under storm warning
UPDATE 7:09 p.m. – According to Colorado State Patrol and other reports, westbound Highway 24 is now open to traffic. 6:07 p.m. – Eastbound Highway 24 is now open, the sheriff’s office reports. Westbound remains closed. 5:55 p.m. – El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said water was up to 30 inches deep in places at the height…