Author: Ellie Mulder
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Money sought to study bringing Amtrak’s Southwest Chief train to Colorado Springs
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A long-awaited effort to extend an Amtrak line that runs through southeast Colorado could include adding a station in Colorado Springs. State and local officials have applied for a federal grant to study what it would take to establish a new branch of the Southwest Chief with stops in Pueblo and Colorado Springs. For years,…
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Peoples United Methodist Church, in its 116th year, builds community east of Marksheffel Road
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East of Marksheffel Road, down a thoroughfare flanked by fields, you’ll find Peoples United Methodist Church, a historic black church grappling with its future on the edge of a rapidly growing city. The joke goes like this: “Hey, why did your church move to Kansas?” “We’re not in Kansas,” the Rev. W. Clifford Seay replies.…
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Peoples United Methodist Church, in its 116th year, seeks to add more congregants since move east
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East of Marksheffel Road, down a thoroughfare flanked by fields, you’ll find Peoples United Methodist Church, a historic black church grappling with its future on the edge of a rapidly growing city. The joke goes like this: “Hey, why did your church move to Kansas?” “We’re not in Kansas,” the Rev. W. Clifford Seay replies.…
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Peoples United Methodist Church, in its 116th year, builds community on fringe of Colorado Springs
East of Marksheffel Road, down a thoroughfare flanked by fields, you’ll find Peoples United Methodist Church, a historic black church grappling with its future on the edge of a rapidly growing city. The joke goes like this: “Hey, why did your church move to Kansas?” “We’re not in Kansas,” the Rev. W. Clifford Seay replies.…
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’48 Hours’ to air segment Saturday on killing of Woodland Park mother Kelsey Berreth
Less than a month before Patrick Frazee’s trial, CBS News’ “48 Hours” will air a segment Saturday night called “The Murder of Kelsey Berreth.” Correspondent Nikki Battiste takes “viewers inside the investigation to find out what happened to Berreth and piece together the twisted love triangle that prosecutors say led to the death of the…
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‘One of our Army’s premier operational leaders’ takes command of Fort Carson
The new top general at Fort Carson said that in nearly 30 years in the Army, he has come to prioritize “continuing to learn at every level.” “People sometimes think as you continue through your career that you’ve mastered it all and you need to stop learning, but I can tell you, it only gets…
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Duane K. L. France named 2019 Veteran of the Year by El Paso County’s Veterans Service Office
Duane K.L. France, a retired Army sergeant, combat veteran and mental health counselor, was named El Paso County’s Veterans Service Office’s 2019 Veteran of the Year during a ceremony last week. France retired from the Army in 2014 “and immediately began the next chapter of his life by supporting veterans that are impacted by mental…
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Fire restrictions imposed in Manitou Springs, El Paso and Teller counties
Forget the model rockets, fireworks and other combustibles. El Paso and Teller counties and Manitou Springs issued fire restrictions this week as dry conditions persist across the Pikes Peak region. Sheriff Bill Elder ordered the El Paso County constraints Thursday “due to the continued dry conditions and the National Weather Service forecast for continued dry…
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Man guilty of brutal murder of 3-year-old Colorado Springs girl
The man who brutally beat 3-year-old Bella Sky Ritch to death was convicted Tuesday and sent to prison for life without parole. The little girl was savagely slain two years ago Wednesday, which also is the birthday of her killer, David Kevin Lake. He turns 30 on Wednesday. The guilty verdict “sends a message about…
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Driver severely injured in I-25 rollover crash at Martin Luther King Jr. Bypass
A driver was severely injured Tuesday in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 25 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Bypass, Colorado Springs police said. The crash was reported about 4:15 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-25. A vehicle reportedly exited the bypass and collided with a southbound vehicle, causing “one of the vehicles to…