Author: Glenn Wallace
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New details in 6-year-old’s drowning death at Memorial Park
The arrest affidavit of the man charged with criminally negligent child abuse following the death of a 6-year-old family member on Sept. 30 indicates that police investigators believe alcohol played a factor. Joseph Camacho, 53, was arrested on Oct. 1, following the drowning death of the boy, on suspicion of child abuse and felony crime…
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Many smiles at Colorado Springs elementary school for ‘new bike day’
Nonprofit donates new bikes to Midland Elementary School’s second grade class
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Federal marshals hunt for final escapee from southern Colorado jail
One of four men who escaped the Bent County jail earlier this week remains on the loose. The escapee is 46-year-old Mark Fox, who is 6-foot-3, an estimated 175 pounds and bald. He has green eyes and a tattoo on his abdomen and chest. Authorities say Fox is to be considered armed and dangerous. The…
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Weathering the storm – Tri-Lakes residents dealing with rainy aftermath
Weeks of rainy weather have not been kind to the dirt roads of the Tri-Lakes area. Miles of Mt. Herman Road remain closed within Pike National Forest, but there have been issues closer to civilization too — a “huge chasm” at the intersection of Pixie Park and Limestone roads and washed out culverts making it…
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Fountain police release video in fatal officer-involved shooting
Fountain police released video of a shooting by one of its officers that left another man dead in November of 2022. Police combining information about the lead-up to the shooting during a domestic violence call and body camera footage from the shooting itself. The video contains graphic violence. The shooting death of Ross Floersheim by a Fountain…
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Recent storms leave Mount Herman roads and trails in rough shape
The Pikes Peak Ranger District has indefinitely closed a section of Road 320, beginning at the Mt. Herman and Red Rocks Drive turn-off, and ending at 320a, for public safety. The roadway suffered rockslides and washouts along the route. Photos posted by the group Friends o f Monument Preserve show several rock slides blocking at…
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‘Wet and heavy spring snow’ expected to slam the Colorado Springs area
Rain and snow, in varied ratios, are on their way to the Colorado Springs area Tuesday. The forecast calls for rain, gusty winds and some thunder to roll into the Pikes Peak area Tuesday afternoon, with snow falling above 8,500 feet. “But over the afternoon and evening that changeover point from rain to snow will…
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Bon voyage — abandoned boat removed from forest near Monument
The task of keeping our national forests clean can be a boatload of work. Just ask local nonprofit group Focus on the Forest — whose Tri-Lakes Chapter just removed an actual boat from the slopes of Mount Herman, just west of Monument on March 25. “Our motto is always, one piece at a time,” said…
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Palmer Ridge wins versus Lewis-Palmer in early season tennis
The wind whipping across the tennis courts at Lewis-Palmer High School on March 23 would be enough to numb the hands and blunt the resolve of most players. But Lewis-Palmer Girls Tennis Head Coach Paul Kardel laughed all that off. “Oh, both teams are used to it,” he grinned as his team took on its…
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Colorado Springs police adopt new body-camera policy
The Colorado Springs Police Department plans to release body camera footage of any “significant event” such as an officer-involved shooting or death in custody, within 21 days of the incident. “This is about us being transparent with our community and was largely started by the Transparency Matters report that was done last year,” said Lt.…