Author: John Schroyer
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Storm doesn’t faze El Paso’s RNC delegates
Tropical Storm Isaac hasn’t scared off any of El Paso County’s seven Republican delegates and alternates from the national convention in Tampa. If anything, it’s given Republicans more of a chance to kick back and enjoy themselves before they get down to business. “Some of our guys went out and went swimming,” said Sen. Kent…
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Fountain shooting suspect arrested
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police on Friday arrested Tabuari Bell, a suspect from an Aug. 18 shooting in Fountain. Bell was taken into custody without incident. Bell, 31, allegedly shot Chad Tipton after an argument. Tipton was…
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Romney campaign rally at Fountain VFW Saturday morning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Mitt Romney presidential campaign will start a four-day bus tour Saturday morning in Fountain, with a 9 a.m. rally at a local Veterans of Foreign Wars post. The tour, by the so-called “Romney-Ryan Bus,”…
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Lamborn sitting out Republican convention
Of the tens of thousands of Republicans in Colorado Springs and the rest of El Paso County, only seven will be among the 4,411 at the GOP National Convention this week in Tampa.And only a few of those are elected officials. Even Congressman Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, isn’t going. “While I would have enjoyed attending the…
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Fountain shooting suspect arrested
Colorado Springs police on Friday arrested Tabuari Bell, a suspect from an Aug. 18 shooting in Fountain. Bell was taken into custody without incident. Bell, 31, allegedly shot Chad Tipton after an argument. Tipton was shot twice with a pistol, said a Fountain police spokesman. Tipton was shot once in an arm and once in…
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Springs stop by Obama makes perfect sense, says professor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Barack Obama will address what likely will be more than a thousand people at Colorado College on Thursday, in his last stop of a two-day, four-city tour of the state. Volunteers spent Monday evening…
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Obama rallies supporters, greets OTC athletes in Springs
It was so hot and so crowded that several people fainted Thursday afternoon on the quad of Colorado College. But that didn’t deter the estimated 4,200 people — mostly Democrats — who stubbornly remained packed together to hear President Barack Obama speak for nearly an hour about why he’s the better man for the job.…
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Springs stop by Obama makes perfect sense, says professor
President Barack Obama will address what likely will be more than a thousand people at Colorado College on Thursday, in his last stop of a two-day, four-city tour of the state. Volunteers spent Monday evening and much of the day Tuesday handing out tickets to enthusiastic Democrats, but even the campaign wasn’t sure how many…
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Police kept busy with pair of standoffs
A pair of standoffs that easily could have become violent were resolved Tuesday morning by Colorado Springs police without incident. The first was reported at 9:09 a.m., when a soldier suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder allegedly threatened his girlfriend with a gun. The soldier, 34-year-old Markus Gerald, lives with his girlfriend and two children at…
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UPDATE: Tickets still left for Thursday Obama visit
UPDATE:As of 12:45 pm. Tuesday, some tickets remained for President Barack Obama’s visit to Colorado Springs on Thursday. See details below on where to pick them up. President Barack Obama isn’t the most popular guy in El Paso County, but you wouldn’t be able to tell it by the long line of residents who came…