Author: Liz Forster
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Forecast: Snow storm to deliver 1 to 2 inches in Colorado Springs
Meteorologists are eyeing a larger snow storm to hit Colorado Springs Thursday night through Friday than previously expected. The National Weather Service in Pueblo predicted a 20 percent chance of snow Thursday night increasing to 50 percent chance after 3 a.m. with less than a half an inch possible. Chances will bump up to 70…
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Thursday’s traffic: Northbound I-25 at Rockrimmon open
8:15 a.m. Northbound I-25 between Fillmore and North Academy is open after road work. A crash at Nevada and Platte avenues is blocking northbound Nevada and the left lane of westbound Platte. Northbound Nevada traffic must turn right at Platte. The outside left turn lane of the Briargate exit ramp off of northbound Powers is…
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UPDATE: AMBER alert issued for 17-year-old girl canceled
Update 7:15 p.m. Samantha Herrera, 17, has been found, and Rodney Brown, 19, is in custody, the Colorado Bureau of Investigations tweeted. It’s unclear what charges Brown might face. – Authorities issued an AMBER alert for 17-year-old Samantha Herrera who is believed to be with a potentially violent man. Herrera was last seen about 5…
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Authorities searching for three attempted-burglary suspects
El Paso County sheriff’s deputies are searching for three people suspected in an attempted burglary last week in northeast Colorado Springs. The burglary was reported just before 3 a.m. Friday in the 4900 block of Sapphire Drive. Two men tried to break into the home while a third person waited in a silver, late model,…
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Wednesday’s traffic: Hit-and-run crash blocking lanes of Fillmore at Union
12:28 p.m. A hit-and-run crash is blocking the right turn lane and partially blocking the right through lane of eastbound Fillmore west of Union. Unknown injuries.
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Firefighters extinguish two Colorado Springs apartment fires Wednesday
Firefighters battled their their second apartment complex fire Wednesday near Palmer Park and North Powers boulevards. The blaze sparked on the balcony of one of the middle units 12 p.m. at a two-story fourplex at 5514 Bonita Village Road. The fire charred one unit, and displaced the family of three living there. Everyone in the…
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Teen found shot to death at Colorado Springs trailer park identified
A teenager found shot to death inside a home at a southeast Colorado Springs trailer park early Saturday has been identified as Jose Reyes, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office announced. Reyes, 18, was found just after 3 a.m. in the 2500 block of Swale Run near South Powers and Astrozon boulevards. The shooting is…
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Colorado Springs woman crushed to death by pickup identified
A woman crushed to death by her own truck Jan. 3 in a strip mall parking lot has been identified as Bich Van Ngo, 68. Ngo, who went by Theresa Dreher, stopped her truck in front of an Armed Forces Career Center and Rose Nails in the 5700 block of North Academy Boulevard and got out…
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Forecast: Clouds increasing in Colorado Springs as snow storm edges closer
Clouds are expected to gradually accumulated during the next two days as a snow storm approaches Colorado Springs, meteorologists say. The National Weather Service predicted mostly sunny skies Wednesday and increasing clouds Thursday before the chance of snow showers begins Thursday night. Pikes Peak region forecast Snow showers should last between 11 p.m. Thursday and…
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Human remains found near Trinidad identified as those of missing 23-year-old Aurora woman
Human remains found Sunday near Trinidad have been identified as those of a 23-year-old woman missing from Aurora, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation reported. LeBrea Jackson’s death is being investigated as a homicide, Aurora police said. Her remains were found near a closed truck stop about 3 p.m. off Exit 34 on Interstate 25 in Aguilar,…