Author: Lisa Walton
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WATCH: Air Force Academy, Pikes Peak featured on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’
Hundreds of thousands of viewers got a live glimpse of the summit of Pikes Peak Friday morning when “Good Morning America” highlighted Colorado Springs in its “America The Beautiful: 50 States in 50 Weeks” series. The series, which launched last July, has anchors and correspondents from the popular ABC morning show, also known as “GMA,”…
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Police search for suspect after 1 shot in Colorado Springs parking lot
Colorado Springs police are searching for a suspect after one person was shot in a parking lot Saturday evening. According to an online police report, the shooting was reported around 5 p.m. in the 4100 block of Lacy Lane, east of Airport Road and Academy Boulevard. Police said a juvenile called to report that their…
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Police: Employee stabbed after confronting teenage shoplifters at Colorado Springs business
Colorado Springs police are searching for a group of teenage males involved in the stabbing and assault of a store employee on South Nevada Avenue late Friday night. According to an online police report, shortly before 11 p.m. an employee at a business in the 1800 block of South Nevada Avenue, near Southgate Road, reported…
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1 dead, 2 injured in overnight crash in Colorado Springs
One person was killed, and two were seriously injured in a 2-car crash in southeast Colorado Springs early Saturday morning. According to an online police report, at approximately 2:17 a.m, the Colorado Springs Police Department received a call for a traffic crash at the intersection of East Fountain Boulevard and Academy Park Loop. When emergency…
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1 dead after car crashes into house in west Colorado Springs
One person is dead after a car crashed into a house late Friday night on the city’s west side. According to a Colorado Springs police blotter report, the crash happened shortly before midnight at Uintah and 22nd streets. Police said the driver was dead when officers arrived. The house was occupied when the crash occurred;…
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Colorado’s wildlife bridge on I-25 will be ‘world’s largest,’ officials say
The wildlife overpass under construction on Interstate 25 between Larkspur and Monument will be the “world’s largest bridge structure built for wildlife,” officials said in a release Friday as they marked the project’s halfway point. Measuring 200 feet wide and 209 feet long, the massive I-25 Greenland Wildlife Overpass will cover nearly an acre once…
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Police shoot, kill suspect overnight in downtown Colorado Springs
A man with a gun was shot and killed by officers in downtown Colorado Springs early Saturday, according to police. Just after 1:30 a.m., when nightclubs were beginning to let out, officers received a call for service regarding a possible disturbance involving a man displaying a gun on the 100 block of East Pikes Peak…
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Wildfire sparked by Cañon City fireworks display now contained, officials say
A fireworks display that sparked a wildland fire near U.S. 50 Friday night has been contained, according to the Cañon City Area Fire Protection District. In a Facebook post Saturday morning, officials reported that crews were in “mop-up phase” and would continue to work on the west side of Skyline Drive near the highway. The…
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1 killed, 1 seriously injured in suspected DUI crash on Circle Drive bridge; driver arrested
Police said speed and impairment are both suspected in a crash that killed one person and seriously injured another in south Colorado Springs early Saturday. The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Circle Drive, on the bridge over Hancock Expressway. A pickup truck with two passengers in the back was southbound…
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VIDEO: Funnel cloud spotted south of Colorado Springs Friday
Severe weather swept through the Pikes Peak region Friday afternoon, bringing hail, heavy rain, and a Tornado Watch to El Paso County. Multiple reports of a funnel cloud came in from south of Colorado Springs — with one video captured in the Fountain Mesa neighborhood around 3:30 p.m. Friday. Weather delayed multiple flights to and…