Author: Nick Smith
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Teenage girl goes missing in El Paso County near U.S. 24
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has issued a missing persons alert for a 13-year-old girl last seen Saturday near U.S. 24. Lilli, described as a 120-pound, 5-foot-4 blonde girl with blue eyes, was last seen near Robinson Street, located off the highway and 31st Street just west of Colorado Springs city limits, according to…
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Colorado Springs residents evacuated Monday night after shed explodes
A Colorado Springs home and several neighboring residents were evacuated Monday night after a shed exploded then caught fire, police reported. Located in the 2500 block of East Dale Street, near Platte Avenue and Circle Drive, the shed exploded at around 5:30 p.m. and was engulfed in flames by the time first responders arrived, according…
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As ICE arrests rise in the U.S., one detainee was eager to leave the country
Marivel Azpeitia was driving from their home in Colorado Springs to Dallas with her fiancé to pick up her stepchildren for Christmas when the pair was pulled over by Texas law enforcement. It would be some of the last moments Azpeitia would see her fiancé, Edwin Euceda-Rios, on U.S. soil. It would also be the beginning of weeks of alleged…
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Suspected drunken driving crash in Colorado Springs leaves 1 in critical condition Saturday
A vehicle went off the road and struck a “fixed object” overnight in east Colorado Springs, sending the driver to the hospital in critical condition in an apparent drunken driving crash, according to an online blotter entry from city police. Officers were notified of the collision at Galley and Wooten roads shortly after 2 a.m.…
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Fatal crash closes Marksheffel near Peterson Space Force Base
Drivers are being detoured along Marksheffel Road Friday morning as Colorado Springs police investigate a fatal crash near the east gate of Peterson Space Force Base. Both the northbound and southbound lanes between Drennan Road and the east gate entrance have been closed since 5:30 a.m., according to a post from the Colorado Springs Police…
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‘Felt very threatening:’ UCCS shooting suspect identified, faces attempted murder charge
The man suspected of shooting at a student during a dispute at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs faces a charge of attempted first-degree murder. Jonathan Sovine, a 25-year-old who university officials say was a former student, was arrested on Tuesday after investigators tied him to the shooting, which happened on Monday night outside the…
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Pedestrian seriously injured in alleged hit-and-run crash in east Colorado Springs
A pedestrian is in the hospital, and a man is in custody after an alleged hit-and-run crash from Tuesday night. The crash happened at the intersection of North Circle Drive and Galley Road, near The Citadel mall on the east side of Colorado Springs, according to an online blotter entry from the Colorado Springs Police…
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Suspected shooter at UCCS in custody, university says
A man suspected of firing several shots at a student outside a dorm room on the University of Colorado Colorado Springs campus has been arrested, university officials confirmed. The man, who has yet to be identified, was arrested late Tuesday morning after a joint investigation with campus and Colorado Springs police, UCCS spokesperson Jenna Press…
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Protesters rally in downtown Colorado Springs over death of Renee Good
Hauling a boombox attached to a cart, three sisters stood at the base of City Hall in downtown Colorado Springs Saturday in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting by an immigration officer that killed 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis. Carrying signs criticizing the killing of Good, a former resident of Colorado Springs, the three joined over…
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Storm hits Colorado Springs with record-breaking snow totals
Winter in Colorado Springs has been a tale of weather whiplash so far, with the latest snowstorm breaking a more than 60-year-old snow total record. Piling more than a foot of snow in parts of the Colorado Springs area on Friday, the storm broke the 1962 record for Jan. 9 of 5 inches of snow,…