Author: Ryan Maye Handy
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Search and rescue crews help two hikers off Pikes Peak
Two men who got lost Sunday while hiking down from the summit of Pikes Peak were rescued by El Paso County Search and Rescue. The men took The Broadmoor Pikes Peak Cog Railway to the 14,115-foot summit and began walking down when they strayed too far south and lost the trail above treeline, ending up…
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Through vigil, discussion Colorado Springs community seeks to heal from shootings
The shooting at Colorado Springs’ lone Planned Parenthood clinic left three dead and nine wounded, but also left a community of people of divergent opinions trying to heal together. Members of anti-abortion activism groups, pastors, local artists and pro-gun control activists spent Sunday afternoon searching for ways to help Colorado Springs recover from the Nov.…
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Colorado Springs police investigating suspicious death
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found Sunday morning in a carport next to a Johnnies’ Liquor Store on South Nevada Avenue. Around 9:30 a.m., a passerby found…
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Family, friends mourn Army veteran killed in Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Ke’Arre Stewart went to war, he told his mother it was so he could die doing something. “I would rather go die doing something with my life than die doing nothing,” Sharon Lloyd recalled…
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Businesses near Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shootings reopen
A few businesses in a Centennial Boulevard shopping center opened on Monday for the first time since the complex was shut down for a massive investigation into Friday’s shootings. The Chase Bank, Center at Centennial and Centennial Professional Buildings on Centennial Boulevard are all open for business of Monday, said Kim Melchor, a spokeswoman for…
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Colorado Springs citizens: Mass shootings, tragedy don’t define the city or its people
Again. It’s one thing to experience disaster for the first time. A wildfire, a flood, a mass shooting. A community gets through them all because it must, because it can do nothing else. But to live through them again is a different challenge. That’s when the weight of previous experience is heaviest. Living through a…
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Car break-in spree keeps Fountain police busy
The Fountain Police Department is looking for thieves who have been stealing from cars since early October, lifting purses, cell phones and firearms from unlocked cars. Police said there were 56 break-ins in Fountain dating back to Oct. 3, and officers are looking for suspects between the ages of 15 and 25. The suspects are…
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Cold weather rolls in, will stay around through Thanksgiving weekend
Dress warm this holiday, temperatures Thursday are predicted to be colder than a thawing turkey. Thanksgiving morning will greet the Pikes Peak region with what KKTV chief meteorologist Brian Bledsoe calls the “Three F’s.” “Fog, flurries and freezing drizzle,” he said. “It’s not going to be a blizzard or anything like that. You will just…
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Colorado Springs police ID elderly couple found shot to death in home
Colorado Springs police have identified Ted and Shirley Cull as the elderly couple who were found shot to death in their central Colorado Springs home late Tuesday night. The death of Ted Eugene Cull, 82, has been declared a suicide. The manner of 82-year-old Shirley Cull’s death remains under investigation, according to a news release…
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El Paso County sheriff needs help finding forgery suspect
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help finding a man suspected of forgery in Denver-area Costco stores. The man is using Colorado Springs addresses and uses the aliases Roger Rudd and Roger Rupp. Anyone with information should contact detective Andrew Thompson at 520-7238 or at AndrewThompson@elpasoco.com, The El Paso County Sheriff’s…