Author: Sue Mcmillin
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Police suspect same robber hit 3 times Friday night
One middle-aged robber may have hit two gas stations and a discount store within one hour Friday night, according to Colorado Springs police. “We’ve got one guy with the same description at all three,” a sergeant at the Sand Creek division said early Saturday. The description of the armed man in all three heists: a…
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2 arrested, 2 sought in theft, destruction of old jail cell
Two people have been arrested and two others are being sought in connection with the theft of a late 1800s jail cell that was cut up and sold for scrap, Colorado Springs police said Thursday. The historical one-person jail cell was stolen last month from the Gold Hill Mesa Subdivision. The jail cell had a…
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Man arrested in Wal-Mart robbery is linked to more heists
A man arrested Wednesday in connection with a robbery Tuesday at the Wal-Mart store at 3210 E. Platte Ave., has been tied to four other robberies in Colorado Springs since late January, Colorado Springs police said. William Visor, who also goes by the names William Lizer and Lamar Gibson, was being held Wednesday at the…
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Police release photo of man wanted in kidnapping, slaying
Police on Friday released a photo of a third suspect in the kidnapping and killing of a man who was abducted in Pueblo and whose body was found Jan. 9 in Colorado Springs. Miguel Angel Hernandez Moran, 20, is wanted on suspicion of accessory to first-degree murder, according to a release from the Colorado Springs…
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Educators say programs, full-day K help attract students
Attractive academic programs and free full-day kindergarten seem to draw students in the Pikes Peak region. That’s the take of officials at some districts that saw enrollment increases this school year. Of the 17 districts in El Paso and Teller counties, nine have more students than they did in the 2010 student count, seven have…
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UPDATE: I-25 reopens; wind chill could hit minus 30
Blowing snow closed highways in north and south Colorado Monday, and is dumping up to a foot of snow in some parts of the mountains. Interstate 25 was closed from about 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday from Wellington to the Wyoming border; southbound U.S. 285 was closed midafternoon at the New Mexico state line…
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Damaging winds blow out of state, leaving one dead
High winds throughout the state Saturday shut down major roads, downed power lines and left one man dead after a branch went through the windshield of the car he was driving. James Baker-Jarvis, 61, was driving on U.S. 36 near Lefthand Canyon Drive in Boulder when the branch went through his windshield. He was pronounced…
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UPDATE: Arrest made in city’s 29th homicide, victim ID’d
An 19-year-old Peyton man was arrested early Saturday in connection with the shooting death Friday evening of Zechariah Gardner, 20, of Colorado Springs. Danny Fields Jr. is being held in the El Paso County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death, which Saturday was ruled the city’s 29th homicide of 2011. Police said…
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Carson hospital chief nominated for two stars at once
The commander of the Fort Carson hospital is on the fast track. Col. Jimmie O. Keenan has been nominated for promotion to major general — that’s right, two stars at once. She’ll take over as the chief of the Army Nurse Corps at its headquarters in Falls Church, Va., the Defense Department announced Friday. Keenan,…
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Cold, cold night for Festival of Lights Parade
This year’s Festival of Lights Parade is going to be one cold event. Although the snow has mostly subsided in Colorado Springs and Saturday morning’s bitterly cold winds have calmed, temperatures are expected to drop tonight to a low of around 8 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. Festival events began at 10 a.m.…