Author: The Colorado Springs Gazette
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Police seek KKK-hooded patron who refused to leave Colorado grocery store
DILLON — A Colorado police department requested the public’s help in locating a man accused of trespassing after he wore what was perceived to be a Ku Klux Klan hood in a store and refused to leave. The Dillon Police Department said employees told officers Thursday that a worker called police after the man wearing…
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Bag of human remains found along Arkansas River
PUEBLO — A volunteer group discovered a large trash bag with human remains in Colorado near the Arkansas River, police said. The Pueblo Police Department responded to the area around 10 a.m. Tuesday to investigate the discovery by a group cleaning the riverbank, The Pueblo Chieftain reports. The group alerted a park ranger to the…
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Missing Colorado Springs woman found dead in ravine along I-70
SALT LAKE CITY — Authorities say the remains of two people found in a wrecked car in a ravine in eastern Utah are those of a Colorado couple missing since October. The Deseret News reports a highway worker found 38-year-old Matthew Batterton, of Pueblo, and 51-year-old Risa Johnson, of Colorado Springs, dead off the side…
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Ryan Newman released from hospital after Daytona 500 crash
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital on Wednesday, two days after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500. Roush Fenway Racing released a photo of Newman leaving a Daytona Beach hospital holding the hands of his two young daughters. The announcement came just a few…
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Southern Colorado woman, Israeli man charged in multimillion-dollar prostitution ring
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado woman and an Israeli man are charged with laundering millions of dollars that U.S. prosecutors say came from a high-end prostitution operation they ran for years. Tracy Reynolds of Alamosa, Colorado, was arrested Tuesday at the Tampa, Florida, airport, where the 45-year-old was trying to board a flight to Mexico,…
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2020 Oscars: Photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a milestone win that instantly expanded the Oscars’ horizons, Bong Joon Ho’s masterfully devious class satire “Parasite” became the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards. “Parasite” took Hollywood’s top prize on Sunday night, along with awards for best director, best…