Author: TONY PECK tony.peck@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Forecast: Fire danger remains high with hot and dry work week
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Another hot and dry week is expected for Colorado Springs, forecasts the National Weather Service in Pueblo. High temperatures will be in the 90s with sunny skies and little chance for precipitation Monday, meteorologists said. Conditions will remain the same until late in the work…
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Two men rob Walgreens in east Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two men robbed a Walgreens in east Colorado Springs early Monday. Officers responded to a burglary alarm at 12:46 a.m. coming from the Walgreens at 350 North Union Boulevard after two men used crowbars to force their way through the front door of the store,…
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Two juveniles hurt after falling off back of moving car
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two juveniles were injured, one seriously, after they fell from the back of a moving car in east Colorado Springs Sunday morning. At about 12:10 a.m. police responded to a reported traffic crash in the…
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DUI suspect accused of biting police officer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The driver of a crashed vehicle allegedly attacked police and paramedics responding to the accident in north Colorado Springs Saturday night. A single car crash at the 500 block of South Rockrimmon Boulevard near Vindicator Boulevard was reported at 7:40 p.m. Saturday. The sole occupant…
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Shots fired near downtown, two suspects arrested
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two men were arrested in downtown Colorado Springs after police heard gunshots early Sunday morning. An investigation of four gunshots coming from the area of Pikes Peak Avenue and Nevada Avenue around 1:40 a.m. Sunday led officers to a parked vehicle and the arrest of…
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Two fires break out in Fremont County after reported lightning strikes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save UPDATE: 7:32 AM – According to a tweet from the Fremont County Sheriff’s office the Twin fire is out. Two fires broke out in Fremont County on Saturday around the same time that two people reportedly were struck by lightning in Royal Gorge Park. One,…
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Multiple stabbings in Colorado Springs leave four injured
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two stabbings in Colorado Springs left four people injured Sunday night. About 9:30 p.m., a business employee in the 4500 block of Edison Avenue approached a man behaving suspiciously and was stabbed. The assailant fled in a 2013 white pickup truck of unknown make and…
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Monday’s Traffic: Crash on southbound Interstate 25 north of Rockrimmon Boulevard
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Roundup of traffic and road conditions around Colorado Springs Monday. UPDATE 1:33 p.m. Crash on Circle Drive and Uintah Street is blocking traffic, tweeted Colorado Springs Traffic. — UPDATE 12:26 p.m. Crash on Omaha Boulevard…
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Danish man facing arson charge in Spring fire in U.S. illegally; blaze grows to more than 53,000 acres
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The man facing arson charges in the Spring fire in southern Colorado that has grown to more than 53,000 acres is from Denmark and in the U.S. illegally, according to media reports. Jesper Joergensen, 52, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of arson and is being…
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Two Colorado Springs businesses robbed early Sunday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two northeast Colorado Springs businesses were robbed early Sunday morning. Shortly before 1 a.m. a man driving a vehicle of unknown make and model pulled up to the drive-through window of a McDonalds located at 3535 Hartsel Drive. Brandishing a handgun, the suspect demanded money…