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Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade marks halftime of his term in office during State of the City speech
After a stormy month of economic news in Colorado Springs, Mayor Yemi Mobolade took the stage for his State of the City speech Thursday morning with a much more upbeat tone. About 900 people filled a hall at The Broadmoor to listen to this year’s presentation, which marked the halfway point of Mobolade’s four-year term…
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Fire extinguisher explodes in shipping box, evacuating Colorado Springs post office briefly
The United States Postal Service Office at 1540 South 8th St. was briefly evacuated due to an unknown substance found in a shipping box Wednesday morning. A postal employee heard a hissing sound from within the box just before 7 a.m., then a yellow powder came out, irritating the employee’s skin. Colorado Springs Police and…
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Pedestrian hospitalized after hit-and-run in northern Colorado Springs: Police
A pedestrian was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a hit-and-run Saturday night in the northern part of the city, Colorado Springs police said in an online blotter entry. The pedestrian was found around 10:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Woodmen Road, between North Academy Boulevard and Interstate 25, lying in the roadway. The…
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Colorado Springs home explosion leaves 3 injured
One adult, one child and one police officer were injured in an explosion at a home on the south side of Colorado Springs on Sunday night, according to an online blotter entry. Police were in the area of the 3700 block of Strawberry Field Grove, near Cheyenne Meadows Road and Westmeadow Drive, just before 8…
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Colorado Springs police K-9 Riggs aids in arrest of homicide suspect
A homicide suspect was arrested and taken into custody late Friday night with the help of one of Colorado Springs’ police dogs. An El Paso County sheriff’s detective, Colorado Springs police officers and the county’s violent offender fugitive task force tracked down a man wanted on a warrant for homicide around 10:30 p.m., according to…
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Colorado Springs man found hiding in drainage tunnel arrested
A man wanted for his involvement in a domestic violence incident involving a knife was arrested Wednesday night in a nearby drainage tunnel, according to Colorado Springs police. Officers were called to the 3100 block of Boychuk Avenue, just off South Academy Boulevard and Hancock Expressway in the southeastern part of the city, around 9:45…
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run ID’d by Colorado Springs Police
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle in early November has been identified by Colorado Springs Police. Michaela Henderson, 25, was crossing South Academy Boulevard around 8:45 p.m., on Nov. 2, in the 1800 block outside a designated crosswalk when she was…
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Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run ID’d by Colorado Springs Police
A woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle in early November has been identified by Colorado Springs Police. Michaela Henderson, 25, was crossing South Academy Boulevard around 8:45 p.m., on Nov. 2, in the 1800 block outside a designated crosswalk when she was hit by a driver in a passing vehicle. When officers…
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One man arrested, one hospitalized following stabbing in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Police Department arrested one man after responding to a stabbing call Monday afternoon. At around 1:30 p.m., officers found a man with a stab wound in his upper body in the 3200 block of East Platte Avenue after reportedly fighting with another man. He was taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment…
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Cheyenne Mountain D-12 conducts large-scale wildland fire exercise
With the threat of devastating wildfires looming over the Cheyenne Mountain community, hundreds of students, parents and first responders gathered outside The Broadmoor World Arena Friday morning to run through a new emergency response plan. About 250 Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 students waited patiently on one side of the arena as school staff coordinated…