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Fire forces evacuation of Colorado Springs taco shop
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A rooftop restaurant fire evacuated about six businesses Wednesday afternoon on North Academy Boulevard. Colorado Springs firefighters responded to Nacos Tacos at 233 N. Academy Blvd. shortly after 3 p.m. after receiving multiple calls about…
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Colorado Springs man literally shoots self in foot, police say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs man who shot himself in the foot on Wednesday night did it because he “wanted to know what it felt like to be shot,” police say. Adam Hirtle was ticketed on suspicion…
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Suspicious package at rocket factory in Penrose turns out to be nothing
A suspicious package at the Estes Rockets factory in Penrose that turned out to be poorly packaged electronics prompted an evacuation of a 3-mile radius on Wednesday. Employees at Estes Rockets put a ticking box outside, left the area and called the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office around 10:30 a.m., according to a press release from…
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Colorado Springs man literally shoots self in foot, police say
A Colorado Springs man who shot himself in the foot on Wednesday night did it because he “wanted to know what it felt like to be shot,” police say. Adam Hirtle was ticketed on suspicion of prohibited use of weapons, reckless endangerment and child abuse after police talked to him at St. Francis Hospital. He…
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Fire forces evacuation of Colorado Springs taco shop
A rooftop restaurant fire evacuated about six businesses Wednesday afternoon on North Academy Boulevard. Colorado Springs firefighters responded to Nacos Tacos at 233 N. Academy Blvd. shortly after 3 p.m. after receiving multiple calls about a fire at the restaurant. Flames were visible when the first crew arrived on scene, and a second alarm was…
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Retired Colorado Springs police K-9 Rex dies
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado Springs police dog was laid to rest this week after a brain tumor caused him to lose his balance and movement. K-9 Rex, a 13-year-old German Shepherd retired from the Colorado Springs Airport…
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Woman found on trail in Palmer Lake died from fall
A 70-year-old woman found dead on a Palmer Lake portion of the Santa Fe Trail last month died from injuries sustained in a fall, according to an autopsy report released Thursday. Phyllis Brown was found by hikers on the Santa Fe Trail on May 21. She died of multiple blunt force injuries, according to the…
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Retired Colorado Springs police K-9 Rex dies
A Colorado Springs police dog was laid to rest this week after a brain tumor caused him to lose his balance and movement. K-9 Rex, a 13-year-old German Shepherd retired from the Colorado Springs Airport Unit Explosives Detection K-9 Team, was euthanized Monday. Rex spent “thousands of hours searching luggage, cargo, vehicles, buildings, aircraft and…
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Man head-butts Colorado Springs officer while in custody, police say
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man head-butted a Colorado Springs police officer in the face early Friday morning while detained on suspicion of assaulting a man with a chain, police say. Bobby Joe Harris Jr., 48, swung a metal…
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Man head-butts Colorado Springs officer while in custody, police say
A man head-butted a Colorado Springs police officer in the face early Friday morning while detained on suspicion of assaulting a man with a chain, police say. Bobby Joe Harris Jr., 48, swung a metal chain into the face of a man walking his dog near the intersection of North Academy Boulevard and East Uintah…