Tag: kansas
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Woman and 2 children with Monument ties die in Kansas crash
A woman and two children with ties to Monument were among the four dead in a crash in Kansas early Saturday morning. As reported by Gazette media partner KOAA, the Kansas Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. on Interstate 135 near Lindsborg, about 70 miles north of Wichita. Kansas Highway Patrol said…
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Pine Creek building quality wrestlers ahead of Battle of the Best tournament
It’s not quite spice and everything nice, but Billy Gabel believes he has chosen the perfect ingredients to build the ideal wrestler. Ahead of Pine Creek’s annual Battle of the Best wrestling tournament, which starts Friday at Pine Creek High School, the veteran Eagles coach knows that berating an athlete benefits no one. Instead, Gabel…
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Kansas, in its 50th year as a band, to perform this week in Colorado Springs
Fifty years have seen the band Kansas travel a winding path that has included periods of major success, lulls in the band’s popularity, the arrivals and departures of multiple band members, a long span of time where Kansas didn’t make new music and, most recently, a return to making new albums. Through it all, guitarist…
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Federal judge dismisses Letecia Stauch’s jail conditions lawsuit
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by Letecia Stauch, who challenged the conditions of her confinement in the El Paso County jail prior to being convicted of murder last year in a high-profile criminal trial. In May 2023, jurors found Stauch guilty of murdering her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon. She received a sentence of life in…
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SEC sues Colorado Springs investment firms, partners for fraud
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing two Colorado Springs investment firms and three partners in those firms, accusing them of fraud and aiding and abetting fraud in a series of related transactions. The suit alleges that SkiHawk Capital Partners, The Convergence Group, Clement Borkowski,…
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SEC sues Colorado Springs investment firms, partners for fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission is suing two Colorado Springs investment firms and three partners in those firms, accusing them of fraud and aiding and abetting fraud in a series of related transactions. The suit alleges that SkiHawk Capital Partners, The Convergence Group, Clement Borkowski, Sean Hawkins and Joseph Schiff failed to tell investors in…
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Rockies 2021 MLB Draft: Every pick for rounds 11-20
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The 2021 MLB Draft is over and the Rockies have 21 new faces in their system. From outfielder Benny Montgomery, who they selected at No. 8 overall, to their 20 other picks, the Rockies feel as though they had a successful draft. “The scouting principles…
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Rockies 2021 MLB Draft: Every pick for rounds 11-20
The 2021 MLB Draft is over and the Rockies have 21 new faces in their system. From outfielder Benny Montgomery, who they selected at No. 8 overall, to their 20 other picks, the Rockies feel as though they had a successful draft. “The scouting principles and the philosophies we hold true, we held true to…
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Fraudulent unemployment claims flooding Colorado employers
Gary Seabolt receives unemployment claim notices almost every day for Pikes Peak Construction for people who have never worked for the company, listing some fairly unlikely jobs, such as ship’s engineer. The tiny Colorado Springs company has just five employees and has never laid off any of them, yet the flood of notices has forced…