Tag: platte avenue
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Beloved, longtime ice cream shop to open second location in Colorado Springs
Editor’s note: This story has been updated since it originally published Feb. 9., including ownership of the existing BJ’s Velvet Freez on North Union Boulevard. A beloved, longtime staple of the Colorado Springs food scene is getting a second location. BJ’s Velvet Freez, a soft-serve ice cream joint with roots that go back to the…
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3 injured in two separate traffic crashes on Sunday: Colorado Springs police
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three people were injured in two separate motor vehicle crashes on Sunday, according to Colorado Springs law enforcement. Just after 4:30 p.m. Sunday, a scooter collided with another vehicle on Lake Avenue at the southbound Interstate 25 off-ramp, police said. Investigators determined that the scooter…
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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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Former Independent Records site in Colorado Springs appears to have another new possible use
A vacant parcel along one of Colorado Springs’ busiest roadways has become a revolving door of land uses. Murphy USA, the Arkansas-based gas station and convenience store operator with a handful of Pikes Peak region locations, intends to build a 2,842-square-foot convenience store at 3020 and 3030 E. Platte Ave., a roughly 1-acre site between…
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Missing Delaware teen found safe in Colorado Springs, police say
A Delaware teen who had been missing for several days was found safe in Colorado Springs, according to a Sunday news release. Joselyn Gonzalez, 17, reportedly left Delaware on Wednesday, possibly with a former boyfriend, police said. It is not known whether Gonzalez left home voluntarily. On Friday, the teen spoke on the phone with…
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UPDATE: Suspect vehicle ID’d in fatal hit-and-run crash near Colorado Springs mall
Colorado Springs police have released a photo of the vehicle believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run that killed a person riding a scooter near The Citadel mall early Friday morning. The crash happened at about 1:20 a.m., near the intersection of Platte Avenue and Academy Boulevard, police said in an online blotter entry.…
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Independent Records might move from longtime Platte Avenue location in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Independent Records & Video, one of Colorado Springs’ last remaining independently owned and operated music retailers, could be on the move from its Platte Avenue home, though its owner says it’s not going out of business. Big Splash Car Wash, a Kansas City, Mo.,-based car…
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Independent Records might move from longtime Platte Avenue location in Colorado Springs
Independent Records & Video, one of Colorado Springs’ last remaining independently owned and operated music retailers, could be on the move from its Platte Avenue home, though its owner says it’s not going out of business. Big Splash Car Wash, a Kansas City, Mo.,-based car wash development company that recently opened its first Springs location…