Category Archives: Local News

Reduced sentence request denied

Posted on March 4, 2021

    A judge Wednesday denied a request by convicted child molester Joshua Carrier for a reduced sentence. Carrier was sentenced to 70 years to life after being found guilty in 2012 of sexually abusing 18 boys at Horace Mann middle school in the springs. Carrier was a former member of the Colorado Springs Police…… MORE

Commissioner wants investigation

Posted on March 4, 2021

  El Paso County District 4 Commissioner Longinos Gonzales joined 740 KVOR Thursday morning to talk about the increasing disparity between covid 19 vaccines the county is receiving and the vaccines being distributed in Denver County. Gonzales says El Paso county recently received 50 thousand less vials of vaccine even though the populations of the…… MORE

2 people killed in El Paso County

Posted on March 3, 2021

The El Paso County Sheriff’s department is investigating after two people were found dead, and a 3rd person was injured Tuesday evening. Deputies responded to a shooting in the 5700 block of N. Curtis Road, where they found 2 deceased adults. A 3rd person was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. Deputies say it’s…… MORE

Police investigate robberies

Posted on March 3, 2021

  Two robberies Wednesday morning in Colorado Springs. The first, just after 130. A man walked into a convenience store in the 300 block of S. Academy. He flashed a gun and demanded money. He fled on foot. About 25 minutes later a second robbery of a convenience store in the 4700 block of Drennan…… MORE