Category Archives: Local News

Planned Parenthood Gunman Ruled Incompetent to Stand Trial

Planned Parenthood Gunman Ruled Incompetent to Stand Trial

The confessed gunman in the 2015 Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs has been ruled incompetent to stand trial again.   Robert Dear will be mentally evaluated again in January. Until now he was reviewed every 90 days. Due to a change in law, the evaluations will take place every 63 days. After Dear refused…MORE

Patrick Frazee Trial Continues with Surveillance Photo Expert Testimony

Patrick Frazee Trial Continues with Surveillance Photo Expert Testimony

Testimony continues Tuesday in the murder trial of Patrick Frazee with the court hearing from a forensic expert with the district attorney’s office. The expert is expected to testify about surveillance photos from Kelsey Berreth’s neighbor he claims shows Frazee spending a lot of time at Berreth’s home on Thanksgiving Day last year. Woodland park…MORE

Man Arrested in Plot to Blow Up Pueblo Synagogue

Man Arrested in Plot to Blow Up Pueblo Synagogue

  A white supremacist is under arrest for planning to blow up a synagogue in Pueblo. U.S. Attorney Jason Dunn says Richard Holzer was taken into custody last week by undercover FBI agents after suggesting bombs should be used to destroy Temple Emanuel.  The 27-year-old is also accused of scouting out the synagogue and attempting…MORE

Man Pleads Guilty in Road Rage Stabbing

Man Pleads Guilty in Road Rage Stabbing

A man arrested for stabbing another man in a road rage incident in Colorado Springs is facing up to 19 years in prison.  Pascual Roberto Lopez pled guilty to charges of second-degree assault and felony menacing Thursday in a Colorado Springs courtroom.  Lopez became angry after being passed by another car in June of 2018. …MORE

Patrick Frazee Trial Date Moves Closer

Patrick Frazee Trial Date Moves Closer

Jury selection is complete in the Patrick Frazee trial. Now prosecutors and defense teams must select 12 jurors and 4 alternates from the 91 people remaining in the jury pool. Prosecutors hope the trial can begin Friday afternoon. Frazee is charged with 2 counts of murder in the death of his girlfriend Kelsey Berreth. She…MORE

Tyler Wheeler Facing Life in Prison Without The Possibility of Parole

Tyler Wheeler Facing Life in Prison Without The Possibility of Parole

A man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with a shooting death in the Security-Widefield area.  Tyler Wheeler was found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges yesterday in the 2018 death of Kenyatta Horne.  Wheeler and several other men were arrested following a robbery…MORE

Man Crashes Pick Up Into Home

Man Crashes Pick Up Into Home

A man driving under the influence crashed into the front yard of someone’s home just after midnight Friday morning. Officers said 26-year-old Victor Rodriguez was driving a pick-up truck down Walnut Street at Boulder when he ran a stop sign and ended up in someone’s yard. Rodriguez was injured and there was no damage to…MORE

Expect F-16 Flyovers This Weekend

Expect F-16 Flyovers This Weekend

F-16 Fighters will be flying over Falcon Stadium this weekend.  The jets will do a low pass before Saturday’s football game between Air Force and Army.  The game will also feature the swearing in of Barbara Barrett as the new Air Force Secretary.  Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday and you can hear the…MORE

Closures Starting Monday for North Cheyenne Canon Park

Closures Starting Monday for North Cheyenne Canon Park

Closures at North Cheyenne Canon Park will begin Monday night to help stop illegal activities occurring in the overnight hours. Access will be restricted from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Gate closures are already a nightly occurrence at Garden of the Gods and Palmer Parks.MORE

Winter Storms Cause Blood Shortages in Pikes Peak Region

Winter Storms Cause Blood Shortages in Pikes Peak Region

Vitalant, formerly Bonfils Blood Center, is asking those who are eligible to give blood in the coming days to help make up for the more than 300 units of blood that couldn’t be donated during our bad weather this week. Conditions forced 12 blood drives to be canceled Tuesday and Wednesday. It takes an average…MORE