Category Archives: Local News

Police on the Lookout for Youth Escapee

Police on the Lookout for Youth Escapee

Law enforcement agencies across the front range are looking for a violent teen offender who escaped from the Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center in Golden. 17-year old Quinn Scaggs, was reported missing from his room shortly after midnight Tuesday. Colorado Springs Police considered Scaggs to be dangerous when he was wanted in connection to a…MORE

Change of Command at Schriever Air Force Base

Change of Command at Schriever Air Force Base

The 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base held a change of Command Ceremony Monday morning.  Colonel James Smith returns to Schriever to assume command of the wing from Colonel Jennifer Grant who is headed to the Pentagon.  Smith was previously the US Air Force Commander at Menwith Hill Base in the United Kingdom. …MORE

Police Looking For Drive By Shooting Suspect

Police Looking For Drive By Shooting Suspect

Police are looking for a white male in his 20s in connection to a drive-by shooting Sunday morning in Colorado Springs.  The suspect fired at two vehicles near Chelton and Jet Wing.  No one was hit in the gunfire. The shooter got away in a small silver car with out of state plates.MORE

2 Men Arrested After Aiming Guns at Police Officers

2 Men Arrested After Aiming Guns at Police Officers

No shots were fired and no one was hurt after two men aimed their weapons at law enforcement in Colorado Springs Monday morning. It happened near Wasatch and Colorado. Authorities received a call that the suspects were pointing their guns at people in the area. When authorities arrived one of the men aimed their weapon…MORE

Rushing Colorado Rivers Have Taken 2 More Lives

Raging runoff from Colorado’s melting snow pack has claimed two lives on the Gunnison River. Both happened Friday.  In one incident, a 31-year-old woman was paddle-boarding just west of Gunnison when she fell into swift currents and got stuck in a tree.  Separately, a 65-year-old woman died in a rafting accident where the Gunnison enters the…MORE

Bus Crash In Pueblo Sunday

Bus Crash In Pueblo Sunday

The state patrol continues to investigate a deadly bus crash on I-25 north of Pueblo Sunday afternoon. 2 people died. One of those killed was the 22 year old driver, who witnesses say may have suffered a medical episode before crashing into a bridge between Pinon and Purcell Blvd. The vehicle was carrying 10 children…MORE

More Details Revealed in STEM School Shooting

More Details Revealed in STEM School Shooting

One of the shooters in the deadly STEM School attack in Highlands Ranch last month says he planned to target classmates who made fun of his gender identity.  16-year-old Alec McKinney was born female, but identifies as male.  The second suspect, 18-year-old Devon Erickson, also told police that McKinney led the attack.  Both teens told…MORE

The United States Olympic Committee Gets a New Name

The United States Olympic Committee Gets a New Name

The United States Olympic Committee changed its name Thursday to embrace athletics for the disabled.   The Colorado Springs-based organization now will be called the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.  The name change will be visible in Colorado Springs soon, with several buildings getting new signs. MORE

Regency Tower Apartment Still Closed for Restoration

Regency Tower Apartment Still Closed for Restoration

It’s been 1 month since a fire kicked out approximately 120 residents from the Regency Tower Apartments in Colorado Springs.  But those residents are still unable to return after asbestos was discovered around the building.  Restoration work should be complete in August.  Now, a pair of nonprofits, and city officials, are trying to raise $30,000…MORE

Man In Nebraska Jail Charged with Colorado Springs Murder

Man In Nebraska Jail Charged with Colorado Springs Murder

A 27-year-old man behind bars in Nebraska is charged in a Colorado Springs murder. In December of 2018, Robbie London was found dead from a gunshot wound at the Whitney Young Apartments in southeast Colorado Springs. The suspect, Felix Jacques was indicted by an El Paso County grand jury on charges of first-degree murder. How…MORE