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Stolen Vehicle Crashes into Mobile Home and 2 Parked Vehicles

Stolen Vehicle Crashes into Mobile Home and 2 Parked Vehicles

Colorado Springs Police are looking into what happened in an accident involving a stolen vehicle, a mobile home, and two parked cars. It happened around 5 am Monday morning on Airport Road. Officers found a vehicle crashed into a mobile home and two parked cars. Police believe one of the parked vehicles struck another mobile…MORE

600 Free Air Force Academy Graduation Tickets Available For The Public

600 Free Air Force Academy Graduation Tickets Available For The Public

600 free tickets for the Air Force Academy’s Class of 2019 Graduation Ceremony on May 30th will be available Thursday. Tickets may be picked up at the Colorado Springs and Tri Lakes Chambers of Commerce.  President Donald Trump will give the commencement address at the Academy.  A maximum of four tickets will be available to…MORE

American Killed in Russian Plane Crash Identified

American Killed in Russian Plane Crash Identified

The only American killed in a fiery plane crash in Russia Sunday was a recent Colorado College graduate.  Jeremy Brooks of Santa Fe was remembered as a fly-fishing expert.  The 22-year-old was on his way to serve as a fishing guide in northwest Russia.  The Russian airliner that took off Sunday from Moscow was airborne…MORE

Woman Faces DUI Charges After Hitting Multiple Light Poles

Woman Faces DUI Charges After Hitting Multiple Light Poles

A woman is facing charges after a suspected DUI crash Monday afternoon near Powers and Briargate.  Police say 36 year old Angela Miller was impaired when she wrecked her SUV and hit several light poles.  A small child was in the vehicle at the time of the crash but was uninjured.   Illegal narcotics were…MORE

Accomplice in Kenyatta Horne Death Pleads Guilty

Accomplice in Kenyatta Horne Death Pleads Guilty

An El Paso County man has admitted his role in the October death of Kenyatta Horne.  Beslim Valle pleaded guilty Monday to second degree murder.  Horne’s body was found last October in the Lorson Ranch subdivision, east of Security-Widefield. Tyler Wheeler was also arrested and charged in the case.  Valle faces up to 46 years…MORE

Colorado Springs Recieves $25,000 Grant From Comcast

Colorado Springs Recieves $25,000 Grant From Comcast

Comcast gave the city of Colorado Springs a $25,000 grant Saturday for community and youth programs, including expanding the city’s Olympic City USA Field Days.  The grant will expand youth sports programs as well as offer more sport scholarships for local kids. MORE

Fire Breaks Out At Strip Mall Near Centennial Boulevard

Fire Breaks Out At Strip Mall Near Centennial Boulevard

Colorado Springs Firefighters put out a fire at a business in a strip mall off of Centennial Boulevard Monday morning.  11 units worked to put out a fire in a building near Centennial and Pinon Valley Road.  There have been no injuries and the cause is unknown.MORE

5 Teens Crash Into Pole Over Prom Weekend

5 Teens Crash Into Pole Over Prom Weekend

Five teenagers crashed into a pole near Briargate and Voyager early Sunday.  The teens had reportedly left a high school prom before the wreck.   Officers say they abandoned the vehicle after crashing it and three were later captured.  Police were still looking for two of them.  Officers are investigating whether alcohol was involved. MORE

Union Reaches Deal with King Soopers

Union Reaches Deal with King Soopers

While details were not made public, union workers for King Soopers and City Market have approved a new contract following the threat of a strike.  The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 supported a three-year deal the union says will bring about solid wage increases and stable health care costs.   The union represents…MORE

Rogel Aguilera-Mederos Formally Charged in Deadly I-70 Crash

Rogel Aguilera-Mederos Formally Charged in Deadly I-70 Crash

The truck driver accused of causing the fiery April 25th crash on I-70 in Lakewood is now formally charged. Twenty-three-year-old Rogel Aguilera-Mederos is facing multiple charges including four counts of vehicular homicide, six counts of first-degree assault, and 24 counts of attempted first-degree assault. Aguilera-Mederos is currently held at the Jefferson county jail on a…MORE