Author: Joel Millman
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UCCS student killed in auto-pedestrian crash near campus
A UCCS student was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday while crossing Austin Bluffs Parkway with two other people near the north Colorado Springs campus, police said. The name and age of the male University of Colorado at Colorado Springs student who died has not been released. Police said the three pedestrians…
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Colorado Springs woman, 2 children killed Sunday in crash at Black Forest intersection
A 37-year-old Colorado Springs woman and two children died Sunday when their Nissan Altima went through a stop sign at Shoup and Milam roads in Black Forest and was hit by a Buick SUV, the Colorado State Patrol said. The driver of the 2010 Altima was identified as Jennifer Fisher, who died after being airlifted to…
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Missing camels: Popular downtown Colorado Springs mini sculpture stolen
The kissing camels are now the missing camels. A miniature metal sculpture of two camels touching noses had been one of the more popular pieces among the works displayed for the past year as part of the Colorado Springs Downtown Partnership’s 18th annual Art on the Streets exhibit. Yellow footsteps on the sidewalk led to…
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Dylan Redwine’s father arrested in son’s 2012 death
The father of Dylan Redwine was arrested Saturday in his son’s death, five years after the 13-year-old Monument boy disappeared while visiting his dad near Durango, the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office said. Mark Redwine was taken into custody in Bellingham, Wash., after a La Plata County grand jury indicted him Saturday on suspicion of…
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Two wounded in early morning car chase, shooting in Colorado Springs
What began as a dispute at an east Colorado Springs convenience store ended in a car chase and shooting early Thursday that wounded two people, including a man hit by a stray bullet while asleep in a North Academy Boulevard apartment, police said. A juvenile male suspected of firing the shots was arrested on an…
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8 arrested on unrelated charges in search connected to killings of Coronado High students
Law enforcement officers executing a search warrant in the slayings of two Coronado High School students arrested eight people Thursday on charges unrelated to the double homicide, The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said. The search warrant was for a home on the 600 block of Yellowstone Road in southeast Colorado Springs, where deputies made…
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PPCC instructor dies in fall while skiing on Pikes Peak’s Little Italy chute
A 48-year-old Colorado Springs woman who fell while skiing on Pikes Peak died Sunday, the Teller County Sheriff’s Office said, the latest death on a mountain whose steep chutes, ice and avalanches can make it extremely dangerous even for experts. Rachel A. Dewey, a middle school social studies teacher with Banning Lewis Ranch Academy and…
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Tony award-winning ‘Hamilton’ set to make a stop in Colorado
Hip-hop and Broadway musical fans will be on the edges of their seats for the next year. That’s when the Tony Award-winning and hugely popular Broadway musical “Hamilton” will make a stop at Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2015 show will take to the stage Feb. 27-April 1, 2018. Tickets will be…
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Fund set up for fiancée, child of Cimarron Hills firefighter who died after training injury
A Go Fund Me page has been set up to raise money for the fiancée and unborn child of a Cimarron Hills paramedic-firefighter who died Saturday at his home after being injured recently during training, the department said. Jermaine Frye, 31, had been hospitalized after a recent on-duty injury. He was released from the hospital…
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State patrol may take over DUI checkpoints in Springs
The announcement this week that Colorado Springs police planned to end DUI checkpoints in favor of saturation patrols seemed to sound the death knell for the roadblocks some claim are unconstitutional. Maybe not. Instead of police officers or sheriff’s deputies, Colorado State Patrol troopers would be the ones checking for drunken drivers if the state…