Author: Nick Smith
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Woman accused of killing Uber driver, dumping his body in Black Forest, court records say
A woman is accused of fatally stabbing a man and then dumping his body in a field in Black Forest before driving off in his car, arrest records show. Jeremy Campbell, 38, was reported missing just before 3:45 a.m. Oct. 27 after his parents told the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office that he did not…
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Colorado Springs woman accused of killing Uber driver, dumping his body in a field, court records say
A woman is accused of fatally stabbing a man and then dumping his body in a field north of Colorado Springs before driving off in his car, arrest records show. The 38-year-old man was reported missing just before 3:45 a.m. Monday after his parents told the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office that he did not…
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Suspect on the run after armed robbery at Colorado Springs store
An armed suspect is on the run after holding up a convenience store in east Colorado Springs overnight. The robber barged into a 7-Eleven at the corner of North Academy Boulevard and Carefree Circle just after midnight on Tuesday and demanded money from the registers, the Colorado Springs Police Department said. The suspect then took…
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Colorado Springs weather: Hard freeze for Tuesday night following chilly, windy day
The Pikes Peak region will be under a hard freeze starting late Tuesday night amid some of the coldest temperatures experienced in Colorado Springs so far this season. The hard freeze will start at 10 p.m. as temperatures are expected to drop to the teens to mid 20s, according to the National Weather Service in…
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Thousands gather for Emma Crawford Coffin Races in Manitou Springs
In 1995, people pushing homemade coffins took off in the first-ever race of its kind in Manitou Springs in what is known as the Emma Crawford Coffin Races. One of its participants was Barb Reichter, a now 63-year-old woman who has lived in Colorado Springs for decades. What started as a few people wearing matching…
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Thousands gather for Emma Crawford Coffin Races in Manitou Springs
In 1995, people pushing homemade coffins took off in the first-ever race of its kind in Manitou Springs in what is known as the Emma Crawford Coffin Races. One of its participants was Barb Reichter, a now 63-year-old woman who has lived in Colorado Springs for decades. What started as a few people wearing matching…
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Thousands gather for Emma Crawford Coffin Races in Manitou Springs
In 1995, people pushing homemade coffins took off in the first-ever race of its kind in Manitou Springs in what is known as the Emma Crawford Coffin Races. One of its participants was Barb Reichter, a now 63-year-old woman who has lived in Colorado Springs for decades. What started as a few people wearing matching…
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Man allegedly holds 2 at gunpoint, all 3 end up arrested
A man is being charged with first-degree kidnapping and burglary after Colorado Springs police say he forced two people into a vehicle while holding them at gunpoint early Friday morning. Fernando Juarez, 44, was arrested after officers responded to a neighborhood in the 2200 block of East Dale Street for a burglary call shortly after…
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Fatal Friday morning crash causes delays along I-25 near Fountain
A man is dead from a single-vehicle crash that happened Friday morning along Interstate 25 near Fountain. The crash occurred along northbound I-25 near the Santa Fe Avenue exit by mile marker 128 shortly before 6:30 a.m., according to the Colorado State Patrol. A pickup truck towing a camper reportedly rolled into the center median.…
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2 seriously injured from head-on crash in Colorado Springs
Two people are in the hospital with “serious” injuries after colliding into each other in a head-on crash Thursday evening in Colorado Springs, police said. The wreck occurred at the intersection of East Platte Avenue and Wooten Road just before 6 p.m., the Colorado Springs Police Department reported in an online blotter entry. Upon arrival,…