Tag: falcon
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‘J6 Praying Grandma’ from Colorado Springs area avoids prison — but not all penalties
A sentencing that took four and a half hours in federal district court in Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon left 72-year-old great-grandmother Rebecca Lavrenz of Falcon with no prison time for her participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. What a magistrate judge did levy for her April 4 conviction on four misdemeanor counts: one…
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‘A generous and prolific partner’: Falcon Community Builders for Classrooms closes out
After nearly 20 years of helping build up District 49, the work of the Falcon Community Builders for Classrooms is coming to an end. During its first regular meeting of the 2024-25 school year, D-49’s board of education voted to approve the allocation of the remaining funds raised by the local nonprofit along with its…
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‘J6 Praying Grandma’ says she’s not scared as sentencing nears
Rebecca Lavrenz doesn’t want to go to prison, but for the past four months the 72-year-old great-grandmother, retired registered nurse and small-business owner in El Paso County has been steeling herself for that possibility. “I don’t think it’s right. I’m not happy about it. But I’d rather be in prison obeying God than be out…
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Law enforcement investigates suspicious death in rural El Paso County
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation just northeast of Colorado Springs. Law enforcement said that they received a call at 3 a.m. Thursday for what they said was a “welfare check” at a residence near Hallelujah Trail, north of Falcon. …
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Law enforcement investigates suspicious death in rural El Paso County
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation just northeast of Colorado Springs. Law enforcement said that they received a call at 3 a.m. Thursday for what they said was a “welfare check” at a residence near Hallelujah Trail, north of Falcon. Following the discovery of a deceased person, a suspicious death investigation is…
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Falcon Highlands Metro District replaces three board members in recall election
The Falcon Highlands Metropolitan District has changed the makeup of its board of directors, early recall election results indicate. The quasigovernmental district near Peyton entered an off-cycle recall election this month for three of the board’s five members. The recall of board members Erin Ganaway, Leo Schuhmacher and Tim Dickey were each a yes-or-no question…
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2 dead, 2 seriously injured in crash on U.S. 24 near Colorado Springs
Two people are dead, including a 12-year-old girl, and two were hospitalized after a head-on collision Wednesday on U.S. 24, according to Colorado State Patrol. The crash took place about 10:20 p.m. near Judge Orr and Stapleton roads in Falcon, officials said. Investigators determined that a Chevrolet Silverado, driving west on U.S. 24, swerved onto…
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Falcon baseball loses to Holy Family in 4A semifinals, remains alive in playoffs
“Three more games.” Falcon baseball coach Brandon Stegman repeated those words to his players in the huddle after their tilt with Holy Family. Listening to Stegman’s postgame speech, it’s hard to tell the Falcons dropped their semifinals game 11-6 to the No. 5 Tigers on Saturday afternoon at Erdle Field at the United States Air…
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Peak Performer: Falcon boys wrestling Javani Majoor proves patience makes perfect
Javani Majoor called his senior season “my most challenging.” The Falcon 165-pound wrestler finished the year 40-0 and earned back-to-back state championships. What could a kid, who hasn’t lost a prep match since December 2022, have found so difficult about this season? Well, one year after Majoor broke a decades-long streak for Falcon’s wrestling program,…
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Boys Wrestling Peak Performers | All-area team
The Gazette Preps 2024 Peak Performers All-Area Boys Wrestling Team First team Angel Fernandez, sr., Widefield Everest Sutton, sr., Pine Creek Griffin Rial, jr., Pine Creek Ryder Rhodes, sr., Pine Creek Damian Reyes, jr., Mesa Ridge Daniel Evans, jr., Sand Creek Landon Drury, sr., Sand Creek Elias Koonce, so., Cañon City David Burchett, so., Falcon…