Colorado Springs News

Obama To Deliver Commencement Address To Air Force Academy

AP | Posted 05.21.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to deliver the commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy, his fourth service academy graduation sp...

2nd-Grader Who Dressed As MLK Wants Apology From School

Posted 05.22.2012

Sean King, a Colorado Springs second-grader at Meridian Ranch Elementary school, found himself in hot water last when he was pulled out of class for d...

2nd Grader's MLK Tribute Gets Him In Big Trouble

Posted 05.17.2012

A Colorado Springs second-grader at Meridian Ranch Elementary school found himself in hot water Wednesday when he was pulled out of class for dressing...

When Moths Attack: Bugs Cause Crash, Car Fire

Posted 05.02.2012

Been noticing more moths lately? You aren't alone. A warmer than usual winter means the dreaded Miller Moth migration came early to Colorado Springs t...

Colo. woman gets 20 years for dragging tow driver

AP | Posted 04.20.2012

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Colorado Springs woman convicted of dragging a tow truck driver to death has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Detra...

Station Mistakenly Airs Porn Instead Of Good Morning America

Posted 04.13.2012

Comcast and Colorado Springs news channel KRDO have some explaining to do after a Thursday morning glitch broadcast hardcore pornography to its custom...

Father Arrested For Allegedly Abusing 2-Month-Old Son

Posted 03.19.2012

Daniel Kim, a 22-year-old Colorado Springs father, has been arrested for allegedly abusing his two-month-old son. The infant was taken to a local hosp...

Son Allegedly Leaves Injured Mom On Floor For 5 Days

Posted 03.07.2012

Dennis Foust, a 50-year-old Colorado Springs man, has been arrested for allegedly leaving his 87-year-old mother on the floor of her home for at least...

Colo. Springs Gunman Killed By Police After Taking Hostages

AP | Posted 04.30.2012

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado doctor with a concealed-weapon permit said he grabbed his gun and guarded an exit at a medical building as ...

Colo. Woman Dragged Tow Truck Driver More Than A Mile

AP | Posted 02.25.2012

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A woman was convicted Friday of vehicular homicide and other charges in the death of a tow truck driver who was dragged mor...

Who Needs Security Systems When You Have Lions? This Refuge Does

AP | Posted 02.02.2012

By Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't thin...

Child Sex Abuse Charges Hit Colo. Springs Church

Posted 01.24.2012

Rev. Charles Robert Manning, a pastor at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, has been placed on leave following allegations...

More Charges For Man Accused In Colo. Kidnapping

AP | Posted 01.24.2012

By Associated Press PUEBLO, Colo. -- A man suspected in the kidnapping of a 9-year-old girl who escaped and called police from a Colorado Springs c...

Loaded Guns And Web Surfing Don’t Mix

Posted 01.05.2012

Colorado Springs police have arrested a man who accidentally fired a loaded handgun that was in his lap while he was surfing the web in his apartment,...

Man Takes To Facebook After Allegedly Shooting Own Mother

Posted 12.31.2011

Rayshawn Laster, a 26-year-old Colorado Springs man, was arrested early Saturday morning under suspicion that he shot his mother in the head Friday ni...

Children's Photographer Arrested On Child-Sex Charges

Posted 12.15.2011

Glen Owen Godec, a 46-year-old Colorado Springs photographer that worked with kids at middle schools and and in local dance troupes, has been arrested...

Pilot In Fatal Crash Had Excellent Military Rating

AP | Posted 01.12.2012

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Aviation investigators say the South Dakota-based Air Force pilot killed in the crash of his civilian airplane in Colorado ...

Soldier, Military Dog To Honored At Fort Carson Dog Park

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 12.28.2011

DENVER — Cpl. Kory Wiens was so fond of Cooper, the military dog he worked with, that he planned to stay in the Army long enough to adopt him wh...

Prison Time For Couple Who Starved Son To 37 Pounds

Posted 12.25.2011

A Colorado Springs couple found in 2009 to have starved their teenage son until he weighed 37 pounds was sentenced Monday afternoon. Bryan and Tonya ...

Elderly Colo. Springs Man Fights Off Gunman From His Home

Posted 12.04.2011

Larry Kearney, an elderly 73-year-old Colorado Springs man, fought back against a gunman in the doorway of his home and, although injured, stopped the...

Springs Woman Robbed At Fire Extinguisher-Point?

Posted 11.13.2011

A group of men broke into a Colorado Springs woman’s home using a fire extinguisher to hold her up while they robbed her apartment, according to the...

Colo. Springs Dems 'Outraged' Over Lamborn's 'Tar Baby' Remark

Posted 10.08.2011

El Paso County democrats and NAACP activists are taking aim at Congressman Doug Lamborn for his “tar baby” remarks he made about President Obama. ...

Pirate Attempts Walgreens Plunder ... Again

Posted 10.05.2011

Yar! Piracy has again taken over the landlocked state of Colorado. A bearded scallywag first robbed the Colorado Springs Walgreens at 920 North Ci...

20-Mo.-Old Child Bound With Tape, Put Under Shower

Posted 10.04.2011

Samantha Salaz, 19-year-old mother of a 20-month-old toddler that was found bound with electrical tape and put under a cold shower, has taken a plea d...

2 Suspects In Colo. Springs Shooting Spree That Left Several Dead, Wounded

AP | By STEVEN K. PAULSON | Posted 09.28.2011

DENVER -- Colorado Springs police are hunting two suspects in separate shooting that killed four people and they're warning the public that the men ar...