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Colorado Springs Utilities asks people to report broken hydrants
Had it not been for Francia Custodio's quick thinking on Saturday she says her granddaughter might not be alive today. A fire started in their apartment and completely engulfed the bedroom where the 2 year old girl was resting. She ran into rescue her.
"I ran so fast through th...
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Jet Way Liquors 911 tape released
21-year-old Gibran Gayton walked into Jet Way Liquors last Tuesday, armed with a gun and demanding money. Instead of handing over the cash, the store's owner, Chuck Kellogg pulled out his gun and shot the man, then called police. Tuesday, the District Attorney's office said that it w...
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Online shopping costs local government sales tax revenue
The U.S. Census Bureau says each year, more and more people are doing their holiday shopping on the internet. But is online shopping hurting our local economy? Experts agree that buying from online retailers means local government is losing sales tax revenue and in turn services. But o...
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Fire danger rising locally
Our warm, dry weather isn't what wildland firefighters need. They were busy fighting several fires in Southeastern Colorado the first 2 days of December.
One of the fires, near Monument, almost forced authorities to shut down I-25 because of thick smoke.
An hour's dri...
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Wife arrested in husband's shooting death
A Las Animas County woman is accused of fatally shooting her husband. Authorities arrested Ann Tatum, 57, over the weekend. The shooting happened in the small town of Weston Thursday night. Weston is about 24 miles west of Trinidad.
An off-duty sheriff's deputy says he witnesse...
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Search ends for missing Pueblo man
While family members from as far away as the Denver area searched for James Padilla last week in Pueblo, the missing 68-year-old man was lying dead in a morgue. Pueblo County Coroner Jim Kramer says his office couldn't find Padilla's family. "We look for family locally but we had no pr...
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4H spared but extension office still facing layoffs in county budget move
In an effort to shore up a $7 million budget shortfall, El Paso County Commissioners Monday decided to cut funding to the Colorado State University Extension Office by half. The move will save the county an estimated $153,514 but will likely mean the elimination of three full time emp...
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Teen dies after being hit by a car
Pueblo Police say a teenager who was struck by a car Thursday, died while in the hospital. It happened around 4:30 Thursday on Northern Avenue.
Jason Smith, 14, was walking home from school and was struck by a passing car. He was flown to a Denver hospital where he died. Off...
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