Colorado Springs CO Local News

CLASS OF 2012: Cheyenne Mountain High School

Mon, 28 May 2012 02:10:00 +0000

It’s graduation season and The Gazette and gazette.com will spotlight the more than 7,000 members of the graduating classes in the Pikes Peak region. Photos and the voices of this year’s graduates will be online at gazette.com/graduation. IN...

YOUR VIEW: Reader poll results on football for UCCS; cop drones; Obama drug use; Kid with face painted black; and McMillion

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:50:00 +0000

Would NCAA Div. I football add to the prestige of UCCS? • Yes 58% • No 42% Total Votes: 183 Should cops use military-style drones to counter crime? • Yes 27% • No 73% Total Votes: 129 Has President Obama sounded cavalier...

LETTERS: Eagleview is outstanding; A stranger's kindness; and more

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:44:00 +0000

Just one more strike After watching a recent KRDO 6 p.m. “newscast,” you now have strike one on my scorecard. Your coverage of President Obama’s commencement speech at the USAFA began as a news story, but quickly degenerated into thinly veiled...

GUEST COLUMN: Troops’ Memorial Day in Afghanistan a different kind of holiday

Mon, 28 May 2012 00:41:00 +0000

I don’t remember how many memorial ceremonies I attended last deployment. But, I remember my first, for SPC Gregory Missman of F Co, 2-12 Infantry. I remember the largest (for the 8 heroes of 3-61 Cavalry after COP Keating was overrun on October...

City welcomes swimming and splashing season

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:30:00 +0000

With her two kids splashing in a fountain, the mountains as a backdrop and a lounge chair to relax in, Jaclyn Gutierrez camped out at America the Beautiful Park Sunday. “This is exactly where I want to be, and the kids too,” Gutierrez said while...

Remains found at Holy Cross campsite may be missing hiker

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:26:00 +0000

MINTURN — Authorities have discovered human remains near a campsite believed to have been used by a hiker from Chicago who has been missing since October 2010. James Nelson was reported missing when he failed to return from a five-day, 25-mile hike...

Firm backs two Colorado camps for kids of fallen troops

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:52:00 +0000

Two free summer camps for the children of wounded, disabled or fallen veterans will open in Colorado this year. After starting with a camp in North Carolina last year, restaurant chain Golden Corral is sponsoring nine “Camp Corrals” in eight...

What's better than a 5K? Back-to-back 5Ks for Springs runners

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:20:00 +0000

The 5K is a people's race, a people's distance. Just about anyone can walk it in less than an hour, and it takes only moderate fitness to run it in less than a half-hour. That's one reason there are so many runs and races of this length around town,...

Police investigate gun fired near Citadel Mall

Sun, 27 May 2012 22:11:00 +0000

A gun was fired from a vehicle on East Platte Avenue around 4 p.m. Sunday, Colorado Springs police said. Police stopped and searched the car shortly afterward near the Ruby Tuesday at the Citadel Mall. Police did not immediately have further...

Crime Stoppers: Recent arrest warrants issued (5/28/12)

Sun, 27 May 2012 21:49:00 +0000

Pikes Peak Area Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help finding the following people for whom felony arrest warrants have been issued. If you have information about these fugitives or a serious crime, call Crime Stoppers at 634-STOP in...