Posted 10:59 AM 1/25/2013 by Jacqui Heinrich, jheinrich@koaa.com
Students at Air Academy High School are weighing in on the arrest of Bryan Paul Mertz, a science teacher at the school and a former lecturer at UCCS.
40-year-old Mertz was arrested Wednesday night at his home after police interviewed an alleged victim; they say someone tipped off a school (More)
Posted 8:27 PM 1/24/2013 by Connie Murphy
Colorado Springs Police arrested an Air Academy High School teacher for the Sexual Assault of a child.
Crimes Against Children Unit was notified by a School Resource Officer about the alleged sexual assault.
Police say after they interviewed the victim, a search warrant was obtained (More)
Posted 2:31 PM 1/23/2013 by Joe Bevans
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate met with General Charles Jacoby of NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs today. Fugate says he is here to discuss and evaluate how NORTHCOM can better assist in disaster relief. General Jacoby says that they went over lessons learned from recent national events like Hurricane Sandy and wildfires across the US last year. NORTHCOM oversees security from the sky for all of North America.
Posted 5:42 PM 1/22/2013 by Matt Stafford
There's a lot of construction going on right now at Fort Carson, but the centerpiece is the new Combat Aviation Brigade.
News 5 got an exclusive tour on Tuesday.
The Combat Aviation Brigade is $700 million worth of construction, putting up about 15 to 20 buildings over the next four (More)
Posted 1:50 PM 4/2/2013 by Matt Stafford
About 170 volunteers spent this Martin Luther King Day helping out at Care and Share Food Bank in Colorado Springs, sorting and packing food. It's to mark National Day of Service.
People came from several local places, like Peterson Air Force Base.
All of the food sorted on Monday will be distributed across the state. Care and Share passes out about 17-million pounds of food every year in southern Colorado.