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• New developments in the Tom Clements shooting death investigation Play Video

  March 22, 2013 3:05 AM

  While investigators with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office make their way to Texas, News 5 is learning new details about Even Spencer Ebel, 28, and his possible involvement in the death of Tom Clements. Ebel's criminal past contains numerous felony charges from criminal impersonation to aggravated robbery. ... more »

• Corrections director remembered for his reforms

  March 21, 2013 6:09 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - His colleagues called him a visionary leader. Slain Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements introduced a number of reforms during his two years in charge of the state prison system. Clements presided over an era of declining inmate populations and championed ideas to keep the population... more »

• Search continues for gunman who shot and killed Tom Clements Play Video

  March 21, 2013 1:23 AM

  More than 24 hours into the investigation and detectives with the El Paso County Sheriff's Office have not identified a suspect in the shooting death of Colorado Department of Corrections Executive Director Tom Clements While detectives continue their search for a gunman, friends and colleagues are left mourning. ... more »

• Fire reported at Monument Post Office

  November 13, 2012 10:41 PM

  MONUMENT - Members of the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Department were called to the post office when an automatic fire alarm sounded sometime after 7:30 p.m. Lt. Ryan Graham of Tri-Lakes F.D. said when his crews arrived there was a visible haze in the building. They evacuated the postal employees... more »

• District seeks opinions on bus fee proposal

  January 18, 2012 6:41 PM

  Lewis Palmer School District 38 in Monument is the latest district in our area to consider charging students for bus rides. The district is currently gathering input about the plan which would tentatively begin in the 2012-2013 school year. Anyone in the Monument area is encouraged to vote in... more »

• Grade schools closed in Monument

  December 1, 2011 11:58 AM

  Administrators in Lewis Palmer School District 38 have closed all elementary schools today because of the changing weather conditions. All morning and afternoon kindergarten and preschool classes are canceled as well. The district has been under a 2 hour delayed start for the day. more »

• Accident turns deadly in Monument

  March 30, 2011 12:00 AM

  A crash on Highway 83 near Highway 105 in Monument has left one woman dead. The single-car roll-over crash happened just after 7:30 tonight. The driver suffered minor injuries, but the woman passenger was flown to Penrose where she died. Highway 83 is still closed in both directions tonight.... more »

• Stolen urn returned on late wife's birthday

  March 12, 2011 1:06 PM

  The urn that had been stolen from a Monument widower was returned to him on Friday after being missing for more than 2 months. On January 10, the mahogany box containing the ashes of Bob Herrle's late wife Terry was stolen from his home along with many other items.... more »

• UPDATE: Little girl may have been buried alive

  August 4, 2010 1:30 PM

  The biological mother of the 9 year old murder victim says she thinks Sims is lying. Jopetia Garretson tells NF5 she believes Sims had more to do with their daughter's death than he told investigators. She thinks both Sims and Lynch should be charged with 1st degree murder. ... more »

• Couple accused in child's death back in Colorado

  July 26, 2010 12:01 PM

  The couple accused in the death of a little girl in Monument, whose body was stuffed in a basement crawl space, has returned to Colorado Springs. Authorities arrested Hanif Sims and Monique Lynch earlier this month in Henderson, Nevada, near Las Vegas. Genesis Sims was nine years old... more »

• Genesis Sims attended school briefly in Monument

  July 7, 2010 1:24 PM

  Lewis Palmer School District 38 has been questioned about Genesis Sims, a little girl whose body was found stuffed in the crawl space of a home in Monument more than a year after her family moved out of the rental home. District Community Relations Manager Robin Adair has released... more »

• Community grieves loss of student athlete

  March 29, 2010 8:04 PM

  Emotions are still raw at Lewis Palmer High School. Students returning from Spring Break Monday morning found grief counselors ready to help them cope. Word spread quickly over the weekend that Levi Patrick, a senior here, was killed in a car accident Saturday coming back from a road trip... more »

• Lewis-Palmer D-38 to make big cuts

  December 16, 2009 7:23 PM

  Parents and students may be facing some major changes in the coming year as Lewis-Palmer School District 38 struggles to cut it's budget. The school board has to cut about $3 million dollars from the coming year's budget. It looks as if one of the first things to go to... more »

• Monument teen selected for Washington, D.C. program

  December 2, 2009 5:10 PM

  Lewis-Palmer High School student body president Olivia Prosseda has been chosen for a prestigious program in Washington, DC. She's be one of two delegates from Colorado for the 48th annual U.S. Senate Youth Program next year. Prosseda carries a 4.0 grade point average in Advanced Placement classes of chemistry, calculus,... more »

• Monument celebrating a small town Christmas

  December 2, 2009 12:31 PM

  Wednesday's snowy weather has plenty of people humming Christmas carols. Monument will launch into full-blown Christmas mode this Friday with the lighting of the Christmas tree in Limbach Park. The event gets underway at 4:30 pm. Limbach Park is also the place to be Saturday morning when Santa and... more »

• Service dogs for children with peanut allergies

  October 14, 2009 10:30 AM

  The suspense is almost too much for 5-year-old Ethan Rines. "I can't wait!" he said. Ethan and his mom, Jessie, traveled all the way from Maine to Colorado Springs to meet their new dog. They've waited for this moment for months. "He's going to go everywhere with... more »

• Local high school showing off taxpayer-supported improvements

  September 28, 2009 4:54 PM

  Lewis-Palmer High School in D-38 has invested heavily in new technology and will show it off to parents and other taxpayers at an open house this evening. The new technology and interactive features were funded by school bonds. According to district spokeswoman Robin Adair, the improvements include: *... more »