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• Monument community providing for evacuees

  April 20, 2011 9:31 PM

  Monument businesses and volunteers opened their arms and kitchens to the 255 families forced from their homes today. Oakley's Bistro at the Sundance Mountain Lodge offered a free spaghetti buffet tonight and discount room rates for evacuees and first responders, but they weren't the only ones helping today. Rosie's... more »

• Sobriety checkpoint in El Paso County Friday night

  August 26, 2010 10:22 AM

  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in northern El Paso County Friday night. Deputies will begin screening drivers at 7:30 p.m. Anyone suspected of driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs will be put through sobriety maneuvers. The checkpoint will remain... more »

• Monument murder victim identified

  August 10, 2010 4:19 PM

  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office has identified the Big O Tires employee who was gunned down in the Monument store's parking lot Monday afternoon. Bradley Blehm, 50, died from multiple gunshot wounds, the coroner confirmed. Logan McClelland, 18, is being held on charges including first degree murder more »

• Monument murder suspect due in court today

  August 10, 2010 11:14 AM

  The teen accused of gunning down a Big O Tire employee in Monument Monday is due to make his first appearance before a judge Tuesday afternoon. Logan McClelland, 18, is being held on charges including first degree murder. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office say McClelland and his... more »

• Accused child killer in court today

  August 4, 2010 9:47 AM

  Monique Lynch, accused stuffing a little girl's lifeless body into the crawl space of a Monument home, will face a judge in Colorado Springs for the first time today. Lynch waived her right to a video advisement last week. Today, she's expected to be formally charged with child abuse... more »

• Colorado law now requires booster seats to age 8

  August 2, 2010 9:06 AM

  A Colorado law requiring kids in cars to be in booster seats until age 8 is now in effect. The law took effect Sunday. It raises the mandatory age for booster seats from 4 to 8. Previously the state only encouraged the use of booster seats for kids... more »

• Free admission to State Parks on Monday

  July 29, 2010 2:00 PM

  Colorado was admitted to the union Aug. 1, 1876. Colorado State Parks will celebrate Colorado Day on Monday, Aug. 2, by offering free admission to all 42 state parks. "We're inviting Coloradans to get outdoors at the state parks, enjoy the natural beauty of these places and experience all... more »

• One Killed in Monument Accident

  July 28, 2010 11:43 AM

  The Colorado State Patrol say one person died in a rollover accident on I-25 Tuesday night, not two as was reported at the scene. The GMC Yukon was carrying four people, all brothers and sisters in the same family, between the ages of 13 and 21. Killed in the... more »

• Fatal traffic accident near Monument

  July 28, 2010 2:02 AM

  UPDATE: State Patrol has re-opened all lanes of I-25 following a fatal traffic accident. A GMC Yukon carrying four people was traveling northbound on I-25 when it rolled. Two people have been confirmed dead, one woman passenger and one other unknown. The driver and two other passengers have... 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 »

• Colorado food stamp computers getting worse

  July 22, 2010 9:24 AM

  Colorado social workers say that attempts to fix the state computer system blamed for delays in food stamps and other public assistance are making things worse. The system installed in 2004 has a history of communications problems, crashes and failures, including overpayments and underpayments. New problems started last... more »

• Gender becoming issue in GOP senate race

  July 22, 2010 8:20 AM

  A Senate candidate's joke about his female opponent was caught on tape and is getting attention online. Republican Ken Buck is running against former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton for the Republican nomination. Asked at a conservative gathering last weekend why Republicans should choose him, Buck made a gender joke.... more »

• Colorado's Senate primary getting feisty

  July 22, 2010 8:09 AM

  With just three weeks left before Colorado's primary elections and mail-in ballots already hitting mailboxes, the sleepy Democratic Senate primary is showing more life. Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet aired his first negative ad Tuesday against challenger Andrew Romanoff. The same day, Romanoff launched an attack at the incumbent. Romanoff... more »

• New information to be released on child's death

  July 8, 2010 9:15 AM

  El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa will release more information Thursday morning about the arrests of the father and girlfriend of a child whose body was found stuffed in the crawl space of a Monument home. Hanif Sims and Monique Lynch were taken into custody in Henderson, Nevada Wednesday... 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 »

• Rabid fox caught in El Paso County

  April 26, 2010 4:03 PM

  A fox captured in El Paso County last Friday has tested positive for rabies. Residents of the Woodmoor North neighborhood reported that the animal was acting strangely and having trouble walking. The Division of Wildlife captured the fox and euthanized it. This is the fourth rabid mammal captured... more »

• Local non-profit has new leader

  March 30, 2010 2:16 PM

  Tri-Lakes Cares, a nonprofit that provides emergency assistance, self-sufficiency programs, and other social services in Northern El Paso County, has a new Executive Director. Haley Chapin joined the organization from SaddleUp! Foundation in Parker. "She brings to us not only her appreciation of what it takes to make a... 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 »

• Follow News First 5 on Twitter

  August 25, 2009 7:09 PM

  News First 5 works all day every day to provide you a stream of information to keep you informed, prepared and connected to the people and places around us. Some of the benefits of this effort can be enjoyed by following us on Twitter . The main idea behind... more »