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• Blonde bandit holds up Pueblo convenience stores

  June 7, 2013 6:40 PM

  PUEBLO - The police in Pueblo are asking the public for help identifying a robbery suspect who held up two convenience stores in the Belmont area. Surveillance video of the suspect shows white woman who is estimated to between 5 feet and 5'3" tall weighing roughly 120 pounds. She has... more »

• Study considers longer school days for Colorado students Play Video

  December 3, 2012 8:24 PM

  When the school bell rings at Keller Elementary every afternoon, the Kiss-And-Go Lane becomes a very popular place. But should a new approach in teaching catch on locally, the afternoon pickup here might be postponed. A new grant funded initiative called Time for Innovation Matters in Education (TIME) aims... more »

• Young football players take the field for the first time ever at Pueblo's newest sports complex

  October 14, 2012 4:51 PM

  Youth football takes to the field for the first time ever at the new Lake Minnequa Sports Complex in south Pueblo! Kids from second to sixth grade went head to head on the new fields. Parents, players, and coaches say they're excited about the new complex because of the open... more »

• Woman charged with murder after mother killed and baby kidnapped

  April 18, 2012 8:08 AM

  SPRING, Texas (AP) - A prosecutor says a woman has been charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a mother and the abduction of her newborn son near Houston. Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Lignon says Verna McClain was charged early Wednesday in the killing of Kala Marie... more »

• Parishoners told of allegations against local priest

  January 22, 2012 3:04 PM

  A handful of audible gasps could be heard among the congregants at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church Sunday morning as Rev. Rafael Torres-Rico read a statement prepared by Bishop Michael Sheridan which stated that allegations of sexual abuse of a child had been made against Rev. Charles Robert Manning.... more »

• Security measures stopped wouldbe gunman

  January 2, 2012 8:01 PM

  A man with a shot gun stuffed in a duffle bag was taken into custody Sunday at Memorial Hospital after he tried to bring the bag through the hospital emergency room. Pat McElderry, Security Director for Memorial Health System, says after seeing the metal detectors in the ER admitting area,... more »

• Keep trying to quit smoking

  December 29, 2011 7:25 AM

  If your New Year's resolution is to quit smoking, you might do better if you accept the fact that you are likely to fail. That's according to Dr. Chetyl Healton of the American Legacy Foundation. She says failures can become learning experiences on the way to quitting. Writing... more »

• Judge scolds lawyers in NYC boy's death

  August 24, 2011 9:00 AM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has questioned the experience of two lawyers handling the case of a man accused of dismembering an 8-year-old New York City boy. Supreme Court Justice Neil Firetog told the lawyers at a hearing Tuesday that his concern was to ensure the defendant, Levi... more »

• Fire bans continue despite wet weather

  July 10, 2011 4:20 PM

  Despite the recent rain and humidity, the fire danger remains high in Southern Colorado. Fire bans are still in place in both Colorado Springs and unincorporated El Paso County. Captain Jesse Ortiz with the Colorado Springs Fire Department says all of the the moisture is helping, but one or... more »

• AF Academy gets 25 new trainer aircraft for $6.1M

  June 16, 2011 5:38 PM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy is getting 25 new trainer aircraft for a total of $6.1 million. The Air Force Air Education and Training Command says the school will get the first two T-53A aircraft on Monday. The remaining 23 will be delivered by... more »

• Location announced for new VA clinic in Springs

  April 16, 2011 12:44 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A new veterans outpatient clinic in Colorado Springs will be built on the city's west side between Interstate 25 and Garden of the Gods Park. Colorado Republican congressman Doug Lamborn announced the location Saturday. The clinic will be built on an 18-acre site... more »

• New DNA machine to be used in Colo. Springs cases

  March 13, 2011 4:52 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Colorado Springs homicide detectives will begin using a new DNA machine aimed at helping them identify suspects in unsolved slayings dating back to 1949. Some of the cases the detectives will be looking at have already been through DNA testing but this new machine... more »

• Redistricting panel heads to southern Colo.

  March 12, 2011 1:01 PM

  ALAMOSA, Colo. (AP) - A bipartisan panel considering new congressional districts is headed to southern Colorado talk with residents about their district. The legislative panel planned hearings in Alamosa and Pueblo Saturday. Both are currently in the 3rd Congressional District represented by Republican Rep. Scott Tipton. The panel... more »

• New Colo. laws likely to trim prison populations

  January 1, 2011 5:43 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The number of inmates in Colorado prisons is falling for the first time in years, and legislative economists are predicting a steeper slide in coming years due in part to new state laws. The Department of Corrections says the population in state prisons steadily rose from... more »

• Rep. Lamborn to head energy subcommittee

  December 30, 2010 10:26 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn will head the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in the new congressional session. The Republican from Colorado Springs was named chairman of the subcommittee Wednesday. Lamborn says the panel will review Interior Department policies he believes impede energy... more »

• Tough, new marijuana rules posted in Colorado

  December 16, 2010 7:34 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Marijuana sellers in Colorado are expected to have to wear photo badges, and patients will have new limits on changing their primary dispensaries. The changes are among Colorado's 99-page list of draft rules posted this week by Colorado regulators crafting the nation's most extensive rules for... more »

• Rainbow of buses parade through Pueblo

  December 15, 2010 2:07 PM

  A colorful parade of buses rolled through downtown Pueblo this morning. Bus service was temporarily suspended so the City of Pueblo could show off ten new buses, which were recently purchased to replace an aging fleet. They've already been nicknamed the "Skittle" buses because of their vibrant appearance. They're painted... more »

• Pub, pilates studio coming to Pueblo riverwalk

  October 13, 2010 2:23 PM

  An old pub in Bessemer is coming back to life on Pueblo's riverwalk. Muggsy's Inn is just one of the tenants of a new $2.5 million building under construction right now on the riverwalk. The Eco Walk Building will be located on lot 4 next to Angelo's Pizza parlor and... more »

• Controller faulted in Hudson midair collision

  September 14, 2010 3:43 PM

  A federal safety panel says an air traffic controller who was engaged in a personal phone call was partly responsible for a midair collision last year over the Hudson River between a tour helicopter and a small plane. The crash on Aug. 8, 2009, killed nine people. The... more »

• Worst unemployment report of the year released

  August 19, 2010 9:29 AM

  New applications for unemployment insurance reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November, a sign that employers are likely cutting jobs again as the economy slows. The Labor Department said Thursday that initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 12,000 last week to 500,000, the... more »

• Christo tries to save vision for 'Over the River'

  July 6, 2010 9:20 AM

  The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude promised each other years ago that they'd suspend miles of fabric over the Arkansas River in Colorado. Last November, Jeanne-Claude died, leaving Christo to seek a permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for the project, dubbed "Over the River." BLM is due... more »

• Public input needed on park bridge

  June 10, 2010 7:12 PM

  The City of Colorado Springs will hold a public Open House on Tuesday, June 15, to gather public input about a project to replace the stone bridge on Evans Avenue, near the entrance to North Cheyenne Canon Park. The open house will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at... more »

• Boy's suspension over rosary beads overturned pending hearing

  June 1, 2010 6:55 PM

  A federal judge says a New York school must reinstate a 13-year-old boy who was suspended for wearing rosary beads. Judge Lawrence Kahn ordered the Schenectady seventh-grader reinstated pending a June 11 hearing into whether the suspension violated the boy's civil rights. Oneida Middle School officials contend Raymond Hosier... more »

• New development coming to Pueblo riverwalk

  May 21, 2010 7:38 PM

  A new building is coming to the Pueblo riverwalk. On Friday the HARP Authority held a ground breaking ceremony on lot 4, which is located next to Angelo's Pizza Parlor. Potential tenants include Musso's Mercato Italian Market, Q Pig BBQ, Muggsy's Inn and Main Street Treats. more »

• Scientists find new species in New Guinea

  May 17, 2010 1:52 PM

  Scientists are reporting the discovery of a host of new species, including a tiny frog nicknamed Pinocchio. An international team of researchers faced torrential rain, flooding and lots of mud as they conducted a biological survey in the Foja Mountains on the western side of the island of New... more »

• Excessive caution cleared Times Square

  May 7, 2010 5:47 PM

  Police say it was an "abundance of caution" that prompted them to shut down several streets in New York's Times Square area to traffic today while they investigated a cooler that had been left on a sidewalk. The cooler was found about a block from where a failed car... more »

• Clark gets life plus over 1,000 years in Williams murder

  April 30, 2010 5:28 PM

  A man convicted of killing Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was sentenced Friday to life in prison plus 1,152 years. Willie Clark was convicted of first-degree murder in the New Year's Day 2007 drive-by slaying of Williams. Clark's sentencing followed a failed emergency appeal to the Colorado Supreme Court... more »

• Artist Jeanne-Claude honored in New York

  April 26, 2010 3:22 PM

  Public officials and members of the art world are gathering for a New York City memorial honoring artist Jeanne-Claude. The memorial is being held Monday afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Met director Philippe de Montebello are expected to speak. Jeanne-Claude created the... more »

• Chunk of World Trade Center arrives in Colorado Springs

  April 26, 2010 1:44 PM

  A beam from the World Trade Center is now in Colorado Springs as part of a memorial to be built at Schriever Air Force Base. The 50th Space Wing welcomed the twisted piece of steel with full military honors Monday morning. The box beam was recovered from the wreckage... more »

• Cop pleads guilty in perfume heist

  April 20, 2010 2:54 PM

  A New York City police officer has pleaded guilty to helping carry out a heist at a northern New Jersey perfume warehouse. Richard LeBlanca is the second NYPD officer to plead guilty in the Feb. 9 armed robbery at In Style USA Inc. in Carlstadt, near Giants Stadium. Original... more »

• Cop says fellow officer shot wounded civilians

  April 7, 2010 7:34 PM

  A former New Orleans police officer has told federal authorities he saw a fellow cop shoot and kick unarmed, wounded civilians in a deadly incident on a bridge in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Former officer Michael Hunter's eyewitness account marks the first time an officer has provided federal authorities with... more »

• Dismembered bodies found New Jersey

  April 5, 2010 7:25 PM

  Police say the dismembered bodies of a man and woman have been found in several garbage bags along a residential street in Linden. Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow says the bodies were found among four cloth laundry bags and two black garbage bags that were left on the street,... more »

• After tough weekend, rain continues in New England

  March 15, 2010 2:46 PM

  Schools are closed today in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, as the storm that brought punishing wind and rain to the region over the weekend continues to dump rain on parts of New England. Utility crews, meanwhile, are making some progress in restoring power. More than half of the... more »

• New housing market index slips

  March 15, 2010 1:11 PM

  The National Association of Home Builders says its housing market index slipped in March, as harsh winter weather and competition from foreclosed properties hurt builders' sales prospects. The Washington-based trade association said Monday its index slipped two points to 15, back to its January level. Readings below 50 indicate... more »

• Mystery sweaters grace New Jersey town

  March 10, 2010 5:17 PM

  Someone is spinning quite a yarn over one New Jersey shore town. An unknown person dubbed The Midnight Knitter by West Cape May residents is covering tree ranches and lamp poles with little sweaters under cover of darkness. Mayor Pam Kaithern says police are looking into the guerrilla crocheting,... more »

• Cops implicated in $1 million perfume heist

  March 8, 2010 6:24 PM

  A third New York City police officer has been charged in the robbery of $1 million worth of perfume from a northern New Jersey warehouse. Federal authorities arrested Kelvin Jones of Yonkers, N.Y., on Monday. The 28-year-old is accused of renting a truck in Jersey City last month that... more »

• Massa to resign under ethics cloud

  March 5, 2010 3:51 PM

  New York Democrat Eric Massa is stepping down from his seat, effective Monday, in the House of Representatives. Knowledgable Democratic officials told The Associated Press that Massa, who has announced he will not seek reelection due to a recurrance of cancer, is resigning his seat. The House ethics... more »

• Smoky courthouse evacuated

  March 2, 2010 11:40 AM

  Hundreds of people have been evacuated from a New York City courthouse because of a smoky basement fire. Courts spokesman David Bookstaver says it apparently started in a wooden contractor's shed. The building in Lower Manhattan was evacuated at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. A woman was helped outside with... more »

• Police ID found in Jerry Seinfeld's car

  February 25, 2010 7:13 PM

  The New York Police Department is investigating why a Bronx police placard was displayed in comedian Jerry Seinfeld's car. Seinfeld spokeswoman Elizabeth Clark Zoia on Wednesday said the performer wasn't aware of the parking placard, which belonged to Seinfeld's longtime driver, a retired police officer. She says the driver... more »

• New layoffs soar to nearly half million

  February 25, 2010 9:54 AM

  The number of new claims for unemployment benefits jumped unexpectedly last week as heavy snows caused layoffs to rise. A Labor Department analyst says mid-Atlantic and New England states are still processing a spike in claims stemming from the bad weather two weeks ago. The department says first-time... more »

• Bloomberg: Stop "craziness" and rebuild World Trade Center

  February 19, 2010 12:34 PM

  New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says it is time to move ahead more quickly with building at the World Trade Center site while material and labor costs are low. The mayor said on his weekly radio show Friday that it is time to "stop this craziness." He laid some of... more »

• Colorado Lottery announces new game

  February 15, 2010 12:06 PM

  The Colorado Lottery will launch its first new Jackpot game in nine years next week. Called MatchPlay, the game will offer a rolling, $100,000 jackpot and more ways to win than the Lottery's current Jackpot games. Drawings for MatchPlay will be held on Tuesdays and Fridays. The game will begin... more »

• Colorado company creating 1,300 jobs--in another state

  February 4, 2010 9:33 AM

  South Carolina officials say a Colorado company will build a $68 million plant to make electric buses. The plant could have as many as 1,300 workers. State Sen. David Thomas said Wednesday he hopes the Proterra LLC plant will lead to suppliers and related industries coming to South Carolina.... more »

• New Steamboat gondola up and running

  February 2, 2010 2:34 PM

  The first new gondola in almost 25 years at Steamboat Ski Resort is now running. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Monday for the gondola linking Trailhead Lodge with the base of the resort. Resort Ventures West says it's the first gondola at the resort since 1986. The gondola... more »