COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department is rolling out a new tool to slow down speeders, and it will be in action on Monday. It’s called the Automated Vehicle Identification System, and the CSPD says this is new technology to Colorado Springs, but it’s proven to increase road safety in other
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Springs Police say on Friday, a man on the registered sex offender list confessed to a crime that had not been previously reported to law enforcement. Picture of Kendon Ray taken from the SOTAR Database. Kendon Ray, age 34, is now being held in the El Paso County jail
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) says that a firefighter was hit by a car while working a multi-vehicle crash on Thursday morning. The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) says that first responders were called out to a crash on southbound I-25 by the Circle Drive exit around 9 a.m.
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Editor’s note: Like many agencies, KRDO13 does not typically report on suicides or attempted suicides unless it is a well-known figure or the circumstances are particularly unusual or publicly disruptive. In this case, the incident was publicly disruptive due to the shelter-in-place and the road closure. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Phil Long Ford of Motor City says it is collecting pet food donations for the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region this holiday season. To kick off the drive, Phil Long says it is donating a pallet of pet food, which amounts to about 2,000 pounds of food. Additionally,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Just before 10:30 a.m. Thursday, the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) reopened the intersection of Stetson Hills Boulevard and Marksheffel Road after a truck slid off the road and crashed into a townhome. Our crews on scene shared images of what appeared to be a work truck that had driven
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A community vigil was held on Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at Newsong Church in Colorado Springs to honor the two siblings and the father who were among the five people killed in last week’s head-on crash on Highway 83 near Franktown. Watch the full livestream of the vigil below:
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The perfect Christmastime photo op is coming up, but this one is for the furry friends. Under the Sun Dog Training and Daycare, in coordination with Revolution Mortgage, will host its 5th annual Santa Paws event, according to a company spokesperson. The event will be on Saturday, Dec. 6 at
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Police say a good Samaritan was shot after intervening and trying to stop a domestic violence assault in a Colorado Springs parking lot Saturday night. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), at 8:37 p.m. on Nov. 29, a felony domestic assault was reported in the 800 block of
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – On Saturday night, temperatures in Colorado Springs dropped below freezing, and when temperatures outside get this low, it can be deadly for those without shelter. Because of that, Hope COS organized an emergency shelter at the Sanctuary Church, providing a hot meal, cots to sleep on for the night, and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The slumping economy, the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increase in online buying have gradually lessened the crush of shoppers at stores on Black Friday. While lines of buyers failed to develop at traditional places such as Walmart and Best Buy, some lines formed outside Target, JC Penney,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Ramblin Colorado Springs Casino Shuttle stop has a new home. After 20 years, the stop on 8th Street has relocated to 21st Street (about 2 miles down the road at the Fraternal Order of Eagles #143 lot) due to outside plans to develop the original location’s parking lot, a
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – In this week’s Restaurant Roundup, a local restaurant is closed again due to unsafe food practices and a breakfast spot was caught with slime mold in the ice machine. Meanwhile, two El Paso County eateries take part in the holiday spirit year-round, saying their customers are like family –
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — First, the good news: Repaving and other improvements along one of the area’s busiest corridors have now become a higher priority. The bad news, however, is that 2028 is the earliest that work will happen. Most drivers are familiar with the poor condition of the Fountain Expressway, and the east
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – For many, there’s still a little holiday travel ahead, whether that means hitting the interstate on Thursday or taking a red-eye back home. KRDO13 spent a few hours at the Colorado Springs airport on Wednesday, where the holiday spirit was honestly missing. Most travelers we came across were frustrated about
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs City Council adopted its 2026 annual budget on Tuesday. The city made cuts in this new budget, with a 2.5% decrease since 2025, according to the city. “To offset rising costs in contracts, health care, and other obligations, City departments identified $31 million in savings through operational efficiencies
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs City Council voted on Tuesday to take a stance against Attorney General Phil Weiser’s lawsuit against the Trump Administration. “The City Council believes that suing the sitting President of the United States is not the productive path forward,” the resolution read in part. In October, the Office of
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The county is now a week into a major drainage project that will eventually allow crumbling pavement at a busy intersection to be repaved. Numerous viewers have complained to KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior for the past year about the poor condition of North Gate Boulevard at Struthers Road;
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – According to arrest documents, just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Colorado State Patrol (CSP) was notified of a potentially impaired driver going 6 mph on I-25 near Monument. CSP followed the driver with lights and sirens on, trying to pull them over. The agency details a 30-mile-per-hour pursuit of the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A local ministry is lending a helping hand to those who are less fortunate and struggling with poverty, with the goal of ensuring everyone has something to be thankful for. Sunday was a cold and rainy day, but that didn’t stop Colorado Front Range Tres Dias, the ministry, from making sure
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