“People don’t really know us this year. I feel like we’re going to surprise a lot of people,” says Vista Ridge cornerback, Wesley Wright. Sure, Vista Ridge lost a slew of talent from last year’s team, but they don’t feel that there’s a dark cloud over the program, “Not a lot of people talk about us.
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The Sand Creek football team will open up the season on Friday against Palmer. It will be the Scorpions homecoming game.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– A man is now in custody after crashing into a mailbox, firing multiple rounds from a gun, and attempting to leave the scene by running to a ravine along Broadmoor Valley Drive, near the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), the adult male, whose identity has
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Authorities have found the 9 year old girl allegedly kidnapped by her mother in Pueblo last week. Just after 7pm on Monday, August 21, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation sent out a news release stating Rachael Bastian has been located safely, but released no additional details. On August 16, the CBI had issued a statewide
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A yearlong process ended Monday with the police department’s announcement of hiring an independent analyst to audit officer procedures such as use-of-force, de-escalation tactics and other police procedures. Police said that department leaders and community leaders — including the Law Enforcement Transparency and Advisory Commission (LETAC) — evaluated several auditing
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is investigating an early morning shooting that left an unidentified man dead. The CSPD responded to reports of shots fired at the Wind River Place apartments, near the intersection 19th and Uintah streets, at about 2:40 a.m. on Monday, August 21. KRDO A sergeant
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The high school football season kicks off on August 24th, with KRDO’s Friday Night Blitz set to air on August 25th. With the season set to begin, Rob Namnoum sat down with Colorado Preps Editor-in-Chief Dan Mohrmann for a preview of the upcoming year. The Friday Night Blitz airs every Friday night during football season
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The Pueblo West football team wins their season opener on the road against Grand Junction. The Cyclones pitched a shutout 32-0.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs police are investigating a road rage incident that happened early Friday morning on the north side of town. According to police, it happened around 1 a.m., outside the Barnes and Noble near the intersection of Briargate Boulevard and North Academy Boulevard. KRDO Police say that they don’t know
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — New Mayor Yemi Mobolade and police Chief Adrian Vasquez spent 90 minutes Thursday showing why the city badly needs a new and expanded facility to train new and existing officers. KRDO Mobolade and Vasquez took local media on a tour of the police training academy, near the intersection of Platte
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The Denver Nuggets announced their 2023-24 schedule, beginning at Ball Arena on October 24th as they raise their 2023 NBA Championship banner and receive their rings before taking on the Los Angeles Lakers in a rematch of last season’s Western Conference finals. The Nuggets will start their defense of the title with seven of their first
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High school football practice is grueling. Most of the state will be at it for another week but not Pueblo West. They’ll play Friday out in Grand Junction, and they’ve never been so excited for a five hour bus ride, “I’m so excited, man. That lost the Ponderosa in the second round has been eaten
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Residents of this Pueblo County town continue to send videos and photos to KRDO, showing tap water that they say is smelly and discolored, and illustrating an issue that has persisted since at least 2016. KRDO The town’s metro district has struggled to address challenges with water quality, supply and
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Something absolutely amazing happened this summer, “We spent a couple of days up there and just no phones, no phones, no phones, no phones,” says Mesa Ridge football coach Jerimi Calip. The Grizzlies went on a team retreat in late July and no one checked snapchat, instagram or text messages, “It was refreshing just to watch
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The five-member Board of Commissioners ended a five-month process Tuesday afternoon to redraw their district boundaries as required to reflect changes from the 2020 Census. In April, the Board — along with the office of county Clerk & Recorder Steve Schleiker — formed the Redistricting Commission to oversee the
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The best way to describe Doherty’s offense, “Dogs, straight dogs,” says Jasean Cooper, Doherty offensive lineman. And the defense, “Menace to society,” says Cooper. Doherty was a menace in the Class Five A Metro North League last season as they took the league title. Sparta says last year’s success should spill over into this season,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A lack of future state funding is leading Academy School District 20 to ask voters for help this fall in raising $35 million annually for a variety of needs. According to D-20’s website. the district ranks last among 178 districts in the amount of state funding it receives per student;
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ESTES PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — Rocky Mountain National Park officials announced they responded to two separate falling incidents this weekend. Those falls left one woman dead and two men seriously injured. The first incident occurred on Saturday afternoon when a 21-year-old female from Severance, Colorado died after an approximately 300-foot fall. Rocky Mountain National Park
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Palmer Ridge is a state powerhouse and with football season upon us, they are ready to roll, “I can’t believe it’s already less than two weeks away. It’s amazing. Oh, I’m super excited. I mean, last year to end as how we wanted, but I’m super excited with new new head coach Coach Carlton. It’s
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Todd Evans, Fountain’s deputy city manager, decided that seeing is believing when it comes to the poor condition of many streets that he believes justifies seeking membership in the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority. KRDO “Some of our streets — including many of our neighborhood streets — need to be repaved
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