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Rare ‘Blue Alert’ issued Thursday for suspect in Colorado Springs death of Community Parole Officer

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Many smartphone users may be asking about the statewide Blue Alert they received Thursday as authorities sought Justin Kula, the suspect in the hit-and-run death of a Community Parole Officer near the intersection of Bijou and Spruce streets. KRDO The Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued the alert at 6:17

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Colorado Springs Walgreens employees testify Thursday in murder trial of former co-worker Joshua Johnson

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Witness testimony Thursday on the second day of the murder trial of Joshua Johnson, 29, revealed that the victim, Riley Whitelaw, 17, had expressed concern to a Walgreens store manager that he was uncomfortable working with the defendant. KRDO Prosecutors have accused Johnson of killing Whitelaw at the store

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Merchants near Colorado Springs-area military installations respond to possibility of federal government shutdown this weekend

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The possibility of the federal government shutting down at the end of its fiscal year because of budgetary differences means that around a million members of the U.S. military may not paid for however long a shutdown would last. KRDO And that worries some business owners outside local military installations

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Workers at Monument UPS facility learn ASL to improve communication and performance with deaf co-worker

MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — UPS can be a hectic, demanding job with countless numbers of packages being processed and sorted every day. So, imagine how much more challenging it might be for someone who’s speech-impaired, hearing-impaired, or both. KRDO But George Emfinger, who was born deaf, is making it work — thanks to cooperation with

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Pueblo middle school learns the importance of asking for help with suicide prevention program

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday at Pueblo Academy of Arts (PAA), formally Pitts Middle School, a Colorado couple whose son died by suicide spoke to students about the importance of asking for help, and recognizing warning signs in others. KRDO Eighth-graders at the school attended a presentation from the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program, based

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Effort continues to find descendants of 12 Colorado servicemen who died while serving aboard USS Indianapolis in 1945

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It’s an ambitious undertaking, but no less impressive. An effort is underway to find surviving relatives of 12 World War II servicemen from Colorado, who served on the USS Indianapolis — the fate of which was dramatized in the 1975 movie Jaws. Project 888 Those Colorado servicemen were among 879

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