COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are investigating the cause of a crash that resulted in a car going off a bridge and landing upside down in a ravine along Sand Creek on the city’s northeast side. KRDO The male passenger died and the driver is a local hospital with serious injuries, police confirmed Monday.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Sunday afternoon, military, law enforcement and other first responders gathered in Memorial Park to remember the sacrifice of civilians and first responders 21 years ago. Throughout the crowd, as servicemen and women from Colorado Springs reflected on the tragic events of 9/11, city council member Randy Helms was thinking back
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Saturday, Special Olympics Colorado held their annual ‘Plane Pull’ fundraiser at the National Museum for World War II Aviation. “One cool thing about it being at the National Museum of World War II Aviation is we get to pull this beautiful PBY Catalina, and that’s really unique,” Special Olympics Colorado
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– On Saturday, the Colorado Springs Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s office (EPSO/CSPD) are battling it out on the field against the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD). While the first responders do this every year, this game is a little different, being played in honor of fallen EPSO deputy
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The Pine Creek Eagles celebrated their Homecoming, and won the Friday Night Blitz spirit award for week 3.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday night hundreds of kids and parents packed five fields at Goose Gossage Sports Complex in Colorado Springs for a special game of baseball, as the Challenger Division of Colorado Springs Little League played under the lights. This particular division provides an opportunity for kids with intellectual and physical challenges
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Mass, state-run vaccination sites have returned to Colorado, that includes in El Paso and Pueblo County. This time, the sites will distribute COVID-19 vaccines specific to the omicron sub-variant. On opening day for two vaccine sites in Southern Colorado, 13 Investigates asked the state why these sites are necessary after
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Illegal and undesirable activity along historic Old Stage Road in the mountains above the city has led officials to propose what some residents believe is a drastic and unnecessary step. The city is determining whether public access on the popular road should be restricted after hours. KRDO Old Stage Road
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — People around the world are mourning the loss of Queen Elizabeth II. The longest-reigning British monarch died Thursday at her home in Scotland. On Thursday, some British people in Colorado Springs looking to spend the day closer to home, found themselves seated at the bar of the ‘Great British Food
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Over three years since Jepsy Amaga Kallungi went missing, her ex-husband Dane Kallungi is set to go on trial for her murder. October 5, he will be on trial for killing Kallungi, after an affidavit released in June 2021 revealed he confessed to his ex-wife that he killed Kallungi and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The sentencing date for a former Colorado Springs contractor caught on camera taking a sledgehammer to a customer’s shower has been moved back a month. This postponement was due to his current attorney not showing up in court Thursday. In September 2021, customer Amber Trucke spoke with KRDO about an
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Every morning, you’ll find Mike Hendrick on the corner of Bridle Oaks Lane and Rock Bridge Circle, outside of The Da Vinci Academy. He’s hard to miss. He has a stop sign in hand and a smile on his face. Every student on the street knows his name. “Simply put
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Thursday, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers will deliver his eighth and final State of the City address. During this address, city officials say Mayor Suthers will touch on infrastructure, economic growth, and community collaboration. The State of the City address is hosted by the Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC. The
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FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — This county has a growing population of military veterans who currently have to drive at least 30 miles to Pueblo or 45 miles to Colorado Springs for support services, and a more convenient option could be forthcoming. Google Michael Kilmer, director of the Veterans Administration’s Eastern Colorado Health Care System,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Exactly two months after one of the best days of their lives, Colorado Springs newlyweds are facing their worst-case scenario after a fire destroyed everything they owned. Malachi and Olivia Carlson were two of the victims of the Apex Apartments fire in Colorado Springs Friday night. Lightning struck the roof
Continue ReadingThe Air Force football team selects players who give the utmost effort on the field to be honored into the Diesel club.
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Vista Ridge High School received the Pikes Peak State College Friday Night Blitz Spirit Award plaque on Wednesday afternoon. Vista Ridge won the Pikes Peak State College Friday Night Blitz Spirit Award for week one of the high school football season.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Reducing the suicide rate among military veterans is why Colorado Gov. Jared Polis was in town Wednesday to talk with one of the leading providers of supportive services for veterans. KRDO The Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center hosted a meeting that included other community partners that are trying to reduce
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — State health officials are now urging Coloradans to prepare for a dangerous combination of COVID-19 on top of a severe flu season this fall. As they worry the compounding factors could fill up hospital beds here in the city, they’re calling on high-risk Coloradans to get the new Omicron booster
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Tragedy struck on Monday afternoon at Copper Chase Apartments in southwest Colorado Springs. According to police, six-year-old Sylviah Kaye Bowen was riding her bicycle in the parking lot of the apartment complex when she was hit by a truck. Despite being taken to a hospital, the Colorado Springs Police Department
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