UPDATE: As of 3:20 p.m. Colorado State Patrol says that road is back open. GEORGETOWN, Colo. (KRDO) – According to Colorado State Patrol, eastbound I-70 near Georgetown is now closed indefinitely due to a semi-truck fire. Officials with CSP say that while the interstate was temporarily closed as crews worked to extinguish the blaze, another
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – According to Colorado Springs Fire Department’s X account, crews are currently on the scene of a working fire at 9960 San Luis Park Court in Colorado Springs. CSFD says the fire is on the top floor of the home and that all occupants are safely out of the structure. This
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPSO) responded to a shooting on South Academy Blvd. near I-25 Thursday morning just after 11 a.m EPSO said the shooting was a road rage incident and a motorcyclist shot another driver. The injured driver sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and is in stable
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MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) — KRDO13 Investigates has confirmed the Monument Town Council has placed town manager Mike Foreman on leave. Last night, the council held a special meeting to discuss a “personnel issue” involving Foreman. It’s unclear what that personnel issue is. The Monument mayor would not discuss the leave in further detail but provided
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UPDATE: Colorado Springs Fire says both lanes of south Nevada Ave. are closed between Arvada and Brookside as they investigate the cause of a fire at a local motel. CSFD reports the fire is now out. They worked to extinguish the flames in around thirty minutes at the business south of downtown. PREVIOUS ARTICLE: COLORADO
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– Colorado Springs Police are investigating a deadly shooting at the Stone Canyon Apartments, located at 240 North Murray Boulevard, on the city’s east side. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers arrived just before 10:30 p.m. Thursday, and confirmed a total of 3 people were shot. Police say that
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Fire (CSFD) now has a fire at a townhome in Old Colorado City under control. Firefighters say they were immediately met with flames coming from the townhome when they responded on Sunday evening. Their response began a little before 9 P.M. at 2711 W Pikes Peak Ave, and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) is investigating an overnight shooting this morning (Friday, April 19th). Details are limited at this time, but Springs Police have confirmed their homicide team is now at the scene of Sinton Road–just near Garden of the Gods Road, east of I-25. Officers reported being
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police (CSPD) say a homicide investigation is underway in a southeast Colorado Springs neighborhood following reports of a stabbing. Details are limited at this hour. CSPD says they responded a stabbing call for service in the 3600 block of Dundee Place. Responding officers attempted life saving measures on
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Neighbors in this small community south of the Colorado Springs Airport say that their streets are in such poor condition that you can actually see them sink from the weight of trash trucks and other heavy vehicles. One resident, Jack Wilner, said that such sinking caused two recent water
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE: Colorado Springs Fire says they have established a perimeter around the fires at 6:34 P.M. They are now continuing to work the interior of the fire and are looking for hotspots. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) is responding to a working grass fire near the Colorado
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A homicide investigation is underway in southeast Colorado Springs in the parking lot of a townhome complex off of south Circle Dr. and Hancock Expressway. Details are limited at this hour, but Colorado Springs Police confirm they are actively investigating a homicide in the area. KRDO13 observed crime scene tape
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – According to a state court system notification Tuesday evening, Carie Hallford has bonded out of the El Paso County jail. Carie is the wife of John Hallford, who previously bonded out on January 29. John and Carie Hallford were arrested in November of last year in Oklahoma on several crimes,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado Springs Police (CSPD) say they are investigating a traffic crash involving one of their patrol cruisers. The driver in a red pick-up driver struck the CSPD cruiser, admitted to running a red light, and was allegedly drunk driving as well. The CSPD cruiser collided with that pick-up truck in
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are searching for a Pueblo father wanted for the murder of his two children, and a woman is under arrest. Nearly four weeks ago, Pueblo Police say they found the remains of a young female. And we are now learning that just last week officers found the remains of a
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A private funeral will be this week for the children police believe were killed by their mother in Colorado Springs. Their father, Kevin Wentz, identifies the victims as 7-year-old Aden Wentz and 9-year-old Elianna ‘Ellie’ Wentz. Police found the two young children dead after getting called out to a fake
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — UPDATE: Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) say that both of the adult males that were transported to local hospitals following a shooting at the Citadel Mall on Sunday, December 24, are stable but are still listed in serious condition. CSPD adds that no arrests have been made. They say it
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Fire Department was racing to the scene of a large fire at Lake Minnequa on the city’s south side. The fire department told the public to avoid the area as firefighters and apparatus continued to respond to the scene. Local evacuations of the neighborhood near the fire were in
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — An evacuation order was lifted near a downtown Colorado Springs intersection on the morning of November 1, 2023. The Colorado Springs Fire Department put the order in place at 11:42 a.m. for those near the intersection of Colorado and Cascade avenues. KRDO Colorado Springs Fire Department initially said it was
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Hours-long traffic jams on Interstate 25 near Pueblo on both sides of a train derailment, coal spill and collapsed rail bridge resulted in some illegal and even dangerous driving behavior Monday. KRDO The congestion led many southbound drivers to leave the freeway and seek a shortcut by driving across a
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