PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Thursday, the Pueblo Police Department released data on the Directed Investigation and Community Engagement Unit, also known as the D.I.C.E. Unit, which was established in May 2022. According to police, the D.I.C.E. Unit was formed to help combat lower-level crimes like loitering, trespass, suspicious persons, and provide resources to anyone struggling
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — During Monday’s work session, Pueblo City Council listened to a presentation on the proposed Pueblo Amtrak Station design and engineering. The presentation showed what the potential station would look like. The project would create a Front Range rail service that’d run from Fort Collins to Pueblo and expand on Amtrak’s current long-distance
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The star witness in the murder trial of a Pueblo County man accused of killing a toddler testified about the several apparent injuries to one of her own foster children days and weeks preceding his death. Ramondo Jones, 38, is accused of killing 14-month-old foster child Aiden Seeley back in
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Monday, the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) spoke to the Pueblo City Council to present their yearly review. In its review, the HSPPR noted some specific challenges they’re facing. According to the HSPPR, there are only eight full-service clinics and two mobile units located in Pueblo. They said
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — During Monday’s work session, Pueblo City Council is set to listen to and review a presentation on the proposed Pueblo Amtrak Station design and engineering. According to a presentation shared before the meeting, there is ongoing coordination with CDOT regarding the project with a 10% design concept. City of Pueblo View
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — In a little over a month, the American Red Cross will partner with the Pueblo Fire Department to “sound the alarm” and install some detectors for free. According to the PFD, volunteers will be installing smoke alarms on Pueblo’s east side from E. 8th St. to E. 14th and Hudson to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A 17-year-old was taken into custody Saturday after reportedly shooting his father on the east side of Pueblo. Saturday, at 12:02 a.m., officers with the Pueblo Police Department were dispatched to the 1200 block of E. 7th St. on reports of a shooting. At the scene, officers found a man with
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Beginning Tuesday, the City of Pueblo will be under a declaration of temporary housing and shelter emergency. According to the Office of the Mayor, this order is due to the National Weather Service predicting low temperatures this week. The National Weather Service said a weather system will spread snow across the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo City-County Library District is celebrating Black History Month with free events and programs. Below are just some of the months the community can enjoy for free at PCCLD during February. Black History Live! Josephine Baker Chautauqua This statewide tour features the living-history portrayal by nationally-acclaimed scholar and actor Becky
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Mesa Ridge is having a special season. The Grizzlies dominance was on full display Saturday afternoon as Mesa Ridge knocked off Pueblo County, 56-29. At one point, the Grizzlies led 40-9. The win marks the seventeenth time in twenty games that Mesa Ridge has blown out its opponent. The Grizzlies travel to Harrison on February
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — United Way is offering smaller non-profits a chance for additional funding through grants. In February, United Way encourages Pueblo organizations to be aware of two open grant opportunities within UWPC’s four service priority areas: Economic Mobility and Opportunity, Youth Success, Crisis Intervention, and Nonprofit Capacity Development. Two grant opportunities are available for Pueblo County nonprofits,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday, the Fountain Police Department released the name of the FPD officer injured after he fell 40 feet off a bridge trying to detain a wanted felon. According to the FPD, the department assisted the Department of Corrections Parole Unit in trying to detain a known carjacking suspect from the
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FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KRDO) — Friday afternoon, the Fountain Police Department provided further insight into what led up to a car chase that ended in an officer falling off a bridge. On Thursday, Feb. 2, the department’s Directed Investigation Community Engagement (D.I.C.E.) was asked to assist the Department of Corrections Parole Unit with finding a known
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are searching for a bank robbery suspect. On Feb. 2, the Pueblo Police Department said the suspect pictured below entered a Pueblo Bank and Trust in the 2100 block of Jerry Murphy Rd. PPD Once in the bank, the suspect demanded money from the clerk and left with an undisclosed
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday, the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce and Visit Pueblo unveiled the most popular slopper-serving restaurants in Pueblo County. Nominations were submitted online to the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce and Visit Pueblo. Thousands of votes were calculated and a list of the top ten was compiled. Below are the places
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A Pueblo mother is accused of abusing her young son and causing his death. Court documents obtained by KRDO indicate the child’s death was “preventable.” Tuesday, officers with the Pueblo Police Department responded to Parkview Medical Center at 4 p.m. on the report of an unresponsive two-year-old. While at the hospital,
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PUEBLO, Colo.(KRDO) — A Pueblo grandmother is scrambling to cover the costs of her grandson’s hospital treatments after losing her son and his father. On June 11, 2021, 10-year-old Damien Manzanares was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also known as (ALL). That diagnosis came just two days before he lost his father. Manzanares’ grandmother, Mary
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo City-County Library District (PCCLD) received nearly $500,000 to expand internet access in the county. According to library officials, the PCCLD received the money from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF). Thanks to the funds, the library district purchased more than 885 Wi-Fi-connected devices, expanding the district’s
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO)–The one-year anniversary of a car crash that took away two children and their great-grandmother is approaching. Trenton and Mckenzie Frazier, and their great-grandmother Ada Frazier were killed when the car they were in was hit by a truck as Ada Frazier attempted to make a turn on U.S. 50 at 36th
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A deadly house fire is under investigation in Pueblo this Friday. Lance Ricord is the owner of this property on Palmer Avenue. He told KRDO he’s devastated about the death of his friend who was living at his guest house. “I was just hoping she wasn’t in there…. but she was,” said Ricord.
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