PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A domestic dispute late Saturday night came to a safe resolution. Just before midnight, officers responded to a reported domestic disturbance and shot fired on Woodsorrel Court. Investigators say the ex-boyfriend of a woman there showed up with a baseball bat after allegedly sending her threatening messages. The woman’s stepfather went
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The streets of Pueblo are safer Sunday morning after police nabbed five drivers suspected of street racing. Saturday evening patrols spotted more than 100 cars in the area of Northern and Prairie. Police say the drivers started dispersing around midnight when officers got on scene. Photo: Pueblo Police Department Five drivers
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — An AMBER Alert issued Saturday afternoon prompted a frenzied search for 3-year-old Savannah Camele. Savannah was found several hours later after authorities said she had been reportedly assaulted and abducted by 53-year-old Ricky Trujillo. Trujillo is now in custody and could be facing several charges, according to Sgt. Ortega
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Pueblo’s in-person graduation night has been cancelled this year because of COVID-19, certainly disappointing many high school seniors. However, District 60 says its making sure their walk across the stage is still a special one. This week and next week, District 60 is filming its virtual graduations for all senior classes
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Two former Pueblo County sheriffs will have their names added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. as historical line-of-duty deaths. That’s according to a release Thursday from the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office. Former Sheriff Joe E. Tucker died in 1950 after his private plane went down in poor
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is recognizing the service of one of their own over a century later. Former Sheriff John M. McKee died in 1918 from an injury he sustained while apprehending a suspect. Now, the sheriff’s office says his sacrifice will be recognized as a Line of Duty
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo Police Department is looking for a missing woman who was last seen Tuesday afternoon in Pueblo. Now police are asking the public’s help in finding 36-year-old Casey Plascencia. She drives a 2008 White GMC Acadia with Colorado plate UCQ470. No additional information was provided. If anyone has any information
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Two Pueblo women have been charged with animal cruelty after the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region discovered a deceased 13-week-old puppy that was given Pepto-Bismol. On May 7, the Animal Law Enforcement team responded to a call about a dead dog inside a condemned Pueblo residence. The HSPPR staff
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — COVID-19 is throwing a wrench in our daily lives. For high school seniors who’ve been waiting to walk at graduation, it’s a huge bummer. Luckily, in Pueblo, the AJC Foundation and Awards by Trophy City teamed up to do something cool for the seniors. They’re making signs for seniors so the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in a stabbing incident sent a 73-year-old man to the hospital with non-life threatening wounds. Deputies took 37-year-old John J. Ortega Jr. into custody Wednesday after he allegedly stabbed an elderly man that afternoon. Deputies were called to a home in the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado State University Pueblo will be one of the first universities to partner with the U.S. army to specialize in credentialing certificates for active duty soldiers at Fort Carson. That’s according to a press release from the school Wednesday. The new program, called the Army Credentialing Assistance (CA) Program, assists active
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — By a shockingly large margin, Pueblo voters rejected Ballot Question 2A during a special election Tuesday. If Ballot Question 2A had passed, the city would have left Black Hills Energy to form a public electric utility run by the Pueblo Board of Water Works. According to updated numbers from the Pueblo
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In the three weeks since the Pueblo City Council approved allocating $5 million to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 500 business owners have requested applications for funding. According to the home page of the city website, the program is suspended and no more applications are being accepted. The city sent applications
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that the City of Pueblo will receive a $300,000 Brownfields grant to assess and revitalize properties in the city’s downtown and riverfront areas. The city will use the EPA Brownfields Assessment grant to assess brownfield sites for possible cleanup. A brownfield is a property
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office says an illegal butane hash oil lab is the cause of a home explosion in Pueblo West that happened Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors reported hearing two booms around 2 p.m. before a fire started at the home on Tierra Buena Drive. One person was transported to
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The District 70 Board of Education has approved changes to the entrance age requirement for children entering kindergarten. For the upcoming school year, children must be 5 years old before August 1, 2020 to attend kindergarten in the fall, according to a press release sent out by the district. Previously, children
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The Pueblo County Courthouse will stay closed to the public during the month of May to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In a press release, the Pueblo County Government spokesperson said it is conducting business and operating under “Safer-At-Home” guidelines, but no in-person services are available at the courthouse. “We
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — This Mother’s Day you can support the Pueblo Zoo by getting mom a one-of-a-kind gift from her favorite zoo animal. The zoo is holding an online animal art auction. The auction items include artwork made by the animals with animal themed goodies and hand-curated gift baskets. All the money from this
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Parks & Wildlife is warning everyone to be bear aware, after a bear pounced on a couple’s tent. According to CPW, the couple were sleeping in the tent at the Golden Eagle campground off Hwy 115 around 1:30 a.m. Monday. They awoke to the sound of the small bear
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — A spokesperson with Pueblo School District 70 said they will have more information about graduation plans for high school seniors after meeting with Pueblo Health officials Monday afternoon. A discussion of plans for those graduations is listed on the agenda for Tuesday’s D70 Board of Education Meeting. The meeting will be
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