PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– The Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying a woman involved in a fraud case after using a stolen credit card. The Sheriff’s Office describes the woman as having reddish-colored hair and she was last seen wearing jean shorts and a purple flower-patterned blouse at the time of the incident.
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– The City of Pueblo has just hired a new City Attorney by Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar. According to the City of Pueblo, Monday, August 14, the Pueblo City Council will confirm George Hypolite’s new position as he oversees the City’s Law Department. He is expected to fully start his role with the
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — An overnight shooting at the Oasis at Belmont Square Apartments in east Pueblo is now an on-going homicide investigation. Pueblo Police (PPD) say they responded to 45 Bonnymede Rd. a little after 4 A.M. to reports of a shooting. On scene, they located an adult male dead. PPD says their crimes
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — The nation’s top eaters are slated to compete in The World Slopper Eating Championship at 3 p.m. Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the Colorado State Fair. The top-ranked eaters will be going toe to toe in an attempt to break a new world record in the slopper-eating world. The competitors will
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Two weeks after a teenage boy was shot to death at a skate park, police revealed new, increased enforcement measures for curfews in city parks and other public gathering spots. Police found the boy, whose name has not been released, dead near the Sgt. Blake A. Harris Skateboard Park, in City
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – He’s a member of one of the most powerful families in Pueblo. He’s also evaded felony prosecution for nearly a year after a southern Colorado couple claims he stole more than $18,000 from them. 13 Investigates spoke to that couple and uncovered the six-year legal battle they’ve endured with Douglas Gradisar,
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – This semester, students at Sunset Park Elementary School will be moving into a brand-new building. Thursday, Aug. 10, Pueblo District 60 held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new school. “To have a solid school that you don’t have to put a lot of money into fixing you know years to
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – On Aug. 17, 2023, the Pueblo County Fire Chiefs will be holding a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) exercise. The training is designed to test the Pueblo County MCI plan created in 2019 by the Pueblo County Fire Chiefs. It was last updated in 2022. “This Mass Casualty Incident exercise is
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – A crash in Pueblo West is now being investigated as a homicide. On Aug. 4, 2023, the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office said a man was found dead inside a crashed white SUV in the 1700 block of Tenderfoot Ln. While this was the scene of a crash, the PCSO said
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– Black Hills Energy is working with communities to recognize Aug. 11 as 811 Day–an opportunity to urge residents to call 811 at least two business days prior to any digging project to have underground utility lines marked. Summer months are heightened times for working outside and hit lines, making it incredibly important
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Pueblo has been undergoing a childcare shortage for several years. The director of Children First, Angie Shehorn, said the COVID-19 pandemic made the childcare shortage worse. However, she said her team is working hard to help meet the need. Children First is a childcare resource and referral agency for 11 counties
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — For much of 2023, 13 Investigates has been diving into noticeable increases in teens being arrested for violent crimes like murder and attempted murder in Pueblo. Now, the Pueblo Police Department (PPD) is releasing numbers that show the trend has been going in the wrong direction for multiple years. According to
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Attorneys representing Pueblo County Sheriff deputies involved in a fatal shooting responded to an excessive use of force lawsuit, claiming the victim’s own actions led to his death. In February 2022, Richard Ward was shot three times by Pueblo County Sheriff Deputy Charles McWhorter in the Liberty Point International Middle
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)– The Pueblo County Sheriff’s deputies have now arrested three people in connection with a burglary at a Pueblo West business. On Monday, August 7, at around 4:45 a.m., a security company notified the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Communications Center that two individuals had cut a fence to Steel City Solar (located at 39
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – El Pomar Foundation’s Elevating Leader Development (ELD) is honoring the late Pueblo City Councilman Ray Aguilera by inducting him into the Milton E. Proby Cultural Heritage Room Inductee. Aguilera was a founder and president of the Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation (PHEF) and dedicated himself to helping provide scholarships for low-income,
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PUEBLO, Colo. – A man with outstanding warrants was arrested Friday, August 4 by the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO). According to the PCSO, while the man was being apprehended he rammed his truck into two patrol vehicles. One deputy was struck by one of the vehicles and another was cut by broken glass as
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – The Pueblo County Coroner identified the woman who died in a serious crash along I-25. On Aug. 2, the Pueblo Police Department announced northbound I-25 was closed at Pueblo Blvd. due to a crash. Friday, the Pueblo County Coroner identified the victim as 48-year-old Stephanie Darrcel Gatson of Fort Worth, Texas.
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Marco Rios is a midfielder for the Colorado Springs Switchbacks, he has appears in four games this year and he is only seventeen years old, which makes sense given that, for him, soccer is life, “I was two years old, breaking doors in my house because I would just always use them as a backboard. I
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Pueblo Police have arrested a 13-year-old boy in connection to the murder of a 19-year-old. On June 28, officers with the Pueblo Police Department responded to the 500 block of East Mesa Ave. to investigate a reported car on fire. More reports came in of gunshots being heard in the area
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PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) partnered with the National Weather Service (NWS) to create a system that will inform guests at Lake Pueblo State Park about the forecasts and possibly severe incoming weather. There are now new warning signs posted at each boat ramp, both marinas and at the
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