COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With many road projects taking a break for the holiday period, we’re updating you on the status of three projects that started this fall. One ended earlier this week, and two are still in progress. Among them is the 8th Street improvement project, just down the street from the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is entering its third year of de-emphasizing humor on its highway message boards intended to reinforce driver safety. The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) updated its guidelines for messaging in January 2024, as more states began transmitting basic messages such as Get Insured or Get
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — It might be the best Christmas present 18 homeowners on Kern Street could have expected, and although the payoff is still two years away, at least they can anticipate it now. A week after KRDO 13’s Road Warrior report in early November about the street’s poor condition, neighbors received a visit from
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Mild fall weather allowed crews to stay on schedule in repaving a 1.5-mile stretch of Woodmen Road, and now officials will watch how winter weather may affect a different paving material used in the project. Stone mason asphalt (SMA) is the product used in resurfacing the busy road, from just
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Work to replace an aging bridge along a popular route between Academy and Powers boulevards was supposed to start nearly two years ago, and now won’t be finished until next spring. “We’re hoping for April,” said Richard Mulledy, the city’s public works director. City officials recently announced the latest delay
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado says that two alleged leaders of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua have been indicted on federal crimes stemming from incidents in the Centennial State. According to prosecutors, Brawins Dominique Suarez Villegas (also known as “Chino San Vicente”) and Giovanni Vicente
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Drivers now have some relief from the twists and narrow lanes they’ve endured during the ongoing construction project along 1.5 miles of I-25 between Fillmore Street and Garden of the Gods Road. Two weeks ago, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) opened the three rebuilt northbound lanes; they’re wider, straighter,
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WASHINGTON (KRDO) — A prolific child predator from Colorado, who prosecutors say had victims in nearly every state in the country, has been sentenced to prison. Austin Ryan Lauless, 31, will go to prison for 84 years after pleading guilty to 13 counts of sexual exploitation of a child, five counts of sex trafficking of
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PARKER, Colo. (KRDO) — The bravery of four women has resulted in the conviction of a man accused of drugging and sexually assaulting them. 56-year-old David Kats of Parker, Colorado was found guilty 17 counts, which included 12 counts of sexual assault, the DA’s office says. Prosecutors say his crimes were exposed through a popular
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Traffic was reduced from three lanes to one lane in each direction overnight Tuesday as crews continued working on the last of two traffic safety projects on Garden of the Gods Road (GOGR). Similar closures are scheduled overnight Wednesday, between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. In the current phase, crews
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LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KRDO) — The Lakewood Police Department says that a man was arrested for sexual assault, among many other charges, while delivering packages for Amazon. Police say they were called out to Emerald Dental after 31-year-old Michael Dewey Coleman allegedly attempted to sexually assault an employee. According to Lakewood police, witnesses told officers that
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — To many drivers, it may seem as though the improvements project on 8th Street has lasted forever, but it actually began only six months ago. A new round of traffic changes was scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. Tuesday, but didn’t actually happen until 9:30 a.m., and traffic was reduced
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BOULDER, Colo. (KRDO) — The Boulder Police Department says it is hoping for a miracle, just before the holidays. The police department says that on Nov. 8, a wedding band was located in the Gondolier parking lot off of Baseline Road and Foothills Parkway. The person who found it tried to locate the owners through
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LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KRDO) — Lakewood police say they’ve arrested the man who was behind the wheel of an SUV that crashed into a small bus carrying a wrestling team on Dec. 6. According to police, Mesa County’s Central High School wrestling team was traveling for a tournament when their bus was hit by another car
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Rockslides are not uncommon in this mountain town, but after two vehicles were crushed by falling rocks on Lovers Lane this summer, officials are taking action. A safety project is in its second week along the west end of the lane, between Lafayette Road and Cañon Avenue. Crews have temporarily
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Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article quoted Peters’s attorney as saying that she was currently in solitary confinement. The Colorado Department of Corrections says that none of its facilities have solitary confinement. Her attorney affirms that while it is not defined as “solitary confinement,” she has no interaction with other inmates, including during
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — People who live and drive along the two-mile stretch of Oro Blanco Drive on the city’s northeast side have mixed feelings about the condition of that street. They’re happy that it received a much-needed repaving that finished last month; it was the last street on this year’s paving list, and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A water main break on Tuesday afternoon near the busy intersection of Academy and Union boulevards has been temporarily repaired, and the situation didn’t affect traffic during Wednesday morning rush hour. Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) alerted customers of the break, which closed all three southbound lanes of Union between Academy
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The two-year, $15 million Dublin Improvements Project continues to move eastward, with the latest phase starting this month. This phase affects Dublin Boulevard several blocks east of Marksheffel Road, including the intersections of Issaquah Drive and Van Winkle Drive. Along the affected blocks of Dublin, crews removed the center median
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ALAMOSA, Colo. (KRDO) — The Alamosa Police Department says a Colorado Springs man threatened one of their officers with a knife and was subsequently shot this week. According to police, Joseph Tafoya, age 43, was in Alamosa visiting his girlfriend on Dec. 8. Police say that they were called out for a domestic violence incident.
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