EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Watch playoff high school basketball highlights from Friday and Saturday. There are two videos attached to this article. Saturday’s highlights are in the first video, while Friday’s are in the second. Saturday’s games Boys: Banning Lewis Academy guard Matthew Lebron sinks a three with one second left in overtime
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FORT CARSON, Colo. (KRDO) – The Department of War (DoW) has identified the seventh American servicemember killed during Operation Epic Fury as a soldier stationed at Fort Carson. According to a release from the DoW, Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, died on March 8 from injuries he sustained a week before, during an Iranian attack
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 35-year-old woman in custody at the El Paso County Jail died hours after she was taken to a hospital on Friday. According to the sheriff’s office, at around 1 p.m. on March 6, the woman was treated by the
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GARFIELD COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – Wintry road conditions on Interstate 70 sent a vehicle plunging into the Colorado River on Sunday morning, but, against all odds, deputies say everyone inside managed to escape safely. According to the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened on eastbound I-70 at mile marker 112 near South Canyon. The
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TODAY: Fire danger is back in the forecast due to warm, dry and windy conditions. Red Flag Warnings are in place for the San Luis Valley, I-25 and portions of the Eastern Plains until 7PM. Winds will gust 15-35 MPH. Afternoon highs warm to the low 70’s in Colorado Springs, high 70’s in Pueblo and
Continue ReadingDan Mohrmann from Colorado Preps joins Rob Namnoum on Sports Extra to break down the high school basketball tournament, as it enters its final weekend. Dan talks about Lewis Palmer playing in the 5A Final Four, St. Mary’s, CSCS, and Banning Lewis playing in the Class 3A Great Eight. He also breaks down the CSCS
Continue ReadingTonight, we can expect a beautiful evening here in Southern Colorado with mostly clear skies. We will have some slight winds out of the southwest at about 10 mph, with some stronger gusts south of Pueblo near the New Mexico Border. Overnight lows will dip down into the mid 30s for most area, with lows
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A local fashion show Sunday brought more than just glamour to the runway; it brought opportunity for students and support for girls in need in Colorado Springs. The event was organized by Women Igniting Momentum in Southern Colorado, with proceeds supporting Period Possible, a nonprofit that provides menstrual products to
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Tonight, we can expect a beautiful evening here in Southern Colorado with mostly clear skies. We will have some slight winds out of the southwest at about 10 mph, with some stronger gusts south of Pueblo near the New Mexico Border. Overnight lows will dip down into the mid 30s for most area, with lows
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Today will be warm and sunny day with highs in the 60s to 70s along the I-25 corridor and Eastern Plains with the High Country having highs in the 40s to 50s. We do have the return of fire weather today with Red Flag Warnings along the far Southern Portion of the I-25 corridor near
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Tonight: Expect mostly clear sies, with winds out of the North at 5 to 10 mph. It will be a cool night with overnight lows dipping down into the mid to upper 20s for most areas. Some of the back roads may see some slippery conditions with the possibility of black ice from all the
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Today will be a dry and sunny day after the cold and snow we received yesterday. Colorado Springs got about 3.6 inches of the snow with the west side of Colorado Springs getting 7.5 inches of snow. Pueblo just received rain. Highs will be in the 40s to 50s across Southern Colorado. We will continue
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A 4-ton potato on wheels rolled into Colorado Springs, and for one local family, the stop turned into a meaningful teaching moment. Susan Wiley bundled up her family and braved the cold to see the traveling Big Idaho Potato Tour, hoping the larger-than-life potato could help her son understand something
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — After 75 years of marriage, Priscilla Portillos is now navigating life without the man she spent nearly her entire life beside. Courtesy of: Michelle Law Ted Portillos was struck and killed near Northern Avenue and Vassar Avenue last year. Now, his family says the crash may have been preventable and is
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — On Friday, The Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) responded to a house fire off Warwick Lane. The department says that they arrived within three minutes to heavy fire coming from the garage and the window of the home. CSFD says the homeowner was outside safely, but they heard a dog
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Today: After a snowy morning bringing 6-8 inches for Northern El Paso County and 3-6 inches for Colorado Springs the snow showers taper off for all areas as we head into the night. Only a few locations including Canon City will see snow showers after 8 pm. Temperatures will continue to be freezing prompting icy
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – On Feb.14, 2024, Antonio Vasquez shot and killed 19-year-old Dacien Salazar during a drive-by shooting outside Denver’s Downtown Aquarium, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office. On Friday, Antonio Vasquez was sentenced to 40 years in prison, while Vasquez’s brother, Jason Trujillo, Jr., was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Vasquez
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COLORADO SPRINGS/EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A stormwater project that started around Thanksgiving is about to cross busy North Gate Boulevard, marking the halfway point in a $5 million project that will lead to much-needed repaving work. The county’s public works department is building a retention basin on the south side of the boulevard,
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Some students in Widefield D-3 got a basketball lesson this week from the organization behind Team USA. Students at Webster Elementary got a visit from USA Basketball coaches for an in-school clinic: warmups, drills, dribbling, passing, shooting, footwork — the whole bit. The clinic was meant to help keep kids moving,
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A crash caused serious delays on I-25 northbound between Monument and Greenland, after multiple crashes. According to CDOT, a crash blocked the right lane between Exit 163 (County Line Road) and Exit 167 (Greenland). The lanes have since been reopened, but not before KRDO13 crews reached the scene. Through
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