Unable to hold its signing day on campus, coaches and faculty from Liberty high school decided to celebrate in a new way. They started a Lancers parade and drove to each students’ house and recognized them for their achievements. “It was great,” says senior Mussa Pene. “It was really refreshing to see how everyone is
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — If you’re in the market for an apartment, you’re not alone. Summer is approaching, and that’s a hot time of year for apartment rentals. If you’re shopping on online, beware of scammers who prey on prospective renters. “One of the first warning signs is that they tell you to wire
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — El Paso County is seeing a record low in the number of people going to the emergency room out of fear of contracting COVID-19. While it may sound like a good thing that fewer people are going to the ER, it’s leading to medical staff like nurses being furloughed or
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“It sucks every single day,” “It was heartbreaking,” “Still sometimes I’ll see that we were supposed to play today and that will kind of make me angry,” Those are the feelings from some of the seniors on the Colorado College men’s lacrosse team. Like many college student-athletes the Colorado College men’s lacrosse teams’ season abruptly
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Dozens of painted cars filled with senior high school students completely surrounded the District 60 administration building Wednesday in response to their graduation ceremony being canceled. The superintendent of D60 announced they would instead be holding a virtual graduation ceremony at each of the district’s four high schools. Louis Martinez III
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Negotiations between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball on whether or not to reduce minor league baseball teams from 160 to 120 will happen Wednesday morning. If this proposal goes through, it will put the Rocky Mountain Vibes in jeopardy. When Major League Baseball proposed this idea back in October, Minor League Baseball was
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With the Governor’s announcement that Colorado students and staff will not return to the classroom this year, school districts in the Pikes Peak Region are preparing for what their final few weeks will look like. On Tuesday multiple district spokeswomen tell KRDO each of the district’s Superintendents were on a
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CHSAA, the governing body of high school sports in Colorado, cancels spring high school sports.
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PEYTON, Colo. — The community has stepped up to make homemade masks and help keep medical professionals safe in a time when supplies are running low, and now one woman living in Peyton is taking it one step further by creating headbands that protect employee’s ears from their masks. On the frontlines of the COVID-19
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Kylee Shook achieved something many can only dream of: she is a professional basketball player. The former Mesa Ridge star was selected by the New York Liberty with the 13th overall pick. “It’s crazy,” Shook said. “Playing when I was younger and the boys league and having a little baby
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Coaching is a mobile profession, and Switchbacks coach Alan Koch has never been shy about relocating. But after uprooting his life to become the Switchbacks head coach, his life is effectively being put on pause. He’s in a new city with a new job and suddenly he’s stuck in quarantine.
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (KRDO) — Kylee Shook is a professional basketball player. She has achieved her dream. The former Mesa Ridge Star was selected with the 13th pick of the WNBA draft by the New York Liberty. “I think it really hit me, probably in my senior year of high school, that I can do
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Google has released new data showing the where people in Colorado are traveling to during the stay-at-home order for COVID-19. Overall, the state has seen declines in traffic at stores, workplaces, transit stations, and even parks since March. However, there’s been a 14 percent boost in activity at places of
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What began as a Facebook group of concerned citizens has grown to more than 8,300 members in three days and a planned Sunday demonstration to oppose statewide health orders intended to control the spread of the coronavirus. The movement of business owners, citizens and activists will hold a Rally to ReOpen Colorado, starting at 1
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Genesis Ward is a cosmetologist but is out of work because of COVID-19. Like the rest of us, she waits for life to return to normal, but until then, she’s found a way to pass the time by making free protective masks for anyone who needs them. Ward converted her
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – As Colorado experiences its highest level of unemployment in years amid the COVID-19 outbreak here, and the regulations that came with it, KRDO found tips on how people without work can better their financial situation. Of course, you can file an unemployment claim and look for a new job, but
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During a conference call today, Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar talked about the three Avalanche players who tested positive for Covid-19 and how he is hopeful the Avs will be able to finish season.
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Air Force football coach Troy Calhoun tells us, he is preparing for every scenario including starting the college football season on President’s day weekend.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In the past week, there have been 23 public complaints made about the lack of social distancing at city parks. And 19 of those complaints were made specifically about the pickleball courts at Monument Valley Park in Colorado Springs, an official said Tuesday. Karen Palus, director of Parks, Recreation and
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs City Council received an update from staff members Tuesday on the response to — and the financial impact of — the coronavirus crisis. According to Charae McDaniel, the city’s chief financial officer, the city is receiving approximately $65 million in virus-related funding. This comes from five federal
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