Author: By Debbie Kelley [email protected]
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Iconic Venetucci Farm to be reborn — full of color
SECURITY — The Great Pumpkin may not rise again over Venetucci Farm, but the iconic patch that has delighted school children for generations and other parts of the nearly 200-acre farm are being reborn in a different way. By summer, fields of peonies, dahlias, sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos and some 40 other varieties of flowers will shimmer…
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High school musicians sue Colorado travel company for not fully refunding canceled summer tour fees
Colorado Springs-area high school students and 200 other teens and their parents in 14 states are awaiting a Denver County District Court judge’s ruling on whether they can force a consolidated arbitration hearing to determine whether they should be refunded all their money for a canceled European music tour. Students and parents are suing the…
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Andrew Wommack Ministries conferences continue amid ongoing legal disputes
Even if a 4th Judicial District Court judge agrees with state and local health departments that claim a religious organization in Teller County has not complied with pandemic-related public health orders and caused COVID-19 outbreaks, another large event at Andrew Wommack Ministries’ conference center in Woodland Park likely will go on as scheduled next week.…
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Cases mount: Religious rights lawsuits vs. COVID-19 restrictions
Seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, religious organizations have been in the forefront of clashes over government-ordered restrictions on large gatherings aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 that they claim violate constitutional rights and discriminate against them. Locally, that has ranged from churches stating they aren’t following public health orders limiting indoor gatherings to…
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Woodland Park school district superintendent placed on paid administrative leave
Woodland Park School District RE-2 Superintendent Stephen Woolf has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an external investigation, according to a news release the district issued Thursday morning. The move presumably is related to Woolf’s arrest six weeks ago on suspicion of DUI, which The Gazette detailed in an article that…