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Letecia Stauch, accused of murdering her stepson Gannon Stauch over two years ago, changed her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity during a Friday afternoon status hearing, and said through her attorneys she’s considering waiving her jury trial over concerns she won’t be able to get a fair panel. After pleading not guilty…

Colorado Springs firefighters wrangled a grass fire just after noon Sunday. Just before 12:30 p.m. the department Tweeted firefighters had responded to 1981 Birmingham Loop, in southeast Colorado Springs along South Union Boulevard and East Las Vegas Street, for a small fire near the creek bed. At 12:54 p.m., the department tweeted that firefighters had…

UPDATE: This road has since reopened. U.S. 50 was closed early Tuesday morning after an avalanche, the Colorado Department of Transportation tweeted. After an avalanche was reported between two nearby county roads, 240 and 888, U.S. 50 was closed for avalanche control near Monarch Pass, the state transportation department tweeted just before 4:30 a.m. on…

The Chapel Hills Mall in northern Colorado Springs was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a reported gas leak. The Colorado Springs Fire Department tweeted just after 2 p.m. that after a “large gas line break,” the mall was being fully evacuated. Department spokesman Capt. Mike Smaldino said around 2:20 p.m. the mall had been completely evacuated…

Colorado Springs’ “little slice of hell” home is going back on the market after some major renovations. After the home at 4525 Churchill Court — described by a previous real estate agent as “every landlord’s nightmare” — sold to investors in early July, Colorado Springs real estate agent Sarah McGarry said that after significant renovations, the…

On Sept. 11, staff at John Venezia Park received reports that someone had tagged politically-motivated rhetoric on benches, sidewalks, and other park property sometime that day. Immediately, maintenance supervisor John Weaver said, they put together plans to clean up the graffiti. The next day, however, the vandal struck again, this time causing more destruction, to…

As a fall chill settled over much of Colorado, winter thrill-seekers got their first taste of the coming ski season. Many of the the state’s ski areas saw flakes this week. While not enough to ski, snowboard, sled, or slide down, the snow is enough to get restless winter athletes excited for the coming season.…

Police have arrested two people in connection with a string of robberies in northeastern Colorado Springs. Amanda Meade, 28, was arrested on Sept. 10 in connection with robberies at one bank and two businesses in late August and early September. Ean Meadows, 30, was arrested four days later. The two were held at the El…

A Colorado Springs 6-year-old girl on a mine shaft ride wasn’t strapped in before she was thrown and plummeted 110 feet, and operators ignored a system to warn them of the danger, state investigators said in a report. Wongel Estifanos, who died at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park over Labor Day weekend, sat atop two safety…