Author: Hugh Johnson hugh.johnson@gazette.com
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Ault’s Scheller overcomes injury to fulfill family legacy, continue career at Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo
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Bryton Scheller isn’t one for patience, especially when it comes to pro rodeo. “I bought my card when I was 18, my permit,” Scheller said. “I went to two rodeos. I filled it and then I went and just bought my pro card right away, because I didn’t know how it all really works and…
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‘Inquisitive’ and ‘remarkably smart’: Teacher, coach remember Air Force prep grad killed in jet ski crash
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Danielle Bailey saw greatness in Ava Moore when she was a seventh grader. Bailey was Moore’s teacher in advanced English and language arts at Trinity Springs Middle School in Fort Worth, Texas. For 90 minutes a day, double the time of a standard class, Bailey…
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Former Colorado high school, Stanford standout Ashten Prechtel drafted by WNBA’s Connecticut Sun
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former Discovery Canyon standout Ashten Prechtel was drafted by the Connecticut Sun in the third round of the WNBA draft Monday night. Prechtel, who played at Stanford, was selected with the 34th pick of the WNBA draft. “Time to push the post. Welcome to Connecticut, Ashten Prechtel,”…
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Girls’ flag football in Colorado Springs? Some have begun to run the idea up the pole
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Girls flag football may be growing in Colorado, but the jury’s still out on when the Pikes Peak Region will experience that growth firsthand. Last September, the Colorado High School Activities Association along with the…
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Possible lightning strike to blame for fire that displaced 64 Coloradans
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 60 residents of an apartment complex have been displaced after a building caught fire late Friday night, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said. Fifty firefighters responded to the blaze at the Apex Apartments,…
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1 hospitalized in Memorial Park skate park shooting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One person is in the hospital following a shooting at Memorial Park skate park Tuesday night, Colorado Springs Police said. Around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, police received a call from security at Memorial Hospital Central reporting…
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Judge’s ruling allows suit against EPA in 2015 Gold King Mine spill to move forward
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A judge in Washington, D.C., ruled in favor of a man suing the Environmental Protection Agency over an incident seven years ago in which the agency released around 3 million gallons of contaminated mine drainage filled with metals into the Animas River. Judge Armando Bonilla…
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Man arrested on suspicion of accidentally shooting his daughter with a bow and arrow in Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man was arrested Friday after police said he shot his child with a bow and arrow. Colorado Springs police officers responded to a shooting call for service in the 6000 block of Jorie Road…
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2 found dead in Phantom Canyon identified
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Fremont County Coroner Randy Keller announced Thursday the identities of two people who were found dead in Phantom Canyon in July. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident as a double homicide.…
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Revamped Foothills trail reopens to public at Garden of the Gods
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Foothills Trail at Garden of the Gods Park reopened to the public this week following an eight-month makeover, courtesy of the $18 million 30th Street Corridor Project, Colorado Springs officials announced Wednesday. The trail reopened…