The Colorado Springs Gazette

Colorado sheriffs seek to overturn state's new gun laws

News: Local News Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

DENVER - County sheriffs from across the state are trying to bring down two gun control measures signed into law in March with a constitutional challenge filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Denver. "Today represents a line in the sand," El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said. "The...

Morse recall has campaign season in full swing in Colorado Springs

News: Government Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Southwestern Colorado Springs has become a battle ground for the effort to recall Sen. John Morse with signature gatherers bumping against the decline to sign movement at grocery stores, libraries and street corners. Enough money - a total of almost $40,000 - has funneled into both the recall...

Colorado Springs council liaison moves to job with the mayor

Colorado Springs City Council Administrator Aimee Cox, who guided the council during a tumultuous transition to a new form of government, is going to work for the mayor. Cox submitted a letter of resignation to council at 5:42 p.m. Friday, saying she had accepted a position as senior economic vitality specialist for Mayor Steve Bach. Her...
Former Colorado Springs councilman denies allegations of neglect after autistic boy is found naked

A notorious former Colorado Springs city councilman and his wife were cited for child neglect after Colorado Springs police say officers found their 13-year-old son naked and living in a home littered with feces. Charles E. Wingate and his wife of 17 years, Sharon Starkey, were cited after a neighbor called police, who checked on the home in...
Actress: Fountain police officer arrested after alleged love-triangle dispute was shaking with rage

Allegations of stalking against a Fountain police officer stem from a love-triangle with a woman who stars in a reality TV show about Colorado miners, according to court documents. Daniel Barkus, 33, allegedly threatened to kill Travis Anderson after he learned Tuesday that his ex-girlfriend, Amanda Adkins, was going to marry Anderson, the...
Name of fallen Colorado Springs motorcycle officer added to national memorial

The name of a Colorado Springs motorcycle officer who died in a traffic crash last year is now on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. The name of Matt Tyner and 119 other officers who died in the line of duty in 2012 were formally dedicated during a candlelight vigil Monday. Members of the Colorado Springs...
Cimarron project competes for funds

Arapahoe County wants funds to improve the Interstate 25 and Arapahoe Road interchange. Pueblo County wants work done at two intersections on U.S. 50, and Denver wants to rehab RTD's Civic Center Station. The $95 million Cimarron Street/Interstate 25 Interchange project has plenty of competition in its quest for Colorado Department of...
Colorado tea party groups claim discrimination

DENVER - At least two Colorado tea party groups believe they were caught up in a politically targeted campaign by the Internal Revenue Service to make it hard for them to get tax exemptions after trying unsuccessfully since 2010 to qualify, The Western Slope Conservative Alliance and the Colorado Tea Party Patriots applied for nonprofit...
Fort Carson soldiers injured in Humvee rollover crash

Two Fort Carson soldiers suffered minor injuries Monday when they rolled a Humvee. The crash, which motorists could see from Interstate 25, happened on base about 3:30 p.m. "The cause of the accident is currently under investigation," Fort Carson officials said in an email. The soldiers are assigned as mechanics to 759th Military Police...
Colorado Springs police, firefighters likely to get pay raises

Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey was in talks last week to hire a new recruit, fresh out of the police academy, when the recruit told him he was going to another city. "Lakewood Police Department paid more, and he's going there," Carey said. Carey, along with others from the city's police and fire departments, asked the City Council...