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Scott Harrison

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A traffic signal or prohibiting left turns could be in the future of an intersection where a crash into a fire hydrant two weeks ago snarled traffic and made a big mess.

Todd Frisbie, the city’s head traffic engineer, said that his department is considering a traffic study at the intersection of North Academy Boulevard and Half Turn Road.

The intersection is on a busy stretch of Academy between Austin Bluffs Parkway and North Carefree Circle; it’s also the only place in that stretch where drivers can turn left ot make U-turns across speeding traffic.

“That area also has bus stops on Academy Boulevard,” Frisbie explained. “Providing a traffic signal there would help some of the pedestrian access to allow the neighborhood to get across the street a little more easily than they can today, or more safely across the street than they can today.”

Most of the traffic at that intersection originates from and heads to the east side, where Half Turn ends and leads to three large apartment complexes, as well as the Park Vista neighborhood.

The west side of the intersection is commercial, with a variety of businesses.

The city could prohibit left turns at the intersection by extending the center median there.

Frisbie said that a study likely won’t begin until the completion of an ongoing drainage project in the Park Vista area, late next year or in early 2027.

Many drivers use the intersection to detour around the drainage project.

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Marina Garcia

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – At 8:05 Sunday morning, police responded to reports of a strong-arm robbery at the Belmont Shopping Center along Bonforte Boulevard. 

Officers arrived to find a vehicle and a person who matched the description of the robbery suspect near 8th Street and Glendale Avenue.

That confrontation led to a car chase, and less than two miles down the road, the man crashed his car in the 700 block of West 8th Street.

Police say the man was carrying a knife, which officers repeatedly asked him to drop. After refusing to comply, police shot the man. It’s not clear how many officers shot at the man or how many shots were fired.

After being shot, police say the man began to stab himself. Police say they then tased the man in an attempt to stop him from hurting himself further.

The Pueblo Police Department says multiple officers then rendered aid to the man. He was transported to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries. At this time, it’s not clear which injuries caused the man’s death.

The man’s identity has not been released, and the Pueblo County Sheriff’s office will be leading the investigation into the officer’s use of force.

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Michael Logerwell

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Families living along Ochre View were told to stay in their homes for several hours this morning as Colorado Springs Police dealt with a suspect barricaded in his home.

Colorado Springs Police say just before 7:00 this morning, they received a call reporting a domestic violence menacing incident.

When officers arrived, they were able to evacuate everybody from the residence, including the victim, while the suspect barricaded himself inside the house.

Peak Alerts sent out a shelter-in-place notice for every residence within 100 yards of the barricaded suspect at 7:55 a.m.

With the help of a K9 officer and the tactical enforcement unit, police were able to find Nickolas Jones, 35, hiding in the home. Jones has been booked into the El Paso County Jail. At this time, it’s not clear exactly what crimes Jones has been charged with.

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Michael Logerwell

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Not even an hour into the football game between the Denver Broncos and the Indianapolis Colts, a power outage cut TV screens to black and made laptop screens freeze.

The Colorado Springs Police Department says at 2:53 p.m., they received calls about a one-car crash near the intersection of Voyager Parkway and Ridgeline Drive. Police say the car rolled into a CSU utility box, causing a power outage in the area.

According to the CSU Outage Map, 1,478 customers are without power, and the estimated time power will be back on is 6:43 p.m.

Police say that after the car made impact with the utility box, everyone inside the vehicle was able to get out of the car before it caught on fire. No one was taken to the hospital because of the crash.

Also of note, while police officers, firefighters and an ambulance were on the way, none were the actual first responder. The police department says that right after the crash, a citizen grabbed a fire extinguisher and was putting out the fire before anyone else arrived.

Updates for when the power will come back on can be found here, and for those who are slated to miss the rest of the Broncos game, you can tune in to KRDO13 News at 10 p.m. and Spots Extra with Rob Namnoum and Danny Mata tonight at 10:30 p.m.

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Michael Logerwell

LA JUNTA, Colo. (KRDO) – La Junta Police say they have identified a suspect in connection with the massive structure fire at an abandoned building located at 618 Colorado Ave.

The suspect police have identified is a juvenile.

No arrest has been made yet. In a post on social media, the police department wrote that “charges for causing the fire will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for their review.”

The fire was burning so intensely, the La Junta Fire Department said not only did many departments respond to help, but so did softball and baseball players from Otero College, who assisted with moving the supply line to a working fire hydrant when the original malfunctioned.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Update on structure fire in La Junta: Fire ruled suspicious

Quickly after the fire was extinguished, the La Junta Fire Department ruled its cause as suspicious.

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Rob Namnoum

Moments after winning the Cannon Game Pueblo South celebrated on live TV.

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Rob Namnoum

Coronado vs. Cheyenne Mountain, Doherty vs. Palmer, Pueblo Centennial vs. Sierra, Cannon Game Pueblo South vs. Pueblo East, Overland vs. Fountain Fort Carson, Summit vs. Canon City, Salida vs. Florence

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Rob Namnoum

Pine Creek wins and CSCS beats Woodland Park.

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Celeste Springer

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Jon Hallford has rejected a plea deal, and his case now heads to trial, court records indicate.

Jon Hallford and his wife, Carie, are accused of leaving close to 200 bodies to stack up and decay in their funeral home, Return to Nature. The couple was also accused of giving fake cremated remains to families.

Hallford is currently facing 191 counts of abuse of a corpse.

According to an email sent to the victim’s families by the district attorney’s office, the prosecution offered Hallford a plea deal to serve 30-50 years. 

Rejecting this plea deal was arguably a gamble for Hallford, as there is a chance he could face even more time with the case heading to trial.

Hallford’s jury trial is set for Feb. 9, 2026, according to court records.

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