COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Police Department confirms it is investigating a shooting at Memorial Park outside of downtown Colorado Springs.
KRDO13 has a news crew on scene and is working to learn more information.
This story will be updated.
Click here to follow the original article.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – A Colorado Springs hairstylist is scheduling $10 haircuts on Saturday and donating all the money to Hope and Home Foster Care.
It’s called Haircuts for Hope. Angela Salazar and two other stylists will cut hair at Gunther Toody’s Diner from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Salazar started the fundraiser two years ago. She has adopted two of her own kids from foster care, and she said she wanted to find a way to give back to help other children like hers.
New this year, the car group “719 Syndicate” will have over 100 classic cars, from hot rods to muscle.
Children can also enjoy face painting, balloon animals and hair tinsel. If you can’t make it but would like to donate, you can find Salazar’s GoFundMe page here.
Click here to follow the original article.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — If you’ve driven lately through the area where South Circle Drive meets Lake Avenue near the Interstate 25 interchange, you’ve noticed long traffic backups on eastbound Lake that can stretch for a mile during peak periods.
The reason is that, to meet city traffic requirements, Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) recently extended closures from three lanes to one, farther west on eastbound Lake.
“It’s just to give more room for motorists to merge before they actually get to the work area,” said Cassie Melvin, a CSU spokesperson. “So, it’s for motorists’ safety, crews’ safety.”
Crews are replacing a water main that was installed in 1971, and they want to remove the old infrastructure before it leaks, breaks, or causes other problems.
Construction began in April at the Circle/Hancock Expressway interchange, and required temporarily closing the Hancock exit ramp on southbound Circle.
In early June, work continued at the Circle/Janitell Road intersection; for eastbound Circle drivers, it’s a tight squeeze between the sidewalk and the barriers separating traffic from the work zone.
The traffic jams occasionally make entering or exiting the Culver’s restaurant difficult, and frustration leads some drivers to make illegal U-turns through the median.
“I wasn’t aware of that,” Melvin said. “But again, this was a city traffic requirement, and we do that for safety precaution purposes. We know it’s frustrating, so we just ask that people be patient with us.”
Other traffic changes have included prohibiting left turns from eastbound Circle onto Janitell, and closing one of two left turn lanes on the southbound I-25 exit ramp.
CSU expects to finish the project this fall, at a cost of $7.5 million.
The city plans to repave the south end of Circle later this season as part of the 2C expanded paving program.
Click here to follow the original article.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The fourth-annual Indian Food Festival returns to Liberty High School on Saturday with regional cuisine that goes beyond your go-to dishes.
Monika Celly started the festival three years ago. She is from Punjab, India, the northern city responsible for Indian staples popular across the U.S. today. But Celly soon realized it was difficult to find restaurants serving her favorites from other regions of the country.
Celly started the Indian Food Festival to fill the void. She hopes introducing Southern Colorado to different kinds of Indian Cuisine will show that India has much more to offer than Butter Chicken and Chicken Tikka Masala.
Liberty High School will be packed with 20 food and non-food vendors, along with authentic cultural performances.
The festival is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entrance costs $12.50 before 12 p.m. It’s free to get in from 12 p.m. through the end of the festival. A reservation is required for both paid and free tickets. You can find those here.
Click here to follow the original article.PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Nearly four months after officials opened Medal of Honor Boulevard to connect the city’s West Side with Pueblo West, they’ve started the process toward building a bridge to make 24th Street continuous through town.
The first step was a study to determine the feasibility of a bridge that would cross railroad tracks on 24th between Atlanta Avenue on the east side and Adrian Avenue on the west side.
The next step was a public open house last month at Centennial High School where citizens could ask questions and learn more about the project.
Andrew Hayes, Pueblo’s public works director, said the bridge is currently in the design phase and that no timetable, cost estimate, or funding source has been determined yet.
“I think, certainly, phases of this will be ten years off in the future,” he told KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior on Tuesday.
Much of the West Side remains underdeveloped due to a lack of street connectivity; the only ways to cross the railroad tracks are at a crossing on 29th Street and at an existing bridge on 18th Street.
However, improvements made on the western end of 24th Street between Tuxedo and Pueblo Boulevards; a new fire station in that area; and the opening of Medal of Honor Boulevard have generated some residential and commercial development, and Hayes said that there’s already an increase in applications for further development.
The concern expressed by open house attendees is how future development along 24th Street will affect adjacent neighborhoods.
Click here to follow the original article.WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) – Dozens of artists across the Pikes Peak region and beyond will be setting up easels along Highway 24 and 67 to capture the beautiful landscapes in real time for the Peak Adventure Art Competition.
It’s the competition’s fourth year. Artists must paint within 15 driving miles of the ‘Reserve Our Gallery’ Art Gallery in Woodland Park. The competition also hosts organized “paint outs” at different locations within the 15-mile range.
“I was more of an introvert. Then I found out people can actually be fun. So then I thought, well, it’d be fun to share. Therefore, yeah, I just don’t like being in the studio by myself,” Plein Air painter Ken Hartman said.
The public can get involved through the competition’s daily art talks. Different artists from the competition and across the country host the talks to give people a glimpse into their process and mindset.
The competition ends August 2nd, but painters will still be out in nature until the art show ends at the end of August. The art show featuring the artists’ work runs from August 5 to August 25 at Reserve Our Gallery.
Click here to follow the original article.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Every summer, young children with a summer break and some strong initiative embark on their first business venture by turning lemons into lemonade.
In Banning Lewis Ranch, sisters Riley and Madison Waibel have a little bit extra motivation behind their hand-powered juicer.
Riley is 10 years old, while her younger sister Madison is just four. Their third sister, eight-year-old Emily, has a rare genetic disorder called Angelman’s Syndrome.
Angelman’s Syndrome affects the nervous system and causes severe developmental delays. Emily is non-verbal, but she’s a very happy child who is very proud of her two sisters.
Their stand is called “The EMVENGERS Sisters on a Mission.” Their parents, John and Chantel, have helped them DIY personal uniforms and swag to match their budding small business.
The girls send all the stand’s profits to their fundraising campaign tied directly to the “Angelman Syndrome Foundation.” The non-profit helps support research and funding for families impacted by Angelman Syndrome.
You can find their stand in Banning Lewis Ranch or donate directly on their fundraising page.
Click here to follow the original article.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In the Lower Skyway area, it’s a problem that neighbors dread even in dry weather, because they know what rain will bring.
Rain — such as that which fell on Friday and Monday evenings — floods the south side of the Arcturus Drive/Green Star Drive intersection.
It produces large pools of water that are a splash hazard in warm weather and an ice hazard in cold weather.
There are two factors in the street flooding there.
One: Green Star is lower than Arcturus, so runoff naturally flows downhill.
Two: There is no storm drain in the immediate vicinity; a drainage channel lies a block to the east, but a long-vacant lot with thick grasses and weeds can slow or even block the drainage, and there is no infrastructure to convey the water to the channel.
Longtime neighbors told KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior that the intersection has flooded for at least a decade, and they wonder why more hasn’t been done to address it.
Green Star leads to several high-rise apartment buildings where many citizens live, and the flooded intersection can be difficult for pedestrians or disabled people to cross.
Adding to their frustrations is the recent arrival of a construction staging area on the west side of the intersection, on property that was once a gas station and repair shop; they said that additional runoff and sediment from the property worsen the flooding.
Richard Mulledy, the city’s public works director, said that he’s aware of the matter and explained that he’s waiting to learn if there are future development plans before committing to an infrastructure project.
New housing has been built over the past two years on the north side of the intersection, and long-vacant lots to the southeast and southwest could be targeted for future development.
Yet another concern from neighbors is that construction vehicles are damaging Green Star’s pavement, which was repaved only a few years ago.
“Let’s use our taxpayer dollars to do something about this,” said Dora Perez, a neighbor.
Another neighbor, Jsmers Golubic, agrees.
“I disagree with the city’s strategy on this,” he said. “I don’t think there will be more development here. Most of the area is in a flood zone.
Click here to follow the original article.COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – After two weeks at the theater, The Odyssey has raked in an estimated $639.6 million globally. While Christopher Nolan’s latest epic has created a lot of local and national excitement, Cinemark says it’s not leading a trend of packing the theaters; it’s following suit.
“We’ve seen so much consumer enthusiasm for the movie-going experience across the board, across all different genres of films and different audience segments,” Julia McCartha, a spokesperson for Cinemark, said.
This year alone, Cinemark says it’s seen its all-time biggest three-day opening weekend domestic box office for a G- or PG-rated film, its biggest Easter weekend of all time, and its biggest month of May all time.
While the company won’t share the exact dollar figure behind the record-breaking time frames, we can extract some relevant information from its quarterly SEC reports (Securities and Exchange Commission).
SEC report for Cinemark Holdings LLC for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022. Link here.
SEC report for Cinemark Holdings LLC for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026. Link here.
In the first three months of 2021 (see first picture), Cinemark reported a total revenue of $114.4 million. Over that same time period in 2022, the revenue reported was $460.5 million. That’s a year-to-year increase of more than $300 million.
Compare that to reported revenues in 2025, $540 million, and 2026, more than $640 million.
“You know, it’s really a trend that we have been seeing for several years coming back from the pandemic,” McCartha said.
KRDO13 caught up with several movie-goers heading into and leaving The Odyssey at the Carefree Circle Cinemark theater.
“Just be able to go out and enjoy the smell of popcorn and the camaraderie between people,” Eddie Orozco said, “like, you could probably talk to the person next to you while you’re watching a movie. Like, ‘Do you see that? Oh. I’m sorry. It’s like, no, I saw it too.’ I like that interaction.”
“It’s just more of an experience and like a make-memories type of thing,” Evan Brillar said.
“When you see it on streaming services, like at home, it just doesn’t do it justice like in person at the movies,” Alex Castillo said.
Click here to follow the original article.GOLDEN, Colo. (KRDO) – The Coors Brewery has turned Clear Creek into cold beer for longer than Colorado has been a state. It’s Colorado’s oldest operational brewing site.
Monday, the week of Colorado’s 150th birthday, KRDO13’s Bradley Davis introduces us to brewery archivist Heidi Harris. She takes us back to the 1800s with a glimpse into the state’s rise as a brewmaking powerhouse.
Harris walked Davis through some of the brewery’s historical accomplishments, from winning a 1894 Chicago World’s Fair medal to revolutionizing the beverage industry with its two-piece, recyclable aluminum can.
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