Pueblo West taking on Pueblo County in the Canvas Community Classic
Rob Namnoum
The Pueblo West girls basketball team defeated Pueblo County in the Canvas Community Classic on Wednesday night 36-32.
Broncos ‘Fans of the Year’ hold no doubt in Denver’s 2025 Super Bowl run
Bradley Davis
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – After disgruntled supporters booed the Denver offense off the field Sunday while on the cusp of a first-round bye, KRDO13’s Bradley Davis called the team’s biggest fans.
Kevin and Sue Nunn are the 2025 Denver Broncos Fans of the Year. We first introduced you to the couple in September, as they walked us through their Broncos Firehouse in Pueblo.
Sunday’s game was contentious, but the Broncos still clinched a win. And fans like the Nunns believe the Broncos can take things all the way this season.
The Nunns are what you would call superfans. The couple has even converted an old firehouse into the ultimate Broncos fan cave. Kevin first bought the old firehouse building from the City of Pueblo 15 years ago, but at the time, he intended it for storage for his semi-trucks. While the firehouse’s purpose has changed from storage utility to an Orange Crush ability, Kevin still retains his day job.
KRDO13’s Bradley Davis called Kevin in hopes of getting a quick interview. Kevin was already in the area, and 10 minutes after the phone call with Davis, he drove up in his construction hauler, parked near his work site, and walked over to KRDO13 for a quick chat.
With no prior notice of our interview, he hopped out in full Broncos gear… Because of course he did.
“We’re going to watch them play in the Super Bowl. I’ve got faith in them,” Kevin said.
Kevin and Sue watched field level at Mile High as the Broncos celebrated their first regular-season conference title since 2015. On Monday, he talked about omens with Davis; All the stars are aligning for this Super Bowl run, he says.
“This whole year, everything about it, it’s just a shock,” Kevin said. “It’s hard to explain just the feel of everything and what’s been happening.”
To help verbalize his faith, he turned to the Chinese Calendar. 2026 is the year of the Fire Horse. If you put that into a Google search and chose any number of the images that populate, you could throw it on the cover of a Denver Broncos magazine, and no one would bat an eye.
Davis asked Kevin about the boos he heard Sunday at Mile High. He asked if Kevin and Sue joined in.
“No, I’m not up there booing,” Kevin said. “No,” he repeats. “I’m cheering them on. My voice is still all crackly, and I’m still trying to get that back. But yeah, there ain’t no way. Ain’t no way.”
Kevin and Sue have already earned tickets to Super Bowl 59 for becoming the Broncos Fans of the Year. They are on the current voting ballot for the overall NFL Fan of the Year.
Chamber Orchestra turns initials of Club Q victims into musical notes to commemorate the lost
Bradley Davis
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The Chamber Orchestra of Colorado Springs is performing two world premieres Saturday and Sunday at the Ent Center for the Arts, including a piece dedicated to the memory of those killed in the Club Q nightclub shooting in 2022.
The piece, called “Somewhere Bluebirds Fly,” originally premiered at the Library of Congress last summer as a flute choir piece. The opening melody is composed entirely of notes reflecting the first initial of each victim: A for Ashley Paugh, C for Kelly Loving, G for Raymond Green Vance, and D for both Daniel Aston and Derrick Rump.
We really wanted to talk about how music has this really phenomenal power to turn pain into beauty,” said Chamber Executive Director Jacob Pope. Even though the concert this weekend has so many somber stories and is sourced in so much pain, every single piece ends on a hopeful note.”
Inspired by the melody of “Somewhere over the Rainbow,” composer Erin Spencer adapted the piece for a full orchestra set. The Chamber Orchestra of Colorado Springs picked the piece for its weekend concert, “The Human Equation,” and will be the first to perform it for a live audience.
The orchestra performs Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. A soloist will also perform an Electric Cello Concerto. Tickets at the Ent Center range from $17.50 to $40.50.
California woman searches for family with ties to Colorado to return treasured personal mementos
Celeste Springer
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — When Juanita Parra’s daughter bought her duplex in Porterville, California, it came with something that wasn’t described in the real estate listing.
Courtesy: Juanita Parra
Inside the home was an unassuming box filled with documents from the last century. The package featured several deeply personal momentos: a baby book, marriage documents, service awards, family photos, and other cherished memories.
Courtesy: Juanita Parra
Parra believes the family may be from the Pueblo, Colorado area. The box included a diploma from Southern Colorado State College for James Robert Lockard, Jr. It also included an award from the Pueblo Jaycees. Based on the documents in the box, Lockard graduated from college in 1967 and would be 81 years old today.
Courtesy: Juanita Parra
Documents also reference another name, Ralph A. Walls. Parra said documents from Pearl Harbor were also in the box.
“My son and I started going through it, and I’m like, ‘No, we can’t throw this out,'” said Parra.
While it’s unclear if Lockard’s family is still in Southern Colorado, Parra says that she just wants to get the word out in hopes that someone might have information. Given the sentimental value of the items, if their rightful familial owners are located, she said she will ship the items.
Courtesy: Juanita Parra
If these items belong to you or a deceased member of your family, you can reach out to us at news@krdo.com, and we will connect you with Parra.
Fans boo as Broncos clinch top seed; what’s next for Denver
Bradley Davis
DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – Leading by two scores in the fourth quarter, minutes away from clinching the AFC’s top seed and the team’s first 14-win season since 1998, Bo Nix and the offense trotted off the field after another stalled drive to boos.
In response, Bo Nix said it’s not the first time he’s been booed, and it certainly won’t be the last.
Without context, it’s a reaction that feels insane. While not every fan felt compelled to join in, the mid-game boos are not a huge surprise to people who have watched this team all year.
Denver’s offense has been a rollercoaster all season long. There’s been flashes, but the team has largely relied on its flashy defense.
The last three weeks have not been good on the offensive side of the ball. With their playoff destiny locked up, the Chargers benched many of their starters, and Denver still finished the day with under 250 total yards and less than 20 points.
Denver has been very good at winning football games this year. They have not been good at dominating. The Broncos have tied an NFL record 11 one-score regular-season victories. Those wins have come against teams like the Jets, Giants, Raiders and Commanders.
Ironically, Denver’s 2025 season is very reminiscent of the last half-decade from their division rival, the Kansas City Chiefs, the first team to have the word “dynasty” thrown around them since Tom Brady’s Patriots.
Denver shares their 11-win one-score record with Kansas City. Patrick Mahomes and company did it just last year, and they played in the Super Bowl.
That aside, some of the fan pessimism could also come from Denver’s inevitable Divisional Round matchup. The Broncos have to host the winner of the Buffalo Bills and the Jacksonville Jaguars. Jacksonville is the only playoff team this year that’s undefeated against Denver in the regular season. It was the Broncos’ worst loss of the season, just two weeks ago. On the other side, it’s fair to say no one is chomping at the bit to see Josh Allen in January.
The 2024 Chiefs came up one win short of the Lombardi Trophy last year. Other teams with similar trajectories, like the 2022 Vikings, who match the 2024 Chiefs and 2025 Broncos in one-score victories, have struggled in Postseason play.
Despite the close games, Broncos fans have far less to boo about now than in the team’s recent history. It’s the first time Denver has claimed the top seed since 2015. It’s now been back-to-back playoff births for Sean Peyton and Bo Nix after an eight-year playoff drought. And history is on Denver’s side.
One team in NFL history has won nine or more regular-season one-score games and gone on to win the Super Bowl. It was the 2015 Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos.
Man out on bond for drug charges, arrested with meth and guns, say Colorado Springs Police
Michael Logerwell
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – At 11:22 on Friday night, Colorado Springs Police were phoned by a local security guard patrolling the parking garage at Costilla and Tejon Street. The security guard reported a man sitting inside his parked car, slumped over the steering wheel.
When police officers arrived, they saw the same scene: the man slumped over the wheel of the car, unconscious. Officers proceeded to wake the man, Sully Lewis, age 31, up.
Upon waking up, the officers say that Lewis told them he had a gun tucked into his waistband and methamphetamine in the car. In the police blotter report about the arrest, the officers say that Lewis followed the officer’s instructions and was detained without incident.
The police officers say they searched the rest of Lewis’s vehicle and found a large quantity of illegal narcotics and additional firearms, plus the handgun in his waistband.
At the time of the arrest, Lewis was out on a $1,000 bond in connection with a November 25, 2025, criminal case involving possession of a controlled substance and a $3,000 bond in connection with an October 17, 2025, criminal case charging him with burglary.
Lewis is currently being held in the El Paso County jail on a $50,000 bond.
Road Rage Incident Leads to Shots Fired, Police Recover Firearm
Samantha Hildebrandt
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)– Early this morning, a little after 4 am, Sand Creek officers responded to a weapons call on South Academy Boulevard.
Investigators say a man got into an argument with another driver, then stepped out of his vehicle and fired several shots into the air.
Officers say he even knocked on a business window while holding the firearm, frightening employees inside.
Police later located the suspect vehicle a few blocks away and, during a traffic stop, recovered a firearm and a spent shell casing. No injuries have been reported.
22-year-old Davian Fray was arrested.
Colorado in the midst of big early season flu spike, El Paso County is part of the trend
Michael Logerwell
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) – At the beginning of December, flu cases in El Paso County were high, but not too out of the ordinary when looking at the past five years. Since KRDO13 reported on that December 6 data set however, flu cases have risen exponentially.
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El Paso County data comparing flu cases to RSV and COVID.
El Paso County data comparing respiratory illness cases in the current and previous years.
The latest influenza, or flu, data comes from Christmas week, which ended on December 27. In that week in El Paso County, 88 people were sent to the hospital because of the flu. That’s practically twice as many hospitalizations as each of the previous three flu seasons.
“The 791 new flu-related hospitalizations reported for the week ending Dec. 27 is a record for raw numbers of influenza hospitalizations reported in one week since we started tracking influenza hospitalizations in 2004,” said Hope Shuler, a spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDHPE).
Colorado state respiratory illness data through the end of December.
The CDPHE says on the last full week of December, 791 people were hospitalized with the flu, which is a single-week record since the state started tracking the numbers. The only week that comes close was in December 2014, when 582 people were hospitalized.
The state health department expects the trends to continue, writing over email, “Hospitalizations to continue to increase in the immediate future as a result of recent holiday gatherings and return to school, child care, and work.”
Map from CDC
Colorado isn’t the only state that’s come down with the flu. New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, and South Carolina are all under the CDC’s label of having very high flu activity.
There isn’t one specific reason behind the nationwide spike, but national health experts have identified some potential culprits who could be contributing.
“[There’s] a number of factors. One, we’ve seen that vaccinations-there’s been about three million fewer doses given this year so far,” said Dr. Debra Houry, a former Chief Medical Officer at CDC, on CNN.
Another factor is a specific flu variant called subclade K, which wasn’t included in this year’s flu shot but has popped up in a lot of spots where flu cases have taken off. Specifically in Colorado, the CDPHE said, “The high influenza activity we are seeing this season is likely due to the emergence of a new strain of influenza A subtype H3N2, called subclade K.”
Vaccination data from CDPHE
Back to vaccinations, in Colorado, the gap is thin. Last flu season, 28.8% of Coloradans got the flu shot, compared to 27.5% this year, which makes for a difference of about 1.5%.
“We hope to close this gap in vaccination rates before the peak of the season, because the flu vaccine is the best way to help reduce the risk of getting flu and its potentially serious complications,” said Shuler. A big way the health department works to close the gap is by sending reminder texts and email messages to families of more than 225,000 children between 6 months and 5 years of age who are due for their flu vaccines.
To help flatten the spike, the CDPHE is asking people to consider these tips:
Stay home when sick.
Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or your shirt sleeve, not your hands.
Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
Avoid touching your face with unwashed hands.
Avoid close contact with others who are sick, such as kissing, shaking hands, and sharing cups and eating utensils.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces, such as doorknobs and mobile devices.
And above all else, the CDPHE recommends getting your seasonal flu vaccine.
Fire at apartment unit at the Creekside Apartments under investigation
Ivette Saucedo
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KTLO) – Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) says a fire in an apartment unit at the Creekside Apartments on W. Colorado Avenue has now been contained.
According to CSFD, all residents inside the building were evacuated safely, and no injuries were reported. It is unknown if any residents will be displaced.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
El Paso County Sheriff’s Office lifts evacuation orders issued due to fire
Ivette Saucedo
ELLICOTT, Colo. (KTLO) – The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has lifted the evacuation order at 1:36 pm.
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has issued evacuation orders at 1:14 pm for west of Curtis Rd., South of Davis Rd., East of Blaney Rd., and North of Highway 94 due to a fire near Dragonman Distributors. Everyone in the area has been ordered to evacuate now.
This is a developing story.