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Mesa Ridge Senior Hailey Lewis finds her peace in the fractions of seconds between leaving the diving board and hitting the water. “It gives me something to focus on, and it's mind-clearing," Hailey said. “She just goes for it. She’s always been that way," said Hailey's mother, Danielle. Hailey only started diving...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colder temperatures and the federal Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday aren't keeping crews from making progress in the ongoing improvement project on 8th Street. Until now, it has generally affected northbound 8th Street, on the bridge over Fountain Creek, and the eastbound US...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)-- New details are emerging after a Corvette crashed into a parked pickup truck on North Union Boulevard Friday afternoon. Colorado Springs police say the driver lost control, veered onto the sidewalk, and struck a parked truck in the 20 block of North Union Avenue, leaving the Corvette...

Residents and commuters in Colorado Springs are being advised to prepare for the overnight closure of Marksheffel Road this week. According to the City of Colorado Springs, the road will be shut down from south of Tarren Heights to north of Stetson Hills Boulevard starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, and...

K-9 officers are often the first line of protection for deputies and the community, but in Douglas County, some don’t have the protection they need.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Colorado – Light snowflakes drift across the Front Range early this MLK Day, brushing windshields and rooftops before fading under a brightening sky. Cold air lingers at sunrise, but change is already in...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Police issued a shelter-in-place for several hours while attempting to take a suspect into custody Sunday morning. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD), officers received a report of a domestic disturbance at a home in the 2000 block of Whitman Road at 2:11 a.m.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Tomorrow might be Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but honoring Dr. King started on Sunday with a gathering at Colorado College for an educational panel, earlier this evening with a special guest, his only granddaughter. And who better to learn from than a descendant of...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a driver suspected in a road rage shooting in Highlands Ranch that occurred on Friday morning. The sheriff’s office said patrol deputies were dispatched to the shooting near Quebec Street and Wildcat Ridge at around 10:18 a.m. The suspect had reportedly fired shots...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — In 2016, an orange cat bolted out the front door of his family’s home in Colorado Springs and disappeared. Last week, nearly a decade after he went missing, a routine microchip scan led him to finally be reunited with his family, who say after all these years they never thought the...