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• Cadet found dead

  September 28, 2012 3:11 PM

  An Air Force Cadet has been found dead. Officials at the Academy say the cadet was found unconscious earlier today and was taken to the Penrose Hospital where the cadet was pronounced dead. The name has not been released. The cause of death is under investigation. more »

• Police investigate an armed robbery at a Springs Subway

  August 18, 2012 1:54 PM

  Colorado Springs Police search for a suspect who robbed a Subway restaurant while armed with a gun. It happened Friday night at the Subway on N. Academy Blvd. Officers say one suspect entered the restaurant and demanded money. Armed with a handgun, he left with an undisclosed amount... more »

• Disease containment drill at Air Force Academy

  August 1, 2012 5:21 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy is conducting an exercise designed to test its ability to work with local hospitals and civil authorities to contain a disease. The drill is taking place Wednesday and Thursday on the campus outside Colorado Springs. Memorial Health System hospitals and... more »

• Graduation parade scheduled for Tuesday

  May 17, 2012 1:24 PM

  A parade for graduating seniors at the Air Force Academy is planned for Tuesday morning. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at Stillman Parade Field. This will be the last parade for the Class of 2012, as they turn over command of the Cadet Wing to the Class of... more »

• Man found dead on Academy Blvd. identified

  April 10, 2012 4:10 PM

  Colorado Springs police confirm that the man killed near the intersection of Academy and Chelton Tuesday morning was 68-year-old Antonio Camarillo Gallegos. CSPD spokeswoman Barbara Miller says that Gallegos was a Colorado Springs resident. Gallegos was found in the intersection around six Tuesday morning. He died at the... more »

• Engagement ring found at husband's grave

  March 21, 2012 5:12 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Volunteer searchers using metal detectors have recovered a Texas woman's engagement ring after she lost it at her husband's grave in Colorado. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports Gayle Zompa of Galveston got her ring back last week. It slipped off her finger four months... more »

• Colorado Springs Airman will be laid to rest Monday

  March 7, 2012 12:18 PM

  A funeral service for a Colorado Springs native killed in Africa will be held March 12 at 10 a.m. in the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, followed by a graveside service at the Academy cemetery. Capt. Ryan Hall, 30, was one of four Airmen killed Feb. 18 when their... more »

• Air Force Academy wins cyber defense competition

  March 6, 2012 6:29 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy has won the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The contest was held Friday and Saturday in Denver. The academy team advances to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio next month. In the Rocky Mountain regional competition,... more »

• AFA wins regional cyber defense competition

  March 5, 2012 5:10 PM

  The Air Force Academy's cyber competition team won the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition at Regis University in Denver. The seven teams competing in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition were Regis University, Fort Hays State University, Colorado State University, University of Colorado, University of New Mexico,... more »

• Citizen's Academy offered in Pueblo

  February 21, 2012 5:38 PM

  The Pueblo County Sheriff's Office will offer a Citizen's Academy for Pueblo County residents over a period of 11 weeks. Participants will gain instruction on the inner workings of law enforcement on subjects including Narcotics, Tactical Teams, Firearm Safety and Crime Scene Techniques. Classes run three hours each... more »

• Victim identified in last week's deadly shooting

  February 20, 2012 2:41 PM

  Colorado Springs Police say the man who was killed in a shooting last Thursday was 22-year-old Joshua Bueno, of Colorado Springs. The coroner's office says Bueno died from a gunshot wound; his death has been ruled a homicide. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, in the area of... more »

• Air Force Academy officer receiving honors for aiding in Nevada air crash

  February 17, 2012 5:45 AM

  DENVER (AP) - An Air Force Academy instructor is being honored for rushing to the aid of injured spectators after a plane crash killed 11 people at an air race in Nevada last year. Lt. Col. Ryan Osteroos was at the Reno Air Races in September when the plane... more »

• Man arrested after Springs hit and run

  January 20, 2012 1:07 PM

  Colorado Springs Police say they have made an arrest, in an early morning hit and run, that injured two people. It happened shortly after 1 a.m., on Dominion Way, near Dublin and Academy. Police say 23-year-old Kellen Kostka failed to negotiate a curve on Dominion and ran off the... more »

• Removing car from yard

  September 7, 2011 3:06 PM

  It took about 20 minutes and several tries at different angles to get a car that rolled and crashed through a fence and into a yard. Witnesses say it looked like the car was going as fast as a 100 mph on Palmer Park Boulevard when it flew out of... more »

• UPDATE: Roll-over accident partially closes Palmer Park

  September 7, 2011 1:15 PM

  The traffic accident just west of Academy Blvd on Palmer Park has partially blocked and closed eastbound Palmer Park due to emergency equipment in the roadway. Fire crews have investigated to see if the vehicle fire extended into the home when the car came to rest next to it. Only... more »

• Rollover crash

  August 11, 2011 2:49 AM

  Colorado Springs Police are reporting a rollover crash at the intersection of Academy and Chelton. There are no known injuries at this time. more »

• Accident snarls traffic at Fountain and Academy

  July 7, 2011 10:34 AM

  Colorado Springs Fire Department Crews and Police Officers are on scene of a roll over accident at E. Fountain and South Academy Blvd. Crews on scene say a dump truck is on its side leaking fuel. A Hazardous Materials Crew is en route to the scene. Expect lane closures... more »

• Three ramps soon to open at Academy and Proby Parkway

  June 27, 2011 12:07 PM

  The recently completed mainline section of the Milton Proby Parkway will open to traffic on Friday, July 1 at 5:30 a.m. The new features will include: • A new ramp for northbound Academy Boulevard traffic to eastbound Milton Proby Parkway. • A new ramp for westbound Milton... more »

• Air Force Academy getting trainer planes

  June 16, 2011 7:15 PM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy is getting 25 new trainer aircraft for a total of $6.1 million. The Air Force Air Education and Training Command says the school will get the first two T-53A aircraft on Monday. The remaining 23 will be delivered by... more »

• Just over 1,000 graduate from Air Force Academy

  May 25, 2011 6:49 PM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - About 1,000 cadets have graduated from the Air Force Academy and are starting their careers with the rank of second lieutenant. Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley was the guest speaker at the graduation ceremony Wednesday at the campus outside Colorado Springs. The... more »

• Thunderbirds set to take flight in Colorado Springs

  May 23, 2011 7:32 PM

  You might have noticed some thunder in the skies today. That's because the Air Force Thunderbirds are in town. Today the jets took to the skies in preparation for their flyover during Wednesday's Air Force Academy graduation. Two of the pilots are Colorado natives. Capt. Nicholas Holmes, A CSU... more »

• Major Brodeur buried at the Academy

  May 17, 2011 4:49 PM

  An Air Force Academy graduate killed in Afghanistan last month was buried this afternoon on the academy campus. Thirty-four-year-old Maj. David Brodeur of Auburn, Mass., died on April 27 when an Afghan military pilot opened fire at the Kabul airport. The pilot was later shot and killed. Two others... more »

• Cadets learning the CSPD ropes

  May 14, 2011 11:15 PM

  2010 was a tough year for the Colorado Springs Police Department. City wide budget cuts forced the loss of about 40 officers. That also meant no money for an academy. "We've been coming up out of a recession." explains Sgt. David Edmondson with CSPD, "We had a lean 2010 as... more »

• 28 new officers set to join CSPD ranks

  May 14, 2011 9:25 PM

  2010 was a tough year for the Colorado Springs Police Department. City wide budget cuts forced the loss of about 40 officers. That also meant no money for an academy. "We've been coming up out of a recession." explains Sgt. David Edmondson with CSPD, "We had a lean 2010 as... more »

• New police cadets learning the ropes

  May 14, 2011 5:13 PM

  The Colorado SPrings Police Department is holing its first polic adademy in nearly two years. This means 28 new officers will be out on the streets before the end of the year. We'll have more tonight on News First 5 at 5 and 10. more »

• AF Academy to send experiment along with Endeavour

  May 13, 2011 7:02 PM

  The Space Shuttle Endeavour will carry a physics experiment that comes from the Air Force Academy when it launches next week. "We're taking up a very important experiment, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, a science experiment that could change the course of physics," said retired Col. Gregory H. Johnson. "And... more »

• Brodeur funeral scheduled for Tuesday at Academy

  May 12, 2011 1:50 PM

  A burial service for Air Force Academy graduate Maj. David Brodeur, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, at the Catholic Cadet Chapel. A graveside service will follow at the Academy Cemetery. Major Brodeur, 34, died April 27 as a result of wounds suffered from gunfire at the... more »

• About to unload Maj. Ambard's casket from hearse

  May 5, 2011 2:20 PM

  News First 5's Zach Thaxton is following the events of the memorial and funeral services for the Air Force Academy Professor, Maj. Philip Ambard who was killed in Afghanistan a little more than a week ago. The attached photo shows the arrival of the casket for the services to... more »

• School raises money to honor fallen Major

  May 4, 2011 6:30 PM

  Stetson Elementary School is collecting money to honor Major Phil Ambard. He was killed on April 27 while serving with the Air Force in Afghanistan. Ambard's wife is a teacher at Stetson and Major Ambard was a regular visitor to the school. Donations collected by the PTA will be... more »

• Academy to be closed overnight Saturday

  April 12, 2011 3:06 PM

  Academy Boulevard will be closed from Bradley to Drennan in both directions overnight Saturday. Beginning Saturday at 10 p.m. and continuing through 7 a.m. Sunday morning, detours will be in place as road and bridge construction continues on Proby Parkway. Northbound Academy Boulevard traffic will be detoured at... more »

• Son of Gadhafi visited Air Force Academy last month

  March 30, 2011 5:15 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Air Force Academy confirms that a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi visited the school last month during a U.S. tour that included businesses and other schools. Academy spokesman Lt. Col. John Bryan said Wednesday that Khamis Gadhafi got a standard VIP tour of the... more »

• Woodmen bridge at Academy soon to open

  March 25, 2011 7:31 PM

  A big change will happen for motorists at the new Academy and Woodmen interchange tonight. Beginning at 8 p.m. traffic on Woodmen will be shifted onto the new bridge over Academy and stoplights on Academy will be removed to allow for continuous traffic flow under Woodmen. For the... more »

• Academy Boulevard to be closed for 10 hours Saturday

  March 23, 2011 6:01 PM

  Academy Boulevard will be closed from Bradley to Drennan in both directions from 2 a.m. to noon on Saturday for continuing road construction on Proby Parkway. For those ten hours northbound Academy Boulevard traffic will be detoured at the Bradley Road Exit. Southbound Academy traffic will be detoured to... more »

• Air Force Academy to accept fewer cadets to save money

  February 7, 2011 11:56 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Air Force Academy is accepting fewer new cadets under a mandate to reduce the size of the student body by about 9 percent to save money. Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, the academy superintendent, says the Air Force ordered the school to reduce enrollment to 4,000... more »

• Academy Board of Visitors meets this weekend

  February 3, 2011 7:09 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY (AP)-The Air Force Academy Board of Visitors is meeting this weekend to review academics, morale, discipline and other matters. The board will meet Friday and Saturday at the academy campus just outside Colorado Springs. The 15-member panel gives semiannual reports on the academy to Congress... more »

• Group sues to block prayer speaker at AFA

  January 31, 2011 5:12 PM

  DENVER (AP)-Five faculty members at the Air Force Academy and a religious watchdog group filed a civil rights suit against the Academy, saying it is violating the separation of church and state by sponsoring a National Day of Prayer event and inviting a fundamentalist Christian to speak. The Military... more »

• Lane closure planned Thursday on South Academy

  December 7, 2010 2:44 PM

  Academy Blvd. will be reduced from two lanes to one southbound on Thursday night. That will allow continuing construction on the Proby Parkway. The lane closure will happen Thursday from 7:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. about a half mile south of Drennan. Motorists should expect delays and are... more »

• Pueblo charter school's contract expires

  December 1, 2010 7:59 PM

  The future of a charter school in Pueblo is uncertain. On Tuesday, the Pueblo City Schools board of education voted 3-2 not to extend a contract with the Youth and Family Academy or YAFA. YAFA is a school for at risk students. It's one of five schools in Pueblo under... more »

• UPDATE: Traffic Accident at N. Academy Blvd and Constitution Cleared

  November 28, 2010 5:12 PM

  Colorado Springs Police say that a two car accident in the intersection of N. Academy Blvd and Constitutionthat was blocking traffic in all directions has been cleared and traffic should be running as normal. more »

• Cadet-built satellite now in orbit

  November 24, 2010 3:12 PM

  A converted Minotaur-IV inter-continental ballistic missile built by Air Force Academy cadets carried FalconSAT-5 into orbit from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska on November 19. Col. Marty France, permanent professor and head of the Academy Department of Astronautics, accepted satellite control authority from the Space Test Program's Col.... more »

• Night work scheduled near Academy and Drennan

  November 22, 2010 5:23 PM

  Beginning tomorrow night at 7, road work will take place on Academy about a half mile south of Drennan. The work will run from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. During this period, northbound traffic will be reduced from two lanes to one. This work is being done to accommodate... more »

• South Academy construction complete

  November 15, 2010 6:55 PM

  Three years and $26 million later, road construction between I-25 and Highway 115 on South Academy is now complete. The project includes: · 7 new bridges · Widening of the B-Street Bridge · 2400 linear feet of retaining walls · 7 new or reconfigured signalized... more »

• More restrictions this week on Drennan road project

  November 15, 2010 5:56 PM

  Starting tomorrow, November 16, at 7 p.m. Drennan Road west of Academy Boulevard will be closed to all truck traffic. The ban on truck traffic will be in effect for five months. This will allow work crews to build overhead bridge supports for the new Proby Parkway . All... more »

• Overnight construction to hamper traffic at Academy and Drennan

  November 3, 2010 1:18 PM

  Night road work will happen Thursday, November 4, from 7:30 until 5 a.m. at Academy and Drennan. During this period, northbound traffic will be reduced from two lanes to one. This work is being done to facilitate drainage installation in the area as part of work on the Milton Proby... more »

• Waste Transfer Station Fire Taxes Fire Crews All Over El Paso County

  October 29, 2010 6:22 PM

  Fire crews from all over El Paso County fought a fire at 3650 Bradley Road near South Academy Blvd. The fire smoldered through the night and well into Saturday as crews stood by for a possible reflash. The fire sparked at a waste transfer station and caused structural damage... more »

• Academy Blvd. impacted by construction tonight

  October 13, 2010 4:20 PM

  The Milton E. Proby Parkway Construction Project will have an impact on traffic at Academy Blvd. and Drennan Rd. tonight. Northbound traffic will be reduced from two lanes to one from 7:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. The speed limit in the construction zone is 35 mph. Speeding fines... more »

• Lights to stop working at Drennan and Academy

  September 28, 2010 6:09 PM

  The traffic lights at Drennan and Academy won't work tonight from 7:30 until midnight. Traffic will be guided by flaggers and police officers. Travel will be reduced to one lane in each direction. Due to the amount of traffic in that area, it would be wise to avoid the intersection... more »

• Air Force Space Command gets new leader

  September 15, 2010 10:50 AM

  An Air Force Academy graduate currently assigned to the Pentagon will be the new leader of the Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base. Lt. Gen. William L. Shelton was named to the new post last week. He's also been nominated for promotion to general. He... more »

• Air Force Academy campus named one of world's most beautiful

  September 13, 2010 7:40 PM

  Forbes magazine lists the Air Force Academy as one of the most beautiful in the world. Kevin Lippert, publisher of the Princeton Architectural Press, which publishes the prestigious Campus Guide series, put the Academy, at number 8. Lippert called the campus, which was built in the 1950s, "a tour... more »

• Air Force teacher gets medal for Afghanistan work

  September 3, 2010 6:57 PM

  An Air Force Academy instructor has received the Bronze Star medal for his work as an adviser in the Afghan government. Lt. Col. Patrick Donley spent a year working with the Afghan ministry of rural rehabilitation and development. Donley says he helped with strategic planning, speech writing and organizing trips.... more »

• Colorado Springs on list of safest drivers

  September 3, 2010 8:37 AM

  Anyone who's nearly been run-down by insane drivers on Academy or Powers may dispute this--but Allstate Insurance ranks Colorado Springs as the fourth-safest driving city with the average driver involved in a collision every 12.5 years. The list was released Thursday of the country's 200 largest cities based on... more »

• Condoleeza Rice honored at Air Force Academy

  August 27, 2010 4:10 PM

  Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was named the 2009 T.D. White Award recipient by the Air Force Academy, for her distinguished career working for Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. On Thursday, Rice and Lt. Gen. Mike Gould attached Dr. Rice's name to a plaque listing... more »

• Construction planned during Thursday, Friday commutes

  August 25, 2010 2:50 PM

  The Milton E. Proby Parkway Project will prompt delays in Colorado Springs Thursday and Friday. Trucks will be entering and exiting the southbound shoulder on Academy Boulevard just south of Drennan Road for temporary paving work. Flaggers will be there 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. The $55.4 million... more »

• WWII bomber to fly over Air Force Academy today

  August 25, 2010 10:51 AM

  Head outside just before noon today to catch a glimpse of flying history. A World War II bomber will perform a flyover at the Air Force Academy. The 69-year-old B-24A Liberator, owned by the Texas-based Commemorative Air Force, is scheduled to be over the Academy at noon. ... more »

• Public asked for ideas to improve Academy corridor

  August 20, 2010 1:54 PM

  The Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce is asking businesses and citizens for ideas to improve the Academy Blvd. corridor. The meeting will happen August 23 at 4 p.m. at Delta Solutions and Strategies at 1625 S. Murray Blvd, Suite 100, in Colorado Springs. Plans will focus on the... more »

• CSPD investigating suspicious death

  August 11, 2010 3:54 PM

  Colorado Springs Police Department Homicide Investigators are probing a suspicious death at an apartment complex. An officer was sent to an apartment at the New Horizon complex Wednesday morning to check on a woman. The officer discovered her body. The apartment is in the 4900 block of El Camino,... more »

• At least 400 involved in Colorado Springs melee

  July 29, 2010 5:33 AM

  Colorado Springs Police have arrested four people after fight broke out at Club Shots. That's near the intersection of Austin Bluffs and Academy. The fight started just before 2 a.m. Thursday in the parking lot after a concert ended. There were several injuries. Police say some individuals had... more »

• Cone zones in Colorado Springs

  July 26, 2010 1:30 PM

  The City of Colorado Springs has a few construction project that will cause headaches for drivers. Today crews are doing emergency work at Uintah St. & Glen Ave. The intersection is closed to thru traffic in the southbound direction. They expect the work to be finished by 6 pm.... more »

• Firefighter competition returns

  June 17, 2010 1:02 PM

  The Fire Fighter Combat Challenge returns to the Air Force Academy Friday and Saturday at Falcon Stadium. ESPN calls it, "The Toughest Two Minutes in Sports." It pits U.S. and Canadian fire departments against each other at more than 25 locations. Wearing "full bunker gear" and breathing apparatus,... more »

• Input needed on Academy Boulevard project

  June 16, 2010 1:47 PM

  Residents, businesses representatives and other interested people are invited to be a part of the Academy Boulevard Corridor Great Streets Plan. This phase of the process is focusing on Academy from Maizeland Road to Drennan Road. A public meeting will be held June 24, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., in... more »

• Civil Air Patrol Academy in Colorado

  June 15, 2010 4:15 PM

  The Civil Air Patrol will hold a National Flight Academy in Colorado this summer. The Academy in Pagosa Springs will focus on learning to fly gliders. It will be held July 10-25. CLICK HERE for more information. more »

• Conference teaches group to become extraordinary firefighters

  June 10, 2010 9:09 PM

  Firefighters from all over the country continue training in Canon City this week, to better prepare for wildfires. The trainees are here for the "Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy." Most of the training has been in the classroom, but on Thursday several groups went into the mountains for... more »

• Fast facts about the AFA graduating class

  May 26, 2010 1:18 PM

  The 2010 graduating class at the Air Force Academy started out four years ago 1,334 strong. Wednesday, 1,001 walked across the stage to receive a diploma. Of those 18.7 percent are female, 24 percent are minorities. There are two sets of twins. Sixty are 2nd generation AFA grads. ... more »