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Terry Maketa’s No. 2 had “missing” Elder file, sheriff’s employee testifies
A missing disciplinary file that threatened to upend the 2014 election for El Paso County sheriff wasn't really missing, a top sheriff's employee testified Tuesday, suggesting a ruse by then-Sheriff...

Jail health care worker recounts firing after falling out with Terry Maketa during ex-sheriff’s retrial
A woman who marshaled ex-El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa through three successful campaigns for office took the stand at his retrial Thursday and described her sudden fall from grace.

Colorado Springs pays $2.5M to female officers to settle physical fitness test lawsuit
The city of Colorado Springs has approved a $2.5 million settlement for 12 female police officers who say their careers were harmed by a physical aptitude test that discriminated against...

Ex-county GOP chairman hit with wrongful death suit in auto-pedestrian crash
The former head of the El Paso County GOP is facing a wrongful death lawsuit in a 2017 auto-pedestrian crash that killed a local businessman.

Drifter pleads guilty in hatchet-threat case, gets probation
Daniel J. Nations admitted to wielding a hatchet while threatening someone during an August incident.

Ashley Madison website rebuffs request from attorneys for Springs man charged with killing ex, hiding body in storage unit
Attorneys for a man charged in a lurid murder case in Colorado Springs said Ashley Madison has rebuffed their request for information.

Colorado Springs man sentenced in death of 14-year-old
More than two years after the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy in Memorial Park, the last of three men linked to the crime has been sentenced.

Free, licensed day care offered at El Paso County courthouse
In one corner of the Terry R. Harris Judicial Building in Colorado Springs, the phrase "Book 'em" carries a softer meaning.

Colorado Springs double murder suspect obsessed with his own death
Double-murder suspect Glen Law Galloway thinks of death "pretty much every waking moment of my life."

Former Fort Carson soldier’s death penalty trial delayed
A judge has delayed the death penalty trial of a former Fort Carson soldier accused of two fatal shootings in Colorado Springs.