What's the best training for teaching high school students? Combat. Add to that chemical warfare survival. That's what retired Army instructor Antione Johnson taught soldiers in war zones. The Widefield man went from the battleground to the front of the...
He's 32, and he's going to clown school....
The names are displayed side by side: Lawrence Donahue, M.D. William Weller, M.D. Just like the sign during the decades they practiced medicine together at 4020 Palmer Park Blvd. "Here they are, Internal Medicine Associates, right here," says Donahue's...
Think your job's obsolete? Meet Dale and Ingrid. They might be the last two elevator operators in the Pikes Peak region. Dale Bryan and Ingrid Spreuer divide elevator duty in the ornate brass Otis cage in the century-old office building at 130 E. Kiowa...
If you misbehave on the north side of town, you might find yourself facing the person who used to come after your teeth with sharp objects. Same lady, different uniform. A Taser, perhaps, instead of steel picks. It's all part of Cynthia Varnell's new...
These sisters got their start singing in church....
Take a lesson from Carson Blehm. Slow down. Take time to smell ... the garbage truck? Naw, just meet the driver. Carson, 8, is changing the way people interact, one garbage truck at a time. Dave Willis, a 39-year-old Waste Management driver, is changing...
She's got Katie Couric's savvy and Nancy Grace's eyes. Too bad she isn't real. Amy Sweets does the newscast on the High Plains View Web site and sometimes gets her picture in the weekly paper that reports on the plains east of Colorado Springs. She comes...
"Step into my office," says Richard Gladfelter. That's easy. His office is a folding chair on a street corner across from Acacia Park. A pump at his foot inflates skinny balloons he twists into shapes. He dresses like a little kid, in white sneakers,...