Franktown News

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for parts of three counties Thursday after radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a funnel cloud.

Piano students of June P. Miles of Exmore will be presented in a recital Sunday, May 31, in the New Fellowship Hall at Franktown United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. The public is invited.

Strong-men competitors from all over the state came to the flex their muscles at the Pelican Fest's North America Amateur Strong Man event last Saturday.

After three years of growing his hair out, sixth grader Evan Benson has donated his hair to Locks of Love.

A Fountain man and a former Franktown resident were indicted Monday by a state grand jury on 11 counts of securities fraud and theft for allegedly raising more than $450,000 for a variety of development projects and instead using the money for personal expenses.

Two men are facing 11 charges of fraud and theft against Colorado investors after allegedly swindling them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

A sniper twice came within a split second of shooting El Paso County Sheriff's detective Jerald Day during a tense standoff with law enforcement near Franktown.

CASTLE ROCK A sniper twice came within a split second of shooting El Paso County sheriff's detective Jerald Day during a tense standoff with law enforcement near Franktown.

The latest Pacific storm system to impact Colorado will bring a chance of snow to the metro area through the Friday morning commute.

El Paso County Sheriff's detective Jerry Day had no intention of being captured alive the night he drew fellow officers into a tense roadside standoff near Castle Rock in Douglas County, authorities said.

An El Paso County sheriff's detective faces several charges following a chase and confrontation late last month.

A bus carrying elementary school students was hit by at least one pellet from a pellet gun as the driver was taking students home from school.

I used to hate poetry. As an English major, this made a lot of classes hard to sit through.

A cold front that passed over the metro area Friday morning has caused isolated light snow showers to develop Friday afternoon.

A Colorado Springs man was pronounced dead at the scene of a multiple-car crash after he and his passenger were ejected from thei motorcycle about 1 p.m. Dec.

Charles Groesbeek, owner of the Horse and Hound Saddlery in Franktown, has been in business for 25 years.

Published December 8, 2008 at 6 p.m. From its main entrance, Castlewood Canyon State Park is deceiving, an expanse of rolling hills not far from the bustle of Interstate 25.