Olney Springs News

A stretch between Ordway and Sugar City in Crowley County has become a parking lot for several hundred idled railroad cars, the Pueblo Chieftain reports.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Tuesday announced the settlement for 21 women.

The operators of a privately-operated Colorado prison have agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit charging that former female workers were forced to have sex with male supervisors to keep their jobs.

Lionel Harris A former University of Colorado football player sentenced earlier this year to 51/2 years behind bars for burglary is out of prison and living in a halfway house in Adams County, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Flags hung at half-staff and moments of silence were held at many local fire stations Sunday, to remember four Colorado volunteer firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2008.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 145 AM MDT... * AT 1250 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 698 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT IN COLORADO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO CROWLEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLNEY SPRINGS AND ORDWAY.

Residents in Olney Springs are still under a boil order Tuesday, after an E. coli contamination in the town's water.

An emergency call has gone out to residents in Olney Springs warning not to drink the water unless it is boiled following an E. Coli contamination Monday.

A boil order is in place in the tiny town of Olney Springs east of Pueblo. The town is having trouble with its chlorinating process for drinking water, so residents are advised to boil water for three minutes before drinking it.

Residents in Olney Springs tell 11 News they have received Reverse 911 calls warning them that their water may be contaminated with E. coli.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for Olney Springs, Manzanola and Rocky Ford.

Cycling across America is by no means an easy feat - but wheelchair athlete Kenny Herriot is using his hands and making it seem like a breeze.