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Friday, April 26, 2013  Students in the Widefield School District participated in a ‘Day Without Hate’ on Friday as they collected countless chains of kindness.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Earlier this year, council members voted five to four to put the council compensation measure on the ballot.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  A local school bus driver is charged with sexual assault on a child after a year long investigation.

Thursday, December 15, 2011  According to a Widefield School District release, a fourth grade student was walking to school when she noticed a black car with two men in it.   The passenger, a white man with a tattoo on his neck, got out and started following her.

Saturday, December 10, 2011  A body found at a Widefield elementary school may be that of a missing 17-year-old.  The El Paso County Sheriff's Office received the call around 2:30 p.m. Friday from a Colorado Springs Police officer who found the body.

Friday, September 09, 2011  El Paso County Sheriff's deputies and Colorado Springs Police officers teamed up to arrest three suspects in connection with two robberies from earlier this week.

Wednesday, September 07, 2011  El Paso County Sheriff's deputies are investigating yet another robbery involving suspects wearing skeleton disguises.

Wednesday, April 06, 2011  Colorado Springs City Clerk Kathryn Young said workers will finish counting nearly 10,000 ballots Wednesday morning for the city's municipal election. Ballots were due Tuesday.

Thursday, December 09, 2010  Prairie Winds Elementary in Lewis-Palmer School District 38 is closed Thursday due to a water main break.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010  School delays and closings for Tuesday, Nov. 30.

Friday, June 18, 2010  The board will meet in the next few days to appoint an acting superintendent effective July 1 until an interim superintendent can be hired. A national search for a new superintendent will be conducted during the next school year.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  In this week's A+ News, a Lewis Palmer District 38 elementary school has gone back in time for the sake of the environment.

Friday, February 19, 2010  Changes are on the way to Widefield School District 3 as the board of education unanimously voted Thursday night to move sixth grade students from the elementary schools to the junior high schools.

Thursday, February 04, 2010  The past few months have been difficult for all school district's across the state, and Lewis Palmer 38 is no different.

Friday, August 21, 2009  Joe Royer will follow Stan Richardson, who will continue as superintendent in his 35th and final year in Widefield School District during the 2009-10 school year. Richardson, 57, will retire in June 2010.