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Today at 9:00 AM  On average it costs $250,000 to raise a child from birth to age 18. An expense that can be difficult to manage, especially if you are a single parent who is not receiving child support.

Yesterday at 9:30 AM  A 200 pound black bear had to be tranquilzed and removed from a two-story tree in a Colorado Springs neighborhood Sunday evening.

Sunday, May 19, 2013  The Colorado Springs Police Department is looking for the person or persons who left a handmade explosive device off 24th Street on the city's west side Sunday morning.

Sunday, May 19, 2013  According to the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, both attacks were reported between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Goose Gossage Park.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  It happened around 7:40 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Austin Bluffs and Rangewood.

Saturday, May 18, 2013  Three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found inside his Widefield home three months ago.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A couple dozen people walked and ran for 26.2 minutes around John Stone Park near the YMCA in Briargate.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Chipeta Elementary School, with the help of Aspen Point, provided students with emergency preparedness kits on Tuesday. The program is called "I'm not scared when I'm prepared."

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  We are learning more about the suspect accused of stabbing a Colorado Springs man to death last week.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  It happened around 1:45 p.m. at the Advance America on N. Academy Boulevard, near Galley Road.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Deputies were called to the area of County Road 24 and County Road Z, southwest of Swink, around 9:00 a.m. for the body.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Twenty-year-old Elton Lamar Johnson Junior was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the death of Juan Carlos Lopez-Herrera the previous night.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The Bachs are envisioning for the city a 24/7 campus for the local homeless population that would include emergency housing, a medical and dental clinic, laundry facilities, showers and a day center with job training and mental health services.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  There has been a lot of talk since Amendment 64 passed in the November election. Everything from how to tax marijuana, to how its legalization will impact how others view our state.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Sometime overnight Sunday the server that stores our emails was hacked, and the person responsible is literally holding our information for ransom.