Crowley County News

A private prison operator will pay $1.3 million to settle complaints from 21 female employees who claimed they suffered harassment from male supervisors and colleagues ranging from sexually explicit comments to rape.

Share + Oct 10, 2009 11:00 am US/Mountain STEVEN K. PAULSON, Associated Press Writer State Rep.

Some frightening moments this week for an Ordway family. They got a call from their kids school telling them their 5-year-old son was missing.

Commissioners of three southern Colorado counties say the early release of about 6,000 prison inmates could hurt the economies of small communities where private prisons operate.

Sheriff's Officers spent hours off Highway 96 near the Pueblo and Crowley county line on Saturday afternoon.

Witnesses say the tornado was on the ground or about 20 minutes in an area nine miles northwest of Cheraw.

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 ...

A two week investigation by Pueblo, Crowley and Otero county sheriff's offices ended in an arrest.

A Vietnam veteran responsible for assisting other vets with their benefits in Crowley County has been stripped of his state VFW office and is under investigation for allegedly falsely claiming he had been a prisoner of war.

A local veterans affairs officer in southeast Colorado says he will prove to critics that he indeed was a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

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.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for El Paso County, Baca County, Bent County, Crowley County, Custer County, Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Otero County, and Pueblo County.

Governor Bill Ritter declared June 21 - 27, 2009, Colorado Lightning Safety & Wildfire Awareness Week, noting that the key to understanding the dangers of lightning and wildfire is education and awareness.

Students in Crowley County have found out getting good grades really pays off. Since the beginning of the school year students have been able to earn hundreds of dollars for getting A's and B's and for having good attendance.

A wet April has chased away drought conditions across Colorado, but farmers still hope for a bit more moisture.