BACA COUNTY, Colorado — The Town of Springfield, Colorado has temporarily lost its police force. Baca County Sheriff Aaron Shiplett and Springfield Mayor Tyler Gibson announced on social media Friday ...

SPRINGFIELD, Colo. — A 28-year-old driver found himself in the doghouse after he attempted to switch places with his pup when he got pulled over on suspicion of DUI on Saturday night in a southeastern ...

Police in Colorado said a man tried to get out of a DUI arrest by attempting to "switch places with his dog who was in the passenger seat." The incident happened late Saturday in Springfield, Colorado ...

Former Springfield school superintendent Norm Ridder is having a difficult time staying retired. In the four years since Ridder — now age 69 — officially retired from Springfield Public Schools, he ...

Springfield Elementary School is a public school located in Springfield, CO, which is in a remote rural setting. The student population of Springfield Elementary School is 170 and the school serves PK ...

The entire staff and police chief of the Springfield Police Department quit abruptly this week, leading the Baca County Sheriff’s office to take charge in the sparsely populated southeast corner of ...

A Springfield man was sentenced Friday to 30 days in jail for bringing pounds of marijuana from Colorado to Springfield, where he sold it at a profit. Aaron Blankenship, 22, was stashing $49,000 of ...

A Springfield man fell to his death in Colorado last week while trying to assist another hiker. Gavin J. Caruso, 23, died June 25 from head injuries he sustained after falling from the South Boulder ...

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