Horrifying testimony in the Patrick Frazee trial; A new Raising Cane's location; An $18 million Fort Carson upgrade

All the news you can use in a bite-sized format Hi {NAME}, Happy Thursday! I hope your drive into work wasn't too challenging. Today's brisk morning, where I spent five minutes scraping ice off my windshield, was quite different from Wednesday's warmth. Thankfully fall-like temperatures should return tomorrow...[Read more.]( In local food news, Raising Cane's is opening a second location today. If you're looking to get your chicken finger fix and live on the east side of town, you're in luck...[Read more.]( In unrelated news, today is National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day, National Men Make Dinner Day and National Cash Back Day. 💵 Without further ado, here are 5 things worth sharing today. 1. “Please stop.” Those were the last words uttered by a blindfolded Kelsey Berreth as her fiancee, Patrick Frazee, allegedly beat her to death with a baseball bat on Thanksgiving Day in her Woodland Park townhome. The desperate plea capped an emotional day of testimony from prosecutors’ star witness, Krystal Lee, an Idaho nurse who testified that Frazee personally confessed to the killing, then enlisted her help in trying to cover it up...[Read more.]( 2. Fort Carson will get a long-awaited improvement to an entrance gate east of the post's airfield thanks to an $18 million federal grant, Sen. Cory Gardner announced Wednesday. Gardner told The Gazette that the federal Department of Transportation money also will spur development of an industrial park west of Fountain that could fuel job growth in southern El Paso County...[Read more.]( 3. The move to defeat Proposition CC apparently succeeded Tuesday night, as Coloradans rejected giving up part of their future tax returns to fund education and transportation. The measure fell behind early and struggled to keep up until the opposition declared victory within the hour after polls closed...[Read more.]( 4. Lewis-Palmer School District 38 in Monument ties for having the highest graduation rate in the Pikes Peak region, ranks third best among 178 Colorado districts by ratings and review company Niche, and unfalteringly earns the state’s top “Accredited with Distinction” title. But the high-achieving district is one of the few in the area that has not passed a ballot financing measure in more than a decade...[Read more.]( 5. The football game between Air Force and New Mexico set for Saturday has been rescheduled for Nov. 23 in light of a Lobos player’s death, the Mountain West announced Wednesday. New Mexico announced a day earlier that defensive lineman Nahje Flowers had died, though it did not give a cause of death...[Read more.]( Bonus content - [ICYMI: 2019 Colorado election results]( - [Park advocates see Tueday's ballot win as just the beginning]( - [Driver arrested in deadly hit-and-run involving 65-year-old pedestrian]( - [Window of opportunity now open for Air Force basketball]( - ['The Bachelor Live' is coming to Colorado]( Photo of the day - Fountain Valley junior forward Chance Maccagnan (24) heads the ball next to Loveland Classical freshman Luke Whitaker (17) during the first half of the 2A varsity boys' soccer playoff game played in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. Fountain Valley defeated Loveland Classical,1-0. Photo via Chancey Bush/The Gazette. -To see all our galleries head [here](. Thank you for reading! If you like this newsletter and want to support it, forward this email to a friend. If you’re seeing this newsletter for the first time, [you can subscribe here]( free. No spam. Unsubscribe whenever you want.  Terry Terrones Terry Terrones is a journalist and social media manager. He's a graduate of Denver University, loves the Broncos, and might be Spider-Man. Twitter - [@terryterrones]( Email - terry.terrones@gazette.com Instagram - [@terronesterry]( [Subscribe to this Newsletter!]( [Subscribe to free Gazette podcasts!]( The Colorado Springs Gazette, L.L.C. | 100 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [About Constant Contact]( Sent by noreply@gazette.com