Special-needs Santa delivers heartfelt cheer to disabled adults, kids in Colorado Springs

PLUS l CU Buffs already preparing for Deion Sanders’ first home game, Gift Horse Bar & Café: Coffee for a cause and more. Springs AM Update [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Life]( Welcome to Thursday. It’s Dec. 15, 2022. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. In today’s edition: - [Special-needs Santa delivers heartfelt cheer to disabled adults, kids in Colorado Springs]( - [‘Don’t sell your tickets’: CU Buffs already preparing for Deion Sanders’ first home game]( - [Gift Horse Bar & Café: Coffee for a cause]( [Special-needs Santa delivers heartfelt cheer to disabled adults, kids in Colorado Springs]( Bryan Dickson, a client at Special Kids Special Families, enjoys dressing up as Santa and deliver gifts to other disabled clients, who are his peers. The organization started the holiday gift drop-off during the pandemic, and the tradition is now in its third year. [Read More]( Did you miss this? [Colorado Springs Fire Department offers safety tips as holidays see increase in electrical fires]( [Comedian Mark Curry claims harassment by employees at a Colorado Springs hotel]( [Displaced columbarium for ashes of Colorado Springs homeless community finds permanent resting spot]( [Claims of interference in El Paso County recount 'not supported by evidence': 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office]( Fourth Judicial District Attorney Michael Allen said this week he will not pursue criminal charges against the Colorado secretary of state or the El Paso County clerk and recorder following allegations they interfered with a recount of the June 28 primary election. [Read More]( [Colorado think tank sees economic perils ahead, argues for free market approach to challenges]( A Denver-based think tank argued for the adherence to free-market principles when crafting policy in a new report that gives Colorado's economy a strong rating but that also warns about a "sour" climate ahead. [Read More]( [‘Don’t sell your tickets’: CU Buffs already preparing for Deion Sanders’ first home game]( Take a glance at Colorado’s 2023 football schedule. Regardless of whom the Buffs new coach was going to be, there was potential for fascinating fall Saturdays at Folsom Field. [Read More]( MORE TOP STORIES Over 30 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that purposeful racial discrimination in jury selection is unconstitutional, requiring prosecutors to now cite a "race-neutral reason" if a defendant challenges their decision to remove a juror of color. [This week, the Colorado Supreme Court considered a narrow question implicating that protocol.]( Republicans in the Colorado legislature [lost influence in more than half of the General Assembly's committees]( for the upcoming legislative session after Democrats dominated in the November election. Joe Slivik, manager of Gift Horse Bar & Café in The Well, 315 E. Pikes Peak Ave., tells us about the [unique coffee program, which is based on putting the spotlighting minority-owned roasters.]( Currently Portrait Coffee and Boon Boona Roasters are featured, which are both Black-owned roasters. Before you go.... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse:]( Partly cloudy early, then some snow showers later in the day. High 31F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 50%. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Would you like to send this email to a friend? [Send To A Friend](