Driver flees after hitting 2 parole officers near downtown Colorado Springs

PLUS l CU Buffs' Travis Hunter and CSU Rams' Henry Blackburn meet up to go bowling, CDOT offers safety tips for leaf peeping in Colorado's high country and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs AM Update [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Life]( Welcome to Friday. It’s Sept. 29, 2023. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. In today’s edition: - [Driver flees after hitting 2 parole officers near downtown Colorado Springs]( - [CU Buffs' Travis Hunter and CSU Rams' Henry Blackburn meet up to go bowling]( - [CDOT offers safety tips for leaf peeping in Colorado's high country]( [Driver flees after hitting 2 parole officers near downtown Colorado Springs]( A hit-and-run vehicle-pedestrian crash involving two parole officers was reported near downtown Colorado Springs Thursday afternoon, police said. [Read More]( Did you miss these stories? [San Diego State welcomes the chance to play Air Force and its brand of physical football]( [Folk music festival set to rock in Manitou Springs this weekend]( [El Paso County man who killed roommate with crossbow sentenced to 12 years in prison]( [CU Buffs' Travis Hunter and CSU Rams' Henry Blackburn meet up to go bowling]( Travis Hunter and Henry Blackburn have officially put the Rocky Mountain Showdown behind them. The two met up on Wednesday night to go bowling, a Colorado State spokesperson confirmed, for an upcoming video that will appear on Hunter's YouTube page that currently has over 250,000 subscribers. [Read More]( [CDOT offers safety tips for leaf peeping in Colorado's high country]( Fall leaf peeping season has arrived in the Centennial State, meaning additional traffic in Colorado’s high country. [Read More]( [Impending government shutdown could affect thousands of local troops, federal employees]( The end of the 2023 fiscal year is rapidly approaching, and with it, the increasing possibility of a government shutdown as Congress remains at an impasse on a federal budget. [Read More]( More Top Stories: The Colorado Avalanche have several of the [highest-rated players in EA Sports’ NHL 24]( video game. Joshua Johnson, 29, is [accused of killing his co-worker](, 17-year-old Riley Whitelaw, last year in a Walgreens breakroom in northwestern Colorado Springs. A landmark marijuana banking bill long championed by former U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis [cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday in Washington](, when the legislation passed a Senate committee for the first time. Before you go... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse:]( Sunny skies. High 83F. W winds shifting to SSE at 10 to 20 mph. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here](. Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903