MISSING GEORGIA GIRL FOUND SAFE IN IDAHO SPRINGS
A Georgia teen who had been missing for more than two weeks was found safe Thursday in Idaho Springs, authorities in Georgia said. KMGHTV reported that Mayci Olschewske, 16, was found after being pulled over by Idaho Springs police Thursday. A person saw the girl’s vehicle in Idaho Springs and called 911 to report it. Police conducted a traffic stop and identified Olschewske as the driver, according to police in Canton, Ga. “Mayci is safe, and the family has been notified,” police said. Olschewske left her home in Georgia on Aug. 31.
Inmate killed himself by strangulation, coroner says.
COUNTY» A Mesa County MESA jail inmate died Wednesday in a Grand Junction hospital. Jesse Binam, 37, was found unresponsive Saturday in his cell, according to a county coroner’s news release. Binam’s cause of death was strangulation, and the manner of his death was suicide, the coroner said.
Denver Alzheimer’s walk wants to be best in the country.
Each year, the Denver Walk to End Alzheimer’s is typically among the top five money-earning Alzheimer’s walks in the country. This year, the association set its ambitions higher, with the goal of being the best Walk to End Alzheimer’s in the U.S. Those bragging rights hold a price tag of raising $1.5 million, and Denver is halfway there.
On Sept. 16, approximately 10,000 Coloradans — Alzheimer’s patients, caregivers, family members and supporters — will converge on City Park to walk a 2-mile course. The walk will start on the east end of the park at the Museum of Nature & Science and travel around Ferril Lake.
Organizers remind participants that all walkers, including children, must be registered, which can be done online before the event or onsite starting at 7 a.m. They also ask walkers to leave pets at home.
The event starts at 9 a.m., but organizers recommend participants arrive early to secure parking. Shuttles will run from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. from Manual High School.
More than 6,000 Fort Carson troops headed to Afghanistan.
SPRINGS» More COLORADO than 6,000 Fort Carson soldiers will head to Afghanistan in the coming months, joining a surge of American forces aimed at quelling violence there. The deployment was confirmed Thursday by Patrick Murphy, who was the Obama administration’s top Army civilian leader, during a speech at the post. Murphy, who served as the acting Army secretary until President Donald Trump took office in January, was in Colorado Springs to tout a U.S. Chamber of Commerce program to help former troops get civilian employment. He told a crowd of troops and civilians that the 4th Infantry Division headquarters and its 2nd Brigade Combat Team are the units headed to Afghanistan.