Lauren Watson
Reporter/Digital Producer
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Lauren graduated from Louisiana State University in May 2022 with a degree in mass communication, focused on broadcast journalism. While at LSU, she worked at the campus station, Tiger TV, for two years.
During her time in school she also was a festival queen, traveling her home state of Louisiana every weekend and learning to love local communities and their stories, which contributed to her love of journalism.
After her family relocated from the New Orleans area to Colorado after she graduated college, she knew she wanted to stick around. She is excited to be working in Colorado Springs while connecting with the community both on air and online.
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Dozens of cats and kittens are looking for new homes after being rescued in Pueblo on Wednesday.
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The Palmer Red Rock Trail reopened Friday more than a year after a rockslide and the destruction of a trail bridge.
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On Thursday, authorities in Colorado announced the cause of Colorado’s most destructive wildfire.
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A study released this month from Common Sense Institute (CSI) said that while crime rates were up across Colorado between 2010 and 2022, Colorado Springs saw crime rates go down.
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As thunderstorm season continues and summer approaches, Colorado Springs firefighters say it’s the time of year that they usually receive the most calls for water rescues.
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We will update this article as we learn more.
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Dogs six months and older are on sale this weekend at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) as the shelter looks to create more space for a growing dog population.
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Two people were taken to the hospital overnight following a motorcycle crash on the east side of Colorado Springs.
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A teen robbery suspect died Thursday following an officer-involved shooting while police in Aurora were trying to take him into custody.
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The Financial Director of an El Paso County church was arrested Wednesday after deputies received reports in October 2022 that she had been committing fraud, theft and other related financial crimes in her role at the church.
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11 News spoke with Pikes Peak Pride grand marshal Richard Fierro, one of the people who took down the suspect inside Club Q, ahead of the festival and parade.
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A woman is a dead and a suspect in custody following a shooting at a Colorado Springs-area gas station overnight.
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Two people were in the hospital following an fight that ended in a shooting in a neighborhood just southeast of I-25 and Fillmore in Colorado Springs Friday evening.
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A cat and her kittens were rescued from a trash compactor in Pueblo after veterinary clinic employees noticed the feline family starting to spend more and more time playing in it.
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11 News is working to learn more about a large law enforcement presence, including a tactical vehicle, at a Colorado Springs home Friday.
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Investigators announced Friday that an arrest has been made related to the death of a Colorado man on New Years Day in 2009.
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Pueblo police announced Friday that a woman and four teenagers had been arrested related to a series of gang related drive-by shootings police said they started investigating late last year.
A suspect was potentially shot by the resident of a home in northeast Colorado Springs that police said was broken into late Thursday night.
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Teachers and other School District 11′s employees will be receiving a pay bump, effective in July!
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A Colorado Springs woman is frustrated following a custody decision related to her dog that went missing ten years ago.
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On the Casa Bonita website, the projected reopening of May 2023 remains on the homepage, and as the month starts to come to a close, many are wondering when that day will actually be.
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Colorado State Patrol asked for the public’s help Saturday in locating a vehicle and its driver involved in a four-vehicle hit and run that killed multiple people.
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Adoptions for cats six months and older are half-off at the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region (HSPPR) this weekend as the shelter looks to create space for even more incoming felines.
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The man accused of killing his teenage co-worker at a Colorado Springs Walgreens last year has been found competent to stand trial.
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According to zoo representatives, the cubs are the first Amur leopard cubs born at CMZoo in nearly 20 years.
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Police in Thornton have asked for the public’s help in identifying suspects in a Monday morning ATM theft.
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A shooting involving police was under investigation in Monument Thursday afternoon.
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Texas police say a Southern Colorado woman was killed in a crash in Waco Wednesday afternoon.
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A 31-year-old woman who admitted to having sex with a 13-year-old boy and then having his child is headed to jail, despite the exclusion of jail time in the plea deal attorneys originally presented.
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A company in Security-Widefield is working with organizations on a national scale to increase access to potentially life-saving medication in the wake of an opioid epidemic.
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The largest seat belt enforcement period of the year will begin in Colorado on Monday and will last through the end of the month and into the beginning of June.
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A man in Mesa County was arrested Wednesday night after a traffic stop revealed he was in possession of large amounts of fentanyl and meth.
Colorado Springs police arrested a man on several charges after he attempted to flee from police and crashed into another vehicle near Memorial Park Friday night.
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Traffic was down one lane on southbound I-25 south of Colorado Springs Friday after Colorado State Patrol says a semi and attached trailer rolled over in the roadway.
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Deputies in Larimer County are asking for the public’s help in locating a “most wanted” criminal.
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Washout from the week’s heavy rains looks to have created a large sinkhole in the Black Forest area.
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Letecia Stauch is now in prison after being found guilty in the murder of her 11-year-old stepson Gannon Stauch early this week.
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One former Colorado Springs resident is looking to make her way back to the area after winning big on a scratch-off ticket.
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The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a teenager they say ran away from his home in Peyton back in April.
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Wednesday marks three years since Suzanne Morphew, a Colorado mother, disappeared.
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Wreckage from a downed plane was found near the Teller/Fremont county line nearly a full day after it crashed.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officers euthanized a bear in the Colorado Springs area Friday night after they said it repeatedly entered a home over the past week.
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A Fort Carson soldier was arrested Thursday in connection to robberies at three Colorado Springs Family Dollar stores in April and early May.
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Mountain Metropolitan Transit (MMT) will offer free bus rides and ADA paratransit in Colorado Springs for the second year in a row this summer.
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An El Paso County deputy who went missing in Parker last week and was located has gone missing again, last seen at Rocky Mountain National Park.
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A man was arrested for the second time in less than a month and two other suspects already in custody out-of-state were identified in a fentanyl bust in Canon City this week.
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The district says the closure is on account of too many staff members calling out Thursday.
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The family tells 11 News the camper was located! There was some damage and the tires were flat, but the family wanted to thank police and the community for helping track it down.
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Almost 2,000 people will participate in what officials say will be the final chemical emergency preparedness training in Pueblo County on May 3.
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A wildlife officer in northern Colorado came to the rescue after one elk got a little tied up outside of Estes Park.
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