Tom Roeder
The Gazette
Colorado Springs, CO, United States
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Police arrest Fountain man who they say tried to lure kids online
Colorado Springs police arrested a 23-year-old man they say posed online as a teenager to lure children in what detectives call a sexual assault case. → Read More
Colorado Springs at 150 years | Colorado Springs and WWI memorialized by words and deeds of Battery C
As much as World War II is celebrated in Colorado Springs, the war that preceded it is all but forgotten. World War II veterans have their big monument at Memorial → Read More
Analysis: Congress wary of Space Force spending
The nation's newest service is beset with old problems that slow the fielding of new gear and carve big holes in even the Pentagon's massive budget, the House Armed Services → Read More
Analysis: Afghanistan departure increases importance of military's satellites
Countering terrorism in Afghanistan is now a Space Force mission. → Read More
Fort Carson unit, known for capturing Saddam Hussein, headed back to Iraq
The Fort Carson unit credited with capturing Saddam Hussein is headed back to Iraq to bolster the ongoing effort to counter Islamic State terrorists. → Read More
Analysis: Celebrate Independence Day by saluting the queen's Royal Navy
This Independence Day, give a special nod to an unlikely recipient: The queen and her Royal Navy. → Read More
Penrose legacy includes a camel, a glass eye and boozy treasure
Spencer Penrose bought so much booze to make the 1920s roar at The Broadmoor that the cost of storing his stash put a pinch in the gold baron's well-filled wallet. → Read More
Warning triggered hunt for Arvada gunman minutes before shooting
Minutes before he was gunned down by Ronald Troyke, Arvada policeman Gordon Beesley had been at the shooter's apartment after a family report that the 59-year-old was "going to do → Read More
Air Force Academy cadet dies in plane crash
An Air Force Academy cadet died Thursday in the crash of a small private plane west of Fort Worth, Texas. → Read More
Analysis: Northern Command's fight with COVID deserves a salute
U.S. Northern Command was build to take on big enemies: terrorist attacks, Russian bombers and North Korean missiles. → Read More
Colorado Springs weather: Storms could soak weekend plans
Colorado will get a break from 90-degree days, but it comes with rainstorms to soak picnic plans, forecasters predict. → Read More
Analysis: As Biden woos Europe, Pentagon keeps eye on China
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he has a plan to counter burgeoning Chinese power in Asia and beyond, and President Joe Biden is carrying out the biggest piece of → Read More
Analysis: Pentagon seeks new ways to keep human control of robots
I had just landed at Balad, Iraq, in 2008 when I watched an MQ-9 "Reaper" drone taxi by. The pilotless plane had missiles hanging from its wings and was headed → Read More
Police arrest man for allegedly spying at bedroom windows of Colorado Springs teen girls
A man accused of spying on teenage girls at townhomes in the Rockrimmon neighborhood has been arrested on investigation of stalking and burglary, Colorado Springs police announced Thursday. → Read More
School in Florence cancels in-person classes after police arrest student with gun
A teenager carrying a stolen gun was arrested in Cañon City and school officials called off in-person classes after a series of related threats at Florence Junior/Senior High School, authorities → Read More
Weather: Sunny warm day due as Air Force Academy graduates
High temperatures in the 70s and dry conditions were expected Wednesday in Colorado Springs -- good news for the Air Force Academy where nearly 1,000 cadets were expected to graduated → Read More
Analysis: NATO, Poland on fence-mending tour
America's allies in the former Eastern Bloc are growing in strength even as Russia ramps up its aggression in the region, Tomasz Szatkowski, Poland's top representative to the North Atlantic → Read More
Analysis: After 20 years of trouble, Army ditches big-gun Stryker
An unloved machine that filled an important niche for the Army's Stryker units, including a pair of Fort Carson brigades, will be retired after 20 years of work weren't enough → Read More
Live coverage: Colorado Springs police identify suspect in mass shooting that left 6 dead
Colorado Springs police identified Teodoro Macias, 28, as the suspect in Sunday's mass shooting that left six people dead at a birthday party off Powers Boulevard. → Read More
Colorado Springs police schedule update on mass shooting Tuesday afternoon
Colorado Springs police plan a 3 p.m. Tuesday news conference to release details on Sunday's mass shooting that left six people dead at a birthday party off Powers Boulevard before → Read More