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PLUS | Residents dream about retail, food and fun they hope come to Colorado Springs; Suspect in Texas mall shooting identified as 33-year-old man and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs PM Update Good evening. Today is Sunday, May 7, 2023. Catch up on everything going on in Colorado in 5 minutes. [The legend of Rooney Ranch, a Colorado landmark refusing to fade seven generations later]( In his cowboy boots and cowboy hat that refuses to budge against the fierce wind, Randy Rooney is making his way up a familiar hill when he stops at something else familiar. “That’s elk,” he says at the evidence on the ground. “Before the highway, we’d get elk and deer through here all the time.” [Read More]( [SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 7 dead]( An SUV slammed into a crowd Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 who were waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, police said. Shelter director Victor Maldonado of the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center said he reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video on Sunday morning after receiving a call about the crash. [Read More]( [Best and Brightest: A desire to impact, influence and empower]( When she first started school, Dana Ko was labeled for two reasons: She spoke no English and was identified as gifted and talented. [Read More]( [Residents dream about retail, food and fun they hope come to Colorado Springs]( Sometimes when a hankering hits, it can’t be satisfied, like craving Chick-fil-A on a Sunday. In Colorado Springs, residents have their own desires of what they wish they could access locally when it comes to restaurants, shopping and entertainment but can’t — at least not yet. [Read More]( [Vida Blue, led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73]( Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles before his career was derailed by drug problems, has died. [Read More]( [EDITORIAL: Elect Williams for continued success]( Monday marks the last day voters can mail their ballots with high confidence they will arrive in time for election day on May 16. The Gazette proudly encourages voters to elect City Councilman and former Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams — a center-right leader with a proven record of unifying and strengthening our community. [Read More]( [Suspect in Texas mall shooting identified as 33-year-old man]( The assailant who killed eight people at a Texas outlet mall has been identified by authorities as a 33-year-old man who had been staying at a nearby motel. [Read More]( [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]( Already subscribed? [Log in.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903