AIR FORCE ACADEMY – The Air Force Academy says it will cut 99 jobs and eliminate 10 academic majors as the Defense Department reduces overall spending.

The Gazette of Colorado Springs reported Tuesday the number of cadets won’t be reduced, and all the school’s sports survived.

The job cuts include a third of the sergeants who oversee military training and cadet discipline as well as 29 positions in academics.

The academy says about half the positions being eliminated are already vacant. The school currently has about 3,000 positions in all areas.

Academic majors being eliminated include biochemistry, environmental engineering and meteorology. The school will still offer 23 majors.

Woman leaves baby in car for robbery

LYONS – Authorities say a woman left her 9-month-old child in her vehicle while she allegedly robbed a Lyons pharmacy at gunpoint.

The Boulder County Sheriff’s Department says 35-year-old Abigail Jo Johnson surrendered to police Monday night and was arrested on suspicion of robbery, child abuse and other charges.

No phone number could be found for her, and she wasn’t listed in online jail records. The robbery occurred Monday in Lyons, a small town about 40 miles north of downtown Denver.

Johnson faces charges of aggravated robbery, theft of from an at-risk adult, menacing and child abuse.

Associated Press