Beloved CBS meteorologist killed in plane crash after aircraft plunged into icy river

A beloved TV weatherman’s plane vanished from radar — just 12 minutes after takeoff. Moments later, witnesses saw wreckage on the ice, tangled in downed power lines. In the cockpit was Roland Steadham, a gentle on-air fixture and devoted father of six. Days earlier, he’d urged students to chase the skies. Now investigators are picki…

In Idaho living rooms, Roland Steadham was the calm voice over storm maps, a trusted guide through blizzards, heat waves and smoky summers. Off camera, friends say, he was even warmer: a grandfather who bragged about his grandkids, a pilot who lit up when he talked about the freedom of the sky. Just a week before the crash, he stood in front of aviation students, helmet in hand, telling them that flying had “been so good” to him and urging them to follow their own dreams.

Now, flowers and handwritten notes are appearing at CBS2’s doors and along the Payette River, where his small plane fell from the winter sky. Viewers remember chance encounters at fast-food counters, the way he’d linger to explain a radar image or share a quick flying story. As investigators quietly reconstruct his final minutes, the people he left behind are holding fast to something bigger than the tragedy: a life spent lifting eyes — and hopes — upward.

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