Alan Wooten

Darrell Brooks trial: Witnesses track defendant after SUV ditched The same day jurors saw the red SUV prosecutors say Darrell Brooks drove through the Waukesha Christmas Parade, witnesses testified about how they tracked Brooks’ movements after he ditched the SUV and the DNA matches they found inside. WAUKESHA, Wis. – Prosecutors called more witnesses Wednesday, Oct. 19 in the Darrell Brooks trial, charged in the November 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack. Mid-afternoon, the jury was taken out of the courtroom to view the red SUV. Video was provided later of that viewing.  The state called nine witnesses Wednesday, and most […]

article Justin Carter (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) LAS VEGAS – A “pocket dial” to 911 last week led police to a woman and her three children who were being held captive at knifepoint in Nevada. The Mesquite Police Department said 34-year-old Justin Carter tried to stab the woman while in his home city of Las Vegas before kidnapping her and her three children, KVVU Las Vegas reported. Police said the woman and Carter had a prior relationship. Carter reportedly drove the woman and children to Mesquite, which is approximately 80 miles away and near the Utah state line. While […]

article FREMONT, Mich. (FOX 2) – Police are searching for a missing family of four after they unexpectedly left their Michigan home Monday. The Cirigliano family last had contact with family Sunday and were last seen around midnight Monday. Police believe Anthony and Suzette, and their sons Brandon and Noah left their home on N. Michigan Avenue in Fremont sometime between 4-8 p.m. Monday.  After the Ciriglianos last had contact with family, their phone was turned off, and police have not been able to ping it. The family is believed to be in a silver 2005 Toyota Sienna minivan with […]

Would losing the Republican presidential nomination mellow Gov. Ron DeSantis? The leader of the state House Democrats doesn’t necessarily think so, but she does think the balance of power between the Capitol’s Plaza Level and Fourth Floor might shift. The Plaza contains the governor’s office; the House and Senate chambers are on the Fourth Floor. “Tallahassee was broken in a lot of ways before this governor, but this governor in particular has found ways to exploit that brokenness and bend it and wield it to his advantage in a way that we’d not seen before,” Fentrice Driskell, representing the Tampa […]

Florida universities, which have been in the center of national polarization for months, have seen a mixed bag in U.S. News & World Report college rankings, with both positive and negative views and some changes in the methodology. In a separate category in the rankings for public universities only, some Florida universities stumbled. For example, Florida State University moved to a figure of 23 in the 2024 rankings compared to 19 last year, and University of Florida went from a ranking of 6 in 2024 to 5 the year before — both negative changes. But colleges and universities, both public […]