The Texas Senate on Saturday acquitted Attorney General Ken Paxton of 16 articles of impeachment alleging corruption and bribery, his most artful escape in a career spent courting controversy and skirting consequences of scandal. No article received more than 14 of the required 21 votes to convict. Only two of 19 Republican Senators, Bob Nichols of Jacksonville and Kelly Hancock of North Richland Hills, voted in favor of convicting for any article — a stark contrast to the more than 70% of House Republicans who impeached the attorney general in May. Paxton, who attended just two days of the trial and was not present […]
New image from Florida anthropology hopes to crack cold case There is now a face to a cold case, first discovered in the heat of the Florida summer. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly says the anthropology team from the University of South Florida was able to create these images in hopes of identifying a man whose remains were found at a residential construction site in Palm Coast. PALM COAST, Fla. – There is now a face to a cold case, first discovered in the heat of the Florida summer. Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly says the anthropology team from the […]
article Jonathan Casanova was arrested in connection with an attack on a canvasser for Sen. Marco Rubio (Hialeah Police Department) HIALEAH, Fla. – Police in Hialeah, Florida, have arrested a second suspect for an alleged assault on a canvasser for Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., that took place Sunday night. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Jonathan Alexander Casanova joined Javier Lopez in attacking the canvasser. The document also noted that the canvasser told police that Casanova told him he could not pass through the area because he was a Republican. “After tirelessly working to bring justice […]
PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. – Deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy who reportedly shot a 5-year-old after getting into an argument with the child’s parent Tuesday, according to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said the child’s father was driving in the area of Oakcrest and 5th Avenue in Interlachen when he turned around because he believed the suspect was flagging him down. When he drove up to the teenager, deputies said an argument began and the teen pulled out a gun, shooting the child in the car. According to the child’s mother, it appeared the teen was walking away, but then […]
Cars fly over center median before deadly Marion County I-75 crash Three people were killed in a deadly Marion County crash along I-75 Wednesday MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Three people have died following a deadly, fiery crash along I-75 in Marion County Wednesday afternoon, according to Florida Highway Patrol (FHP). FHP said the crash happened on I-75 northbound near milepost 337 in Marion County, just north of the Sumter County line. According to FHP, a Subaru and a tractor-trailer pulling a dump trailer were traveling south on I-75. At some point both vehicles came in contact with each other. After […]