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Chicago-area woman and convicted felon charged after federal 'straw purchasing' investigation

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

CHICAGO — A woman from the Chicago-area has been federally charged with conspiring to 'straw purchase' 19 handguns in Wisconsin on behalf of a convicted felon.Sonya Brown, a 49-year-old resident of Oak Park, was charged with conspiracy to violate federal firearms laws, while the convicted felon — 49-year-old Simone Dunn — was charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Both were arrested Monday.Federal investigators said Brown purchased the guns from licensed dealers at stores and gun shows in Wisconsin and falsely certified on federal forms that she was both a Wisconsin resident and the actual buyer of the firearms.In reality, investigators said Brown purchased the guns on behalf of Dunn, with whom she lived with in the Chicago-area. Dunn was previously convicted of murder and several other felonies, and cannot lawfully be in possession of a firearm. Alleged firearm straw-purchaser arrested in connection to death of Bradley officer “Straw purchasers enable the unlawful possessi...

Tucker Carlson to launch show on Twitter after Fox News ouster

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

(The Hill) - Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson plans to launch a new show on social media platform Twitter, the pundit announced on Tuesday.Carlson, in a three-minute video posted to his account carrying more than six million followers, made no mention of Fox News specifically but blasted the news media more generally for what he described as groupthink.Carlson said the best anyone in the news business can hope for is “the freedom to tell the fullest truth that you can. But there are always limits.” Five possible reasons Tucker Carlson and Fox News are parting company Fox and Carlson parted ways earlier this month, when the network ousted him from his prime-time hosting slot, which he held for six years.A wildly popular figure on the political right, Carlson’s segments and commentary earned both he and the network regular scorn for his takes on matters of race, immigration, gender identity and other issues.An Axios report published on Tuesday said Carlson’s attorney has sent Fox...

Kansas driver in Bud Light beer can costume arrested on suspicion of DUI

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

OTTAWA, Kan. (WDAF) -- Deputies in Kansas stopped a driver on Friday who may have been having a little too much fun on Cinco de Mayo.Franklin County deputies south of the metro pulled over a suspected drunk driver in the northbound lanes of Interstate 35. ‘Unacceptable’: Video of TSA worker’s handling of bomb dog draws outrage When they asked the driver to exit his car for a field sobriety test, deputies discovered he wore a Bud Light beer can costume over his clothes."A career in law enforcement is exciting, and you get to experience something new every day. Sometimes you see things you can’t believe!" the Franklin County Sheriff's Office wrote on its Facebook post Saturday morning. Video shows Missouri officer punch man on ground 5 times Deputies eventually arrested the driver on suspicion of driving under the influence and transported him to the Franklin County, Kansas Jail in Ottawa.The suspect has since posted bond and is no longer in custody.

Community members speak to Chicago students on the dangers of fentanyl

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

CHICAGO — One pill can kill. That was the message for some high school students on Chicago’s Far Southwest Side Tuesday in the effort to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl.Community members shared stories with students at Brother Rice High School as part of Fentanyl Awareness Day.To share their stories.Kim Novak was among them. Eight years since the death of her daughter to fentanyl poisoning, Novak’s work to prevent other deaths continues.“This is killing too many of our children,” she said. “And it doesn’t just kill a child that died, it kills the spirit of their siblings, their parent, their family members … it doesn’t affect just one person.” Overdose death rate involving fentanyl tripled in recent years: CDC John LaGigila, a Chicago firefighter paramedic, also spoke to the students. He is with the Patrick William Roche Foundation and sees the impact of the fentanyl crisis every day.“It’s horrific. It’s horrific,” she said. “We do everything we can. Sometimes t...

'Unimaginable': Groom planning wife's funeral after newlyweds hit by suspected DUI driver

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – A groom who was seriously injured in a crash after leaving his own wedding reception last month has been released from the hospital and is recovering at home, according to family members.Aric Hutchinson and his new bride, Samantha Miller, were riding in a low-speed vehicle on South Carolina's Folly Beach when an allegedly intoxicated driver slammed into the back of their vehicle. Miller, still in her wedding dress, suffered blunt force trauma and died at the scene. Hutchinson and two others were taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Boat painted to honor Samantha Miller, Aric Hutchinson Family members said Hutchinson is now recovering at home after multiple surgeries, including broken bones in his legs and face, and broken vertebrae.“He is physically recovering at home while trying to come to terms with the loss of his beautiful wife. Now he is doing the unimaginable of planning Sam’s funeral along with her family,” his mother, Annette Hutchinson, s...

Flash flood threat overnight tonight, then again Mother's Day weekend

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- There is a fairly rare 3 out of 4 'moderate' risk of flash flooding twice in the next week -- a risk designation we have only seen twice in the last year.A low pressure system is spinning right on top of Central Texas, drawing in copious atmospheric moisture from the warm Gulf of Mexico waters and lifting it to produce rain and thunderstorms. Kingsland in the Hill Country saw a quick 1.67" of rain Tuesday afternoon, while rain generally remained lighter elsewhere.A rare moderate risk (3 out of 4) of flash flooding has been prescribed to our eastern counties overnight tonight into Wednesday morning underneath the spinning storm system. We may see efficient nocturnal rain processes create slow-moving heavy thunderstorms from Austin eastward overnight and early Wednesday. Flash flooding is possible during the Wednesday morning commute in some areas.After some isolated rain totals overnight of 3-5 inches in our eastern counties, rain tapers off late Wednesday with drier...

State asks judge to sentence Daniel Perry to at least 25 years for murder

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN)—Ten or a minimum of 25 years in prison?That's what the 147th District Court Judge Clifford A. Brown is considering on Tuesday. Attorneys brought forth their final witnesses and closing arguments during Daniel Perry's sentencing hearing. Perry, a former Army Sgt., was convicted on April 7, 2023 of murdering Air Force Veteran and Protester, Garrett Foster during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in downtown Austin in 2020. Judge Brown said he will issue a sentence at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Both the state and the defense did everything they could to appeal to Brown's emotions before he decides how long Perry will spend behind bars.Perry walked into the court room, with shackles around his feet. His family, as well as Fosters' were overcome with emotions as they've been in the entirety of the process. "It's extremely hard to be in that house," Foster's fiancé Whitney Mitchell said in her final appearance on the stand during Perry's sentencing hearing. "A house that me and him...

Austin's Andy Langer breaks down 2023 ACL lineup

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Summer might just be around the corner but Austin music lovers' attention has shifted to the first two weekends in October following the release of the 2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup. The annual concert series will feature the Foo Fighters, Kendrick Lamar and Shania Twain among its headlining sets when the festival returns to Zilker Park Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 13-15. ICYMI: Who's performing at the Austin City Limits Music Festival this year? ACL Radio's Andy Langer sat down with KXAN Tuesday following the lineup's release. He referred to this year's bunch as a slew of "big, recognizable names" that speak to the festival's core demographics."There's a lot of, 'who's that? I don't know who these people are' -- that's a common reaction to lineup releases. And you're not going to get that from this one," Langer said. "There's gonna be opinions, but on this one, you've got a bunch of big, recognizable names that fall off pretty safely into a demo that we know...

How many ACL 2023 artists have Texas connections?

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for May 9, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Calling all music lovers: The 2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival lineup has arrived, with tickets now on sale for the two-weekend fall concert series. This year's lineup is headlined by Kendrick Lamar, the Foo Fighters, Mumford & Sons, Odesza, The Lumineers, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, The 1975 and Hozier. Who's performing at the 2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival? But among the slew of supporting acts comes dozens of artists with connections to the Lone Star State. Here's a look at all the Texans -- or Texas-inspired artists -- performing at this year's festival.Cigarettes After SexTexan Greg Gonzalez formed the dream pop band in El Paso back in 2008. In a 2016 interview with Vice, Gonzalez told the publication he recorded the band's first EP, "I.," in the stairway of his alma mater, The University of Texas at El Paso. The Mars VoltaProgressive rock band The Mars...

Boys volleyball will be a sanctioned MSHSL sport starting with 2024-25 school year

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:45:22 GMT

The long pursuit to make boys volleyball a sanctioned Minnesota State High School League sport came to fruition Tuesday, when the MSHSL Representative Assembly approved the bylaw amendment with 39 votes — seven more than the minimum required to reach two-thirds approval.The vote came one year after boys volleyball fell short of achieving the desired result by a single vote. Boys volleyball votes failed at the representative assembly level each of the last two years before Tuesday’s breakthrough.Minnesota is the 25th state to sanction boys volleyball. Currently, nearly 2,000 boys play through the Minnesota Boys High School Volleyball Association. It remains undetermined whether boys volleyball will compete during the spring or the fall season. The process to determine that will begin this summer through the work of a “task force of member school representatives,” per the MSHSL.“This is another milestone day in the League’s rich history of supporting member sch...