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After delays, Texas Senate agrees on Paxton impeachment trial rules

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — After two days of delays and private deliberation, the Texas Senate voted Wednesday night to approve rules for the upcoming impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton.The trial is scheduled to begin on September 5. Paxton is ordered to appear before the Senate at 9:00 a.m. on that date.The recommendations were drafted by a seven-member Senate committee that was appointed at the end of the regular legislation session in May. Back then, the upper chamber voted to allow the panel to work as a "caucus of the whole" — meaning, they are about to conduct business in private. The seven senators had broad power in forming how the Senate trial will operate, which could significantly impact Paxton’s prospects of keeping his position in an impending trial. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick vowed the trial will begin by Aug. 28 at the latest.State senators will serve as a jury and will ultimately vote whether to convict or acquit Paxton, who was immediately suspended a...

Thunderstorms moving through producing minor wind damage, frequent lightning

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Strong to severe thunderstorms are moving into the area, capable of producing damaging wind gusts and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning and dropping temperatures to their coolest levels in a week and a half.Fredericksburg reported a 59 mph wind gust from the storms, while small tree limbs were reported broken by gusty winds in Hye and Twin Sisters (Blanco Co.), and in parts of Austin.A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for all of the Austin Metro, parts of the Hill Country and all of our Eastern Counties until 11 p.m. for the potential of additional storms.Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 11 p.m.1-2" of rain is possible in the heavier storms as they bring brief, welcome heat relief tonight. BLOG: If June is this hot, what comes in July? Before the storms, Austin set an unofficial heat index record Wednesday afternoon on the first day of summer as "feels like" temperatures soared to 117°. A few isolated storms remain in the forecast Thursday and Friday, th...

Shaquille O'Neal to host Texas' 'largest bass music festival'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

DALLAS(KDAF)— Shaquille O'Neal, the legendary basketball player, is coming to Fort Worth, but he won't be shooting hoops this time. Instead, he will be headlining and hosting a bass music festival. Shaquille O’Neal buys home in Texas Shaq's Bass All-Stars festival will feature some of the biggest names in bass music, according to an event flyer.The Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth, which is about 30 minutes from Dallas, will be the venue for the Sept. 16 festival.You can purchase pre-sale tickets now on Shaq's website. The festival will feature two stages and some of his favorite dubstep and bass acts, including:Alison WonderlandKai WachiSullivan KingCrankdatLayzEmorfikHairitageKozmozLeotrix...and many more, including Shaq aka DJ Diesel.

St. Paul fire captain remembered at funeral as leaving MN ‘a better place than he found it’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

Pallbearers lift the casket of St. Paul Fire Capt. Chris Parsons into a waiting fire truck, for a processional to the cemetery for burial, following his funeral service at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Parsons, who was a former president of the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters, passed away on June 15. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)A fire truck carrying the casket of St. Paul Fire Captain Chris Parsons leaves for Lakewood Cemetery following his funeral service at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis on Wednesday June 21, 2023. Parsons, who was a former president of the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters, passed away on June 15. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)Pallbearers lift the casket of St. Paul Fire Captain Chris Parsons into a waiting fire truck during his funeral service at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis on Wednesday June 21, 2023. Parsons, who was a former president of the Minnesota Professional Fire Fighters, passed away on J...

27-year-old man killed in grain bin accident in western Minnesota

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

PORTER, Minn. — A 27-year-old man died after being trapped in a grain bin Tuesday near the western Minnesota community of Porter.The Yellow Medicine County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday regarding two people trapped in a grain bin.A 62-year-old man had freed himself from the bin. However, the 27-year-old man was still trapped inside when first responders arrived, according to Chief Deputy Travis Peterson.Rescue personnel worked for about an hour removing the grain from the bin before the 27-year-old was located. Lifesaving efforts were performed but were not successful.The 62-year-old was transported to the Canby Hospital and later released.Names are being withheld until family members are notified.According to the sheriff’s office, a rescuer was also transported to the hospital with heat-related injuries.Related ArticlesLocal News | Inmate, 60, found dead of apparent hanging in Lac qui Parle County jail Local News | Minnesota K-...

Inmate, 60, found dead of apparent hanging in Lac qui Parle County jail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

A western Minnesota man was found dead Saturday in his cell at the Lac qui Parle County jail in an apparent hanging.Dennis Eugene Kipp, 60, of Graceville, was found dead just before 4 p.m. in the jail in Madison, where he was being held pending a drug possession charge from Big Stone County, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.Kipp was the only person in his housing unit at the time, and he was declared dead at the scene, the BCA said in a news release.The Lac qui Parle County Sheriff’s Office asked the BCA to investigate. As part of its preliminary investigation, BCA agents are reviewing all available video footage from inside the jail.The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting the autopsy.When the investigation is complete, the BCA will present its findings without recommendation to the Lac qui Parle County Attorney’s Office for review.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | 27-year-old man killed in grain bin accident in western Minn...

Teen who lost legs in crash sues the City of St. Louis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Janae Edmondson, the 17-year-old Tennessee volleyball player who lost her legs in a crash downtown, filed a lawsuit against the City of St. Louis.Edmondson filed the suit on Tuesday, and among the list of defendants is Daniel Riley, 21, who police say is responsible for the crash.In February, Edmondson was walking with her family back to the hotel after leaving a volleyball tournament when the crash occurred.Authorities said Riley who was out on bond from another case, sped through a yield sign at the intersection and hit another car. The second car crashed into Edmondson, causing both of her legs to be amputated.Riley pleaded not guilty in connection with the crash.Additional details are limited at this time. FOX 2 will give more updates as more information becomes available.

Keeler: Nuggets’ Bruce Brown should call Nazem Kadri. Ask him if money was worth leaving Denver’s newest dynasty.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

A year ago Thursday, Nazem Kadri put Tampa on ice. Last week, a columnist in Calgary called Kadri a snowflake.Before you do anything, Bruce Brown, before you go anywhere, before you sign anything, we beseech you:Call Naz.Josh Kroenke’s got the number, somewhere. Probably.Ask Kadri if, knowing what he knows now, he’d have still taken the money last summer over another ride — or two, or three — with a dynasty in Colorado.Ask him if he misses Denver.Ask him if he misses Ball Arena. If he misses that locker room. All that speed. All those legends.Ask him if he misses the view from a Mile High.Parades rock. But once that hangover clears, it’s business time. And Brown, the NBA champion Nuggets’ 6-foot-4, no-B.S. do-everything swingman, the glue that bonded a long-suffering franchise’s first-ever title team, made the business decision Wednesday we’d all expected, declining his player option and officially entering free agency.Look, if someone pulls up to the crib with a Brink’s truck and d...

Colorado Republican Party attacks 4 of their own in anti-trans fundraising email

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

The Colorado Republican Party officially reprimanded four elected GOP officials Monday for joining Democrats in defense of a Montana lawmaker who was kicked off the chamber’s floor while defending gender-affirming care for that state’s youth.New Colorado Republican chair Dave Williams announced the reprimand Wednesday morning in a fundraising email loaded with anti-trans and anti-drag rhetoric. The email and the formal resolution admonished state Reps. Ron Weinberg and Rick Taggart, Castle Pines Councilmember Roger Hudson and Douglas County Commissioner Abe Laydon, all Republicans.Weinberg, a Loveland Republican who just finished his first legislative session and is one of just 19 members of his caucus, said he felt abandoned by his party for standing up for First Amendment rights. Republicans have less power and less representation in Colorado state government than at any point since World War II.“They went out of their way to eat their own,” Weinberg said o...

'We cannot put into words the pain': Families mourn California couple killed at EDM festival

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:18:42 GMT

Family members and friends are sharing their memories of a Southern California couple killed in a shooting at an EDM festival in Washington state over the weekend.Josilyn Ruiz, 26, and Brandy Escamilla, 29, both of whom were from the Los Angeles area, were attending Beyond Wonderland near the city of George on Saturday night when a gunman opened fire on a crowd in an area where people were camping, authorities said.Josilyn Ruiz (left) and Brandy Escamilla were killed when a gunman opened fire at an EDM festival in Washington state on June 17, 2023. (GoFundMe)Escamilla died of a gunshot wound to the head, and Ruiz died from a gunshot wound to her torso, the Grant County Coroner said. Two other people were wounded.The alleged gunman, identified as James M. Kelly, 26, was shot by law enforcement officers and survived. Officials said Kelly was a joint fire support specialist stationed at a U.S. Army base in Western Washington.Ruiz and Escamilla were living in Seattle as traveling nurses...