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Florida's Commission on Ethics fined and formally censured Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa on October 23 over city relief grants awarded to businesses connected to her family. The $2,000 civil penalty was approved two days after she was arrested on felony charges involving $50,000 distributed through the same program. Espinosa had...

Robert Kessler has been charged with first-degree murder and abuse of a dead body, according to online records viewed by PEOPLE

Spirit Halloween is trading spiiky for merry! Its Christmas-themed stores are expanding, with three new locations planned for Indiana.

Savannah Tolbert, 37, was found shot in the back of the head inside her red Tesla in a Huntsville parking lot on Nov. 15, 2022. Her husband, David Tolbert, told investigators he discovered her there after going to sit in the car and watch television, insisting her death was self-inflicted. A Madison County jury didn't buy it — convicting him of capital murder in May 2025 and sending him to prison for life without parole.

MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Dengue cases in Florida keep climbing about a month after three counties declared states of emergency over the mosquito-borne illness. As of Oct. 22, Florida had reported 721 dengue cases this year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A woman is facing charges for allegedly stealing money from the sale of her grandmother’s home. Court records show 58-year-old Jacquelyn Sams, of Alabama, was arraigned Monday on felony charges of theft and forgery. She is accused of stealing $82.167.55 after a Power of Attorney designated her as an agent for […]

The animals hadn’t been known to live on the San Mateo Coast since the 1800s, when their numbers dwindled due to the fur trade

The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who has done business with a Greensboro cemetery since January 2019 to contact investigators as a criminal investigation continues into the cemetery’s operations and its apparent failure to comply with state law. The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office announced that investigators...

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – A Henderson woman was arrested and charged with fraud in Evansville after authorities say she used credit and debit cards from a nursing home patient. According to an affidavit, Evansville Police were informed of the theft of multiple credit and debit cards from a nursing home patient in January. The patient’s […]

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - A former attorney is accused of taking a client’s money and faking the work. Jared Thomas, 41, is charged with forgery, fraud, and practice of law by a non attorney. Police say a woman hired him to expunge her criminal record. The victim says Thomas...