Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Washington lobbyists with close ties to outgoing President Donald Trump were paid lucrative sums by clients angling for last-minute pardons from the president.
Matthew Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and a close Trump ally, brought in the largest haul. According to a lobbying filing released Thursday night, Schlapp was paid a whopping $750,000 since mid-December to lobby Trump to pardon Parker Petit, a top Republican donor who served as Georgia finance chairman for Trump’s 2016 campaign. Petit was convicted of securities fraud in November and faced up to 20 years in federal prison.
Two additional people arrested in connection to downtown stabbing
Boone County Sheriff s Department
Mark Aungerer.
Kenneth Sanders.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Columbia police arrested two more people believed to be involved in a stabbing in downtown Columbia Monday night.
Police arrested Mark Aungerer, 54, and Kenneth Sanders, 48, Tuesday afternoon near the Wabash Bus Station on Tenth Street. They are both facing second-degree assault charges.
CPD has arrested four people in connection to the stabbing that happened shortly before 7 p.m. at Tenth and Locusts Streets. Police arrested Javonte Hand, 25, and Boyce Hamilton, 49, both from Columbia shortly after the assault.
The victim, identified in statements as T.G., had several stab wounds to his torso and lacerations on his head and face, police wrote. He underwent emergency surgery.
Public skate draws in dozens during break
Community goes ice skating at Kay Yeager Coliseum’s public skate
Public skate draws in dozens during break By Katherine Lee | December 27, 2020 at 6:44 PM CST - Updated December 27 at 6:44 PM
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) - Families, couples, and friends are taking in the holidays by going to the public ice skate at the Kay Yeager Coliseum.
“It’s fun. It’s a good Christmas time activity. Since we don’t get snow here, it’s nice to be able to ice skate. And it’s fun to get out of the house,” said Nikki Davis and Owen Davis, a mother and son who went ice skating today.