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A 26-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly threatened a casino for displaying a memorial for slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a marquee, Henderson police said. Thomas “TJ” Fedikovich was taken into custody Saturday on several charges after an alleged series of threats phoned in to employees(snip) The caller stated if Kirk’s memorial was not removed from the Sunset Station marquee then “we could destroy the sign and take it down for us,” according to the report. The casino later received a call from the same number with another threat, police said. “Can you tell your boss there to...

Photographs obtained by POLITICO appear to show Madison Cawthorn, the embattled Republican congressman from North Carolina who recently accused his GOP colleagues of inviting him to orgies, wearing lingerie in what appears to be a party setting. Cawthorn, 26, was raised in a conservative Baptist community in Henderson County, North Carolina, and has staked his political persona on arch-traditional Christian principles and the insistence of the importance of a kind of hypermasculinity. His comments about “the sexual perversion” in Washington made on a podcast, which he later admitted were exaggerated, drew the public disapproval and disavowal of Minority Leader...

DALLAS - A San Antonio man says he plans to drop his lawsuit against the city of Athens for putting up a nativity scene in front of the Henderson County courthouse as a Christmas decoration. But he isn't giving up his fight. In short, atheist Patrick Green said it's no longer a fair fight because Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has offered to step in and assist the city or the county. Greene's original suit claims the city is helping fund the display, which is a violation of both state and federal law. But he doesn't believe his suit will...