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At ACC, nearly $500K in student pandemic aid went to employees

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for Oct. 2, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) – Amid a KXAN investigation of Austin Community College’s use of student pandemic relief money, the institution acknowledged on Friday it launched an internal review of its aid distribution and how 115 full-time employees received nearly $500,000 of pandemic grants intended to help struggling students.KXAN found many of those employees were career staffers who weren’t taking course credit before, or after, the semester they enrolled and qualified for emergency student assistance, according to records of ACC’s use of Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund money. The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says KXAN began filing record requests and investigating months ago, after receiving an anonymous tip from a person claiming to be a concerned ACC employee.HEERF was a multi-billion-dollar aid program to help college students with b...

How to get to, from the 2023 Austin City Limits Music Festival

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hundreds of thousands of festival goers will flock to Zilker Park over the next two weekends for the 22nd Austin City Limits Music Festival, running Oct. 6-8 and Oct. 13-15. As you put the finishing touches on your festival-ready 'fits and finalize your artist playlist, here's a breakdown of how to get to and from Zilker Park.Free shuttle servicesACL will run a free shuttle service traveling to and from Zilker Park, with attendees boarding at Republic Square Park in downtown Austin. Shuttle riders will then be dropped off at the festival entrance before taking the shuttle back to Republic Square each night.CapMetro bus servicesCapMetro will offer special event services throughout both Weekend 1 and Weekend 2 of the ACL Music Festival. Festivalgoers can purchase a bus pass and receive an unlimited number of rides for $2.50 a day. High-frequency bus routes 2, 4, 7, 10, 20 and the 801 depart every 15 to 30 minutes and will drop riders off approximately a block away from...

Birthday celebration for late Texas musician Stevie Ray Vaughan to be held at Auditorium Shores

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Late Texas musician Stevie Ray Vaughan would've turned 69 this week. To honor the iconic Dallas native, the Trail Conservancy is holding a birthday celebration Tuesday from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Statue at Auditorium Shores. This year also marks the 30th anniversary since the statue was placed there, according to the conservancy. The Stevie Ray Vaughan statue on downtown Austin's hike and bike trail in November 2021.ARNOLD WELLS/ABJThere will be live music by Bill Carter, who wrote a lot of Stevie Ray's music, the Trail Conservancy said. Vaughan would've turned 69 this year. He died in 1990 in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.

Foo Fighters to play first local show in nearly six years when they headline Target Field in July

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters will play their largest show yet in the metro when they headline Target Field on July 28.Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. There are at least eight presales taking place, including one for Citi cardholders that starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday. For further details, see foofighters.com. Neither the venue nor the promoter announced prices.Fellow Rock Hall inductees the Pretenders and grunge-era rockers L7 are also on the bill.The band had booked an August 2022 stop at Huntington Bank Field that, due to a disagreement between the band and venue over COVID protocols, was then moved to U.S. Bank Stadium. But that March, drummer Taylor Hawkins died of an overdose before a show in Colombia, causing the band to cancel the tour.Led by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters have become one of the most successful contemporary rock bands of the era. In 2021, Paul McCartney inducted the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in ...

Aerosmith postpones farewell tour, which includes a November stop at Xcel Energy Center

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

Aerosmith is postponing all upcoming tour dates, including a Nov. 13 stop at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center, to give Steven Tyler the chance to recover from a serious vocal injury.All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates, which have yet to be announced but will take place in 2024. Once the new schedule is announced, refunds will be available for ticketholders who can’t make the rescheduled date.Tyler first hurt his vocal cords on the third night of the tour, a Sept. 9 concert in New York, which led to the group postponing a half dozen dates. But after Tyler took an extended break from singing, his doctors found further damage.“Unfortunately, Steven’s vocal injury is more serious than initially thought,” reads a post on the band’s Facebook page. “His doctor has confirmed that in addition to the damage to his vocal cords, he fractured his larynx which requires ongoing care. He is receiving the best medical treatment available to ensur...

Friends of Crandall Public Library to host book sale

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Friends of Crandall Public Library are hosting a fall book sale on Friday, October 20, and Saturday, October 21. The book sale runs from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Adult books cost $1 each. Books for kids and teens cost four for $1. Patrons are asked to bring their own bags.The book sale will be held in the Christine L. McDonald Community Room on the lower level of the library. Visitors are asked to use the Glen Street Entrance.

Dispensary relocating in Colonie, hoping to sell cannabis by November

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

COLONIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The CBD shop Brownies is relocating within Colonie. The shop, which hopes to start cannabis sales soon, is moving from 1593 Central Avenue to 1686 Central Avenue. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Brownies is owned by mother and son duo Kelly and Michael Hilland. They opened Brownies two years ago in Colonie.Michael Hilland said they needed a bigger space. The new location is a stand-alone building, as opposed to a plaza, with a 20-space parking lot. Brownies is currently closed while they move into the new space at 1686 Central Avenue. Multiple agencies searching for missing child in Saratoga County Brownies was awarded a Conditional Adult Use Retail Dispensary (CAURD) license by the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) at the end of July. The dispensary will be selling THC flower, cartridges, edibles, topicals, oils, and concentrates.At the new store, Hilland said they'll be adding a terpene smell wal...

NY adult-use cannabis license applications set to open

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Cannabis Control Board has announced the opening of general applications for certain adult-use cannabis licenses. Applications for cultivator, processor, distributor, microbusiness and retail dispensary licenses will be available through New York Business Express starting October 4. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The Office of Cannabis Management will begin its first approval process for applicants with control over a proposed retail dispensary or microbusiness by 5 p.m. on November 3. All adult-use license applications must be submitted by 5 p.m. on December 4, 2024. The Cannabis Law has an established goal of awarding 50% of all adult-use licenses to Social and Economic Equity (SEE) applicants with the mission of promoting equity and fair access. SEE applicants include individuals from communities disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of cannabis prohibition, minority an...

Avalanche on the penalty kill: Increased expectations, but also two key players to replace

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

Colorado Avalanche assistant coach Nolan Pratt delivered a simple message to his prospective penalty killers at a meeting early in training camp.There are a couple of key guys from the PK a season ago who need to be replaced, but Pratt wanted to set the standard high.“He said, ‘We know the expectation for the (power play) is to be top-five. Why don’t we have the same expectation?” Avs defenseman Josh Manson said. “That should be our mentality coming in, that we want to be a top-five PK, because we can do it.’“I think that really hit the nail on the head.”Everyone knows the Avalanche have the firepower to score with anyone, and any power play that features Cale Makar flanked by Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen is going to have a high floor and sky-high expectations. The Avs have finished sixth and seventh in the NHL on the power play in the previous two seasons, while the PK has been middle of the pack (15th two years ago, 17th last season...

2 dead in wrong-way Tesla crash in Corona

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:04:25 GMT

Two people died in a head-on crash on the 91 Freeway in Corona early Monday morning.A wrong-way driver behind the wheel of a Tesla Model 3 was reported headed east in westbound lanes at 12:10 a.m., and two minutes later, they crashed head-on into a Mitsubishi Lancer near the on-ramp for North Lincoln Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.Footage from the scene showed that both vehicles sustained burn damage, but the fires were extinguished by the time cameras arrived.While initially only one fatality was confirmed, CHP officials later clarified that both drivers were killed as a result of the crash. The two men have not been identified.No passengers were in the vehicles, and "alcohol and/or drugs are unknown factors at this time," the CHP said.All westbound lanes were closed for several hours, but they were reopened by 3:40 a.m.Any witnesses who may have observed the incident are encouraged to call the CHP at 951-637-8000.Nancy Fontan contributed to this report.