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$300K in enhanced bike facilities, bus stops planned in northwest, east Austin

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Construction on new transit facilities and cycling infrastructure is underway off Lakeline Boulevard and Loyola Lane in northwest and east Austin.The projects are being done in collaboration between the City of Austin and CapMetro. Both projects are designed to improve transit access for those walking, biking and catching a bus in the area, city officials said in an Austin Mobility newsletter Monday.Construction on new transit facilities and cycling infrastructure is underway off Lakeline Boulevard and Loyola Lane in northwest and east Austin. (Courtesy: City of Austin)Near the H-E-B Plus along Lakeline Boulevard, project highlights include:New westbound multimodal bus stop with improved access to area shops, retailersEnhanced, safer bicycle facilities at the bus stop Redesigned lane configuration "to accommodate transit operational needs"Planned improvements at the intersection of Loyola Lane and Sandshof Drive include:Two new multimodal bus stops on the northwest ...

Gophers receiver Le’Meke Brockington out for rest of the season

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

The Gophers will be without starting wide receiver Le’Meke Brockington for the rest of the 2023 football season, the Pioneer Press learned Wednesday.Brockington was injured in the second quarter of last Saturday’s 35-24 victory over Louisiana. It immediately looked serious as Brockington was downfield blocking when he was bent backward awkwardly as running back Zach Evans accidentally rolled up on Brockington’s legs.Brockington had his lower left leg immediately put in an immobilizing brace and was taken on a cart to the locker room at Huntington Bank Stadium. The third-year player from Moultrie, Ga., gave fans a thumbs up as he was taken inside. The specific injury diagnosis is not known.Brockington had an eight-percent target share through five games, which was fourth-highest on the team this season. He has nine total targets for five receptions, 73 yards and one touchdown.Elijah Spencer, a transfer from Charlotte, is expected to see a bigger role now that Brockington ...

St. Paul high school student arrested with gun in his backpack

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

St. Paul police found a gun when they went to a high school Wednesday to arrest a student in connection to a past shooting outside another school.Officers went to Como Park Senior High School as they were following up on an investigation into a drive-by shooting in January that grazed a staff member outside Washington Technology Magnet School in St. Paul.When they arrested a 17-year-old student, they found a gun in his backpack, according to Alyssa Arcand, a St. Paul police spokeswoman.The teen was booked into the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm. Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Teen receives 25-year prison sentence for Michael Brasel fatal shooting Crime & Public Safety | Oakdale drunk driver ‘robbed us of everything,’ mother of late teen says after sentencing Crime & Public Safety | Missing girl’s rescue in upstate New York came as pivota...

Adult-use cannabis applications now open in New York State

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- From now until December 4, those wanting to enter New York’s cannabis industry can apply to do so."We’re expecting tens of thousands of applications from all over the country to try and start their businesses here in the great State of New York," said Damian Fagon, The Office of Cannabis Management's Chief Equity Officer.The Office of Cannabis Management is looking to distribute between 1,000 to 1,500 adult- use cannabis licenses."Of those 1,000 new licenses, half of those are new retail dispensary licenses. Obviously we need a lot more stores around the state. We have some indoor grow licenses for folks who got a green thumb, processor, distributor, and microbusiness."There is a fee to apply. For social equity applicants it’s $500. For everyone else, it’s $1,000.People who have locations secured for a dispensary or microbusiness are being urged to apply by November 3 to fast track the process.As New York’s legal marijuana industry grows, the state is crackin...

CDTA Fall Festival returns for first time since 2019

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Capital District Transportation Authority is back for the first time since 2019! The festival will be held at the CDTA Headquarters at 110 Watervliet Avenue on Thursday, October 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Festivities include a reading by The RED Bookshelf, bounce houses, carnival games, balloon twisting, a petting zoo, a VIA Aquarium demonstration, and more! Families can also take a harvest hayride through the CDTA paint shop.Local law enforcement agencies and first responders will be on-site providing demonstrations. There will also be refreshments available.

Albany man charged with stealing from Domino's driver

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Albany Police Department arrested a 27-year-old for allegedly robbing a Domino's delivery driver on August 29. Nasir Shabazz was charged with two counts of robbery in the second degree. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Police say the incident occurred around 11:55 p.m. in the area of North Pearl Street and Livingston Avenue. The victim told officers that when she told the man the fee for the food delivery, he punched her in the face several times and stole the food. The victim sustained swelling to the face. Shabazz was arraigned in Albany City Criminal Court and remanded to the Albany County Jail.

Vice President Kamala Harris to visit St. Louis for DNC fall meeting

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Vice President Kamala Harris will pay a visit to St. Louis this weekend and plans to speak at the Democratic National Committee's fall meeting. Harris currently plans to deliver remarks during a campaign reception Friday evening, according to a spokesperson from the Missouri Democratic Party. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is also expected to attend. Alderwoman grabs mic after questions about her absence from meetings Other plans around Harris' visit to St. Louis are still in the works.The Democratic National Committee's fall meeting consists of three days of events from Thursday to Saturday at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel. Anyone looking to attend the DNC fall meeting should fill out the following registration form.

St. Louis native Katurah Topps takes on Survivor

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis native, Katurah Topps, 35, is competing on the 45th season of CBS's Survivor this year. She is currently a civil rights attorney in Brooklyn, New York, and she represents a strong local presence on the show.MANA ISLAND - SURVIVOR, Wednesday, Oct. 4, (8:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R): Katurah Topps. (Photo by Robert Voets/CBS via Getty Images)In this season of Survivor, a group of 18 contestants finds themselves stranded in Fiji, divided into three tribes of six members each. They are tasked with building a new society while adapting to the physical and social challenges of their environment. The game subjects players to a series of challenges that test both their mental and physical abilities.Players must make choices about taking risks for potential rewards while also navigating the complex social dynamics and forming alliances that can assist them. Despite their diverse backgrounds, all participants share the common goal...

Coach Prime TV series: Colorado film office may provide half a million dollars in tax rebates

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

All eyes have been on Colorado this college football season — including the eyes behind these sunglasses — as Deion Sanders, better known as Coach Prime, has taken the University of Colorado Buffaloes team to a 3-2 record, so far, with the kind of unique panache that has garnered international attention, celebrity accoutrements and headline after headline.The next big news? Amazon Prime Video and SMAC Productions have begun filming season two of “Coach Prime,” a multi-part “documentary” series that followed Sanders last year when he was coaching at Jackson State University and eventually to Boulder.And just as interesting: the Colorado Office of Film, Television, and Media said Wednesday that it has “approved a Colorado film incentive for the show.“Per the applicant’s estimations, (the state) anticipates approximately $4.9 million in qualified local expenditures, resulting in an anticipated rebate of $500,000. With the multiplier effec...

Jefferson County airport announces full shift to unleaded fuel, setting 2027 goal

Published Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:45:07 GMT

BROOMFIELD — Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport said Wednesday it will fully shift from the use of toxic leaded aviation gasoline to unleaded fuel at its facility within four years.The Jefferson County airport, with nearly 300,000 takeoffs and landings last year and even more expected by the end of 2023, will beat by three years the federal mandate that piston engine aircraft switch, by 2030, to unleaded-only fuel.The announcement comes as neighbors living around the general aviation airport have in recent years decried contamination from lead particles that descend from overhead propeller plane emissions — many of which are flight-school aircraft. They have also complained of continuing noise overhead from all the flights at the airport, though that’s a problem that changing to unleaded fuel won’t mitigate.“The majority of flight schools can switch to the 94UL,” airport director Paul Anslow said Wednesday, as airplanes buzzed the skies above the...