Weiterer Topact für das Schlossgrabenfest angekündigt
February 25, 2026·6 min
The episode opens with a job advertisement from Michael Richter GmbH in Rheinheim. It then transitions to the morning news update, starting with the announcement of Berlin rapper Icky Mel for the Schlossgrabenfest in Darmstadt from May 21-24, which will feature 60 bands and 10 DJs. The festival lineup already includes Jan Delay and Disco No. 1 for Friday and pop artist Zartmann for Saturday, with a Thursday headliner to be announced later. Next, it covers a successful charity initiative by Darmstadt 98 captain Marcel Schuhn and the Wiesbaden initiative Legends for Life, which auctioned signed jerseys to raise 36,142 euros for cancer research, inspired by the cancer diagnosis of ex-pro Dennis Diekmeyer's daughter Delany. A traffic accident on the B42 near Büttelborn is reported, where a driver crossed into oncoming traffic, causing a head-on collision and injuring multiple people, leading to a four-hour road closure. The episode then describes a kitten rescue by the Tribur volunteer fire department, where a fireman in wading gear saved a kitten from a water basin on a former geothermal test field. Finally, it notes that the Verdi union is expanding warning strikes in public transport across Hessian cities like Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, affecting 5,200 employees. The episode concludes with a reminder to visit echo-online.de for more information and credits the VAM production team.
