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Upsets on the horizon? Picking all of the Week 8 football games

Upsets on the horizon? Picking all of the Week 8 football games

Reporter Andrew John is 56-13 on his picks this season. Sports editor Shad Powers is 45-24.
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Car crashes into Palm Springs shops, sounding like ‘a bomb’

Car crashes into Palm Springs shops, sounding like ‘a bomb’

The owners of the downtown Palm Springs store Gallivant were hoping a slow summer was coming to an end. Then a car crashed into their shop window.
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Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Highlights Affordable Housing and Public Safety in State of the City Address

Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird Highlights Affordable Housing and Public Safety in State of the City Address

Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird delivered her State of the City Address, emphasizing progress in affordable housing and public safety. She highlighted new affordable housing units, including FiftyOne Commons and Mural Apartments, and announced a new project near 112th and Adams, inviting developers to propose building at least 1,500 homes on over 200 acres of city-owned land. Mayor Gaylor Baird also noted her advocacy for the bipartisan 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which became law this summer with the leadership of Congressman Mike Flood, providing communities with more tools to increase housing supply and homeownership. In public safety, she reported the addition of 31 new police officer positions during her tenure, with four more planned for 2027, and praised the Lincoln Fire and Rescue's achievements, including a Class 1 ISO rating and a cardiac arrest survival rate more than double the national average.
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Hartford Community Demands Enhanced Street Safety Near Maria Sanchez School

Hartford Community Demands Enhanced Street Safety Near Maria Sanchez School

Parents and community members in Hartford are actively petitioning city officials for improved street safety measures around the Maria Sanchez Elementary School. The Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) of Maria C. Colón Sánchez Elementary School and the Hartford Deportation Defense Familias Unidas Schools Committee initiated the petition, citing social media reports of crashes and a lack of adequate pedestrian safety infrastructure near the school. They highlight the absence of sufficient stop signs, clearly marked crosswalks, and warning signs, which they believe contribute to reckless driving in the area. A crossing guard was reportedly run over last year, further emphasizing the urgency of their demands. City officials have acknowledged the concerns and have assigned a traffic safety officer and a crossing guard to the area, with a uniformed Hartford police officer also present at the intersection on Monday afternoon.
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Driver kills bicyclist in Palm Springs crash

Driver kills bicyclist in Palm Springs crash

A driver on East Palm Canyon Drive collided with a bicyclist, who was pronounced dead at the scene in Palm Springs.
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Historic Santa Monica Bar, The Victorian, to Close and Reopen as Exclusive Private Members Club

Historic Santa Monica Bar, The Victorian, to Close and Reopen as Exclusive Private Members Club

Historic Santa Monica Bar, The Victorian, to Close and Reopen as Exclusive Private Members Club
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Savannah's Project DeRenne receives funding boost with federal grant

Savannah's Project DeRenne receives funding boost with federal grant

Savannah secured an $11 million grant to help reduce traffic congestion along the critical DeRenne Avenue corridor.
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Is Jani Nyman the most prolific scorer in Firebirds history?

Is Jani Nyman the most prolific scorer in Firebirds history?

The 22-year-old from Finland has 56 goals in 104 regular season AHL games and that begs the question, why isn't he on the Kraken?
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Issue with owl response, upset about low-income exclusion | Letters

Issue with owl response, upset about low-income exclusion | Letters

Letters include how the city should pay for owl rescue, and how development reneged on low-income rentals.
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Local Organizations Advocate for 'Common Sense Guardrails' on Hyperscale Data Centers in Sioux Falls

Local Organizations Advocate for 'Common Sense Guardrails' on Hyperscale Data Centers in Sioux Falls

A coalition of local organizations in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is calling for increased protections against large, hyperscale data centers. These groups convened in Sioux Falls to discuss the necessity of implementing what they term 'common sense guardrails' for such projects. The organizations emphasize that their proposal for a moratorium is not intended as an outright rejection of data center developments. Instead, they view it as a temporary pause designed to allow the public sufficient time to evaluate various options, understand the potential benefits, and consider the drawbacks associated with these large-scale facilities. This initiative reflects a growing concern among community groups regarding the unchecked expansion of data center infrastructure and its potential impacts on the local environment and resources.
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In the days of the old Brunswick River bridge, Belville was different

In the days of the old Brunswick River bridge, Belville was different

From the late '70s to the mid-2000s, passers-by of this Brunswick County town would see a strip of businesses, from motels to a few retail outlets.
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Not going to Head Trip? 4 shows to see this week in Palm Springs area

Not going to Head Trip? 4 shows to see this week in Palm Springs area

Ingrid Michaelson will perform on Sunday at The Plaza Theatre. She tops our list of shows to see this week in the desert.