WSSU ends six-game skid with 43-14 win over Bluefield State
Winston-Salem State beat Bluefield State 43-14 at Bowman Gray Stadium for its first win of the season.
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Greensboro students march to vote without campus early-voting sites
Students from A&T, UNC Greensboro and Bennett College marched to Union Square on the first day of early voting. The campuses are not listed as early-voting sites in Guilford County’s 2026 schedule.
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Newark school lease clears state board, but approvals remain
A 4-2 vote advances Newark Public Schools’ proposed $498.4 million, 30-year lease for Riverfront Elementary, but the agreement is not final.
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Jersey City ShopRite opens at 85,000-square-foot Everton site
ShopRite of Hudson Exchange Place opened at 99 Provost Street, replacing the Metro Plaza location with a larger supermarket.
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Flagstaff council selects Milazzo for vacant seat
The council selected Moses Milazzo on Oct. 16. His formal appointment and swearing-in are scheduled for Oct. 20.
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Glendale water-rate plan remains pending before Nov. 3 hearing
Glendale’s proposed five-year water-rate changes have not been adopted. The City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing Nov. 3.
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Peoria sets Oct. 21 review of El Mirage Road design
Peoria and ADOT will present final-design plans for the El Mirage Road connection between Loop 303 and Jomax Road on Oct. 21. Public comments are due by Nov. 6.
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Moreno Valley Museum Opened 17 Days Before Private Ceremony
The museum opened Sept. 25, ahead of an invitation-only city ceremony at the Moreno Valley Mall on Oct. 12.
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Mesa board reviews Gateway Crossing; no approval vote taken
Mesa’s Design Review Board reviewed Gateway Crossing plans on Oct. 13, but did not take a formal vote.
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TEP gives $100,000 to expand Pima County preschool access
The contribution is the first corporate gift to United Way’s Supercharging PEEPs effort. More than 600 children were on the program’s waitlist, according to a county supervisor.
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Overland Park’s Boundless Playground opens to public
Brody Rea’s Boundless Playground opened Oct. 14 at the Blue Valley Sports Complex. It is open daily from dawn to dusk, weather permitting.
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Arlington Heights Park District schedules hearing on $6 million bond proposal
A public hearing on the park district’s proposed $6 million bond sale is set for Oct. 27 at its Administration Center.
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Oshkosh, Algoma complete joint fire and EMS study
Oshkosh and the Town of Algoma completed a joint fire and EMS study. A public meeting to review its findings is scheduled for Oct. 22.
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Pine Bluff council reportedly shifts $55,000 in police budget
Citizen Portal reports that the City Council approved a $55,000 reallocation within the Police Department’s 2026 budget, for uniforms, training and qualification testing, and copy machines.
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Schaumburg keeps four-way stop in National Parkway plan
The Village Board chose an all-way stop over a mini-roundabout for National Parkway and Thacker Street. The wider road project remains planned.
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Iowa City woman deported to Sierra Leone after Ivory Coast order
Fatou Traore was deported to Sierra Leone on Oct. 12. Her 2011 withholding-of-removal order concerned return to Ivory Coast.
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Jury seated in Sheng Thao’s Oakland federal trial
Twelve jurors and six alternates were sworn in Oct. 13. Testimony began Oct. 15 in the trial of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and three co-defendants.
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Clarksville begins Bel-Aire skatepark construction, targets April 2027
Work began Oct. 12 at the former Bel-Aire pool site. The city anticipates completion in April 2027.
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North Yarmouth voters face county commissioner choice Nov. 3
Democrat Amy Leshure and Independent Robert P. Vail are listed for Cumberland County Commissioner District 3. North Yarmouth voters can request absentee ballots through Oct. 29.
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Gulfport Church’s Chicken reopens in rebuilt Pass Road site
Church’s Chicken reopened its Pass Road restaurant on Oct. 15 after several months of closure. The former building was replaced on the same site.
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Justice Department joins Evanston reparations lawsuit
A federal judge allowed the United States to join a lawsuit challenging Evanston’s program. The ruling does not decide the claims or change the program’s operation.
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Tinton Falls adopts data center prohibition in borough code
Tinton Falls lists a notice of adoption for an ordinance adding data centers as a prohibited use in two sections of the borough code.