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Planned Parenthood has announced that it will expand in Nebraska, even as it makes plans to operate without federal family planning funds.

Organizations big and small — a record 967 of them — will benefit from the online donations made through Omaha Gives, the 24-hour blitz of charitable giving that begins at midnight.

The Clyde Malone Community Center will host its annual Juneteenth Celebration from 1-5 p.m. on June 16 at Trago Park, North 22nd and U streets.

Call it Lake Mustang.

Convergys, a company that operates call centers, will close its Omaha operations at the end of the month.

Lincoln’s StarTran bus service is now offering its summer StarPass for riders ages 5 through 18.

Lincoln City Libraries and its foundation will announce the three finalists for the 2018 One Book–One Lincoln community reading program at 10:30 a.m. Monday at The Mill, 800 P St.

Dr Pepper is ending the popular Larry Culpepper “Ice cold Dr Pepper here!” ads after a half-decade campaign tied to college football. The character, a pop salesman, was played by Omaha native and Creighton Prep graduate James M. Connor.

The fire just north of 168th Street and West Maple Road was called in around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday.

A 21-year-old mother of two killed last month in northwest Omaha was not the shooter’s intended target, an Omaha police detective said Tuesday in Douglas County Court.