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Monday around 12:30 p.m., Bluffs officers spotted a stolen Mercedes in a parking lot on South Eighth Street.

Forecasters issued a flood warning for about three hours into late Tuesday morning for urban areas and small streams in Douglas and Sarpy Counties because of the heavy rains.

The intersection of North 60th and Maple Streets has various lane restrictions for one day for fiber-optic installation.

The La Vista City Council approved the city’s official request for relinquishment of 84th Street, from Harrison Street to Giles Road, at a recent meeting. The request will now go to the Transportation Department.

Freezing salaries and health insurance contributions will initially affect a small number of employees who are among the highest earners in OPS, including executive directors, in-house legal counsel, chief officers and department directors. Depending on experience, salaries for those employees…

The real Bob Donlan, 54, said his cartoons are partly a coping mechanism for stress and anxiety. “And maybe,” he said, “it allows me to say things I’m afraid to say out loud.”

Sludge is the solid stuff that comes out the other end of Omaha’s wastewater treatment plant system after people flush. Andy Harpenau said the city should consider mixing sludge with yard waste to make a product that he says would…

Christian speaker Tom Meyer, who is known for his memorization of the Bible, will do presentations from the New Testament on Sunday at Park Lane Baptist Church, 5550 N. 60th Ave.

Quentin Bauer, 12, was knocked out of the competition Monday. He earned a trip to the national bee by winning the highly competitive Nebraska state bee.

Sarah Rose Summers, a 2013 graduate of Papillion-La Vista South High School, beat out 50 other women from all the states and the District of Columbia. Summers has primarily focused on the issue of eating since being crowned Miss Nebraska…