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Get ready to experience the next generation of drive-in theaters at Loco Drive-In, opening this summer in Loudon.

With Reno starting its recovery from the pandemic, the project is now back to full construction, Smith said. At the same time, it also faces a different set of challenges. At the top of the list is the increase in construction costs. The price of lumber, for example, is up 400% since March. The increased costs are especially being felt at the apartment portion of the project. If the high costs continue, it could potentially have an impact on rents. The 5th & Vine Apartments is located on the so...

The groundbreaking event comes one week after Sparks Planning Commission voted down a proposed expansion of the project.

This week, Crawford and Associates offered a rundown of its analysis before Shawnee City Commissioners. According to the firms annual Performeter analysis, for the 2020 fiscal year, the citys overall rating was a 6.4, based on a scale of 0 to 10. The 2020 overall reading of 6.4 indicates Shawnee’s overall financial health is above satisfactory. To determine financial stability, Crawfords Performeter gauges within three subcomponents: • Financial position ratios — that measure financial he...

Wimpy in the White House Hugo Gurdon © Provided by Washington Examiner LetterEditor.jpg The man in the Oval Office is like Wimpy, Popeye’s foil, who’d “gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Joe Biden demands trillions of dollars of spending over the next eight years and promises America will pay for it over 15 years. It’s implausible because, like Wimpy, whose trick was to avoid showing up on Tuesday, Biden won’t be in the White House when the bills come...

Carthage police asking for help locating suspect who shot victim, fled scene Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact the Carthage Police Department at (903) 693-3866. By Stephanie Frazier | April 14, 2021 at 3:04 PM CDT - Updated April 14 at 3:19 PM CARTHAGE, Texas (KLTV) - Police Chief Blake Smith says a man was shot during the early hours of Monday morning. Smith said at 1:45 a.m. Monday, Carthage Police Department received a report of an assault victim in the 100...

Podcast: The 3WHH on Democracy at Easter Winston Churchill wrote that “No two cities have counted more with mankind than Athens and Jerusalem. Their messages in religion, philosophy, and art have been the main guiding lights of modern faith and culture.” For Easter and Passover Lucretia and I decided to take up the Jerusalem side of this theme with the help of a forgotten figure who was a major influence on the young Churchill—the American politician Bourke Cochran. In particular, in a 19...

Effingham, IL / Effingham Radio Apr 3, 2021 8:37 AM The Cumberland Pirates avoided a let down against Villa Grove with a 34-0 win on Friday night. Cumberland would get scores from all three phases of the game with 2 offensive touchdown, 2 defensive touchdowns and a special teams touchdown. Cumberland got their first score of the night in the first quarter on a fourth and goal from the nine as Logan Thilker was able to find Ross Hemmen in the endzone for a touchdown and the Pirates never looked ...

Minnesotan erupts for Harris Chain victory Sunday, March 7, 2021 By B.A.S.S. Communications Staff Overcoming a modest start, Keith Tuma of Brainerd, Minn., caught the week’s biggest bag of 26-02 Saturday to win the Harris Chain Bassmaster Southern Open with a three-day total of 58-13. One of only two anglers to break 20 pounds twice (also 2nd-place Alex Wetherell), Tuma caught 12-06 on Day 1 and placed 58th. Friday saw him rebound with a limit of 20-05, which moved him into 10th. Knowing he co...

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