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Valentina Cruz / Corpus Christi:Downtown Corpus Christi Hosts 19th Día de los Muertos Festival Amid Weekend of Halloween EventsThe free Día de los Muertos Street Festival returns Saturday, joined by costume, race, pumpkin-painting and trick-or-treating events across the Coastal Bend.

More: State Letter Says Robstown-Area Water District Topped Arsenic and Dissolved-Solids Limits

Khalid Rahman / Cincinnati:Century-Old Dayton Gas Station Becomes Neighborhood Gathering Spot as Elliott CoffeeA family-founded café in a former gas station and mechanic shop in Dayton, Kentucky, is drawing long lines and fostering a small-town feel about 10 minutes from downtown Cincinnati.

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Ama Boateng / Madison:Students Race to Secure Housing as Madison Rents ClimbWith rents near campus rising and high-rise apartments replacing older houses, University of Wisconsin-Madison students say the search for next year's housing now begins as early as summer.

More: Team of Madison Dads Takes Top Prize at Red Bull Chariot Race on Langdon Street, Wisconsin men's tennis beats Penn at home, falls to Middle Tennessee State in a decisive third set

Ivan Petrov / Raleigh:Maggiano's, Millie's Ice Cream and South Block Headed to Raleigh as Triangle Dining Scene GrowsNew restaurant openings, Michelin Guide recognition and a busy slate of food events are shaping the Triangle's dining calendar heading into November.

Miguel Hernandez / Miami:Havana Harry's Reopens in Coral Gables After Year-Long RenovationThe Cuban restaurant, a Coral Gables fixture for more than three decades, has returned with a redesigned interior and its familiar menu intact.

More: Man, 67, Gets Six Years in Prison After Drunken Crash That Killed Sleeping Homeowner in Miami, Daughters of Slain Miami Springs Officer to Hear Their Father's Voice for the First Time

Chinedu Okafor / Kyle:Heiskanen's Overtime Pass Sends Hintz Away as Stars Beat Jets 3-2Miro Heiskanen set up Roope Hintz for a breakaway winner at 3:47 of overtime, capping a night of heavy minutes for Dallas's top defensemen.

Fatima Zayed / Kansas City:Kansas City Drops New Jail Plan, Will Convert Unopened Temporary Facility Into Permanent JailFacing a public safety tax that covers only about a quarter of planned project costs, Kansas City is shifting to a $120 million retrofit of its modular detention center rather than building a $201 million jail.

More: Federal Immigration Agents Probe Suspected Voter Fraud in Missouri as Midterms Near, Independence Voters Weigh $19.9 Million Bond to Restore Five City-Owned Historic Sites

Chinedu Okafor / Laredo:Laredo Mayoral Hopefuls Lay Out First-100-Day Priorities as Early Voting ContinuesFour of the five candidates on the ballot for Laredo mayor described what they would tackle first if elected, with public health, council unity, business growth and water topping their lists.

More: Judge Keeps Ex-Cotulla ISD Technology Chief in Custody Ahead of Child Pornography Trial, Cigarroa's Offensive Line Sets a Physical Tone in Option Attack

Ivan Petrov / Chapel Hill:Jury Weighs Faith Hedgepeth Murder Case After First Day of Deliberations Ends Without VerdictJurors deciding the case against Miguel Salguero Olivares, 14 years after the UNC-Chapel Hill sophomore's death, asked to review fingerprint and DNA reports before going home Thursday evening.

Natalia Campos / Detroit:Michigan Attorney Disbarred Over Handling of Girl's Wrongful Death Settlement, Ordered to Pay Nearly $660,000Gregory Rohl, who represented the family of a 3-year-old killed in a 2017 school accident, was disbarred effective Oct. 1 after discipline officials found he misused settlement money meant in part for her siblings.

More: Three-Alarm Fire Hospitalizes Two Residents and a Firefighter at Detroit's Russell Woods Manor Apartments, Wayne and Oakland County Voters to Weigh 10-Year Millage for Detroit's Historical Museums

Zanele Khumalo / Oklahoma City:Oklahoma Education Board Downgrades 59 Districts Under New Academic Accreditation RuleThe State Board of Education placed dozens of districts, including the state's three largest, on "accredited with warning" in the first use of a rule tying accreditation to student test performance.

More: Nine Oklahoma City Venues Offer Ways to Take Kids' Birthday Parties Out of the House, Oklahoma Adds Villanova Rebounder Duke Brennan Through the Transfer Portal

Fatima Zayed / St. Louis:Philip Slein Gallery fills its space with career retrospective of St. Louis painter Edward E. BocciaA survey of more than 30 paintings and a first major monograph mark the legacy of the Washington University professor and World War II Ghost Army veteran, who painted until his death in 2012.

More: Scare outside City Hall becomes a lesson for new St. Louis Youth Council members, St. Louis County Urges Residents to Carry More Naloxone as Carfentanil Deaths Rise

Chinedu Okafor / San Antonio:San Antonio's '210 La Chismosa' Turns Online Gossip Into Community SupportCecilia Chavez, who runs a Facebook group with more than 224,000 followers, says her platform has become a way to share information and help people in need, and a source of purpose after her son's death.

More: San Antonio's Gunter Hotel Plans Three-Day Tribute to Robert Johnson's 1936 Recording Session, Interactive Courtroom Drama Lets San Antonio Audiences Decide the Verdict

Khalid Rahman / Cincinnati:Cincinnati Marks the Legacy of Silent-Film Star Theda Bara With Sold-Out Mariemont ScreeningAvondale native Theda Bara, the silent era's original screen "vamp," will be honored Saturday at the Mariemont Theatre with film screenings, a panel discussion and a costume contest.

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