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Mike Wysocki’s Careers By the People: Candid Career Advice from 101 Experienced Professionals was named a Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award’s Career category.

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The NYC Big Book Award announced its 2026 winners and distinguished favorites, marking the program’s 10th anniversary and recognizing 163 subcategory winners across 15 major categories.

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Farm Athletes will hold its inaugural Golf Classic on Sept. 11 at Lochland Country Club in Hastings, Nebraska, to raise scholarship money for college athletes from farm and ranch backgrounds.

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Website Closers completed the sale of Disc Store, a major e-commerce retailer for Ultimate Frisbee and disc golf, to buyer Alex Greif.

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Berry Law said it was named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, marking the Lincoln, Nebraska firm’s ninth appearance among America’s fastest-growing private companies.

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The Empowerment Network will host its 20th annual African American Leadership Conference Oct. 1-2 in Omaha, bringing entrepreneurs, civic leaders and national speakers together around wealth building, career advancement and community impact.

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Traffic deaths are down across Hillsborough County, but Tampa’s most dangerous corridors still account for most of the city’s fatal crashes.

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Able Autism Therapy is expanding into the Clear Lake/Webster area of Houston as the Georgia-based autism therapy provider continues adding franchise locations.

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Learnewable’s analysis of 3,142 U.S. counties finds that opposition to data centers is usually technology-specific, while solar and battery storage remain neutral or favorable in most of the same places.

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Right Angle Entertainment and Paul T. Couch have announced a 2026 national tour of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, launching Nov. 14 in Princeton, West Virginia.

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Christiane Scarpino’s memoir Missing Pieces won the NYC Big Book Award in New New Nonfiction (First time published), giving new visibility to a survivor account of the 1977 Mobil Oil Building bombing in New York City. The recognition spotlights a…

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The NYC Big Book Award named L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 42 the winner in its Anthology category, recognizing 12 original speculative fiction stories and illustrations by emerging writers and artists.

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L. A. Tramwell’s young adult novel, Gretna Can’t Get Any Greener, was named a Distinguished Favorite in the Teen category by the NYC Big Book Award.

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Cheer Athletics Omaha will send its first competitive team, the Courage CAts, to the AAU Junior Olympic Games on July 27 in Omaha.

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Kansas City security firm SK Security says it has grown from a one-off contract in 2017 to a seven-state operation with 400 employees, more than 5,000 five-star reviews and $25 million in sales.

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Gerald Everett Jones’ historical novel Jonathan’s Journal was named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2026 NYC Big Book Award’s General Fiction category.

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Izzy, An Octopus Tale by Charles Rawlings, MD, JD; Leah Perez; and Morgan Rawlings won the NYC Big Book Award’s Childrens Educational category.

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Kay Louise Bowen’s novel Secrets II Vengeance & Revenge was named a winner in the Psychological Thriller category at the NYC Big Book Award, adding international recognition to her earlier Independent Press Award success.

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The International Association of Better Business Bureaus announced four winners of its 2026 International Torch Awards for Ethics, with honorees ranging from a small architecture firm to Hy-Vee. The awards spotlight businesses that score highly on…

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Wick Buildings and Summit Contracting have teamed up to expand engineered post-frame building offerings across the northern Plains.