Good morning, Lincoln.

P Street between 12th and 13th will close Monday, Nov.

2, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for Christmas light installation; drivers should detour via 11th to M to 17th (StarTran routes 24, 27, 42, and 49 will be detoured).

Kids dressed as police officers and firefighters were sworn in at the third annual Halloween swearing-in Thursday, hosted by Lincoln police, the Lincoln Fire Department, and City Council members to give trick-or-treaters a chance to 'join the force' for the night.

Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska kicked off a year long 100th anniversary celebration with a banquet at the Country Club of Lincoln featuring keynote Jordan Larsen, and will mark the centennial with local events and a traveling historical exhibit across the state (serving more than 11,000 scouts annually).

Lincoln City Libraries will launch the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program on Nov.

9 to help families read 1,000 books with children before kindergarten; families can sign up at all eight branches, two bookmobiles, or on the Beanstack app. Children earn small prizes at each 250-book milestone + a T-shirt and diploma when they finish.

City officials will launch the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program to encourage families to read 1,000 books before kids start school; it will begin Nov.

9 (Children's Book Week) at Walt Branch Library and will offer storytimes, print and digital books, and milestone prizes.

NDOT will replace bridge joints on I-80 beginning Nov.

4 with nightly lane closures (mile marker 427) from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.; work will start in eastbound lanes, then shift to westbound, and is expected to take 10 days.

City crews will close Sumner Street and part of 52nd Street from Tuesday, Nov.

3 through Sunday, Nov. 8 to move the William Jennings Bryan house, with the move planned for Saturday, Nov. 7; ER access will remain via 49th Street (electronic signs will direct drivers).

The Lincoln Sports Foundation cut the ribbon Oct.

29 on four new indoor volleyball courts in a 20,000 sqft facility near 70th and Arbor Road, funded by private donations and Lancaster County grants. Renovations to the lobby, restrooms, spectator seating, and a mezzanine will begin (Dec. 1 to mid-May 2027).

Lincoln Christian will host the city's only high school football playoff game today, a first-round matchup vs. Minden starting at 7:00 p.m. on the school's campus (the Crusaders earned the berth after a seven-win regular season and a 43-14 win over Milford).