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Now here are the top stories to look out for in Wednesday's paper:

• Homecoming festivities are taking place all over Douglas County. 
• The attorney for a former Alexandria police chief wants a swindling charge to be dropped.
• The Alexandria City Council set its tax levy. Read how it will affect you.
• In Life, an Alexandria author wrote a children’s book about kids with disabilities.
• In Sports, the Knights football team got big plays when they needed them.

To read more from these stories and others, look for them in our print edition and online at echopress.com.

To order Alexandria author, Beth Leipholtz's, book, "The Abcs of Inclusion, go to her Kickstarter page. Kickstarter ends on Sept. 29, at 8:48 a.m.