Beacon

A council has launched a legal challenge against the government's approval of the Beacon Fen solar farm near Sleaford, Lincolnshire. The large-scale renewable energy project had been given the green light despite local objections. The move reignites debate over solar development on farmland and the balance between national clean energy targets and local planning concerns.

A columnist writing in the Newton Beacon argues that Newton, Massachusetts should embrace more 'front-yard retail' — small shops and businesses operating out of residential properties — as a way to strengthen the city's village centers. The piece suggests this kind of small-scale, neighborhood-level commerce could help make the villages more vibrant and walkable.

The NFL's Week 4 schedule and broadcast announcer pairings have been published, with outlets including the Akron Beacon Journal and Yahoo Sports listing which networks and commentary teams will cover each game. Fans use these listings to decide which broadcasts to watch and to follow how marquee matchups are staffed on air as the season moves into its fourth week.

A new novel, 'Rough Cuts', satirizes the censorship culture of the 1920s American film industry, drawing on the era when studios faced heavy-handed moral scrutiny. The book was featured in an Akron Beacon Journal Book Talk segment, which highlights its comic take on how filmmakers navigated censors during the silent and early sound era.

NFL fans are looking up which Week 4 Sunday games air today and on which channels. The Akron Beacon Journal has published a guide listing the full Sunday schedule, broadcast channels and times so viewers know where to watch each matchup as the season reaches its fourth week.

The Pentagon has ordered a test of an orbital solar power beacon, according to OilPrice. The project would collect solar energy in space and transmit it as a beacon, a concept long studied for supplying power to remote military installations without fuel convoys. Details on the contractor, timeline and scale of the demonstration have not been released, and it remains unclear whether the test is aimed at operational deployment or purely research purposes.