STATE- BY- STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: State legislators are considering the creation of an Alabama state lottery, WSFA reported. An Auburn University at Montgomery study estimates a lottery could bring in around $ 300 million, but it faces opposition from legislators who view the lottery as a tax on the poor.

ALASKA Ketchikan: State Troopers are investigating the theft of signed art prints from the state ferry office building here, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. ARIZONA Phoenix: More than 1.1 million people attended this year’s Arizona State Fair here. Even though rain falling during five of the Fair’s 19- day run, officials say attendance was only down less than 4% from last year. ARKANSAS Union County: A mother was charged with child endangerment after she gave her 10- month- old son bourbon in a bottle, KATV- TV reported. CALIFORNIA San Francisco: Plans to lease the Palace of Fine Arts to a tenant with enough money to restore and operate the landmark is meeting disapproval from some residents. KPIX reported that two of the three proposals the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Commission is considering for the space include plans for a hotel. COLORADO Colorado Springs: A man reported to be holding a rifle and threating people was shot by police Tuesday, The Colorado Springs Gazette reported. CONNECTICUT West Haven: A middle school teacher fired after a video emerged showing him acting aggressively toward a student says he regrets the confrontation, WVIT- TV reported. DELAWARE Newark: The University of Delaware’s Board of Trustees will vote on the school’s new president next week, The News Journal reported. President Patrick Harker stepped down over the summer to head the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Firefighters rescued a woman from an apartment building’s trash chute, The Washington Post reported. FLORIDA West Melbourne: Construction is under way at the Space Coast Field of Dreams “Community Build” project that, by Sunday, will transform a dirt patch into a 13,000- square- foot playground for special- needs children, Florida Today reported. GEORGIA Columbus: Officials say 100 inmates have passed the Muscogee County Jail’s GED program, The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported. HAWAII Oahu: The state launched a campaign to spread awareness to dengue fever as the number of confirmed cases on the Big Island continues to climb, West Hawaii Today reported. The state Department of Health confirmed six more cases of the mosquito- borne disease Tuesday, bringing the total number of recent cases acquired on the island to 33. IDAHO Nampa: Officials say they have begun reseeding the giant burned area along the Idaho- Oregon border where a wildfire scorched valuable sage grouse habitat and grasslands needed by ranchers, KIVI- TV reported. ( The U. S. Bureau of Land Management plans on dispersing 2.4 million pounds of seed. ILLINOIS Galatia: Residents are bracing for the fallout of the closure of a coal mine planned next year. Murray Energy Corp. announced that it expects to close American Coal Company’s New Era mine in mid- 2016, the

Southern Illinoisan reported.

INDIANA Indianapolis: Sirih, one of the Indianapolis Zoo’s female orangutans, is expecting,

The Indianapolis Star reported. Assuming all goes well, a baby orangutan will join nine others at the zoo some time in the spring, zoo officials said.

IOWA Des Moines: So far this fall, Iowa’s harvest is shaping up to be among the state’s largest,

The Register reported. Iowa farmers are expected to combine a record 2.4 billion bushels of corn, and 520 million bushels of soybeans, its second- largest crop ever, based on federal government estimates.

KANSAS Wichita: A local couple was sentenced to more than five years in prison after beating and abusing their adopted daughter, The Wichita Eagle reported.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Police believe a teenager fatally shot and robbed two men on the same day last month here, The Courier-Journal reported. Jervon Latrelll Hazelwood, 18, was charged with two counts each of murder, firstdegree robbery and tampering with physical evidence.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: A state judge set a $ 1 million bond for each of the two officers who allegedly killed a 6- year- old boy while pursuing his father’s car, CNN reported.

MAINE Portland: Maine’s largest city is seeking proposals to build a municipal network that would offer affordable high- speed broadband to residents and businesses, the Portland Press Herald reported. Portland currently has a fiber- optic network connecting municipal buildings, which does not service nearby residential or commercial properties.

MARYLAND Annapolis: Delegate Chris Adams is sponsoring a newly filed bill that would allow Maryland counties to reverse a state rule requiring fire sprinklers for new homes, The Daily Times reported. Adams says the rule, enacted July 1, has caused a drought in new home construction on the Eastern Shore.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Carol Sanchez, the state’s parks chief, resigned after seven months, The

Boston Globe reported.

MICHIGAN Okemos: A lawsuit alleges that police illegally raided an apartment the night a Ingham County sheriff’s deputy was killed because the white SUV they were pursuing was similar to one parked outside, the Lansing State

Journal reported. The deputy was killed while chasing the white SUV.

MINNESOTA St. Louis Park: A teaching assistant was arrested and accused of criminal sexual conduct, KSTP- TV reported. MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Five volunteer fire departments in Hinds County each received a new Class A tanker- pumper truck with a 3,000- gallon water capacity. The Clarion- Ledger reported that the new trucks cost the county a total of about $ 1.2 million. MISSOURI Richmond: A person died after a single- engine plane crashed in northwest Missouri, KCTV reported. MONTANA Billings: The Billings Gazette reported that southwestern Montana’s bison season opens Nov. 15. The hunt has attracted more than 10,420 applicants for a limited number of licenses. NEBRASKA Lincoln: Voters in the Palmyra- Bennet District OR- 1 school district passed an $ 11.4 million bond issue to renovate and add onto two schools, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. NEVADA Las Vegas: The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is moving forward with demolition plans for the closed Riviera hotel and casino, the Las Vegas Sun reported. NEW HAMPSHIRE

Lancaster: The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department warned motorists to watch out for increased deer activity during the deer mating season, which extends from now through mid-December, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. According to the department’s website, “bucks and does have their minds on other things than traffic.” NEW JERSEY Linden: A State Superior Court Judge dismissed the charges against a man involved in a major drug bust in 2014, citing government misconduct and the destruction of evidence regarding mobile video recorders, the Courier- News reported. NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: State House Majority Leader Nate Gentry expects the House to pass a bill in January permitting cities to enforce curfews for minors and enhancing penalties for crimes against teenagers, the Albuquerque Journal reported. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico opposes the proposal on the grounds that it infringes on teenagers’ civil rights. NEW YORK Albany: A pair of daily fantasy sports giants were still collecting entries in the state as they promise to fight ceaseand- desist orders from state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Both Draft-Kings and Fan-Duel were still allowing New York users to enter daily football, hockey and basketball fantasy contests, a day after Schneiderman ordered both to stop collecting wagers in the state, Gannett’s Albany Bureau reported. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Officials will consider a proposal to allow food trucks to do curbside business on some downtown streets, The News & Observer reported. NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: The latest cost estimate for a proposed new City Hall here puts the price tag at about $ 22 million, significantly less than the lowest bid of $ 31 million submitted for the project last spring, KFGOAM reported. OHIO West Chester Township: The owners of an “erotic nightclub” in Indiana are bringing a smaller members- only business to Butler County. An application, filed in October, describes the Champagne Club as a “sexually oriented business used as an adult nightclub,” The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A new study by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity gives state officials a failing grade for accountability and transparency, The Oklahoman reported. OREGON Medford: The $ 13 million Siskiyou Summit Railroad Revitalization project has been completed, allowing the Siskiyou rail line to reopen for the first time in seven years, the Mail Tribune reported. The Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad has started sending freight trains over the 296- mile short line between Eugene and Weed. PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Tribune- Review, the Tribune- Review in Greensburg and the Valley News Dispatch in Tarentum will become a single paper, the Tribune- Review. The two suburban papers will become locally zoned editions. RHODE ISLAND Tiverton: Advocates of a proposed casino here say they can guarantee $ 3 million in annual gambling revenue for the town if their plan is approved, The Newport Daily News reported. SOUTH CAROLINA Greer: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System announced that it plans a major expansion of the Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute in order to centralize cancer treatment, support services, research and education in one healing environment, The Greenville News reported. SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Police are crediting three teachers with rescuing a 6- year- old student from an alleged abductor, the Argus Leader reported. TENNESSEE Nashville: State prison administrators plan to pay current officers a $ 1,000 “retention bonus” before the end of the year, The Tennessean reported. The move affects 3,300 officers, which could result in a $ 3.3 million price tag. According to a memo, the bonus is a “one- time, self- funded” payment. TEXAS Monahans: The U. S. Geological Survey says a magnitude- 3.2 quake was centered 19 miles south- southwest of here. UTAH Salt Lake City: U. S. Rep. Mia Love is returning $ 537 in taxpayer money she received for a flight she didn’t take, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. VERMONT Burlington: Police have identified a person they believe to be responsible for placing Ku Klux Klan fliers in mailboxes of activists, The Burlington Free Press reported. Chief Brandon del Pozo said the person admitted distributing the recruiting posters. VIRGINIA Blacksburg: Virginia Tech students, faculty and community members gathered for an evening rally in support of Muslims, the Richmond Times- Dispatch reported. WASHINGTON Everett: Snohomish County health officials voted to prohibit vaping and electronic cigarettes in public places, KOMO- TV reported. WEST VIRGINIA Clarksburg: A National Energy Technology Laboratory subcontractor was sentenced to a year on probation for double billing the lab for services and expenses, The Exponent Telegram reported. David Haberman, 54, will spend the first three months on home detention. WISCONSIN Kaukauna: A man was killed Tuesday when a 10foot- deep trench he was working in collapsed Tuesday afternoon, according to the Kaukauna Fire Department. Another man found him and called 911, the ( Appleton, Wis.) Post- Crescent reported.

WYOMING Casper: Officials say a 5- year- old boy playing with matches started a fire that badly damaged a local home, the Casper

Star- Tribune reported. Fire Chief Kenneth King says the boy was left alone for about five minutes and found the matches outside. King says the child was on his second match when the fire started and spread quickly along a hill.