STATE- BY- STATE

News from across the USA

ALABAMA Birmingham: Hanover, Pa.- based Utz Quality Foods agreed to buy Golden Enterprises, Golden Flake’s parent company, AL. com reported. On every bag, Golden Flake boasts itself as “The South’s original potato chip.” Now, senior ownership will be in the North.

ALASKA Juneau: A Skagway Police Department officer accidentally fired a real bullet at a brown bear in a “hazing” attempt, the Juneau Empire reported. The bear could still be alive, and authorities kept a watchful eye for it. Bears are typically “hazed” to deter them from approaching humans. This is done with non- lethal rubber slugs and noise deterrents.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Five teens were arrested in connection with three armed burglaries, The Arizona Republic reported. The teens’ average age was 14.

ARKANSAS Hot Springs: Summer Rose Kazzee, 18, was arrested after her infant child showed signs of starvation, the Hot Springs Sentinel- Record reported.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: County supervisors voted to pay $ 10.1 million to Francisco Carrillo, who spent 20 years behind bars before having his murder conviction overturned in 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported.

COLORADO Aspen: State wildlife officials euthanized a bear after the animal found its way inside a restaurant atop Aspen Mountain and was shot by an employee, the Aspen Times reported. CONNECTICUT New Canaan: The Metro- North Railroad says buses will replace trains between New Canaan and Stamford this weekend while the railroad makes improvements to the track.

DELAWARE Dover: State police have ruled a bizarre scenario here a murder- suicide. The News Journal reported that a man died after walking into traffic. When police went to notify next of kin hours later, they discovered his wife’s body in their apartment.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Claire McLean, 83, a former White House dog groomer, is auctioning her collection of Oval Office Animalia, including paintings of George W. Bush’s Scottish terrier team, Barney and Miss Beazley, The Washington Post reported.

FLORIDA Hillard: Deputies say they found an 8- week- old baby alone in a camper after they stopped his father for driving the wrong way on a Florida highway, The Florida Times-Union reported.

GEORGIA Savannah: Ronald Williams, president of the West Savannah Community Organization, is trying to bring something other than alcohol providers to his neighborhood, which he described as a “food desert” devoid of healthful eating choices, the Morning News reported.

HAWAII Kekaha: Lifeguards reported that a shark about 8 feet long was seen offshore at Kekaha Beach on Tuesday. It’s not known what kind of shark.

IDAHO Idaho Falls: State police notified the wrong family after a fatal single- car crash, the Post Register reported.

ILLINOIS Chicago: The first passenger- carrying Chicago flight by a double- decker Airbus A380 — the world’s largest passenger airplane — landed at O’Hare International Airport, the Tribune reported.

INDIANA Fort Wayne: The Indiana Air National Guard sent 140 airmen from its 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne and eight jets to Slovakia to take part in joint training exercises. They are scheduled to return home by early August.

IOWA Des Moines: Coe College psychology professor Daniel Lehn, 58, died after being hit by a pickup while riding his bike near North Liberty, the

Register reported.

KANSAS Wichita: Officials are moving ahead with a plan that would separate drunken bicycling from laws on driving a car under the influence and make drunken bicycling a misdemeanor. The

Wichita Eagle reported city code bans operating any vehicle under the influence but makes no distinction between those powered by motors and those powered with pedals.

KENTUCKY Owensboro: A former color guard instructor at a western Kentucky high school has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing several male and female students over three years, the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer reported.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: Ervin New, 27, a state Department of Corrections inmate, was back in custody after a clerical error at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office resulted in his release last month, according to The Times- Picayune. New turned himself in.

MAINE Lebanon: Rescuers used GPS coordinates linked to a cellphone to help a 66- year- old skydiver who went off course during a parachute drop and landed in a swamp, the Portland Press Herald reported.

MARYLAND Baltimore: The port of Baltimore welcomed the first- ever mega- container ship to arrive at its docks through the newly expanded Panama Canal. Media outlets reported that the Ever Lambent, a 1,095- foot Taiwanese cargo ship that can carry more than 4,200 40- foot shipping containers, arrived here.

MASSACHUSETTS Lynn: Rick Nelson ran into a smoldering multifamily home and carried a neighbor who uses a wheelchair to safety, the Daily Item reported.

MICHIGAN Marquette: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University are partnering on the effort at about 140 sites to determine the distribution of native and invasive crayfish in Michi- gan’s Upper Peninsula, officials said.

MINNESOTA Bemidji: Parts of east- central Minnesota are still trying to cope with floodwaters and subsequent damage after torrential rains fell last week, Minnesota Public Radio reported.

MISSISSIPPI Gulfport: Two pygmy killer whales that spent almost a year recuperating here have found a new home in the Gulf of Mexico. The Sun Herald reported that the male whales that were released back into the Gulf last week were located in the Mississippi Canyon off Grand Isle, La.

MISSOURI Kennett: Police investigated a fatal shooting that occurred after a fight at a home, the Daily Dunklin Democrat reported.

MONTANA Missoula: The University of Montana is getting rid of Cold War- era fallout shelter supplies, the Missoulian reported. The university’s 11- story Aber Hall has a concrete- walled storage room packed with tins of “survival ration biscuits” issued by the Office of Civil Defense. Most were packaged in 1963.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: The U. S. Department of Agriculture says at least 75% of the state’s winter wheat crop has been harvested.

NEVADA Las Vegas: More students opted out of the statemandated Common Core test this year compared with last year, the Las Vegas Sun reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth: No one was hurt when an experimental tethered balloon crashed into a hangar at the Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. Pease Development Authority Airport Director Bill Hopper told the Portsmouth Herald the research aerostat didn’t cause any damage to the hangar it wrapped around, but the balloon was damaged.

NEW JERSEY Fanwood: A 26- year- old Plainfield woman was electrocuted after downed wires fell on her car and she attempted to exit the vehicle, NJ. com reported.

NEW MEXICO Rio Rancho: A casino plans a $ 50 million expansion project that will include the property’s first attached hotel. The project will take about two years to complete, and Santa Ana Star Casino officials estimate it will create approximately 120 permanent positions and

hundreds of temporary construction jobs, the Albuquerque Jour

nal reported. NEW YORK Binghamton: A grand jury filed assault charges against Lamont Weaver, who allegedly stabbed another person after an argument involving chicken nuggets. The Press & Sun

Bulletin reported that Weaver, 31, stabbed a 39- year- old man after an argument over food.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Origin Investments, a Chicago real estate investment firm, snapped up a four- story office building for $ 23.5 million and will seek to raise tenants’ rates by up to 25%, The News & Observer reported.

NORTH DAKOTA

Killdeer: Residents continued to clean up more than a week after the community was pounded by a storm that dropped torrential rain, strong winds and snowbank- like mounds of hail. Residents told The Bismarck Tribune the storm July 10 was one of the worst disasters to hit the town in memory.

OHIO New Miami: A judge has ruled that proceeds from this village’s new handheld speedcamera program can’t be garnished to satisfy a nearly $ 2 million lawsuit that residents won, The Journal- News reported.

OKLAHOMA Ardmore: Love County Sheriff Joe Russell, 62, was arrested after a multicounty grand jury’s accusation for removal from office was unsealed showing five allegations, including two counts of corruption in office, two counts of habitual or willful neglect of duty and one count of willful maladministration, The Ardmoreite reported.

OREGON Eugene: The City Council rejected a proposal to build a City Hall at a cost of $ 28 million. The Register- Guard reported the latest increase of $ 3 million surfaced after a general contractor received bids from several subcontractors.

PENNSYLVANIA Nazareth: A 32- year- old man who fired a shot during an argument over a pet hermit crab will spend six months to a year in the county jail, The Express- Times reported.

RHODE ISLAND Middletown: The Newport Daily News reported that the Town Council voted unanimously to direct lawyer Peter Regan to draft an ordinance that would ban retail stores from using single- use plastic shopping bags.

SOUTH CAROLINA Florence: Rachel Parson DeBerry, 26, was arrested after it was alleged she sent a package to a business that contained $ 40,000 worth of marijuana, The Morning News reported.

SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: More than half of the winter wheat crop is in the bin, the Capital Journal reported. The weekly crop report from the federal Agriculture Department estimates that 53% of the state’s winter wheat crop was harvested as of Sunday.

TENNESSEE Memphis: The Memphis Zoo will have more parking, a city park will get a new entrance, and the magnolia trees will be saved under a compromise aimed at resolving a dispute between the zoo and the Overton Park Conservancy, The Commercial Appeal reported.

TEXAS Austin: A Dallas man suffered a broken arm and fractured ribs after flying off a water slide and falling onto a rocky cliff, The Dallas Morning News reported. Rescue crews had a tough time getting to David Salmon because the slide is situated at a private home near Lake Travis, KDFW- TV reported.

UTAH Hyrum: A small plane crashed, killing a 21- year- old student pilot who was the only person aboard. Utah State University spokesman Tim Vitale identified the student as Frank De Leon Compres, a senior in the school’s aviation technology program.

VERMONT Burlington: Unlimited bus rides, all summer for $ 25, is a deal that more and more young Vermonters ( and their parents) have found irresistible, Burlington Free Press reported. Most of the riders are junior high and high school students.

VIRGINIA Richmond: More than 30 food trucks will be on hand Saturday from 3 to 9 p. m. at The Diamond, the Richmond Times- Dispatch reported. There will be live music from Roosterfoot, Big Mama Shakes and Heartracer.

WASHINGTON Yakima: Superior Court Judge Susan Hahn ruled that Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center, and its former owner, Florida- based Health Management Associates, violated the state Consumer Protection Act by failing to provide adequate financial help to low- income patients, the Herald- Republic reported.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: A federal appeals court upheld the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency’s veto of a permit for one of the largest mountaintop removal coal- mining proposals in state history, the Charleston Gazette- Mail reported.

WISCONSIN Green Bay: The Shirley Wind Farm will retain its designation as a human health hazard, at least for now. New Brown County Board of Health member Jim Crawford couldn’t garner enough support Tuesday to overturn the panel’s 2014 ruling that low- frequency noise from the turbines at Shirley Wind can endanger health, the Green Bay Press- Gazette reported.

WYOMING Rawlins: The Rawlins Daily Times reported that Mike Pacheco will be promoted to warden of the state penitentiary in September. A news release from the Department of Corrections said Pacheco began his corrections career in 1992 and has served as a warden at the Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton since August 2010.