CONNECTICUT FLORIDA HAWAII NORTH DAKOTA STATE-BY-STATE

This is an abbreviated report. Not every state is represented. Southbury: Fort Lauderdale: Honolulu: Fargo:

ALASKA Fairbanks: Police rescued a man who fell head-first through a platform for a shower he had built.

ARIZONA El Mirage: Local food bank workers still hold out hope that their delivery truck stolen on Thanksgiving will be returned, KPNX-TV reports.

COLORADO Estes Park: Local business leaders fear that a proposed increase in nearby Rocky Mountain National Park’s entrance fees will hurt tourism, the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports.

Wildlife authorities euthanized a black bear that killed a miniature horse.

DELAWARE Wilmington: A man who rented a house for nearly a year says he’s the victim of a “home takeover” scam by a man he thought was the landlord, the News Journal reports.

Under a bill passed by state lawmakers, any school district resident, not just parents of students, can challenge material as pornographic, biased, inaccurate or a violation of state law.

A Maui resident filed a class-action lawsuit against a Subaru distributor, claiming soybased wiring and hose insulation attracted rats that damaged her car. ILLINOIS Galesburg: Officials say construction on a national railroad museum here won’t begin until 2019, The RegisterMail reports.

INDIANA Michigan City: A rookie sheriff’s deputy performed the Heimlich maneuver to save a motorist during a routine traffic stop.

IOWA Iowa City: The University of Iowa plans to demolish part of Seashore Hall, built in 1899.

KENTUCKY Paducah: More than a dozen burial plots at Maplelawn Park Cemetery were donated for veterans, The Paducah Sun reports.

MARYLAND Salisbury: The city filed a lawsuit seeking the return of property and money from a group of breakaway volunteer firefighters, The Daily Times reports.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The public is invited aboard the USS Constitution to help light a Christmas tree on the deck of the warship Dec. 3.

MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: The John Ball Zoo and Grand Rapids Public Museum have seen more visitors in the year since voters approved a tax hike to support them, The Grand Rapids Press reports.

MISSISSIPPI Ocean Springs: The Board of Aldermen has voted to require flying the state flag, which bears the Confederate battle emblem, at city buildings.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has certified that a new right-to-work law will be put to a vote next year. It would end mandatory union fees.

MONTANA Billings: State officials are planning a special hunt to find out how widespread chronic wasting disease is present in deer populations, Billings Gazette reports.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Lancaster County could become the first in the state to allow roadside memorial signs rather than the private remembrances that authorities say sometimes present traffic hazards, The Lincoln Journal Star reports.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Claremont: Two people were charged with cruelty to animals after 14 cats were found crammed into a medium-sized dog crate left outside a house.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: Hunters are making preparing for the state’s next black bear hunt, Dec. 4-9.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: A 48-year-old kindergarten teacher’s aide is accused of bringing methamphetamine to school and then ingesting the drug to hide it. NEW YORK Saratoga Springs: A Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots drive collected some 13,000 toys.

NORTH CAROLINA

Durham: Duke University police are seeking a suspect in a robbery at Duke Gardens. Several apartments were evacuated after police responded to reports of gunfire, KFGO reports. Authorities say there were no injuries.

OHIO Columbus: A state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services campaign is designed to get help for young people struggling with bullying, undue stress or societal pressure that puts them at risk of hurting themselves.

OKLAHOMA Waurika: An auction will get underway Wednesday to sell the former Jefferson County Detention Center, The Oklahoman reports.

OREGON Eugene: An airport art display showing local people in flying poses will go back up after being moved for expansion work.

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Pennsylvanians are increasingly turning to a state law that expands protective orders to prevent harassment.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Exits will soon get new numbers on I-295 from Warwick through Cumberland. SOUTH CAROLINA Summerville: Police say a man hopped into a running SUV and drove away with three sleeping children inside. Anthony Rutledge Jones faces kidnapping and grand larceny charges.

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Officials say two large weekend grass fires that sent smoke over Rapid City were not accidental, KOTA-TV reports.

TENNESSEE Memphis: The city and the Sons of Confederate Veterans will enter mediation over the removal of a statue of slave trader and early Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest from a public park, The Commercial Appeal reports.

TEXAS San Antonio: A 10-year-old girl was shot dead as she sat in her bed watching TV in what police suspect was a gang-related shooting.

VIRGINIA Hopewell: Police are looking for a man who set the city’s holiday tree on fire.

WASHINGTON La Grande: Authorities say a man who was drunk, naked and having sex with a woman while driving missed a curve and hit a tree.

WEST VIRGINIA Martinsburg: Doctors at WVU Medicine developed a system to identify newborns suffering addiction withdrawal, The Journal reports.

WISCONSIN Madison: Some legislators are pushing to allow first responders to treat pets when responding to an emergency.

WYOMING Powell: A judge denied a request for a reduced sentence from a woman serving 10 to 18 years for aiding and abetting manslaughter in the decapitation death of her husband.

Compiled from staff, wire reports.