STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Florence: The owner of a burned home tells police that the man whose body was found inside set the fire, The TimesDaily reports.

ALASKA Fairbanks: Builders found new uses, such as mantles and porches, for timber from the disassembled coal bunkers, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports.

ARIZONA Flagstaff: A federal appeals court has kept in place an Obama administration ban on mining claims around the Grand Canyon.

ARKANSAS Jonesboro: Arkansas State University’s athletics department took in about $10 million to renovate Centennial Bank Stadium.

CALIFORNIA Riverside: Police want anyone who picked up cash thrown on I-15 after a bank robbery to return it, The Press-Enterprise reports.

COLORADO Colorado Springs: A state recycling group chose Colorado Springs for a pilot program to boost state recycling, The Gazette reports.

CONNECTICUT Bridgeport: The family of a man who died from a fourthfloor window fall was awarded $16 million, The Connecticut Post reports.

DELAWARE Georgetown: Police say a man with five DUI convictions was arrested again this week on a DUI.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Red Line riders who just faced waits for track work can now expect delays while a communications cable is replaced.

FLORIDA Fort Myers: Authorities say a driver who reached to get his cellphone when it dropped crashed into a school bus, The News-Press reports.

GEORGIA Atlanta: The agency that regulates utilities could decide next week whether to finish or cancel two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle.

HAWAII Honolulu: A $1 million bail is set for a man charged in the death of a part-time vacation rental housekeeper, the Star-Advertiser reports.

IDAHO Boise: Prosecutors are seeking three times damages for fraudulent Medicaid claims by a dental hygienist who did work as a dentist, The Idaho Statesman reports.

ILLINOIS Alton: The 89-year-old train depot here is being razed, The (Alton) Telegraph reports.

INDIANA Michigan City: The state building safety panel has rejected the city’s CO detector ordinance, (Northwest Indiana) Times reports.

IOWA Oakland: A fire erupted on a school bus after it backed in a ditch, killing a student and the bus driver.

KANSAS Hutchinson: A free dental clinic is coming to the Kansas State Fairgrounds on Feb. 9-10.

KENTUCKY Louisville: University of Louisville’s autism center is training first responders about the needs of autistic people in emergencies.

LOUISIANA Slidell: St. Tammany Parish officials say construction will begin in early January on a pond expected to reduce storm flooding.

MAINE Augusta: A state task force studying the opioid crisis wants an immediate increase in access to substance abuse treatment.

MARYLAND Baltimore: A federal grand jury indicted a businessman on bank fraud and other charges.

MASSACHUSETTS Framingham: Framingham State University has asked the FBI to help investigate five racist notes targeting black students, The Boston Globe reports.

MICHIGAN Detroit: State education officials are looking for ways to address chronic student absenteeism, The Detroit News reports.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Tests found no chronic wasting disease in more than 11,000 deer this fall.

MISSISSIPPI Ocean Springs: Friends of a slain billiards player hope the cold case may get solved with the FBI taking a lead role in the probe.

MISSOURI Oronogo: Homeowners living near the Outdoor Addicts Gun Range are concerned about stray bullets, The Joplin Globe reports.

MONTANA Billings: Snow shovels sold at some local hardware stores have stickers to warn buyers about the symptoms of a heart attack.

NEBRASKA Bellevue: The City Council has accepted a bid to tear down an eyesore car wash owned by a fellow council member.

NEVADA Reno: The Nevada Seismological Laboratory tracked a recent series of small earthquakes rattling north Reno, KTVN-TV reports.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A woman who had dozens of sick Great Danes in her mansion was found guilty of 10 animal cruelty charges.

NEW JERSEY Bogota: A police officer who was recorded threatening school employees in an expletivefilled rant acted in a “justified” manner, says an investigation by the officer’s agency, The Record reports.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The city honored a police officer who persuaded a pregnant heroin user to let him adopt her unborn child.

NEW YORK Elmont: Police on Long Island are looking for a man who threatened a store clerk trying to stop him from stealing ice cream.

NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington: A fisherman injured falling down a ladder was taken by the Coast Guard to a Nags Head hospital.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: A new state law will end monthly child support paid by parents sentenced to prison for more than 180 days.

OHIO Columbus: The state Inspector General is questioning $1.8 million in payments made by Wright State University to an economic development consultant.

OKLAHOMA Shawnee: A judge dismissed an ACLU suit to re-examine the case of a woman sentenced to 30 years for failing to report that her boyfriend abused her kids.

OREGON Eugene: This year, the city’s airport has handled a million passengers, Register-Guard reports.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: Prosecutors say a woman bilked the city’s school district by posing as a tutor for a relative with special needs.

RHODE ISLAND Greenville: The final location of the 93-year-old retail chain Benny’s closed this week.

SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville: Authorities say a man who rented an apartment was arrested on a voyeurism charge after a renter found a camera hidden in a bedroom clock.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Sanford Health will donate 30 acres and a matching gift up to $5 million to help a local Lutheran school build a new facility, The Argus Leader reports.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Officials plan to close Fall Creek Falls State Park’s inn in April for a $25 million rebuild.

TEXAS Houston: Police are looking for up to 10 masked men who walked off with a luxury hotel’sATM.

UTAH Salt Lake City: For a second straight year, the Mormon church donated $5 million in aid to the nine voluntary refugee resettlement agencies in the U.S., Deseret News reports.

VERMONT Barre: Police are investigating a series of church burglaries in the city, The Times Argus reports.

VIRGINIA Richmond: The Richmond City Council rejected a proposal to seek authority to remove Confederate statues along Monument Avenue.

WASHINGTON Tacoma: Two LNG plant protesters were arrested after locking themselves in a construction crane tower, KOMO-TV reports.

WEST VIRGINIA Clarksburg: A woman was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl to a man who died from the opioid.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: The Medical College of Wisconsin wants drugstores to offer immunizations.

WYOMING Laramie: A planned science building at the University of Wyoming is over budget by $11 million, Laramie Boomerang reports.

Compiled from staff, wire reports.