STATE-BY-STATE

News from across the USA

ALABAMA Prattville: A prosecutor is asking for more time for a grand jury probing the disappearance and death of an 11-year-old girl in 2001.

ALASKA Juneau: State fishery officials rejected a proposal for a salmon hatchery on Baranof Island.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Authorities say a small plane was damaged in a hard landing at Deer Valley Airport.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: A judge has authorized six farmers who challenged a ban on dicamba to spray the herbicide this summer.

CALIFORNIA Pasadena: The city will pay $1.5 million to the family of a knife-wielding man who died after being stunned with a police Taser.

COLORADO Boulder: Crestone Peak Resources, an oil developer, has moved future drilling sites away from homes and flood zones.

CONNECTICUT Milford: Officials are investigating a weekend house fire that injured two firefighters.

DELAWARE Dewey Beach: Officials discovered that numerous military surplus items obtained by the town were sold without financial oversight.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Authorities say a group of mostly teenage travelers staying at a D.C. hotel were examined at hospitals after about a dozen of them showed gastrointestinal symptoms.

FLORIDA Sarasota: Because of stirring alligator activity, homeowners are being warned to look before diving in their swimming pools.

GEORGIA Mableton: Discovery Park and Johnston River Line Park are the names being discussed for a new park that has Civil War earthworks.

HAWAII Honolulu: A land owner has evicted Kalaupapa Rare Adventures, an operator of mule rides.

IDAHO Boise: A federal report says Idaho led the country last year in worker earnings growth, rising 5.3%.

ILLINOIS Decatur: A Macon County program lets offenders given community service donate food instead.

INDIANA Billtown: A garage fire that sparked explosions and a smoke plume visible for miles is being investigated.

IOWA Des Moines: Authorities say rural Iowa communities are struggling with a housing shortage.

KANSAS Hutchinson: The state Senate unanimously passed a bill to use sales taxes collected at the State Fair for fair improvements.

KENTUCKY Louisville: The city’s “I Am Ali” festival will kick off June 1 to celebrate the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali.

LOUISIANA Cullen: State Police say an 11-year-old boy driving alone at night died when his speeding pickup truck slammed into a tree.

MAINE Lewiston: A power company has given the city a system of canals built mostly by Irish immigrants.

MARYLAND Baltimore: First-year residents in Johns Hopkins’ Osler Medical Training Program will no longer wear the short white coats that distinguished them from other residents.

MASSACHUSETTS Attleboro: The Attleboro Arts Museum is commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings with an exhibit featuring 200 running shoes left near the finish line.

MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: Federal funding is expected to help pay for a proposed Grand River barrier aimed at controlling sea lamprey access.

MINNESOTA Winona: A man is accused of leading police on a chase in a stolen semi.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: State farmers will plant 8% less cotton this year, even though prices are higher.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: State lawmakers passed a bill to limit how much insurance companies have to pay after accidents.

MONTANA Billings: The Fort Peck tribal law enforcement agency was penalized for failing to repay $1.6 million in police money used for other purposes.

NEBRASKA David City: Court records say a man charged with abuse sold his ailing wife’s painkillers.

NEVADA Las Vegas: Authorities say a downtown house fire may have been started by squatters.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham: The great-grandson of L.L. Bean will deliver the University of New Hampshire’s commencement address May 19.

NEW JERSEY Colts Neck: Officials rescued a deer that got its head stuck in a glass bowl.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: A wildlife official says the lower Red River still has healthy fish populations after the reintroduction of otters.

NEW YORK Ithica: Cornell University received a record 51,000-plus applications and offered admission to 5,288 applicants. NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington: UNC-Wilmington will establish a dual degree program this fall with Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences in China.

NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: Spring calving is ahead of the long-term average, at 39% complete.

OHIO Columbus: CDC representatives are in Stark County this week to join local health officials in studying a recent spate of youth suicides.

OKLAHOMA Chandler: Authorities say a man accused of stealing Purple Heart medals and other items worth $250,000 was captured.

OREGON Portland: A federal appeals court has upheld an order to spill more water over Columbia and Snake river dams to help protect migrating salmon and steelhead. PENNSYLVANIA East Stroudsburg: Authorities say two suspects charged in the fatal shooting of a pizza deliveryman at East Stroudsburg University now face charges in two other campus crimes. RHODE ISLAND South Kingstown: Police are searching for vandals who stole a Fagan Park memorial plaque.

SOUTH CAROLINA Rock Hill: Authorities say a recently released prisoner is charged with selling the same car to two different people.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: A federal appeals panel has ordered a lower court to determine whether the state prison system’s policy barring pornography is constitutional.

TENNESSEE Memphis: Police say a convenience store clerk is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a suspected shoplifter.

TEXAS Dallas: Authorities say a suspicious envelope found at First Baptist church in Dallas was cleared after a brief investigation Sunday.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A man was sentenced to one to 15 years in prison for stealing a bronze statue of Mormon church leaders.

VERMONT Waterbury: Officials say a weekend blaze destroyed several Wallace Family Farm structures.

VIRGINIA Richmond: The Library of Virginia is years behind in cataloging documents from past governors’ administrations.

WASHINGTON Spokane: A study of the nation’s least trafficked roads says it’s Highway 127 between Dusty and Dodge in Washington state.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Rep. Evan Jenkins is urging Amtrak to reverse a decision to end charter and special service trains that draw tourists to West Virginia.

WISCONSIN Eau Claire: Two nursing homes are closing because of low Medicaid rates.

WYOMING Laramie: The University of Wyoming will offer a new degree in outdoor recreation and tourism management starting this fall.