STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Huntsville: Fifteen Alabama state parks are on a list of parks to close if Alabama can’t resolve its budget crisis, WHNT-TV reported.
ALASKA Anchorage: A revised 2015 city budget submitted to the Anchorage Assembly for approval would use “about $7 million in unspent money” to fund several programs and reduce taxes for most property owners, Mayor Dan Sullivan says.
ARIZONA Phoenix: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Office carried out racial-profiling against Latinos as part of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s campaign against undocumented immigrants, The Arizona Republic reported.
ARKANSAS Fayetteville : The for-profit group Slide the City, which was previously denied permission to set up a one-day water slide on Dickson Street, has teamed with non-profit Soldier On Service Dogs to resubmit an application to close the street Aug. 30, the Democrat Gazette reported.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento: With California now heading into its fourth year of drought, measures have been put in place across the Sacramento Valley to help save water to relieve the already-parched state, KXTV-TV reports. In the city of Sacramento. watering is restricted to twice a week, before 10 a.m. and after 7 p.m.
COLORADO Colorado Springs: A $300,000 state grant will help create a flood restoration plan for the Monument Creek watershed, The Gazette reported.
CONNECTICUT Southington: The Town Council is considering proposals about the future of the senior center, The Bristol Press reported. Meriden-based BL Companies presented architectural layouts for three plans: $12.5 to expand the existing center, $13.2 million to demolish the center and construct a new building on the same lot or $14.1 million to build a new facility elsewhere.
DELAWARE New Castle County: Without a vote, the county council seemingly bypassed County Executive Tom Gordon’s veto of pay raises for veteran members of the council staff, The News Journal reported.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Metro will hire an expert to review its police department’s policies and procedures for dealing with juvenile criminal suspects as a result of a civil case brought by a girl who alleged that she was a victim of excessive force by a transit officer, The Washington Post reported.
FLORIDA Melbourne: Police warned a resident not to stalk or hunt nuisance squirrels after neighbors complained he killed at least one, Florida Today reported.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a bill making medical marijuana legal in the state Thursday, but the new law doesn’t address how patients can get it, WXIA-TV reported.
HAWAII Honolulu: A man helped recover his stolen bicycle when he spotted a suspect with it hours after it was taken in the Waikiki area, the Star Advertiser reported. Police arrested a 37-year-old homeless man on suspicion of second-degree theft.
IDAHO Boise: An Ada County Sheriff ’s deputy killed a cow with his patrol car earlier this week. The cow’s owner could be financially responsible because the area where the collision occurred is not considered open range, KTVB-TV reported. ILLINOIS Chicago : Saturday is the deadline to apply to speak at a May 4 hearing to present evidence to the Department of Public Health to add medical conditions to the state medical marijuana program.
INDIANA Fishers: GK Sports and Entertainment proposes to break ground this summer on a $76.4 million recreational sports center with a massive fieldhouse and a 6,000-seat arena, Fishers officials have told The Indianapolis Star.
IOWA Des Moines: A southern Iowa chiropractor has agreed to surrender his state license after being accused of accepting sex as payment for his services and of performing exorcisms on patients as part of their treatment, The Register reported.
KANSAS Wichita: The Honors College at Wichita State University will be named the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College in recognition of a gift of $4.75 million from the longtime WSU supporters to help develop some of the university’s highest-achieving students.
KENTUCKY Frankfort: The state auditor’s office is sending surveys this week to more than 400 local law enforcement agencies to determine exactly how many sexual assault kits have never been forwarded to Kentucky State Police labs for DNA testing, The Courier-Journal reported.
LOUISIANA Shreveport: The Louisiana Military Department submitted a recommendation to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for an alternative disposal method for the M6 propellant stored at Camp Minden, The Times reported.
MAINE Portland: A 5-cent bag fee went into effect earlier this week with a goal of reducing litter, WCSH-TV, Portland, Maine, reported. MARYLAND Princess Anne: Funeral services for Rodney Todd, 36, and his children, who were found dead April 6 in their home of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, will be Saturday at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the Daily Times reported.
MASSACHUSETTS Franklin: A school employee has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of using “improper restraints” on one or more students, according to the school district, the Metro-West Daily News reported.
MICHIGAN East Lansing: The Michigan State University Board of Trustees will mull a $320 increase to the cost of on-campus living next year, the Lansing State Journal reported.
MINNESOTA St. Joseph: Police Chief Joel Klein identified a 5-year-old hit-and-run victim as Cody James Nuckolls, and said police have identified the suspected driver in the incident, the St. Cloud Times reported.
MISSISSIPPI Natchez: Natchez and Adams County are switching to a new emergency 911 call system, The Natchez Democrat reported.
MISSOURI Joplin: The construction of a $14 million residence hall complex and a field house at Missouri Southern State University is set to be completed this summer, The Joplin Globe reported. MONTANA Helena: Montana women will not achieve pay equity until 2080, according to Pam Bucy, Montana labor commissioner. She told the Great Falls Tribune that Montana is 37 th in pay equality.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: A Crete store owner and a Lincoln man got 18 months probation and 180 days in jail starting April 21 for illegally cashing food stamp card numbers purchased from homeless people, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
NEVADA Pahrump: A man mauled by his neighbor’s three dogs last month has died, according to Nye County deputies. Kenneth Ford, 79, had come by another neighbor’s house to feed his cats when Ricky Davidson’s dogs jumped a 6-foot fence to attack him, KVVU-TV, Las Vegas reported.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state will pay $2.5 million to Nashua-based Law Warehouses Inc. for it to end all pending litigation against the state Liquor Commission, Valley News reported.
NEW JERSEY Sandy Hook: A parking meter, a light-up snowman and “Dracula” teeth were among the 315,000 pieces of debris volunteers pulled from New Jersey beaches in 2014, the
Asbury Park Press reported. NEW MEXICO Alamogordo: State Police have filed charges against a local man who allegedly showed up at a Border Patrol checkpoint and falsely represented himself as a reserve officer, the Alamogordo Daily News reported.
NEW YORK Syracuse: The Syracuse Central School District has asked for 12 more officers to be assigned to its middle schools and K-8 schools next fall, but city police officials say they do not have enough officers to fill the request, the Syracuse Post-Standard reported .
NORTH CAROLINA Charlotte: A bill was proposed in the General Assembly that would move all transportation network companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to state regulation as opposed to Charlotte’s discretion, The Charlotte Observer reported.
NORTH DAKOTA Manning: First refusal of special landfill sites was denied to residents of Dunn County, the Bismark Tribune reported.
OHIO Cincinnati: The Anna Louise Inn, which has provided affordable housing for single women in this city since 1909, is being moved out of downtown to be replaced by an upscale hotel, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The park that surrounds City Hall, long an eyesore due to crumbling concrete plazas and a leaky historic fountain, is getting an Art Deco themed makeover, the Daily Oklahoman reported. OREGON Portland: A former state Department of Human Services employee has pleaded not guilty to charges that she stole thousands of dollars in welfare benefits for at least five years, the Oregonian reported.
PENNSYLVANIA Glenolden: A former police officer has been ordered to stand trial in a shooting that killed his ex-girlfriend and wounded her 15-year-old daughter last year, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: State taxpayers would be asked to contribute $120 million over 30 years to help pay for an estimated $85-million ballpark the new PawSox owners want to build here, the Providence Journal reported.
SOUTH CAROLINA Irmo: Seventy students from Dutch Fork Elementary, the youngest participants in the Department of Natural Resources program “Trout in the Classroom,” released 26 fish into the wild Tuesday. SOUTH DAKOTA Hartford: A jury found the Hartford Farmer’s Elevator responsible for killing more than 200 ponderosa pine trees belonging to landowner Richard Krier, the Argus Leader reported.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: A fire this past weekend at St. George Greek Orthodox Church gutted the church’s building but preserved an icon precious to its parishioners, WBIR-TV, Knoxville reported. A painting, which was near the altar, was slightly damaged but a plastic covering melted away to reveal the face of Christ.
TEXAS Creedmoor: The Travis County Sheriff ’s Office has identified a man whose body was found on a conveyor belt at the Texas Disposal Systems recycling center in Creedmoor as Clarence Gerald Gardner Jr., 49, KVUE-TV reported.
UTAH Enoch: Loose wires and electrical cords in a garage most likely started a house fire that killed three occupants, The Spectrum reported.
VERMONT Montpelier: Three Vermont senators have resurrected legislation that would end parents’ ability to claim a philosophical exemption to immunizing their children, The Burlington Free Press reported.
VIRGINIA Staunton: Area teachers are cramming before the annual Standards of Learning tests , the News Leader reported. Bessie Weller Elementary School needs to see improvement in math to retain accreditation.
WASHINGTON Seattle: A federal appeals court panel has removed the last legal roadblock to Woodland Park Zoo’s plan to transfer its two remaining elephants to the Oklahoma City Zoo, The Seattle Times reported.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston : Federal prosecutors have set up a website offering updates to victims about the criminal cases over the January 2014 chemical spill from a Freedom Industries tank that forced a tap water ban for 300,000 people.
WISCONSIN Pulaski: A 15-second Internet video of a Pulaski high school student repeatedly striking another student in the head inside the school has prompted a review by school officials, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.
WYOMING Cheyenne: The city’s two major road reconstruction projects — Logan Avenue and 19th Street — are ahead of schedule and on budget, city engineer Nathan Beauheim told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.