STATE-BY-STATE
News from across the USA
ALABAMA Birmingham: Terrence Summers, 42, who was arrested this month in a massive roundup of accused gang members, was charged with distributing 100 grams or more of heroin, AL.com reported. ALASKA Fairbanks: Officials outlined new measures to control pollution in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The regulations include requiring homeowners to remove old wood and pellet stoves before selling their properties and having power plant operators place additional filters in their smokestacks, the Fairbanks
Daily News-Miner reported. ARIZONA Chandler: After nearly 96 years of doing business in the same downtown building, the Serrano family decided to move on. Brunchies, a breakfast and lunch spot, closed May 14, and the family, which operates the Serrano’s Mexican Restaurant chain, sold the building the restaurant occupied, The Arizona
Republic reported.
ARKANSAS Lakeview: A woman found with possible cigarette burns and signs that she had been bound led to charges of battery and kidnapping against David Gengler, 54, the man she lived with, the Baxter County sheriff ’s office said in a news release cited by ArkansasOnline.
CALIFORNIA Santa Ana: Police shot and injured Alma Ramirez after she allegedly went on a crime rampage, then tried to
escape on a bicycle, the Los Ange
les Times reported.
COLORADO Denver: Former El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, who left office under a cloud of suspicion, was indicted on multiple charges, including extortion, witness tampering and kidnapping, KUSA-TV reported.
CONNECTICUT Milford: Eric Bauer, 27, has been arrested for sending a “poke” on Facebook to a woman who has a protective order against him, the Connecti
cut Post reported. DELAWARE Newport: A 4-year old bridge that cost $5 million will have to be raised 6 inches to accommodate freight trains. The mistake, discovered shortly after the bridge opened in 2012, will
cost about $500,000 to fix, The
News Journal reported. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A woman used spoken and written demands to rob a bank, then she fled on foot, The Washington Post reported.
FLORIDA Pembroke Pines: A person died and another was injured in a crash that left a car wedged under a school bus in Broward County, the Sun Sentinel reported. There were no students on the bus at the time and the driver wasn’t injured.
GEORGIA Cumming: A Forsyth County man whose son serves in the U.S. Coast Guard is upset after he says his homeowners association forced him to stop displaying American flags on his property or else face hefty fines, WSB-TV reported. HAWAII Honolulu: Hawaii could become the first state to require that gun owners be registered in a national database, which would notify police if they’re arrested for a serious crime in another state, Hawaii News Now reported. The measure is undergoing a legal review by the Attorney General’s office before it heads to the governor’s desk.
IDAHO Twin Falls: The national YMCA has put its Twin Falls chapter on probation after finding financial mismanagement at that branch, the Times-News reported.
ILLINOIS Chicago: A Loop wanderer known as “The Walking Man” and “The Walking Dude,” spotted for years strutting through downtown, was badly beaten with a bat on Lower Wacker Drive, the Chicago Tri
bune reported.
INDIANA Evansville: The city reached a court settlement with a woman whose home was damaged during a SWAT raid as investigators searched for the source of online threats against police, the Evansville Courier &
Press reported.
IOWA Des Moines: Police arrested a man suspected of fatally beating a 65-year-old bicyclist,
The Des Moines Register report
ed. KANSAS Haysville: A 31-yearold man who was struck by a hit-and-run driver has died from his injuries. The Wichita Eagle reported that Grant Burris, 31, died at a local hospital. His brother, Roger Silva, said Burris was a Marine and a Purple Heart recipient.
KENTUCKY Louisville: Jefferson Circuit Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman dissolved a restraining order blocking the removal of a controversial 121year-old Confederate monument near the University of Louisville,
The Courier-Journal reported. LOUISIANA New Iberia: The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said two artificial islands created for seabird nesting have been rebuilt. This is the 26th nesting season since the Bayou Platte Waterbird Rookery was created in the Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge between Vermilion Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
MAINE Portland: School board members approved Xavier Botana to become the district’s next head. He will be Portland’s sixth superintendent in nine years.
MARYLAND Aberdeen: Aberdeen Proving Ground officials said a black bear was spotted near the Maryland Route 22 entrance
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MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The city council OK’d an ordinance calling for mandatory jail time for discharging a firearm within the city limits, The Clarion-Ledger reported. The ordinance allows for legal exceptions such as self defense.
MISSOURI Columbia: The University of Missouri System will conduct an audit of diversity and inclusion policies and procedures, the Columbia Daily Tri
bune reported.
MONTANA Billings: Kimberlee Dunn, a former employee of a local beverage distributing company, admitted to stealing more than $25,000 from Briggs Distributing and lying about her income on tax returns, the Bill
ings Gazette reported.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Regents unanimously approved the appointment of Ronnie Green as University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor, the Lincoln Journal
Star reported. Green succeeds Harvey Perlman who is returning to the UNL College of Law.
NEVADA Las Vegas: The Las Vegas Sands plans to build a 17,500-seat concert hall behind its Venetian and Palazzo casinos. The venue would be privately funded.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Bridgewa
ter: A historic barn built in 1806 by one of the first settlers of Plymouth burned down. It recently was used as a lounge or saloon, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. NEW JERSEY Brick: A phone tip about two men smoking marijuana in a van in the Briar Mills development led to the discovery of more than 500 doses of heroin, THC oil, crack, marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash, Asbury
Park Press reported. NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Albuquerque’s Civilian Police Oversight Agency says the county district attorney’s office has a backlog of more than a dozen officer-involved shooting cases, forcing ACPOA to delay its own investigations, KOAT-TV reported.
NEW YORK Poughkeepsie: Mulligan’s Irish House, a 35-year institution here, served its final beverage May 16, the Pough
keepsie Journal reported. John and Margaret Mulligan opened the New Hackensack Road bar on Valentine’s Day, 1981. NORTH CAROLINA Asheboro: The zoo will open a forest exploration ropes course Friday, The
News & Record reported. The Air Hike course will allow visitors to complete a series of 23 obstacles with the help of a trained professional guide. Tickets will be $12.
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: About 100 law officers from a dozen local, state and federal agencies conducted a security sweep at the Cass County Jail here, KFGOAM reported. The jail currently houses more than 300 prisoners. OHIO Cincinnati: This city’s new streetcar is set to begin shuttling passengers Sept. 9 on a 3.6-mile loop around downtown,
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. Officials say the date is dependent on training and certification, but it is on track to be completed by then.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Gov. Fallin will serve as one of three leaders on the 2016 Republican National Convention Platform Committee, the Tulsa
World reported. OREGON Glendale: Officials say a woman has been rescued after falling through a wooden cover on an old well and spending several hours partly submerged in the water, The Daily Courier reported. PENNSYLVANIA Kutztown: The borough council announced it will ban all rooftop activities, except for maintenance, WFMZTV reported. The borough is home to state-owned Kutztown University.
RHODE ISLAND Cranston: Police are investigating after spray-painted swastikas were discovered on an asphalt walkway at Cranston Stadium, the Provi
dence Journal reported. SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Gov. Haley signed into law a ban on abortion at 20 weeks of pregnancy or later, The State reported. The ban includes no exceptions for cases of rape or incest – omissions that opponents say will harm some of the state’s most vulnerable women. Courts in other states have struck down similar laws as unconstitutional.
SOUTH DAKOTA Britton: Anonymous donors pledged $1 million to help build a new community center here to replace the Kidder Gym, The Daily Republic reported.
TENNESSEE Mount Carmel: Assistant Police Chief Phillip Robinette has been suspended with pay for the past two weeks and is under investigation for possible “illegal or unethical conduct” related to a criminal investigation he launched at a senior center last year, the Times
News reported. Officer David Dean resigned last week for reasons related to the internal investigation.
TEXAS Dallas: A 7-foot-long alligator was captured in a field near a local school. Dallas County Game Warden Jamie Sanchez suspects the animal wandered away from the Trinity River.
UTAH Salt Lake City: A new report by the University of Utah shows tourism spending in Utah climbed to a new high of $7.98 billion, driven in part by record visitation to the state’s five national parks.
VERMONT Burlington: Students traded furniture and household goods — some of the items seemingly brand new — at Burlington’s annual Spring Move Out Project (SMOP). For years, the informal drop-off and pick-up event has kept furniture, clothes and all sorts of stuff in circulation and offered treasure hunting in the wake of the annual student exodus, Burlington Free Press reported.
VIRGINIA Henrico County: A suspected serial killer was found guilty of capital murder in a slaying in 2006, the Richmond Times
Dispatch reported. Michael Adams, 49, submitted an “Alford plea,” in which he maintained his innocence while acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence to receive a conviction. He was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, per a plea agreement. WASHINGTON Yakima: A physical education teacher has resigned following allegations that he texted teenage students nude photos of himself, the Yakima
Herald-Republic reported.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: It won’t be a secret for long: Secret Sandwich Society owner Lewis Rhinehart said he’s pursuing avenues that could lead to a new eatery in the former Staats Hospital in the Elk City District, the
Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. WISCONSIN Milwaukee: A jury convicted Danta Rowsey, 27, charged with ordering three murders and an attempted fourth killing as part of a brutal plot to eliminate anyone who could implicate him in a robbery gone wrong that resulted in the death of Joseph McBeath, The Mil
waukee Journal Sentinel reported.
WYOMING Jackson: This spring ’s annual Boy Scout Antler Auction here raised more than $175,000, the Jackson Hole News
& Guide reported. It was the third-highest grossing auction for the Boy Scouts since the auction began 49 years ago.