STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Montgomery: Former Alabama State University President Gwendolyn Boyd says she wishes her alma mater the best despite being fired. The Board of Trustees cited her “failure to maintain the confidence of the board” in its 8-6 vote.
ALASKA Fairbanks: A man who drove a snowmobile at two Iditarod dog race teams has been sentenced to six months in jail. Arnold Demoski, 27, has already served most of the time. One dog was killed and others were injured in the March 12 attack.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Republicans Andrew Gould, an Arizona Court of Appeals judge, and John Lopez IV, the state’s solicitor general, have been sworn in as members of the state Supreme Court. GOP Gov. Doug Ducey signed legislation in May to expand the court.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Some motorists got a windfall after a man who robbed a drugstore Sunday spilled some of his stolen money in the road, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. He didn’t stop to pick it up, but some drivers did, police said.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento: California’s population has grown to 39.4 million. The state Department of Finance says the state added 295,000 people between July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016.
COLORADO Denver: The state’s nine Democratic electors cast their votes for Hillary Clinton on Monday after one person was removed for voting for another candidate. Michael Baca’s replacement voted for Clinton, who won the election in Colorado.
CONNECTICUT Stamford: Police say two 16-year-old boys who allegedly assaulted and robbed a food delivery driver tried to hide from police by jumping in a frigid pond. The two were found in about 15 minutes.
DELAWARE Newark: State officials say Roberta Czap of Newark, who worked in the accounting department of a financial services company, has been charged with transferring more than $6 million from its operating account to her bank accounts.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A fire Monday morning destroyed the clubhouse at the District Yacht Club in Southeast Washington, WTOP Radio reports. Firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to nearby boats.
FLORIDA Tampa: Police are investigating the death of a 17month-old boy in foster care who was about to be placed with adoptive parents. Aedyn Agminalis died Dec. 11. He suffered from bleeding on the brain, cardiac arrest and acute respiratory failure. The state Department of Children and Families also is investigating.
GEORGIA Athens: The University of Georgia is aiming to clean up polluted Lake Allyn M. Herrick, whose waters on campus have been off limits to the public since a 2002 algae bloom.
HAWAII Honolulu: An Oahu homeless shelter is closing because its operators can’t meet new state rules requiring shelters to have more space for residents. Waipahu Lighthouse Outreach Center housed about 75 people last week. Director William Hummel said the shelter is working to find a new place for them.
IDAHO Ketchum: The Blaine County School District has hired a lobbyist to represent its interests during the 2017 legislative session at cost of $3,300 per month. Trustees Elizabeth Corker and Cami Bustos opposed the move, saying the district should not spend money on politics.
ILLINOIS Chicago: Forty people were shot in Chicago over the bitterly cold and snowy weekend, including three attacks in less than 24 hours that each wounded four or more people, the Chicago Tribune reports. More than 4,230 people have been shot in Chicago this year, a 46% increase over this time last year.
INDIANA Indianapolis: A new Ohio River bridge that opened Sunday, connecting southern Indiana with Louisville, has been named the Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Bridge, for the 19th-century explorers.
IOWA Cedar Rapids: Ron Corbett, the mayor of Cedar Rapids, says he will not run for a third four-year term and is weighing a race for governor in 2018.
KANSAS Overland Park: Someone is on Santa’s naughty list after making off with his jacket and toy bag and the van they had been left in. Gary Senner, 62, was inside a convenience store when the theft occurred. He said his mother made the outfit, which is burgundy, not bright red.
KENTUCKY Louisville: Louisville is no longer the toughest place in the country to live with fall allergies, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America says. The ragweed-plagued city dropped from No. 1 to No. 4 and Jackson, Miss., is the new No. 1, The Courier-Journal reports.
LOUISIANA Marrero: A 3-weekold baby who police say was kidnapped from Jefferson Parish has been returned to his mother, and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the boy’s father, Cameron Davis, 24.
MAINE Portland: A landlord sentenced to a 90-day jail term for a code violation after a 2014 fire killed six people at a Portland duplex is running out of time to appeal. Gregory Nisbet has until Thursday to decide if he will appeal. Nisbet was acquitted of manslaughter at trial.
MARYLAND Annapolis: Authorities say 22 people were pulled from the water unharmed after 16 sailboats overturned during a sailing event in the Severn River off Annapolis on Sunday. The incident happened when the boats encountered wind gusts and the water turned rough.
MASSACHUSETTS Chelsea: Chelsea High School is expected to remain closed until at least Wednesday while contractors cut through a concrete floor and fix four cracked pipes thought to be the source of a fly infestation. Student Antonio Falcon told New England Cable News the flies were in the cafeteria, gymnasium and hallways, and windowsills “were packed with dead flies.”
MICHIGAN Flint: Michigan State University says a $2.1 million grant will enable its Office of K-12 Outreach to keep working with Flint officials to help city schools develop student support systems and strengthen curriculum and teaching.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: Workrelated fatalities in Minnesota last year were up 12% from the recent five-year average. The state Department of Labor and Industry says 74 workers died.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Three men were killed during a robbery at a Jackson pawn shop, including the owner. Police Commander Tyree Jones said items taken included the shop’s surveillance equipment.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: Members of Gov.-elect Eric Greitens’ transition team must pledge in writing that they won’t discuss the group’s inner workings, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports, citing documents obtained through open-records requests. Since his election, Greitens, a Republican, has answered few questions from reporters and has held only one press appearance, taking no questions.
MONTANA Helena: Sen. Ed Buttrey, R- Great Falls, plans to run for Montana’s U.S. House seat when Republican Ryan Zinke becomes Presidentelect Donald Trump’s Interior secretary.
NEBRASKA Omaha: The city will add 36 stations and 150 bikes to its public bicycle-sharing system by 2019, which will nearly double it in size.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Authorities say children escaped an apartment fire when they were dropped from a second-story balcony, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. No one was hurt in the fire, which started in a kitchen about midnight Monday.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Brentwood: A jury has awarded about $5 million to a Derry woman, Nancy Knox, and her husband, who accused a Londonderry-based eye doctor of delaying treatment until she became legally blind.
NEW JERSEY Spring Lake Heights: Independent Fire Company No. 1 is hoping authorities can track down the Grinch who stole about $1,000 the volunteers had raised through a Christmas tree sale.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Wildlife officials in the U.S. and Mexico have drafted a recovery plan for the endangered jaguar. Earlier this month, video from a southern Arizona mountain range showed what is believed to be the second wild jaguar spotted in the U.S. in recent years.
NEW YORK New York: State Sen. Tony Avella of Queens will challenge incumbent Bill de Blasio in the 2017 mayoral election. Avella, who lost a 2009 mayoral bid, has been a fierce critic of his fellow Democrat’s handling of the homeless crisis.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: An autopsy report confirms that 17-year-old lifeguard Rachel Rosoff was electrocuted and drowned Sept. 3 at a subdivision’s swimming pool. County inspectors revealed the pool’s pump motor stopped working properly and a corroded wire prevented a circuit breaker from working.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: A trial for 10 people charged with disorderly conduct during Dakota Access pipeline protests, set to begin Monday, was rescheduled after the judge learned the prosecutor had not handed over all the evidence to recently appointed defense attorneys, The Bismarck Tribune reports.
OHIO North Canton: Police are investigating the connection between two dead men — a 49-year-old who was shot at a North Canton home and an 18-year-old found Monday at a nearby park with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Neither man’s name was released.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The Better Business Bureau of Central Oklahoma has advised consumers to avoid buying pets online and to check a breeder or shelter’s credentials after receiving complaints that some people have nearly paid $1,000 for puppies they never received.
OREGON Medford: Census figures show that Jackson County’s population hit 200,000 in 2008 and is estimated at 215,000 now, but the housing market isn’t keeping up. The number of houses available for sale declines monthly, the median price for existing homes is up and the rental market is tighter than ever.
PENNSYLVANIA Easton: A judge has rejected a request to bar prosecutors from using videos that authorities say show a bound and bloody murder victim with the defendant — Jeffrey Knoble, 26, of Riegelsville — who says, “I do what I want.”
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Johnson & Johnson will establish a technology office in Providence to develop health-related software, with initial plans to employ 75 people, WPRI-TV reports. Gov. Gina Raimondo’s office said the company will seek nearly $5 million in tax credits over 10 years as part of the deal.
SOUTH CAROLINA Greenville: Civil rights activist Lottie Gibson, a retired educator who served for many years on the Greenville County Council, has died at 86.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: A Colorado man accused of killing a woman on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has pleaded not guilty. Orlando de Macias, 34, is charged with second-degree murder in the Sept. 29 death of Annie Colhoff, 34.
TENNESSEE Chattanooga: Tired of paying to replace the Holmberg Bridge’s damage-prone glass panels, the city will spend about $88,000 to replace a dozen of them with slip-resistant stainless steel grate panels.
TEXAS Dallas: A judge declared a mistrial after jurors deadlocked in the case of ex- Garland police officer Patrick Tuter, charged with manslaughter after shooting 41 times at a fleeing suspect.
UTAH Layton: Damon Burton, who grew up eating free- and reduced-price school lunches, has donated money to pay for more than 5,000 meals for kids with outstanding balances. Burton, 35, now owns website development and marketing companies.
VERMONT Burlington: The home-sharing platform Airbnb will start collecting rooms and meals taxes for the city of Burlington under an agreement that takes effect Jan. 1.
VIRGINIA Gladys: A mobile home fire in Campbell County killed three people Sunday. The cause is under investigation.
WASHINGTON Spokane: President Obama has signed a bill directing that the ancient bones known as Kennewick Man be returned to Indian tribes for reburial within 90 days.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: An investigation by the Charleston Gazette-Mail found that drug wholesalers shipped 780 million prescription painkillers to the state over a six-year period — 433 pain pills for each West Virginian. The newspaper obtained shipping sales records sent by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
WISCONSIN Green Bay: Mayor Jim Schmitt has three possible downtown locations in mind for a new public safety building that could cost up to $38 million and house the police and fire department offices, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports.
WYOMING Jackson: Hunter Gary Washington has been ordered to pay more than $8,000 for poaching a bison inside Grand Teton National Park and illegally driving offroad to pick up its remains. Washington and his wife also lost hunting privileges and were given three years of unsupervised probation.