State by state
News from around the nation
ALABAMA Huntsville: Acting NASA administrator Robert Lightfoot is scheduled to speak Wednesday at the 10th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium on space exploration. The two-day event will be held at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
ALASKA Anchorage: Hundreds of people gathered in a hotel ballroom over the weekend to remember Adrian Murfitt, who was killed Oct. 1 during the Las Vegas concert shooting, KTUUTV reported. Dorene Anderson, 49, also of Anchorage,also was killed in the shooting, in which 58 people died.
ARIZONA Tucson: An estimated 85 bighorn sheep were living in the Santa Catalina Mountains this spring, according to Arizona Game and Fish Department officials. The Arizona Daily Star reported the sheep appear to be thriving after the species was brought back to the mountains starting in 2013.
ARKANSAS Trumann: A committee examining whether a Trumann woman can keep a pot-bellied pig as an emotional support animal says the city council should decide the issue. Matt Miller says the pig, Gordy, helps with his wife’s health issues. The Jonesboro Sun reported that a special committee has recommended that a swine and livestock ban remain in place.
CALIFORNIA Stockton: Stockton Metropolitan Airport officials are looking to add “San Francisco” to its name in a bid to boost its marketability. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Stockton airport officials want to rename their facility the San Francisco Stockton Regional Airport despite Stockton being 83 miles from San Francisco.
COLORADO Durango: Residents of Durango are showing their support for a female resident who was a recent victim of sexual assault. The Durango Herald reported that about 100 people turned out for a candlelight vigil, two days after the paper published a story. Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is traveling to Ukraine and Estonia to host meetings on the war in Ukraine, Russian aggression and other issues.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Physician James Gill is one of the first Delaware doctors to use a telemedicine program named MEND. About a dozen doctors in the state are using MEND and 2,500 visits have been seen through the app in the past year, said Mary Fenimore, spokeswoman for the state medical society.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The District will be one of the first markets in the U.S. to have a Virgin Hotel, WTOP.com reported. The hotel is expected to open in Northeast D.C.’s Union Market neighborhood in the fall of 2019.
FLORIDA Big Pine Key: A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service survey shows 949 Key deer survived after Hurricane Irma hit the only area where the endangered species lives.
GEORGIA Columbus: Seventeen veterans are to be inducted into the 2017 Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame on Nov. 4, The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported.
HAWAII Pearl City: Five months after Kylee Lawelawe died of a suspected drug and alcohol overdose, her mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the bar allegedly involved. Police say Lawelawe, 17, collapsed outside Boujie Bar and Grill May 12 and died at the hospital.
IDAHO Lewiston: The Appointed Special Advocatesprogram is searching for volunteers who will help support youth during child protection cases in court. Executive Director Zenita Delva told the Lewiston Tribune that the program has only 17 volunteers to help a staff with an average of 100 cases across five counties.
ILLINOIS Chicago: A Chicago Tribune investigation found 15 children died of abuse or neglect from 2012 to 2016 while their families received services from groups hired by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The probe found that the spike in deaths came after DCFS privatized the program.
INDIANA Indianapolis: Eli Lilly and Co. says it is going ahead with a $72 million project updating an insulin manufacturing facility even as the drugmaker plans to cut about 3,500 jobs from its global workforce.
IOWA West Burlington: Southeastern Community College has created a wetland on its campus to filter runoff from farmland and provide a learning tool for students, The Hawk Eye reported.
KANSAS Topeka: The Kansas agriculture community has been divided over a decision by the Trump administration to block new livestock rules from taking effect. The Lawrence Journal-World reported the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s proposed rules aimed to protect poultry producers from unfair practices.
KENTUCKY Frankfort: The state Department of Health officials say an online weekly influenza surveillance report will be used to gauge flu activity.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The state has created a program aimed at helping veterans start their own businesses. An estimated 108 veterans are expected to participate in The Louisiana Veteran Entrepreneurship Program the first year.
MAINE Portland: Shawn Scott, an out-of-state gambling entrepreneur, has emerged as a key backer of a new casino proposal on the Nov. 7 ballot. Voters will have the final say on the proposal for the state’s third casino at a yet-to-be-known location in York County.
MARYLAND Rockville: The prosecution of two Hispanic teens who entered the country illegally and were later charged with raping a 14-year-old girl has ended, The Washington Post reported. Maryland prosecutors dropped child pornography charges against Henry Sanchez Milian.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants is scheduled to deliver his annual State of the Judiciary address Thursday at the John Adams Courthouse.
MICHIGAN Lansing: Grants totaling $872,000 are being awarded to 20 employer groups, labor organizations and other nonprofits in Michigan to support worker safety and health.
MINNESOTA Mendota Heights: Next summer, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will renumber the segment of Hwy. 110 between the Mendota Bridge and I-494 to Hwy. 62, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Currently, the road turns from Hwy. 62 into Hwy. 55 then into Hwy. 110.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Beverly Culley, former superintendent of the Benoit school district is accused of overpaying herself by $52,000. State Auditor Stacey Pickering is demanding that Culley repay nearly $70,000, reflecting interest and investigation costs.
MISSOURI St. Louis: The actions of a black St. Louis police officer who was fired after altering a police report were worthy of only a reprimand, according to a report obtained by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Ryan Cousins alleged in a lawsuit that race played a role in his 2016 firing.
MONTANA Missoula: Montana is bolstering its efforts this hunting season to watch for chronic wasting disease. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will be collecting lymph node samples from hunter-harvested deer and elk.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: The Czech Republican is opening a new honorary consulate headed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Mila Saskova-Pierce.
NEVADA Reno: Republican Rep. Mark Amodei Tuesday pushed back on former Rep. Shelley Berkley's stance that the University of Nevada-Reno School of Medicine should be closed because the state can't afford two medical schools, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported. This year, the UNLV medical school welcomed its inaugural class.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth: A Salvation Army thrift store has received an urn apparently filled with cremated remains. The Portsmouth Herald reported the urn is bronze in color and is engraved “Richard L. Pettengill 1929-1981.”
NEW JERSEY Trenton: Elizabeth Honig, the owner of a computer training center who stole $2.8 million from a program designed to help veterans find jobs has been sentenced to two years in prison.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Al Hurricane, the “Godfather of New Mexico music” who bridged the state’s Hispanic traditions with country and rock, died Sunday at 81.
NEW YORK New York: Democratic Assemblywoman Nily Rozic wants to amend the state’s anti-discrimination laws to protect models from sexual harassment, The New York Times reported.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: North Carolina tax collections are trailing what legislators anticipated. A General Assembly staff report says taxes, fees and other revenues are $62 million short of the revenue target though the first quarter of the fiscal year.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The North Dakota Census Office says the state has the highest percentage of Millennials in the country. Kevin Iverson says many Millennials moved to the state during the oil boom and stayed.
OHIO Toledo: Toledo Police Chief George Kral says the city has 304 cameras, enough for all officers in field operations and the motorcycle unit.
OKLAHOMA McLoud: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma more than $282,000 to curb water pollution.
OREGON Portland: Kevin Roberts, an assistant wrestling coach fired by Oregon State University has filed a federal lawsuit that contends he was wrongly let go. The lawsuit says Roberts was falsely accused of allowing or participating in derogatory remarks made by team members toward a teammate.
PENNSYLVANIA Danville: Police say a man stole an ambulance with its crew still aboard. The Daily Item reported that the suspect jumped into an ambu- lance parked at Geisinger Medical Center Monday morning. Police say the crew was able to escape.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: AAA Northeast found that selfserve, regular is averaging $2.58 per gallon. That’s 12 cents more than the national average and 34 cents higher than the average state price a year ago at this time.
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston: Authorities are investigating the death of an inmate at the county jail. The Charleston County Sheriff ’s Office says that a deputy was making rounds at the county jail sometime after 6 a.m. Saturday when he found a male inmate’s body in bed.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: A central Sioux Falls neighborhood is organizing against a planned video lottery casino approved by the city’s planning commission. The Argus Leader reports that neighbors worry the casino could bring crime.
TENNESSEE Nashville: Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is joining the race to succeed Republican Bob Corker in the U.S. Senate.
TEXAS Amarillo: A West Texas school district has suspended five teachers after learning they were overheard at a restaurant speaking derisively of a student with learning disabilities
UTAH Provo: BYU Broadcasting is giving up its PBS television affiliation and abandoning classical music on radio. As of June 30, KBYU-Channel 11 will become an over-the-air outlet for BYUtv. On radio, KBYU-FM will become an outlet for BYUradio.
VERMONT Tunbridge: The Vermont History Expo has been discontinued. The Vermont Historical Society concluded the event was “reaching the end of its effectiveness,” The Valley News reported.
VIRGINIA Blacksburg: Some cities in Virginia are seeking to regulate demonstrations after the violent clashes in Charlottesville, The Roanoke Times reported.
WASHINGTON Spokane: The number of refugees moving to Spokane has dropped. World Relief Spokane says it brought just over than 400 refugees to the city in 2017, down from nearly 600 in 2016, KREM-TV reported.
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: Alfgeir Kristjansson, assistant professor at West Virginia University’s School of Public Health, is applying peer group lessons from Iceland where he says teen use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco has been “virtually eradicated.”
WISCONSIN Madison: The St. Croix Chippewa tribe is set to grow hemp in hopes of extracting oil from the plant that could help treat seizures and other health problems, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
WYOMING Jackson
Hole: Wildlife in Jackson Hole ended up in the deadly path of traffic in nearrecord numbers over the past year. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reported that the Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation wildlife-vehicle collision report says 248 mule deer, 48 elk and 18 moose were claimed from May 2016 through April 2017.