State-by-State

What’s happening around the nation.

ALABAMA Ashland: A prisoner on work-release was killed at the poultry plant where he worked in what authorities call an industrial accident.

ALASKA Juneau: Authorities confirmed that a plane wreck found last week is that of a Cessna that went missing in 2008 with two people on board, The Juneau Empire reports.

ARIZONA Bisbee: The city has started rebuilding the interior of its city hall that was gutted by fire Oct. 11, the Sierra Vista Herald reports.

ARKANSAS El Dorado: A judge set a $1 million bond for the suspect in the death of a man found outside the Hotshots Sports Bar, The El Dorado News-Times reports.

CALIFORNIA Sacramento: Gov. Jerry Brown is on a 11-day trip to Europe, touting California policies aimed at battling global warming. COLORADO Steamboat Springs: Wildlife officers have euthanized a third bear that was causing problems in the Steamboat Springs area, The Steamboat Pilot & Today reports.

CONNECTICUT Bridgeport: A suspect was arrested in the death of a barber who was shot while protecting customers, the Connecticut Post reports.

DELAWARE Newark: A health system executive is accused of performing lewd acts in front of female University of Delaware students.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Suburban Washington commuters are getting relief along the Interstate 95 corridor. A $50 million Express Lanes project is wrapping up ahead of schedule.

FLORIDA Sebring: State health officials report a rabies death from a bat bite. The victim didn’t seek treatment, officials tell WKMG-TV.

GEORGIA Atlanta: City police are dedicating an officer exclusively to animal cruelty cases after a dog killed one child and injured another.

HAWAII Kaiula-Kona: The state’s only means of treating divers with “the bends” is closed through November, West Hawaii Today reports.

IDAHO Boise: A newly found plant species will be named for former Gov. Cecil Andrus, KBSX-FM reports.

ILLINOIS Champaign: University of Illinois police seek two men suspected of taking a menorah branch outside Chabad Center for Jewish Life, The News-Gazette reports.

INDIANA Columbus: Bartholomew County commissioners have decided to reinforce cell doors following a jail disturbance that injured three officers, The Republic reports.

IOWA Fort Dodge: Organizers of the Operation Christmas donation drive say that after more than 60 years, this will be the charity’s final event, The Messenger reports.

KANSAS Manhattan: Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will speak Nov. 27 at Kansas State University.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: Authorities say ethics charges will proceed against a judge who declared conscientious objection to handling adoption cases for gay and lesbian adults.

LOUISIANA Metarie: A woman accused of pepper-spraying patrons at a Chuck E. Cheese’s during an argument was arrested. Authorities say five adults and two children were treated for exposure.

MAINE Waterville: The executive director of the Humane Society Waterville Area animal shelter, where two pit bulls that were ordered euthanized disappeared, resigned.

MARYLAND Fort Meade: Gov. Larry Hogan will be keynote speaker at a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the 175th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Facility at Fort Meade. MASSACHUSETTS Pittsfield: Prosecutors have gone to court to stop the Berkshire Museum’s plans to sell 40 works of art, including two by Norman Rockwell.

MICHIGAN Flint: An artist and a fashion designer hope to make clothing out of water bottles used in the city’s lead pollution crisis, The Flint Journal reports. MINNESOTA St. Paul: Gov. Mark Dayton is thanking farmers and landowners for a 95% compliance rate with the state’s buffer law to protect public water.

MISSISSIPPI Madison: The former pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church disputes a claim of taking $332,000 from the church. The Rev. Riley Brown tells WLBT-TV he’s innocent.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: The state is appealing a ruling that it owes $26.3 million to more than 3,000 blind people who were underpaid by Missouri’s blind pension fund, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

MONTANA Missoula: Police say a man whose vehicle was struck by an elk that had been hit by another vehicle was fatally injured when his truck went down an embankment.

NEBRASKA Omaha: An ordinance that goes into effect this month will close dozens of Omaha street medians to pedestrians and panhandlers, The Omaha World-Herald reports.

NEVADA Las Vegas: Regulators say gambling revenue rose 3.3% in September compared to a year ago.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Hanover: Three Dartmouth College psychology professors are under investigation on sexual misconduct allegations.

NEW JERSEY Newark: Authorities say tests for an oil tank spill in the basement of the Wilson Avenue School found compounds below levels posing a risk, NJ.com reports.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Developers of an $18 million project along historic Route 66 say they’re aiming for a December opening of the revamped El Vado motor lodge.

NEW YORK Plattsburgh: Twenty-

one students at State University of New York here are charged with hazing Pi Alpha Nu pledges. NORTH CAROLINA Winston-Salem: A homeless man who was severely beaten by teenagers in January was found dead Monday in a restaurant restroom.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Local police used the overdose antidote Narcan for the first time last week, The Bismarck Tribune reports. An unconscious woman was revived.

OHIO Dayton: A former Wright-Patterson Air Force Base employee is accused of having a stolen missile warning system used on aircraft, The Dayton Daily News reports.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Crews worked this week to restore full website access at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, whose systems were knocked offline by hackers.

OREGON Bend: Oregon State University-Cascades plans to buy an old landfill for $1, The Bulletin reports.

PENNSYLVANIA Leechburg: Police say a man who was at a judge’s office to pay court fines used cash from a stolen wallet to pay his fees, the Tribune-Review reports.

RHODE ISLAND Cranston: A pair of rare Civil War cannons are back at the Rhode Island governor’s residence following an inspection by the National Guard.

SOUTH CAROLINA Orangeburg: The owner of the Edisto River Creamery ice cream shop plans to appeal a city order preventing him from removing a Confederate flag display next to the business, The Times and Democrat reports.

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Construction of a nearly $7 million early childhood and community center will start soon in Rapid City.

TENNESSEE Memphis: Police say a 10-year-old boy fatally stabbed himself while his mother was beating him with an extension cord and choking him. The mother is charged with aggravated child abuse.

TEXAS San Antonio: Investigators say a couple punished their three children by using a shock collar and beating them with a thorny switch.

UTAH Salt Lake City: The former emergency services director for Carbon County was ordered to pay $65,000 in restitution for using grant money for personal purchases, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

VERMONT Westmore: State wildlife officials have accused a man of poaching a moose cow out of season, dragging the animal behind his truck for 11 miles and leaving it to rot.

VIRGINIA Roanoke: For the first time since 1979, Amtrak service returned to Roanoke this week.

WASHINGTON Kennewick: The Hanford nuclear reservation project was named 2017 International Project of the Year, The Tri-City Herald reports.

WEST VIRGINIA Beckley: A regional Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter will suspend mentoring services for underprivileged children after donors pulled funding in response to an LGBTQ-awareness training program, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.

WISCONSIN Madison: The state Senate has declared open season on groundhogs, approving a bill that would remove them from Wisconsin’s protected species list.

WYOMING Cody: A hunting guide and hunter are in hospitals recovering from an attack by a bear in the Washakie Wilderness, The Cody Enterprise reports.

Compiled from staff and wire reports.