STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Auburn:
An academic conference focusing on cyber security will be hosted by Auburn University next year, Al.com reports. The “Cyber Security: A Shared Responsibility” will be held April 8.
ALASKA Fairbanks:
Village leaders in the remote upper Koyukuk River region are exploring the possibility of joining or creating a borough before area resources are developed, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports.
ARIZONA Tucson:
A jury awarded $12 million to Esmeralda Tripp in a suit against the University of Arizona Health Network. Tripp’s lawyer says she’s in a persistent vegetative state.
ARKANSAS Dermott:
Prison officials say two guards suffered minor injuries trying to seize contraband from inmates at the Delta Regional Unit.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento:
Authorities are investigating after members of Temple Or Rishon synagogue found anti-Semitic signs posted on the site, the Sacramento Bee reports.
COLORADO Colorado Springs:
Tim Tebow returns Feb. 6 for an annual Colorado Springs Christian Schools, fundraiser, the Gazette reports.
CONNECTICUT Litchfield:
A Jewish group won a 10-year fight against the Litchfield Historic District Commission to build a synagogue in a Victorian home near the Litchfield Green, The Republican-American reports.
DELAWARE Wilmington:
The city has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle claims that five firefighters faced race discrimination under ex-chief Anthony Goode. WDEL-AM reports that Goode is black; the firefighters are white.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
A suburban Washington substitute teacher was charged with being drunk in public after police say students found him passed out at a desk. Officials tell WTOP the teacher was dismissed.
FLORIDA Tallahassee:
Police are investigating the death of a Florida State University fraternity pledge at a chapter party, The Tallahassee Democrat reports.
GEORGIA Savannah:
A woman trying to get to a restaurant is in custody after driving past a barricade set up for a local Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon and dragging an officer with her car.
HAWAII Honolulu:
The Bishop Museum has selected Melanie Ide as its next president and CEO, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
IDAHO Idaho Falls:
A man who started a wildfire with illegal fireworks was ordered to pay $1.7 million in restitution, The Post Register reports.
ILLINOIS Chicago:
Months after city officials established a fund to boost legal services for immigrants facing deportation, there has been a spike in immigrants with lawyers, the Chicago Tribune reports.
INDIANA Terre Haute:
Officials plan to pursue construction of a downtown convention center without Indiana State University’s involvement.
IOWA Fort Dodge:
The city Police Department eased its nofacial-hair policy this month so officers can join No-Shave November, a cancer awareness event, The Messenger reports.
KANSAS Lindsbor:
Domino, a 4-year-old dog who escaped at a Kansas rest stop while en route to his new adoptive home in Seattle, has been found after three months, the Salina Journal reports.
KENTUCKY Frankfort:
Authorities say all of Kentucky’s backlogged rape evidence kits have been tested, WLKY-TV reports.
LOUISIANA Opelousas:
The St. Landry Parish School Board voted to give employees a $1,000 bonus next month, The Daily World reported.
MAINE Lewiston:
The last time two Maine municipalities merged was 1922, when Warren G. Harding was president. Now, residents of Lewiston and Auburn are voting Tuesday on whether to join.
MARYLAND Baltimore:
The state Developmental Disabilities Administration will revise its billing system after critical state and federal audits, The Baltimore Sun reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Framingham:
The driver of a van that transports special needs students to school is accused of selling heroin out of the vehicle. Officials say Rudencia Montes was fired after his arrest.
MICHIGAN Grand Rapids:
An exhibit at the Gerald Ford Presidential Museum explores the connection between music and politics. “Louder Than Words: Rock, Power and Politics” is on display through Feb. 11, The Grand Rapids Press reports.
Scientists have found a way to keep sea lampreys in check in the Great Lakes, Minnesota Public Radio reports.
MINNESOTA Duluth: MISSISSIPPI Madison:
The University of Mississippi Medical
Center is closing its Madison wellness center at the end of the month, The Clarion-Ledger reports. The move comes less than a year after two Jackson wellness centers were closed amid budget cuts.
MISSOURI Wentzville:
A book by Joyce Smith, a St. Louis woman whose son survived after falling through ice, is being made into a feature film, The Impossible.
MONTANA Missoula:
A University of Montana review added a dozen programs to a list of those that could be reduced or eliminated, The
Missoulian reports.
NEBRASKA Lincoln:
Educators say the wrist monitors some Lincoln students are wearing are reinforcing the children’s efforts to get fit, the Lincoln Journal Star reports.
NEVADA Las Vegas:
The Republican tax overhaul could affect funding for the proposed $1.9 billion stadium that will house the Las Vegas Raiders. A provision ends tax-exempt status on bonds used to pay for sports stadiums, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Bretton Woods:
The Mount Washington Cog Railway closed early for the season after flooding from a recent storm damaged a trestle bridge over the Ammonoosuc River.
NEW JERSEY Newark:
A suspended police captain has admitted his role in a scheme to sell information from a private insurance database that law enforcement officers could ac
cess.
NEW MEXICO Farmington:
Producers and oil service companies in the Farmington area are hiring again, The Daily Times reports.
NEW YORK New York:
Authorities are looking for a prankster who threw yellow dye in the fountain at Lincoln Center, The Daily News reports.
NORTH CAROLINA Greensboro:
The Crooked Tail Cat Cafe opened last week in downtown Greensboro. It has a coffee bar, and all the cats there are available for adoption.
NORTH DAKOTA Minot:
The city is coming up short with promised leverage funds for its National Disaster Resilience Program. Minot agreed to leverage almost $470 million, the Minot Daily News reports.
OHIO Columbus:
The city’s Metropolitan Library has set new rules, The Columbus Dispatch reports. The policy prohibits patrons from bringing in anything larger than carry-on bags, and the limit is three bags. The changes take effect Dec. 1.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City:
The Oklahoma City and Tulsa school districts are being allowed to intervene in a charter schools funding lawsuit.
OREGON Bend:
Fresh off its first formal retreat last month, The International Insight Meditation Center of Oregon plans to organize more retreats next spring and summer.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia:
State officials are renewing a push to get $140 million in federal subsidies for rural broadband Internet.
RHODE ISLAND Cranston:
Officials say no trace of carbon monoxide was found at Cranston High School East, The Providence Journal reports. The school closed Friday after 50 students and staff reported feeling sick.
SOUTH CAROLINA York:
A woman whose newborn son tested positive for “multiple narcotics” is charged with felony child abuse, The Rock Hill Herald reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls:
Local students will soon be able to trade hands-on work experience for school credit, the Argus Leader reports.
TENNESSEE New Market:
Hundreds of graves belonging to slaves and military veterans were discovered during a cleanup at a historically black cemetery, WBIR-TV reports.
TEXAS San Antonio:
Authorities say burglars cut a hole in the roof of a cellphone store and stole about $50,000 worth of merchandise, The San Antonio Express-News reports.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
The growth in enrollment in Utah charter schools has slowed but still outpaces increases in public schools statewide.
VERMONT Windsor:
State officials are looking at the recently closed prison in Windsor as possible transitional housing for former inmates, Vermont Public Radio reports.
VIRGINIA Gloucester Point:
Marine science researchers say a manatee recently made a rare Chesapeake Bay appearance, The Daily Press reports.
WASHINGTON Longview:
Cowlitz County jail officials say a new body scanner has helped reduce the amount of contraband smuggled into the lockup, The Daily News reports.
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown:
West Virginia University says most of a $5 million gift from a 1964 grad and his wife will go to the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
WISCONSIN Madison:
Mayor Paul Soglin’s wants all convenience stores in the city to install security cameras to improve safety, The Wisconsin State Journal reports.
WYOMING Sheridan:
Despite housing rare dinosaur fossils, Sheridan College’s Museum of Discovery goes mostly unnoticed, The Sheridan Press reports. The museum does not have a full-time curator or regular hours.
Compiled from staff, wire reports.