STATE-BY-STATE
This is an abbreviated report. Not every state is represented.
ALABAMA Maplesville:
Fewer than 30 of about 750 students at Isabella High School showed up for classes Monday amid rumors of a threat.
ALASKA Fairbanks:
Federal officials propose a 200-mile road connecting Northwest Alaska with Dalton Highway, The Daily News-Miner reports.
ARKANSAS Little Rock:
A state poll shows overwhelming support, 72%, for the death penalty.
CALIFORNIA San Francisco:
State regulators have banned the use of certain farm pesticides near schools and day care centers.
COLORADO Denver:
Population forecasts show that Colorado Springs will pass Denver as the state’s largest city by 2050, The Denver Post reports.
CONNECTICUT Hartford:
The state Supreme Court is considering whether a town has the right to regulate signs that criticize local businesses.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
A man who tried to bring a loaded handgun through security at Reagan National Airport is facing a weapons charge.
FLORIDA Pensacola:
A fire at the Animal Allies pet foster home killed 11 cats, Pensacola News Journal reports.
GEORGIA Atlanta:
A man accused of throwing a concrete block through a construction contractor’s window pleaded guilty to obstructing justice.
HAWAII Honolulu:
Scientists say discharge from a sewage facility in West Maui has damaged coral reefs off Kahekili Beach Park for years, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
ILLINOIS Rockford:
The state has settled a lawsuit accusing a veterans nonprofit of scamming donations, The Rockford Register Star reports.
INDIANA Fort Wayne:
Ninety-one jobs will be lost when Aunt Millie’s Bakeries closes.
IOWA Des Moines:
City officials are considering turning most one-way downtown streets into two-ways, The Des Moines Register reports.
KANSAS Wichita:
Investigators say a fire last week at a restaurant run by a Middle Eastern family was set.
KENTUCKY Winchester:
Daniel Boone National Forest will waive some fees Saturday for Veterans Day.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge:
State education officials say public school performance scores remain steady.
MAINE Portland:
Maine is asking residents to become stink bug detectives in an online survey about the pests.
MARYLAND Pasadena:
A 16-year-old boy is charged with making a threat on Snapchat against Northeast High School, The Baltimore Sun reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Springfield:
One of five reputed mobsters charged in an extortion case pleaded guilty, The Republican reports.
MICHIGAN Ann Arbor:
Investigators say a man died at a VA hospital after a nurse mistakenly believed he didn’t want resuscitation in an emergency.
MINNESOTA St. Cloud:
The City Council this week rejected a moratorium on refugee resettlement, WJON reports.
MISSISSIPPI Canton:
Authorities arrested four men and seized 32 dogs in a raid on a dogfighting operation.
MISSOURI Kansas City:
A small grasshopper was found embedded in a Vincent van Gogh painting, “Olive Trees,” at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
MONTANA Great Falls:
Wildlife officials say a hunter acted in self-defense in killing a grizzly bear that charged him, The Great Falls Tribune reports.
NEBRASKA Fremont:
Officials are looking at treatment for people exposed to a TB patient who died.
NEVADA Henderson:
Police arrested a suspect accused of robbing the M Resort casino cage three times in the last three months, KTNV-TV reports.
NEW JERSEY Newark:
The owner of a political consulting firm has pleaded guilty to tax evasion, NJ.com reports.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe:
A man who sued Walgreens claims a pharmacist erroneously filled a muscle relaxant prescription with an anti-anxiety drug, leading to a suicide attempt, The Santa Fe New Mexican reports.
NEW YORK Buffalo:
A woman involved in a 1983 burglary that left a 92-year-old World War I veteran dead faces up to 21 years in prison.
NORTH CAROLINA Burlington:
Alamance County authorities have accused two people of abusing a disabled man who was under their care.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck:
The state’s agriculture commission will consider six grant requests involving berries, ethanol, a grain industry mobile app, dry pea protein, a commercial greenhouse and gelato ice cream.
OHIO Toledo:
Researchers say harmful algae on Lake Erie this year roughly matched the third-most severe bloom over the past 15 years.
OKLAHOMA Hennessey:
After some small earthquakes, two drillers were told to cut back wastewater injections.
OREGON Portland:
Acting on a tip, police raided a marijuana processing warehouse and seized 500 plants, well over the limit for medical pot.
PENNSYLVANIA Denver:
Police say a Dunkin Donuts worker sold methamphetamine and heroin on the job.
RHODE ISLAND Woonsocket:
Two women had a close call with a freight train when they drove onto railroad tracks and got stuck. They jumped to safety before the train slammed into their car, WJAR-TV reports.
TENNESSEE Nashville:
Tennessee’s state park system offers gift cards, The Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
TEXAS Galveston:
The FBI and local police have offered a reward up to $10,000 for information on relatives who were caring for a boy whose body was found on a city beach more than two weeks ago.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
The Public Service Commission says none of the allegations used by fire department leaders to demote the city’s first female battalion chief were credible, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
VERMONT Waterbury:
Officials estimate that last week’s wind storm that left thousands of people in the dark caused at least $4.5 million in damage.
VIRGINIA Newport News:
Officials say cotton yield is likely up 90% this year, The Daily Press reports.
A report to state regulators says the collapse of an Atlantic salmon net pen in August followed a breakdown of anchor lines, The Seattle Times reports.
WASHINGTON Seattle: WEST VIRGINIA Charleston:
The city may require permits for panhandlers, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
WISCONSIN Madison:
Fifteen-yearolds could work as lifeguards under a bill backed by state tourism leaders.
WYOMING Cheyenne:
State lawmakers are considering raising the tax on cigarettes by $1 per pack, The Casper Star-Tribune reports.
Compiled from staff, wire reports.