STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama School of Law has received $1.5 million to fund a constitutional law chair, Al.com reports.
ALASKA Anchorage: Six-time Iditarod finisher Wade Marrs said one of his dogs suffered a broken leg after a car hit the team and then drove away, KTUU-TV reports.
ARIZONA Lake Havasu City: Animal rights activists showed up last week to picket the Havasu Shrine Circus, Today’s News Herald reports.
ARKANSAS Conway: Preserve Arkansas has named the Springfield Bridge preservation project as the recipient of the 2017 Excellence in Preservation through Rehabilitation Award.
CALIFORNIA Imperial Beach: Authorities have lifted the closing of the Imperial Beach shoreline that was affected by sewage-contaminated flows from the Tijuana River.
COLORADO Colorado Springs: Lawyers for the family of a Fremont County jail inmate who died say prisoners are abruptly cut off from some prescriptions in spite of policies against it, The Gazette reports.
CONNECTICUT Enfield: A new Roman Catholic parish formed by the merger of three state churches will be split up amid infighting among the congregations, The Journal Inquirer reports.
DELAWARE Newark: Plans are in the works for Delaware Stadium to undergo a $60 million renovation, The News Journal reports.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Authorities say nine boardinghouse residents were treated for severe carbon monoxide exposure. Fire officials found a faulty furnace .
FLORIDA Plant City: Two deputies rescued an 82-year-old woman from a sinking SUV that landed in a pond after crashing through a fence.
GEORGIA Atlanta: The state board of education is considering how to help low-performing schools, WABE Radio reports.
HAWAII Honolulu: A cliff hiking trail on Kauai has reopened after being closed for four years, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. The new Nualolo Cliff Trail avoids erosion.
IDAHO Twin Falls: A new substance abuse treatment center has opened here, The Times-News reports.
ILLINOIS Springfield: School officials statewide report that districts are having a hard time filling teaching positions, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports.
INDIANA Noblesville: Federal officials fined the Hamilton County Parks Department $6,500 for allowing archaeologists to unearth artifacts as well as human remains from Native American gravesites, The Indianapolis Star reports.
IOWA Fort Dodge: Officials will vote this week on a proposed $32 million downtown cultural and recreational facility, The Messenger reports.
KANSAS Frederick: One of the state’s tiniest towns has failed again to vote itself out of existence. The dissolution vote in Frederick was 2-2, The Hutchinson News reports.
KENTUCKY Bowling Green: State police officials say the agency faces a manpower shortage and an aging cruiser fleet, The Daily News reports.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Fifteen state schools will receive grants to help them promote healthy eating and physical activity.
MAINE Bar Harbor: Sens. Angus King
and Susan Collins say legislation is needed so clam and worm harvesters can keep plying their trade near Acadia National Park.
MARYLAND Baltimore: The city is failing to collect thousands of dollars in parking fines under a new law raising the penalty for parking in a bus lane or in front of a bus stop from $75 to $250, The Baltimore Sun reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A fiveyear, $1 million program aims to help women entrepreneurs in the life sciences field.
MICHIGAN Detroit: City officials plan to spend about $3 million annually over the next three years to plant 10,000 trees.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: The Supreme Court will decide whether a Minnesota law banning political apparel in polling places is unconstitutional.
MISSISSIPPI Vicksburg: The Vicksburg Auditorium will be closed in January and February to replace the 61-year-old building’s air conditioning and heating system, The Vicksburg Post reports.
MISSOURI Poplar Bluff: Authorities
suspect foul play in the death of a man whose body was found in a lake that was recently drained, The
Daily American Republic reports.
MONTANA Missoula: The state’s new law requiring schools to address childhood sexual abuse came without funding to develop a curriculum or hire people to provide training, the Missoulian reports.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: The Young Republican National Federation is set to host its national convention in Omaha in 2019.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Crews are installing the first set of safety posts this week designed to keep pedestrians safe. Officials say the steel posts are capable of withstanding impact from a 15,000-pound vehicle traveling at 55 mph.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Rochester: Retired commissioner Paul Dumont, 87, fixed the town’s 78-year-old clock tower, nearly two decades after he brought it back to life with a repair in 1999.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: GOP Rep. Tom MacArthur, facing a potentially competitive House race next year, spent more taxpayer money to communicate with his constituents than every other New Jersey representative combined from January to June.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: A man faces an 11th DWI charge after allegedly leading police in a high-speed chase 10 hours after his release from jail on an earlier DWI conviction, The Santa Fe New Mexican reports.
NEW YORK New York: Police want to question a woman caught on video mailing stolen art back to the Museum of Modern Art. NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington: Since April, a bar known for craft beer has held church services. The Wilmington StarNews reports that a group meets three Sundays a month at The Sour Barn in Ogden.
NORTH DAKOTA Minot: Two men and a woman were arrested after authorities discovered five pounds of marijuana aboard an Amtrak train, The Minot Daily News reports.
OHIO Toledo: A coalition of minority groups hopes a code of conduct signed with police to improve relations can be a model for other cities.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The director of a state LGBTQ advocacy group says windows at the organization’s offices were riddled with bullets over the weekend.
OREGON Portland: Container ships are returning to the city’s port next year, though infrequently, Oregon Public Broadcasting reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: Authorities say a suspect in the murder of a motel owner during an attempted robbery was arrested in California.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: State health officials are reminding people about the Rhode Island Special Needs Emergency Registry following a storm that cut power to nearly 1.5 million homes and businesses.
SOUTH CAROLINA Bluffton: Authorities say a man who was caught after stealing four cases of beer from Walmart had returned for more beer, The Island Packet reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Residents can begin dressing downtown statues in warm winter clothing beginning Wednesday. The idea is to provide coats, hats and scarves so that those who need winter clothes can take them, KOTA-TV reports.
TENNESSEE Nashville: An impact study used by the city in a pitch for a Major League Soccer stadium has drawn concern. The Tennessean reports that the study failed to take into account that using sales tax revenue might put a strain on city and state coffers.
TEXAS Denton: At least six people suffered minor injuries when part of an apartment floor collapsed amid a homecoming party.
UTAH Logan: State transportation officials are proposing expanding Valley View Highway from two lanes to four lanes.
VERMONT Burlington: A nursing group is partnering with the University of Vermont Health Network to provide more personalized care, The Burlington Free Press reports.
VIRGINIA Charlottesville: Officials are trying to figure out how the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir got so low that they had to issue a drought warning in October, The Daily Progress reports. Leaking release gates may be a factor.
WASHINGTON Verlot: One of the only pay phones left in the Big Four Ice Caves area is being removed, The Everett Herald reports. There is little to no cellphone service there.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Officials say public school enrollment in West Virginia is down a fifth straight year, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
WISCONSIN Madison: As of this week, children of any age can hunt in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill eliminating the minimum age. WYOMING Casper: The city’s only emergency homeless shelter broke ground this week on a new facility that will double capacity, The Casper Star-Tribune reports.