STATE-BY-STATE
This is an abbreviated report. Not every state is represented.
ALABAMA Montgomery: A former Alabama Jail Association treasurer was convicted of first-degree theft. Marianne Adams will be on probation for three years.
ALASKA Kodiak: A study will determine whether hatchery-raised red king crab can raise wild crab stocks, The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: State forestry officials say the risk of wildfires remains high in Arkansas.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: The California Science Center says artifacts from King Tut’s tomb will go on view in March for 10 months.
CONNECTICUT Torrington: Police say a man accused of 22 break-ins at Dunkin’ Donuts shops was supporting a $300-a-day oxycodone habit, The Republican-American reports.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered a review of policies following a report that dozens of Frank W. Ballou High School students graduated last year without meeting requirements, WTOP Radio reports.
GEORGIA Athens: Three former Cedar Shoals High School students were cleared of rape charges but still face child molestation charges in an alleged assault of a 15-year-old girl, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
HAWAII Honolulu: Officials say campers have moved illegally into Sunset Memorial Park cemetery.
IDAHO Boise: The Bureau of Land Management is appealing a ruling that blocks wild horse sterilizations.
INDIANA Indianapolis: A former Planned Parenthood advocacy group worker says she was denied medical leave after being diagnosed with cervical cancer, The Indianapolis Star reports.
IOWA Cedar Rapids: The City Council took its first vote to bar people from setting off fireworks in the city.
KANSAS Topeka: State officials say that $164 million in eliminated and delayed payments to a pension fund for teachers and other government workers won’t affect retirees, Lawrence Journal-World reports.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: A federal judge sentenced a man to more than four years for illegally re-entering the U.S. after his 2013 deportation.
MAINE South Portland: State forestry officials plan to set out parasitic flies to help control an invasive species of winter moths.
MARYLAND Baltimore: Education officials in Carroll County have halted school trips to Baltimore because of escalating violence in the city.
MASSACHUSETTS Hyannis: Opponents of a planned wind farm off Cape Cod are fighting a decision to save the long-stalled project’s 46 square mile Nantucket Sound lease.
MICHIGAN Lansing: Lawmakers voted to prohibit legislators who quit or are expelled from running in special elections to fill their seats.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Hennepin County leaders approved changing Lake Calhoun’s name to the Dakota name for White Earth Lake, the Star Tribune reports.
MISSISSIPPI Pascagoula: Members of five unions at Huntington Ingalls shipyard approved a four-year contract extension, WLOX-TV reports.
MISSOURI Cadet: Authorities say five firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion and other problems after battling a blaze at Brother’s Salvage Yard, KSDK-TV reports.
MONTANA Helena: Two state worker unions are moving toward merging, The Great Falls Tribune reports.
NEVADA Yerington: Officials say they’ve addressed racial bullying issues at Yerington High School, The Reno Gazette Journal reports.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: A water main break opened several holes on a city street, and a car fell in one of them, WMUR-TV reports.
NEW MEXICO Farmington: State wildlife officials plan improvements along the San Juan River downstream of Navajo Lake State Park.
NEW YORK Schuylerville: State officials are pushing the federal government to test for possible PCB contamination at Fort Hardy Park.
NORTH CAROLINA Lenoir: Police say a teenager was killed when the pickup truck he was riding in hit a log protruding from the back of a truck that was making a turn, The News-Topic reports.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The state has developed rules for using the controversial weed killer dicamba on soybeans next year.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A dog owner was ordered to face trial on a second-degree manslaughter charge that says his pit bulls fatally attacked an 82-year-old woman, The Oklahoman reports.
OREGON Portland: Authorities say a couple found a burglar asleep on their bedroom floor when they woke up Wednesday morning.
SOUTH DAKOTA Yankton: Snowy owls have made a temporary home in the Gavins Point Dam area, The Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan reports.
TEXAS Austin: A new monument, “The Price of Liberty,” will be installed Saturday at the state Capitol complex, The Austin American-Statesman reports.
UTAH Salt Lake City: State wildlife officers are using dogs to sniff out hunting and fishing violations, The Deseret News reports.
VERMONT Shelburne: State police and the FBI are investigating possible exposure to the deadly toxin ricin at Wake Robin retirement community.
WASHINGTON Olympia: Authorities broke up a protest of fracking opponents who blocked Union Pacific railroad tracks for more than week.
WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: West Virginia University’s chief economist estimates that the opioid epidemic cost the state economy $1 billion.
WISCONSIN Cable: A Florida hospitality company will resurrect the landmark Telemark Lodge, The Wisconsin State Journal reports.
WYOMING Casper: An ex-police officer pleaded guilty to child abuse and child endangerment charges, The Casper Star-Tribune reports. Compiled from staff, wire reports.