STATE-BY-STATE INDIANA Indianapolis: PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia:
ALABAMA Montgomery:
A Feb. 22 execution date is set for Doyle Lee Hamm, a terminally ill inmate.
ALASKA Juneau:
The state will get its first “mega” cruise ship visit in June, CoastAlaska News reports.
ARIZONA Prescott:
The new City Council underwent training to prevent harassment, Daily Courier says.
ARKANSAS Bentonville:
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is closing its early-American art galleries to redesign the space.
CALIFORNIA San Francisco:
Two sea lion attacks in a bay cove prompted authorities to close it to swimmers.
COLORADO Denver:
The family of a woman who fell to her death from a chairlift at Ski Granby Ranch filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
CONNECTICUT Norwalk:
A former city transit payroll supervisor must repay $8,600 to avoid jail for embezzlement, Norwalk Hour reports.
DELAWARE Delaware City:
The state Department of Natural Resources has reprimanded the Delaware City Refinery for an equipment shutdown that may have released air pollutants.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
A suburban Washington jury that convicted a maid of stealing three rings from the home where she worked passed the hat and paid her $60 fine.
FLORIDA Hurlburt Field:
Child care centers at this Air Force installation are closed to prevent an outbreak of norovirus from spreading.
GEORGIA Woodbine:
A couple accused of punching a mother and daughter for being served cold chicken pleaded guilty to aggravated battery and cruelty to children.
HAWAII Honolulu:
Four mayors have pledged to eliminate fossil fuel-powered ground transportation vehicles by 2045, the Star-Advertiser reports.
IDAHO Boise:
State transportation officials will spend an additional $86 million to fix and add lanes on Interstate 84 near Nampa and Caldwell.
ILLINOIS Chicago:
The city’s Rock ‘n’ Roll McDonald’s will close for remodeling at the end of the year.
City school officials plan to ask voters for $936 million over eight years to cover operating and capital expenses, The Indianapolis Star reports.
IOWA Clive:
Police say thieves stole 18 guns, including seven fully-automatic weapons, from the Rangemaster Training Center gun store.
KANSAS Abilene:
Police say a tip led to the recovery of a 150-pound bear statue stolen a year ago outside a candy factory.
KENTUCKY West Paducah:
Authorities say a contract worker at Shawnee Fossil Plant who was hurt in a rail yard accident died the next day.
LOUISIANA Shreveport:
Prosecutors say a car dealer pleaded guilty to bank fraud for taking out loans for 3 vehicles that don’t exist.
MAINE Bar Harbor:
Legislation in Congress would resolve a border fight between Acadia National Park rangers and neighbors who harvest clams and worms in the mudflats.
MARYLAND Baltimore:
Parents and students at William Pinderhughes community school are pushing back against its proposed closing, The Baltimore Sun reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Pittsfield:
A judge has given state investigators to Jan. 29 to review Berkshire Museum’s disputed effort to auction 40 works.
MICHIGAN Lansing:
A private $180,000 grant will support a campaign to restore the arctic grayling to northern Michigan waters.
MINNESOTA St. Paul:
The private McNally Smith College of Music is closing Wednesday. An official said the school can’t make its payroll.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson:
An audit finds six of 19 county-owned hospitals are in poor financial condition.
MISSOURI Joplin:
Officials granted a city request for more time to finish several tornado recovery projects.
MONTANA Billings:
Yellowstone National Park is open for the winter season, The Billings Gazette reports.
NEBRASKA Offutt Air Force Base:
After a year off, the air show at Offutt Air Force Base returns Aug. 10.
NEVADA Las Vegas:
First-term Rep. Ruben Kihuen, D-Nev., who is at the center of sexual harassment allegations, won’t seek re-election. Kihuen denies the allegations.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester:
The state’s veterans hospital launched a partnership with Frisbie Memorial Hospital to provide gastrointestinal procedures to veterans.
NEW JERSEY Atlantic City:
Fifteen young minorities are being trained as construction workers for converting the former Trump Taj Mahal into a Hard Rock casino resort.
NEW MEXICO Bernalillo:
Sandoval County commissioners rejected a plan to regulate oil and gas projects.
NEW YORK Central Islip:
A Long Island woman is accused of laundering bitcoin to help ISIS.
NORTH CAROLINA Wilmington:
The Bradley Creek Health Center retirement community apologized for distributing a calendar featuring a black woman caricature.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck:
An emergency program helped nearly 500 drought-stricken ranchers haul hay to their herds through winter.
OHIO Gahanna:
An animal group removed 111 cats from a home where 55 animals were found dead, The Columbus Dispatch reports.
OKLAHOMA Norman:
The University of Oklahoma’s LGBTQ Alumni Society leader is asking members to stop donating until Regent Kirk Humphreys resigns. Humphreys compared gay people to pedophiles.
OREGON Salem:
Donated land at the Willamette River will become part of a water trail and campsite, The Statesman Journal reports.
The Philadelphia Zoo threw a birthday party for 37-year-old Coldilocks, the oldest polar bear in U.S. captivity.
RHODE ISLAND New Shoreham:
Block Island residents say a year-old offshore wind farm boosted tourism.
SOUTH CAROLINA Rock Hill:
A family that acquired food in a wrongful death suit donated $5,000 worth to a nonprofit that serves the poor.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls:
Agriculture officials say timely rain helped salvage state crops this year.
TENNESSEE Nashville:
Gov. Bill Haslam announced a $5,000 reward for information that helps authorities find whoever is responsible for the fatal shooting of a Walmart vendor.
TEXAS Dallas:
A woman who records show took her 8-year-old son in for medical care 323 times is charged with injury to a child.
UTAH Salt Lake City:
The Crossroads Urban Center wants to use a closing downtown shelter for a facility serving families, Salt Lake Tribune says.
VERMONT Burlington:
Outdoor demolition has begun on the Burlington Town Center mall.
VIRGINIA Charlottesville:
City officials denied a permit requested by a white nationalist for a one-year anniversary rally.
WASHINGTON Bellevue:
Over half of the 110 cases brought in a prostitution sting were dismissed because conversations were recorded without required two-party consent.
WEST VIRGINIA Huntington:
Gov. Jim Justice says he’ll send the National Guard to supplement police in dealing with the city’s crime surge.
WISCONSIN Oshkosh:
A plane that led the Normandy invasion in 1944 was saved from a junkyard and carefully restored, WLUK-TV reports.
WYOMING Cheyenne:
Gov. Matt Mead tapped attorney Lynne Boomgaarden for the state Supreme Court. Compiled from staff, wire reports.