STATE-BY-STATE MISSISSIPPI Tchula:
ALABAMA Ozark: A state-run aviation college is getting money to expand. Officials say Enterprise State Community College will receive a $2.5 million grant to expand the Alabama Aviation College in Ozark.
ALASKA Anchorage: State police say two people died in Aniak when their snowmobile struck a moose last weekend. The moose also died.
ARIZONA Chino Valley: Authorities say a man was fatally shot in Chino Valley after he drove a pickup truck onto property unannounced, became stuck in a garden and fired at least one gunshot.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Juvenile justice officials say budget issues are hampering efforts to reduce jailing youths, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. Activists want to shift funds to community providers.
CALIFORNIA San Jose: NOAA biologists say the population of California sea lions has tripled in the past 40 years to more than 250,000, The Mercury News reports.
COLORADO Silverton: A backcountry skier is dead after being caught in an avalanche south of Red Mountain Pass, the San Juan County Sheriff ’s Office reports.
CONNECTICUT Kent: Classes will resume Thursday at the private Kent School that was evacuated Jan. 15 because of flooding from ice jams on the Housatonic River.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Troopers say a man shoplifted large amounts of candy twice from the same gas station last week.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Authorities say at least five people assaulted a man and set him on fire in a Washington suburb. Two suspects were arrested. The others are being sought.
FLORIDA Marathon: An alternative to surgery is being used to treat tumors on sea turtles in a partnership between Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital and University of Florida.
GEORGIA Savannah: The city and surrounding Chatham County plan to split their merged police department into separate agencies Feb. 1. But county officials say they have barely a third of the 120 officers needed, The Savannah Morning News reports.
HAWAII Honolulu: Bassist Christopher Yick has filed papers to establish a nonprofit, the Hawaii Chamber Music Festival, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
IDAHO Ketchum: The nonprofit Camp Rainbow Gold says it will seek a new home for its camp for children with cancer after months of wrangling over a proposed site near this ski resort town, The Idaho Mountain Express reports.
ILLINOIS Springfield: The state is looking for volunteers to welcome visitors and give tours at the newly renovated Illinois Executive Mansion that will reopen this summer.
INDIANA Peru: Authorities say an emergency medical technician died when the ambulance he was riding in rolled after crashing into a car.
IOWA Johnston: A state audit of the city’s books determined that nearly $14,000 collected from library fines and fees and other revenue sources wasn’t deposited in city accounts.
KANSAS Topeka: A group of faculty, staff and students at the University of Kansas wants the school to sell its jet to save money, Lawrence Journal-World reports. But school officials say the Cessna CJ4 is a key tool in donor relations and athletic recruitment.
KENTUCKY Morganfield: A coroner says Union County Judge-Executive Jody Jenkins was found dead at his home last weekend, The Gleaner reports. Jenkins was facing accusations of using his position to solicit gifts and payments.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Hunters who move feral hogs from place to place could soon face stiffer fines if they’re caught in Louisiana.
MAINE Portland: Officials say Portland International Jetport is the first airport in the country to use 100% recycled de-icing fluid for aircraft.
MARYLAND Baltimore: Authorities seized a 9mm handgun and suspected cocaine and heroin in a raid that also led to two arrests.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A telecommunications executive and his wife have given gifts worth a combined $100 million to Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
MICHIGAN Flint: A voluntary registry is being set up for Flint residents exposed to lead during the water crisis that has plagued the city.
MINNESOTA Lake Beton: A University of Minnesota study says state farmers may not be getting the help they need to deal with the stress and mental strain in their jobs.
This tiny Mississippi Delta town has big debts but not much money, the Greenwood Commonwealth reports. The mayor says the town had about $7,000 in the bank this month but owes the IRS more than $54,000 for employee taxes.
MISSOURI Kansas City: Police say a 9-year-old boy who was riding with his father was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire between two other vehicles.
MONTANA Billings: Gov. Steve Bullock has signed a net neutrality order for telecommunications firms that get state contracts.
NEBRASKA Odessa: A package that fell off a flatbed trailer led to the arrests of two people when police discovered that the package contained marijuana.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Authorities removed hundreds of animals from a home where they were kept in what were described as “deplorable conditions,” KVVU-TV reports.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Bartlett: The Attitash Mountain Resort is telling guests that it’s refunding deposits on 10 planned weddings, with apologies, WMUR-TV reports. The resort is under new management.
NEW JERSEY Summit: Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered an audit of New Jersey Transit. Murphy, who took office last week, has called the agency a “national disgrace.”
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Dozens of protests have been filed by tribal officials, environmentalists and others as federal land managers consider leasing oil and gas parcels near culturally significant sites.
NEW YORK Albany: The city is celebrating the birthday of local Pulitzer Prize-winning writer William Kennedy, who turned 90 this month. NORTH CAROLINA Elizabeth City: A man who won a police-sponsored doughnut-eating contest in 2014 is accused of breaking and entering and larceny from a Dunkin’ Donuts shop, The Virginian-Pilot reports.
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: An underage drinker had a blood-alcohol content three times the legal limit when she hit a police vehicle, KFGO reports.
OHIO Middletown: Officials investigating a fire that damaged a steel plant here say it could take weeks to determine the cause and the full extent of damage, The Hamilton-Middletown Journal-News reports. Workers were evacuated; none were hurt.
OKLAHOMA Tulsa: A man accused of fatally shooting his Lebanese neighbor is on trial this week on first-degree murder and hate crime charges.
OREGON Portland: A grand jury cleared a U-Haul worker in the shooting death of an armed man who tried to rob the business. The worker has a concealed handgun license.
PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: The state’s prison population is down for a fourth straight year. Pennsylvania ended 2017 with about 3,300 fewer inmates than five years earlier.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: An annual show that lampoons state politics is coming to an end. The last edition of the Providence Newspaper Guild Follies will be held Feb. 23.
SOUTH CAROLINA Lancaster: Authorities say a man suspected of kidnapping a baby crashed his truck into a ditch while being chased and was later found in bloody clothes, eating at a fast food restaurant. The baby was ultimately found safe, The Herald of Rock Hill reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Federal figures show that the amount of unpaid child support grew by more than $40 million in South Dakota in recent years, the Argus Leader reports.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: A decaying house where University of Tennessee football coach Robert Neyland once lived will be demolished this spring, The Knoxville News Sentinel reports.
TEXAS Huntsville: A man on death row for the shooting deaths of a 5year-old girl and her grandmother at a children’s birthday party has an execution date of April 25.
UTAH Pleasant Grove: Two hikers are safe after crews plucked them from the mountains above Pleasant Grove. Authorities say the pair got lost and weren’t prepared for night conditions.
VERMONT Barre: The city has launched an enforcement campaign for a ban on dumping snow into waterways. Officials say the practice could cause flooding by creating an ice jam, WCAX-TV reports.
VIRGINIA Richmond: The state is preparing to take legal action to recover the remainder of a $5 million grant given to a Chinese company planning to build a paper manufacturing plant. The project stalled, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports.
WASHINGTON Airway Heights: The Air Force is expanding the testing area for water contamination in this Spokane suburb that’s home to Fairchild Air Force Base.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Officials credit heightened awareness about prescription medication overdose deaths for 31 million fewer controlled substances dispensed by state pharmacies last year, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
WISCONSIN Madison: Several state farmer groups have joined the Americans for Farmers and Families coalition in support of NAFTA, Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
WYOMING Gillette: A woman who claimed she took things from Walmart as part of research for a term paper on kleptomania pleaded guilty to shoplifting, The Gillette News Record says. Sentencing is set for June 4.
Compiled from staff, wire reports.