STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Athens: A man accused of killing kittens he bought online was found not guilty because of mental illness and sent to a mental hospital. ALASKA Sitka: Workers took 36 hours to fix a sewage pump that sent wastewater into Thomsen Harbor. ARIZONA Phoenix: Supporters of the coal-fired Navajo Generating Station in Page, set to close in 2019, marched on the state Capitol this week. ARKANSAS Bentonville: Preserve Arkansas has recognized Benton County’s work on the War Eagle Bridge as an example of excellence in preservation through restoration. CALIFORNIA Yucaipa: Sheriff ’s deputies pulled over two hot-air balloons Tuesday for skimming rooftops, The San Bernardino Sun reports.
COLORADO Colorado Springs: The court says the city can be held liable in a lawsuit that claims some downtown workers were exposed to asbestos and other carcinogens when it demolished a building. CONNECTICUT Hartford: Police found more than $9,000 in $20 bills when they arrested two men dressed as ATM technicians in a suspected ATM “jackpotting” scheme. DELAWARE Newark: The University of Delaware will implement a tuition surcharge for students at its nursing, engineering and business schools. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The White House Easter Egg Roll will be April 2.
FLORIDA Miami: Florida International University has banned alcohol from all fraternity and sorority events for the rest of this school year. GEORGIA Atlanta: Hundreds of Girl Scouts lobbied lawmakers to take segregationist Gov. Eugene Talmadge’s name off a Savannah bridge. HAWAII Honolulu: Some lawmakers are calling for more oversight of families who home-school their children, Hawaii News Now reports. IDAHO Boise: Idaho may join 27 other states in regulating the use of elec- tric bicycles.
ILLINOIS Urbana: A University of Illinois program that provides sterilization procedures at animal shelters will offer other types of care. INDIANA Indianapolis: A proposal to force mergers on about 300 small townships died in the legislature. IOWA Sioux City: Some businesses don’t want the Awesome Biker Nights motorcycle rally and concert fundraiser held on their street. KANSAS Wichita: The Sedgwick County Courthouse has opened a pantry for low-paid judicial workers. KENTUCKY Lexington: Former assistant police chief Lawrence Weathers will come out of retirement March 5 to be the police chief. LOUISIANA Shreveport: A man pleaded not guilty to charges of scamming investors and banks out of more than $96 million. MAINE Maine will Orono: review The allegations University that of an an official energy gave contract inside bidder. information to MARYLAND Rockville: Speed cameras issued more than 1.5 million tickets worth more than $62 million in fines in a year, a study reports. MASSACHUSETTS Gardner: Authorities are looking into whether icy roads caused a school bus to slide off a road and strike a house. MICHIGAN Ann Arbor: Work should start this year on a tunnel to improve access to riverfront recreation areas and protect against flooding. MINNESOTA Maplewood: Police say a third-grader got his finger on the trigger of a liaison officer’s holstered gun, causing it to fire into the floor.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: State utility regulators have settled on what Mississippi Power customers should pay for a $7.5 billion power plant project that was halted last year. MISSOURI Jefferson City: A testing company will pay for state students to ducing take unreliable two tests this 2017 year exams. after proMONTANA say a man who Great was Falls: ice climbing Authorities last weekend at Cataract Falls slipped and fell about 90 feet to his death. NEBRASKA Minden: Growing financial pressure has caused the Countryside Living nursing home and Hinterlong Living assisted living facility to shut down. NEVADA Reno: The Reno Arch is getting a makeover by April 30. NEW HAMPSHIRE Weare: The local library’s solution to the absence of a town newspaper: Weare in the World, a four-page weekly that’s heavy on community events. NEW JERSEY Trenton: Environmental leader Debbie Mans now has the No. 2 job at the state Department of Environmental Protection.
NEW MEXICO Hobbs: Civil liberties advocates are concerned about a Ten Commandments monument in City Hall and the city’s sponsorship of last month’s Martin Luther King Jr. event with religious overtones. NEW YORK Ray Brook: Dozens of forest rangers and volunteers spent 37 hours rescuing an injured hiker in the Adirondack High Peaks. NORTH CAROLINA Candler: The state has awarded two contracts for Interstate 40 projects. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: An arson suspect has pleaded not guilty to threatening a police detective who investigated the fire.
OHIO Cleveland: A medical examiner was unable to determine what caused the death of a 5-year-old boy found buried in his backyard. OKLAHOMA Tulsa: Two Postal Service workers have admitted they stole marijuana at a sorting facility. OREGON Salem: State officials have opened the entire Oregon coast to recreational crabbing. PENNSYLVANIA Allentown: New screening measures are in effect at Lehigh Valley International Airport.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: The state Supreme Court says the Nickerson Community Center wasn’t negligent in a fatal crash that occurred after a boy, 14, stole the center’s van. SOUTH CAROLINA Myrtle Beach: A man is accused of causing $4,000 in damage at the Treasure Club by destroying a toilet and plumbing. SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Officials say a strong job growth has helped the city’s population increase 2.6%. TENNESSEE Nashville: State officials have awarded grants of more than $400,000 to help new and expanding agriculture and food businesses. TEXAS Houston: The rate of attempted suicides in Texas prisons has more than doubled in four years. UTAH Salt Lake City: Legislators have a record number of proposals for new laws for their 45-day session. VERMONT vestigation Montpelier: found that black A state employ- inees Hospital at the were Vermont discriminated Psychiatric against Care by patients and co-workers. VIRGINIA Richmond: The governor and House speaker are teaming up for a pilot program aimed at reducing regulations in professional licensing and criminal justice services. WASHINGTON Pullman: A Washington State University task force submitted 32 recommendations to make the school’s student conduct process reflect best practices nationally. WEST VIRGINIA Lewisburg: Tickets are on sale for the second annual WV Craft Brew Festival in April. WISCONSIN Madison: A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Ohio dairy against Wisconsin’s ban on the sale of ungraded butter.
WYOMING Casper: The Bureau of Land Management is investigating the killings of five wild horses in the Red Desert area, KTWO-AM reports. Compiled from staff, wire reports.