MISSOURI
Independent reports.
LOUISIANA
New Orleans: The University of New Orleans received a $1 million anonymous gift to upgrade its chemistry labs.
MAINE
Dixfield: Officials say a worker performing maintenance on a crane died in an accident at the Irving Forest Products Sawmill.
MARYLAND
Baltimore: The city will expand its speed and red light camera system, nearly doubling it, The Baltimore Sun reports.
MASSACHUSETTS
Braintree: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston launched its key fundraising drive of the year last weekend. Last year’s appeal raised over $16 million. rade. Organizers have asked a judge to order the city to allow the event.
Harrisonville: Local school officials are refusing to read the name of a student who committed suicide in 2016 during this year’s graduation, despite a petition supporting the family’s request, The Kansas City Star reports.
MONTANA
Helena: The Montana secretary of state’s office is reviewing a proposed ballot issue to amend the state constitution to bar non-U.S. citizens from voting. Immigration advocates say the measure is unnecessary.
NEBRASKA
Offutt Air Force Base: A tornado that tore through Offutt Air Force Base last June caused nearly $20 million in damage, including damage to at least 10 planes, The Omaha World-Herald reports.
NEVADA
Reno: The city’s last drive-thru wedding chapel has heard its final vows, The Reno Gazette-Journal reports. The Chapel of the Bells that dates to 1962 closed last week.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord: The state’s Poetry Out Loud championship is set for Friday. The winner will receive $200 and a paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete for the national championship.
NEW JERSEY
Trenton: The state’s biggest utility is canceling funding for capital projects at the Salem nuclear plant because of a stalled legislative effort to financially rescue the state’s nuclear industry.
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe: Officials are taking steps to eradicate invasive Russian olive trees from the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve because they suck the wetlands dry,