STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Troy: Rex Lumber Co. will build a $110 million manufacturing facility in Pike County, creating more than 110 jobs, Al.com reports. Work on the site will begin next week.
ALASKA Fairbanks: The city Fire Department is giving out free opioid overdose rescue kits, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports.
ARIZONA Tucson: Officials say a Pima County deputy fatally shot a woman who was brandishing a two-by-four used to strike another person.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: A judge has given supporters of the old White River bridge in Clarendon 90 days to find a way to prevent the 87-year-old span from being demolished.
CALIFORNIA San Diego: Authorities say at least 150 feral bulls pose a threat to hikers and vegetation at the Sand to Snow National Monumen.
COLORADO Denver: A grass fire driven by strong winds destroyed five homes and four barns southeast of Denver last weekend.
CONNECTICUT Bridgeport: A man convicted at his third trial of killing his girlfriend was sentenced to 60 years in prison, The Connecticut Post reports. The first two trials of Jermaine Richards ended in hung juries.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Authorities say a police officer rather than animal control should have responded to a 911 call about a dog attack that left a woman injured, The News Journal reports. Animal control didn’t arrive for nearly 50 minutes. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: With the March 21 deadline approaching to enter the Democratic primary, D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser still faces no formidable challengers.
FLORIDA The Villages: Multiple sinkholes have left at least two homes unsafe to occupy, The Ocala StarBanner reports. The buildings were evacuated and condemned Feb. 15.
GEORGIA Savannah: A pair of ospreys is captivating viewers via webcam, The Savannah Morning News reports. The birds took a nest originally built by eagles on Skidaway Island and fought off an intruder. HAWAII Honolulu: A federal review last year of Hawaii’s Child Welfare Services agency found no improvements since the last review in 2009, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports. IDAHO Pocatello: A man with a previous felony conviction pleaded guilty to stealing a handgun from the A to Z pawn shop in Blackfoot. ILLINOIS Chicago: Conspiracy and fraud charges are filed against six workers of a defunct job training center that allegedly enrolled fictitious students and falsified records. INDIANA Indianapolis: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is opening a $24.5 million outdoor attraction on March 17. The new Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience offers a variety of sports. IOWA Sioux City: Iowa’s only licensed medical marijuana manufacturer is looking to open a cannabidiol dispensary here, The Sioux City Journal reports. State health officials plan to award five licenses by April 1. KANSAS Wichita: A government report shows that for the sixth consecutive year, the winter wheat variety of choice in Kansas is Everest. KENTUCKY Lexington: University of Kentucky officials hope they’ve found a way, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, to preserve Robinson Forest as an offset to environmental pollution elsewhere, The Lexington Herald-Leader reports.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Louisiana State University medical school professor Wayne Backes will become president of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics next year.
MAINE Pittsfield: Police say a woman’s body was found in the trunk of her car after it was towed from a parking lot. A mechanic who unlocked the trunk found the body. MARYLAND Perryville: A CSX freight train derailed on a bridge over the Susquehanna River, and four rail cars fell into the water, The Baltimore Sun reports. No hazardous materials were involved. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Six pioneering women are speaking Thursday at an International Women’s Day celebration downtown. MICHIGAN Detroit: The Belle Isle Nature Center is celebrating daylight saving time with a program Sunday on amphibian awareness and conservation. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: A University of Minnesota study says there may be a link between speech patterns and gender dysphoria. The study included speech samples from children ages 5 to 13 and rated how male or female they sounded. MISSISSIPPI Jackson: State lawmakers have sent Gov. Phil Bryant a bill that sets fines up to $50 for impeding traffic in the left lane of any road with at least four lanes. MISSOURI Kansas City: Local civic leaders are citing data showing a sharp rise in people with college degrees leaving the region, The Kansas City Star reports. In 2016, about 4,000 more people with bachelor’s degrees moved out than moved in. MONTANA Billings: Congressman Greg Gianforte of Montana wants to release some 690,000 acres of wilderness from a study that he says was completed years ago, a move opposed by wilderness advocates. NEBRASKA Kearney: The state Game and Parks Commission will
certify youth fishing instructors at a training session May 9 at Fort Kearney State Historical Park. NEVADA Reno: More than 200 business executives and government leaders are wrapping up the threeday VentureBeat Blueprint here to determine the city’s suitability as an emerging technology hub, The Reno
Gazette-Journal reports. NEW HAMPSHIRE Portsmouth: Several seacoast communities may be on the hook for more than $5 million for a treatment system that was never installed at the Coakley Landfill, a Superfund site.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: Charges were dropped against a suspended judge accused of hindering a search for her wanted ex-boyfriend, The Asbury Park Press reports. But officials say no decision has been made on Carlia Brady’s future on the bench.
NEW MEXICO Hagerman: Something stinks in this New Mexico town, and authorities blame a mild winter for bringing skunks out of hibernation early, KRQE-TV reports.
NEW YORK Yonkers: A coyote believed to have bitten several people in Westchester County tested positive for rabies, Journal News says.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Figures show that the average annual salary for a North Carolina teacher has increased to more than $50,000 for the first time, but that includes local supplements, News & Observer says.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: State game officials say most of the hunters who got bighorn sheep, moose and elk licenses last year bagged an animal. Rates were 100% for bighorn sheep, 92% for moose, 56% for elk.
OHIO Elyria: A jury ordered the state turnpike commission to pay $1.1 million for a less than half-acre plot that the commission tried to acquire for $11,865, The Chronicle-Telegram says.
OKLAHOMA Chandler: A psychologist says a 14-year-old boy charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the crossbow killing of a 10-year-old friend can be rehabilitated. A judge ordered the psychological evaluation.
OREGON Portland: State lawmakers have created two funds to help schools and other public employers cover rising pension costs, The Oregonian reports. The goal is to cut the state’s $25 billion in unfunded pension liabilities by $5 billion.
PENNSYLVANIA Allentown: Mayor Ed Pawlowski, convicted on corruption charges for strong-arming vendors for campaign cash, launched a letter-writing campaign for a lenient sentence, The Morning Call reports.
RHODE ISLAND East Windsor: The former Showcase Cinemas was razed Monday to make way for a proposed new $300 million casino to be operated jointly by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes.
SOUTH CAROLINA Sumter: Authorities say a man who wanted to sell marijuana got himself and two others arrested when he sent a text to a police officer instead of a customer.
SOUTH DAKOTA Brookings: The state Highway Patrol is still seeking to recruit more women to become troopers, KSFY reports. The agency has only 13 women troopers.
TENNESSEE Crossville: Murals at the South Cumberland Elementary School gym have been modified to remove Confederate flags. Officials say complaints prompted the change.
TEXAS Gladewater: A boat parade planned last weekend had to be rescheduled because there was too much water from heavy rain that caused flooding along the Sabine River, KLTV reports.
UTAH Taylorsville: Police say a man was wounded while visiting the grave of a friend at Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery. Authorities suspect the shooting was gang related.
VERMONT Castleton: Castleton University is eliminating two dean positions as part of a budget restructuring plan, Vermont Public Radio says.
VIRGINIA Richmond: The state Democratic Party is renaming its annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner to the Blue Commonwealth Gala, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. The change is intended to make the event, set for June 16, more inclusive.
WASHINGTON Silveredale: Hundreds of people showed up last weekend to a gun lock box giveaway at Sportsman’s Warehouse, The Kitsap Sun reports. Officials say 350 lock boxes and 50 trigger locks were distributed free of charge.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: SunTrust Banks will close its five remaining state branches, all of which are in Kanawha and Putnam counties, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
WISCONSIN Marinette: Authorities say a Green Bay man is dead after the truck he was driving fell through ice on Lake Noquebay, WBAY-TV reports. Herbert Lax Jr., 79, was found with the help of an underwater camera.
WYOMING Jackson: Casper-based True Oil has permission to explore for oil and natural gas in an area of Wyoming Range, The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports. Drilling could begin as early as this year.