KENTUCKY STATE-BY-STATE VIRGINIA
ALABAMA Woodstock:
MöllerTech, a German auto supplier, has opened a
$46.3 million Alabama plant that will employ 222 workers by the end of
2019, Al.com reports.
ALASKA Kodiak:
The Pacific Spaceport Complex will launch its first commercial spaceflight between April 6 and April 13, Alaska Aerospace CEO Craig Campbell says.
ARIZONA Phoenix:
A 39-year-old transient suspected in a Phoenix homicide was arrested after police found him at a bus stop trying to leave town.
ARKANSAS Little Rock:
Two sites here will get federal civil rights grants totaling about $1 million, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. The grants are for Dreamland Ballroom and the Little Rock School District.
CALIFORNIA San Diego:
A second jury has deadlocked on charges against Constantino Banda Acosta, a Mexican who’s been deported 17 times. He was involved in a crash that badly injured a 6-year-old boy.
COLORADO Denver:
A bill to accelerate the construction of high-speed broadband Internet service in rural areas is headed to the governor.
CONNECTICUT New Britain:
Mayor Erin Stewart says she’s seeking the Republican endorsement for governor, joining an already crowded field seeking to succeed Democrat Dannel Malloy, who isn’t seeking re-election.
DELAWARE Wilmington:
Hundreds of Padua Academy students protested outside the all-girl Catholic school on Monday over the firing of Principal Cindy Mann. The school has not said why Mann was dismissed.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Authorities say the remains of two ships, potentially from the late 1700s or early 1800s, were found at a suburban Washington construction site.
FLORIDA St. Petersburg:
Authorities say a Pinellas County sheriff ’s lieutenant is charged with driving under the influence after she was spotted driving backward and honking her horn in the middle of the night.
GEORGIA Tucker:
Authorities say about 10 horses from Little Creek Horse Farm managed to get away last weekend and block traffic on Highway 78 until they were rounded up.
HAWAII Honolulu:
A motorcycle crash was Oahu’s 15th fatality of the year, compared with eight at this time last year.
IDAHO Boise:
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has signed into law a bill that expands Idaho’s open meeting laws to include boards and commissions created by executive order.
ILLINOIS Urbana:
A former student who was dismissed from the University of Illinois last year after a sexual assault accusation has sued, alleging the school violated his due process rights.
INDIANA Indianapolis:
High school sophomores probably will take the much-maligned ISTEP standardized exams for two more years. They’re being replaced for younger students.
IOWA Winterset:
The last of three suspects has pleaded guilty to setting a fire last year that destroyed a covered bridge featured on the cover of the novel The Bridges of Madison County.
KANSAS Salina:
Petitions calling for an end to Salina’s ban on pit bulls
have more than 85,000 signatures.
Cattlettsburg: The Boyd County Detention Center wants state corrections officials to lift restrictions on the number of state inmates it can hold. The limits stem from an inmate-led riot last September, The Daily Independent reports.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge:
State revenue officials urge Louisiana taxpayers to use the agency’s website for information on income tax refunds rather than calling.
MAINE Augusta: Gov. Paul LePage
has vetoed a bill to require insurers to provide coverage for naturopathic doctor services. That’s an alternative medicine focusing on diet and vitamins instead of pharmaceuticals.
MARYLAND
Ocean City: A preliminary report says a Cessna carrying two people that crashed off the coast last month was destroyed on impact with the water. Only one body has been recovered, The Daily Times of Salisbury reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston:
MassHousing is starting a program that would cover up to 3% of a down payment for cash-strapped firsttime home buyers, The Boston Globe reports.
MICHIGAN Lansing:
Gretchen Whitmer has won the endorsement of the United Auto Workers, five months before the Democratic primary for governor.
MINNESOTA St. Paul:
The death of an 8-year-old boy who was hit by a snowmobile spurred legislators to advance a bill that would make drunken driving an offense no matter the vehicle being operated.
MISSISSIPPI
Aberdeen: Authorities say a 13-year-old girl died after being shot by her 9-year-old brother because she wouldn’t hand over the controller of a video game, WCBITV reports.
MISSOURI
Columbia: FarmHouse International Fraternity is the third to close its University of Missouri chapter since a consulting firm warned last year of a lack of university oversight.
MONTANA
Helena: The Montana Veterans Affairs Health Care System will expand its medical facilities in Helena, Missoula and Great Falls over the next few years.
NEBRASKA
Lincoln: Mayor Chris Beutler says he wants to serve a fourth term.
NEVADA
Reno: Police have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting another man on fire earlier this month.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord: The New Hampshire Lottery says it won’t appeal a judge’s ruling that allows a woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million to keep her identity private.
NEW JERSEY
Newark: Authorities are seeking help in identifying a woman whose body was found floating in a Weequahic Park lake on March 3. The woman had a tattoo of three stars on her neck.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque:
Bernalillo County has abandoned plans to run a recovery home for homeless women amid opposition from neighbors.
NEW YORK Rochester:
An investigation will try to determine how an autistic teen was able to walk away from school and apparently drown. Trevyan Rowe went missing March 8. His body was found March 11.
NORTH CAROLINA Robersonville:
Officials say vandalism is to blame for an oil spill at a closed meat packing plant. The spill of No. 6 fuel oil used in furnaces also affected a creek and a swamp.
NORTH DAKOTA
Minot: Cypress Development, developer of two problem-plagued parking structures in downtown Minot, will submit plans for a $20 million residential apartment complex.
OHIO
Columbus: A $1.8 million settlement is proposed in the case of a woman who was critically injured when an Ohio State Fair ride broke apart last July. Another rider was killed.
OKLAHOMA
Glenpool: School district officials recently surprised teachers and other employees with $1,000 bonuses as a potential statewide teacher walkout looms.
OREGON
Eugene: Bartels Packing has closed its slaughterhouse and meatpacking operations and laid off 142 employees.
PENNSYLVANIA
Dents Run: The FBI came up empty in a “court-authorized excavation” at a rural site where Civil War gold was rumored to be buried during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
RHODE ISLAND
Providence: A bikeshare company is trying to determine where it will station 400 electricassisted “Smartbikes” in neighborhoods around the city, The Providence Journal reports.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia: The state education superintendent is hoping lawmakers will go along with plans to consolidate up to nine small school districts that have financial problems and small populations.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Aberdeen: A Minnesota man who helped steal a puppy belonging to an Aberdeen police officer who was recovering from brain surgery has been sentenced to a month in jail and fined $854.
TENNESSEE
Nashville: A judge has dismissed the state’s lawsuit against the federal government over the refugee resettlement program. The state says it’s being forced to spend money on additional services such as health care and education.
TEXAS
Coldspring: San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers says a pastor counseled his staff after a child pornography and sex abuse investigation. Three people, including a father and son, were arrested.
UTAH
Salt Lake City: Three people have pleaded guilty in the theft of more than $500,000 in underwear and other merchandise from Victoria’s Secret stores in Las Vegas.
VERMONT
Montpelier: State wildlife officials say hunters took 13% more deer during last fall’s hunting seasons than the average of the previous three years.
Richmond: The Pamunkey Indian Tribe is considering whether to build a $700 million resort and casino in Virginia and is looking at potential sites. The state currently has no casinos.
WASHINGTON
Olympia: A new state website, http://www.retirementmarketplace.com/, offers a simple way for people and small-business owners to shop for low-fee private retirement savings plans.
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston: Seventeen facilities in the state will divide a combined $2 million in federal funding to expand the use of mentors to help drug addicts. West Virginia leads the nation in the rate of drug overdose deaths.
WISCONSIN
Madison: The state Department of Corrections will give a former youth prison inmate who tried to hang herself $18.9 million. Sydni Briggs’ attorney says it’s the largest civil rights settlement in state history.
WYOMING
Casper: A man who chained himself to a concrete-filled barrel in an effort to prevent trucks from hauling Yellowstone National Park bison to slaughter has pleaded guilty.