STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Clanton: Former Clanton police chief Brian Allan Stillwell has pleaded guilty to fraudulent use of a credit card while he served as treasurer of the Chilton County Fraternal Order of Police.
ALASKA Anchorage: Federal prosecutors charged a salmon boat captain and a crew member with killing 15 endangered Steller sea lions nearly three years ago.
ARIZONA Sells: Border Patrol agents rescued three hikers who got lost in the Baboquivari Mountains in southern Arizona.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: A Ten Commandments monument will be installed outside state Capitol this week, months after the original display was destroyed by a vehicle that ran into it. Four concrete posts are protecting this one. CALIFORNIA San Francisco: California State University officials plan to drop a proposal to raise tuition by $228 at its 23 campuses.
COLORADO Denver: The Army says it’s considering Denver for the headquarters of a planned Futures Command to keep track of emerging technology and innovations that could be used to fight wars. CONNECTICUT New Canaan: The town is considering installing cameras at a park to catch dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets. DELAWARE New Castle: Eisenberg Elementary School’s student wellness center is open, offering health care and helping families without insurance apply either for Medicaid or health benefits.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Former first lady Hillary Clinton is scheduled to headline a fundraiser May 23 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Maya Angelou Schools, a group of alternative charter schools for disadvantaged teens. FLORIDA Montverde: State wildlife officials say someone put concrete on the limbs and shell of a tortoise and spray-painted it red, The Orlando Sentinel reports.
GEORGIA Decatur: An apparent “sick-out” by DeKalb County school bus drivers prompted warnings about delays for some students’ rides. The drivers have expressed concerns about pay and other issues. HAWAII Lihue: Authorities arrested a man on suspicion of extortion and other charges for allegedly demanding money from people fleeing severe flooding on Kauai island this month.
IDAHO Boise: Officials say employment in Idaho’s firearms industry has grown by nearly 40% since the sector was targeted for growth a decade ago, The Idaho Business Review reports.
ILLINOIS Springfield: The city is preparing to demolish the Lauterbach Cottage Hardware Store that was the scene of an unsolved ax killing in 1981, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports. INDIANA Indianapolis: Gov. Eric Holcomb is calling lawmakers back into session May 14 for some unfinished business, including a school safety funding bill.
IOWA Cresco: A woman accused of stealing nearly $21,000 from the Howard County Hospital Auxiliary will get a court hearing Monday. Authorities say Rebecca Creger told an investigator that she needed the money for medical bills. KANSAS Seneca: A former Nemaha Valley High School teacher says he quit his job and moved to California after months of harassment for being gay, Topeka Capital-Journal says. KENTUCKY Richmond: The Madison Central High School Marching Band will perform at the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: The city welcomed a fleet of tall-masted ships for its annual Navy Week, included the Elissa, a restored vessel built in Scotland in 1877.
MAINE Bangor: Some residents are upset about a state ferry service hike that more than doubled its ticket prices, The Bangor Daily News reports.
MARYLAND Baltimore: The state Department of Transportation delayed a vote on a $68.5 million contract amid questions about ties between the winning bidder and the state’s transportation secretary.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A fire official says a woman who was rescued from a manhole may have climbed there to seek refuge from the weather, WHDH-TV reports.
MICHIGAN Jackson: Gunfire believed to be stray shots from a nearby apartment complex shattered windows in two occupied classrooms at Jackson High School. No one was injured.
MINNESOTA Cold Spring: A former Rocori School District superintendent faces 18 charges of indecent exposure, The St. Cloud Times says.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The state’s eight public universities plan to raise tuition by an average of 4% next fall because of budget cuts.
MISSOURI Kansas City: The University of Missouri-Kansas City plans to eliminate 17 academic and administrative jobs in response to cuts last year in the four-campus system, The Kansas City Star says.
MONTANA Helena: The state Fish and Wildlife Commission has rejected a plan to limit commercial fishing
guides on the Madison River. The proposal was aimed at reducing crowding on the river.
NEBRASKA Overton: Three family members are charged with animal cruelty and neglect in the deaths of dozens of cattle on a farm near here. At least 65 carcasses were found.
NEVADA Reno: Police say a man tried to kidnap a 2-year-old girl during a soccer game in a city park but was confronted by the child’s father and fled, The Reno Gazette
Journal reports.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: State lawmakers have rejected a measure to protect intoxicated people from a DUI charge if they only sleep or rest in a parked car while they sober up.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: Taxpayers’ tab for the takeover of Atlantic City has reached $4.8 million. Gov. Phil Murphy says government functions will revert to the Department of Community Affairs within 30 days.
NEW MEXICO Clovis: Authorities say a man granted a brief furlough before an expected seven-year sentence for identity theft and forgery now faces 111 years after returning late following a slew of new crimes, including shoplifting and assault.
NEW YORK Brentwood: Police on Long Island say three people had minor injuries when an SUV driver lost control and crashed into a grocery store, then backed up, striking two parked cars and driving into a clothing store, WABC-TV reports.
NORTH CAROLINA Hillborough: Gov. Roy Cooper will seek an additional $130 million to make building safety improvements in public schools and colleges and hire hundreds of nurses, psychologists and police officers.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The
state received 17 applications from potential manufacturers of medical marijuana. Only two will be registered.
OHIO Cleveland: Greyhound is investigating how a Cleveland-to-New-York bus went to Toledo after having problems. The driver was told to return to Cleveland, WEWS-TV reports.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A memorial service for last week’s 23rd anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing paid special tribute to the late Rev. Billy Graham, who visited the city four days after the attack to hold a prayer service.
OREGON Portland: Multnomah County officials say the $5 million sale of a never-used jail here to a private developer is complete, The
Oregonian reports. The jail will be torn down and the site will be used for commercial enterprises.
PENNSYLVANIA Marietta: Federal authorities have doubled the reward to $20,000 for information on the theft of 700 pounds of dynamite and 400 blasting caps from a pipeline construction site.
RHODE ISLAND Warwick: Officials are working to replace about 40 trees mistakenly cut down behind the John Brown Francis elementary school, The Providence Journal reports.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: A House subcommittee has unanimously passed legislation to make flying drones near military bases or prisons a misdemeanor. Authorized drones registered by the Federal Aviation Administration or approved by military Department of Corrections officials would be exempt.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: This year’s mountain lion harvest in South Dakota, 31, was about the same as last season, despite more purchased licenses and more snow that can help hunters track the animals, The Rapid
City Journal reports.
TENNESSEE Nashville: Following a heated debate, the state House voted 63-15 to pass a bill that calls for placing a monument on the capitol grounds to children never born.
TEXAS Houston: A garbage truck flipped and exploded on Interstate 45 early Friday, blocking all eight lanes. No serious injuries were reported.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Authorities are investigating a rash of recent bomb threats at the Ogden courthouse, forcing evacuations and closings.
VERMONT Montpelier: Gov. Phil Scott has created a task force to examine ways to prevent community violence and requested $4 million to help make schools safer. Public Safety Commissioner Tom Anderson said that another $1 million in Homeland Security funds will be available.
VIRGINIA Richmond: A helicopter pad was named for Trooper-Pilot Berke Bates and an aviation hanger was renamed in honor of Lt. H. Jay Cullen. The two died in a crash during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville last year.
WASHINGTON Spokane: A biologist says the south Selkirk mountain caribou herd may be extinct after surveys found only three remaining animals, all female, Spokesman-Review says.
WEST VIRGINIA Ivydale: A disaster response group says it has completed its 50th private bridge in West Virginia as part of a rebuilding project after severe flooding.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Liquidation sales began last week at Bon-Ton department stores. Court documents say all stores will close by Aug. 31.
WYOMING Casper: Prosecutors cleared two officers who shot and killed a sword-wielding man in February. Officials say the man assaulted a convenience store clerk and used the sword to stab a lottery machine.