News from across the USA

ALABAMA Birmingham: So you have time to plan, AL. com listed the 50 must- see concerts coming this fall, including ZZ Top on Oct. 19 and Bob Dylan on Nov. 15.

ALASKA Fairbanks: After being burned to the ground more than two years ago, the Clearwater Lodge was reconstructed and its bar reopened, newsminer. com reported.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Eduardo Lujan- Olivas’ dreams of attending a university were almost derailed an hour before his first class, The Arizona Republic reported. Lujan- Olivas, 23, was brought to the USA illegally as a child. He earned numerous academic awards at Pima Community College, then earned a scholarship to attend Arizona State University. As he prepared for the first day of class, he got a phone call from ASU stating that his scholarship was revoked because of his immigration status. Private donors scrambled to fund his first semester. ARKANSAS Van Buren: A felon was arrested after he called police to report that five of his guns had been stolen. according to ArkansasOnline. CALIFORNIA Placer County: The Sheriff’s Office received a surprise visitor — a bear. The bear sniffed around for snacks in a garbage can before a deputy warned him not to tip it over, The Sacramento Bee reported. The bear did as he was told. COLORADO Fort Collins: Larimer County has the fourthhighest number of West Nile virus cases in the country, and the high count is a mystery to experts, the Coloradoan reported. Larimer had 28 human cases this year as of Tuesday, the most in the state. New Haven: CONNECTICUTPolice Chief Dean Esserman resignedfor two reportedafter he incidentswas disciplinedof berating people in public. Rehoboth Beach: DELAWAREChildren with medical conditions that can be alleviated with marijuana oil no longer have to choose between school and their medicine. A new law allows designated caregivers to possess and administer medical marijuana oil to qualifying children. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Police responded to reports of a possible hand grenade in a park, The Washington Post reported. Kelly Whittier, a spokeswoman for council member Mary Cheh, said the device was a grinder. FLORIDA Orlando: Hands On Orlando, a non- profit group, is recruiting volunteers to process data for researchers studying the Zika virus. GEORGIA Berkeley Lake: Mayor Lois Salter warned residents to be on the lookout for copperhead snakes after a venomous snakebite sent her to a hospital for three days, The Atlanta JournalConstitution reported. HAWAII Honolulu: Hawaii News Now reported a “thrifty food plan” for a family of four costs $ 1,161 a month, about $ 520 more than what the same food plan would cost on the mainland on average, according to calculations from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. IDAHO Lewiston: The state Transportation Department considered updating its rules governing “megaload” shipments. The Lewiston Tribune reported that shipments of vastly oversized truckloads have been on hold along part of U. S. Highway 12 between here and the border with Montana.

ILLINOIS Chicago: A man convicted in a massacre in 1993 at a Brown’s Chicken restaurant in Palatine sought a court hearing because he said a star prosecution witness repeatedly lied to obtain a reward worth tens of thousands of dollars, the Chicago

Tribune reported.

INDIANA Terre Haute: State Department of Transportation spokeswoman Debbie Calder told the Tribune- Star that the fourlane Indiana 641 bypass will open to traffic in December, although some finishing work will continue through June 2017. The bypass will run about 6 miles and link Interstate 70 and U. S. 41 around the city’s southeast side. IOWA Sibley: About $ 30,000 worth of hogs packed into a trailer were killed in a rollover crash last week on Highway 9, the Sioux City Journal reported. KANSAS Lawrence: Koch Industries is donating $ 1 million for scholarships for business and engineering students at the University of Kansas. KENTUCKY Louisville: The value of the University of Louisville Foundation — adjusted for inflation — dropped 19%, or $ 131 million, from 2006 through April this year, The Courier- Jour

nal reported. LOUISIANA New Orleans: A circle of life- sized sculptures on the median of Elysian Fields Avenue memorializes the 11 men who died when BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, The

Times- Picayune reported. MAINE Kittery: The U. S. Navy plans nearly $ 33 million worth of repairs and upgrades to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. MARYLAND Earlville: A fire at Chestnut Lane Farms destroyed thousands of stacked bales of hay worth $ 250,000. No one was injured. The Fire Marshal’s Office said the 2,000 hay bales were stacked on the property to sell.

MASSACHUSETTS Worcester:

The city banned outdoor water use and ordered restaurants to stop serving tap water unless it’s requested by a customer. City Manager Edward Augustus an-

nounced the new drought emergency rules, saying the city’s reservoir system has dropped to 55% capacity. MICHIGAN Empire: The National Park Service suspended its search for missing kayaker Tyler Spink. Signs at the Platte River boat launch told boaters to watch for the body. The Coast Guard searched for 28 consecutive hours. MINNESOTA Columbia

Heights: Brian Jakubowsk found $ 7,000 in cash and $ 17,000 in cashier’s checks lying on the street while on a bike ride with his five children. He went to the police station, and it was closed. He went back a couple of days later and turned the money in, the Star Tribune reported. He did not accept a reward from the owner. MISSISSIPPI Vicksburg: A new public high school offers students the opportunity to take college courses as part of their high school curriculum at no cost. River City Early College High enrolled its first 60 students to create its ninth- grade class, The Vicksburg Post reported. MISSOURI Vinita Terrace: Two children were safe and unharmed after they were briefly taken in a carjacking in north St. Louis County. MONTANA Kalispell: An adult male grizzly bear was struck and killed by a semitractor trailer on Highway 83 near Condon. NEBRASKA Omaha: The school district’s anti- discrimination policy will cover gender identity and expression. NEVADA Carson City: The Department of Wildlife issued a warning to residents about potential conflicts with coyotes. Nevada Appeal reported that people were advised to work with their neighbors to remove things that might attract coyotes, such as pet food, garbage and fruit from trees. NEW HAMPSHIRE Hanover: The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College acquired the complete archives of war photographer James Nachtwey, who will provide the school with all the photographs he takes during the rest of his working life. Nachtwey, who started as a newspaper photographer in 1976, has been a contract photographer with TIME magazine since 1984. NEW JERSEY Camden: The Construction Career Initiative will train more than 100 residents for construction jobs by the end of next year through the Union Organization for Social Service pre- apprenticeship training program. NEW MEXICO Roswell: The Price’s Creamery building will be torn down to make room for another business, the Roswell Daily Record reported. NEW YORK Auburn: State officials confirmed bones discovered in July by property owners installing a fence belong to former inmates of the Correctional Facility. Inmates were buried in the cemetery until 1909, when the property was bought by a businessman. Among the inmates who may have been buried there was Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated President William McKinley in 1901. NORTH CAROLINA Durham: Rene Chavez, 54, lost his left hand in an accident when he was 4 years old — and received a new one thanks to a transplant by surgeons at Duke University Hospital, The News & Observer reported. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Pheasant numbers dropped 10% from a year ago. The drop indicated by a state Game and Fish Department survey this summer follows last year’s 30% increase. The department blames the fall in population on a reduction in habitat and dry early spring conditions in the prime southwestern pheasant territory. OHIO Cincinnati: The zoo offers free admission to police, firefighters and other emergency and law enforcement personnel this week. There are half- off discounts available for family members of first responders. The zoo said it wants to honor those who protect the community. OKLAHOMA Stillwater: Oklahoma State University reported that total enrollment on the city’s campus is 24,387 and enrollment for the Stillwater and Tulsa campuses combined is 25,594. The university said the number is down because of a drop in the number of graduate students. OREGON Lakeview: Former Deschutes County district attorney Patrick Flaherty withdrew from the race for Lake County DA, the Herald and News reported. His decision leaves former Klamath County deputy district attorney Sharon Forster as the only candidate. Forster intends to move here within a month. PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: A 17- year- old student was wounded in a shooting across the street from Perry Traditional Academy and was treated by the school nurse until paramedics arrived. RHODE ISLAND Narragansett: The University of Rhode Island received a $ 3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct an expedition into the Canadian Arctic’s Northwest Passage aboard the country’s newest tall ship. The university’s Graduate School of Oceanography’s Inner Space Center will lead the expedition, which begins next August. SOUTH CAROLINA Beaufort: Mayor Billy Keyserling soothed the nerves of an irate visitor by offering to pay his $ 10 parking ticket. Keyserling said he would pay the ticket if the man from Greenville promised to return next year for his vacation. The mayor says he was glad to help but won’t make a habit of it. SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: The City Council approved a 2017 city budget that includes a quarter of a million dollars for the Cornerstone Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter Mayor Steve Allender said is in danger of closing, the Rapid City Journal reported. TENNESSEE Jackson: The Memphis Regional Megasite is in search of its first tenant after a Chinese tiremaker decided instead to build its plant in Georgia, The Jackson Sun reported. TEXAS San Antonio: Hill Country native Susan Lynch Pape was promoted to publisher of the San Antonio Express- News. UTAH Salt Lake City: Utah State University students declared a mental health crisis on the Logan campus over what they said have been long wait times for care, the Deseret News reported. VERMONT Montpelier: Vermont Public Radio reported that Green Mountain Power billed customers more than $ 770,000 to cover bonuses awarded after a storm caused salaried workers to put in extra hours. VIRGINIAodor that prompted Henrico: a An HAZMAT unusual situationworkers at anda business sickened was several caused by Richmonda piece of Times- equipment, Dispatch the reported. WASHINGTON Seattle: A new city report found that core greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 6% from 2008 to 2014 even as the city’s population grew by 13%. City official Jessica Finn Coven said the numbers show Seattle can grow its economy while re

ducing climate pollution. WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Broadband Enhancement Council Chairman Rob Hinton said gigabit Internet service needs to be available throughout the state to prevent it from falling behind, the Charleston Gazette- Mail reported. WISCONSIN Minocqua: Bryan Jennings, 66, died after he was struck by lightning while walking his dog during a thunderstorm, WSAU-AM reported. His 5month- old dog was not hurt. WYOMING Riverton: Authorities investigated a house fire in Lander that left one person dead, The Ranger reported. Compiled from staff and wire reports by Tim Wendel, with Jonathan Briggs, Carolyn Cerbin, Linda Dono, Mike Gottschamer, Ben Sheffler, Michael B. Smith, Nichelle Smith and Matt Young. Design by Karen Taylor. Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.